Crushed Between Two Freight Cars Fatal Injury at Fetterman Yards
In the Fetterman yards an accident occurred when William Rhobaugh, 20, a track repair worker, was squeezed between two moving freight cars. He was rushed to hospital, faces severe injuries but improving. his wife lives near Buckhannon. The incident involved engine 2203 and the Wheeling division crew preparing a train. Separately, Mrs. Charles McCafferty of Maple Avenue is gravely ill at home. family has gathered as doctors fear for her recovery after a long rheumatic illness.
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Daily Sentinel
Fetterman Yards
William Rhobaugh
Rhobaugh
Chas. Andres
Fetterman
Wheeling
Rho- Daugh
Charles McCafferty
Maple Avenue
Grafton Post Office
Edward McCafferty
Weston
Garrett
Philadelphia
Lew
Praise for Uniform System Plan Boosts WV Finance
Assistant State Tax Commissioner Darst hails the uniform accounting law as a savings lever for West Virginia, enabling clear public funds tracking from January under state supervision. He argues the measure lets citizens see municipal financials, bond status, and indebtedness, with broad reach across counties, towns, and schools.
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Darst
West Virginia
Wheeling News
Grafton businessmen depart on ten week southwestern trip
Two of Grafton’s businessmen, W. P. Hendrickson and Thomas Demos, leave for a Western tour. They will visit Chicago, El Paso, Roswell, New Mexico, Oklahoma City, Mexico City, and St. Louis, returning after a little over ten weeks.
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Daily Sentinel
Monaay
Grafton
Messrs
W. P. Hendrickson
Thomas Demos
Chicago
Great Southwest
el Paso
Texas
Rio Garade
Rosswell
New Mexico
Oklahoma City
Mexico
Mexico City
St. Louis
Hearst Declines Endorsing Democrats for Independence Ticket
New York reports William Randolph Hearst responds to Samuel Gompers urging Independence League support for the Democratic platform. Hearst rejects backing the old party or third ticket, calling for a new party devoted to citizenship and labor interests and candidates who are able and honest.
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New York
William Randolph Hearst
Mr. Hearst
Samuel Gompers
Independence Party
Taft
Hearst
Gompers
Independence League
Towanda Veterinarian Dr Mayer Leaves Grafton for Home
Dr F B Mayer of Towanda Pa who practiced veterinary surgery in Grafton for two months or more returned Saturday to his home in northeast Pennsylvania He studied at West Virginia University Morgantown and will finish vacation there He is a talented musician who played with the Woodmen of the World Band and made many friends in Grafton hoping to return after studies.
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F. B. Mayer
Towanda
Grafton
Pennsylvania
The
State University
Lilly County Coroner Installed By Taylor County Court
The Taylor county court appointed Justice Charles R. Lilly as county coroner, replacing J W Spencer who resigned from South Grafton. Lilly was sworn in today and is expected to perform the duties with energy and intelligence.
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County Court
Taylor County
Charles R. Lilly
J. W. Spencer
South Grafton
Lilly
Insurance fight to curb West Virginia fraternal groups
Parkersburg hosts July 22 meeting as Wheeling based fraternal and benevolent organizations prepare to send delegates. They seek to lobby senators and representatives to oppose or modify anti fraternal insurance bills. The measure, backed by old line insurers, could raise rates or force closures. its next session push prompts broad state activism.
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Parkersburg
West Virginia
Wheeling
West Virginia Methodist Conference Likely to Meet in Moundsville
The West Virginia annual conference of the Methodist church may convene in Moundsville this October replacing Hikins as last year’s Huntington site was changed due to a pastor’s illness in Elkins. Monndeville is asked to host. the decision will be voted at Sunday services. The last time the conference met in Moundsville was 1896 with Bishop D. H. Moore presiding.
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West Virginia
The
Methodist Church
Moundsville
Hikins
Huntington
Elkins
Monndeville
M. E
D. H. Moore
Cincinnati
Baltimore and Ohio workers barred from wage assignments
Baltimore reports say railroad employes are prohibited from wage assignments under threat of immediate suspension or dismissal. The move aims to curb loan shark extortion after a $25 extra demand was found in a loan incident. The Pennsylvania and the Reading will take similar action, affecting clerks, trainmen, shopmen across departments. Many large lines are expected to follow.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Second uniform exam for Taylor county teachers held in Simpson
The second uniform examination for Taylor county teachers will be held at Simpson West Virginia on July 28. Ninety four people attended the event, led by Dellet Newson.
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Taylor County
Simpson
W. Va
Uncle Sam Targets Patent Medicines In Pure Food Drive
Washington authorities begin a nationwide action against misbranded patent and proprietary medicines seized from a Washington store. The case targets products like Madame Yale and Excelsior Skin Food as false cures, while Health Coffee is promoted as a quick grain based substitute. Dr Shoop’s Health Coffee is sold locally.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Dr. Shoop
Racine
Wis
Slavic boarding house keeper held for court
Squire Lilly held a Sunday session of the U S Commissioners court to hear Marcus Covazig from Jennings, Tucker County, charged with selling beer to boarders in the woods. Covazig testified selling three to ten barrels weekly. He is bound over for the next Federal term at Clarksburg in October, bond set at $300.
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Daily Sentinel
Squire Lilly
U. S
Clarksburg
Notice to public on unpaid debts by wife Mary BE Fry
Samuel Fry of Grafton declares he will not be responsible for any bills or debts contracted by his wife Mary BE Fry who left their home of her own free will. Dated July 20, 1908. The notice appears alongside an advertisement for Woolford's Sanitary Lotion claiming an 80 minute cure priced through W. B. Jackson & Bro. druggists.
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Mary BE. Fry
Samuel Fry
Grafton
R. R
Woolford
Jackson & Bro
Simpson
Webster
the Sentinel
Webster Band
L. M. White
Brown
Former Grafton Preacher Shot in Street Tragedy
S B D Prickett a retired Methodist Episcopal minister and former Met chum borough recorder was shot and killed in Metchum New Jersey Arch ie Herron charged with the shooting stood at his stairs with a cocked revolver and eventually surrendered after threats of a lynching. Herron had been arraigned before Prickett for disorderly conduct two years earlier and Prickett had sent him to jail. Herron claimed he killed Prickett because the latter had sent him to jail. Prickett is survived by his wife and two sons. His son William B Prickett runs a newspaper in New Brunswick and his other son Charles Prickett works in New Jersey. He had been a prominent West Virginia minister before retiring.
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Metchum
N. J
Herron
Prickett
B. D. Prickett
West Virginia
Wheeling
M. B
New Jersey
Grafton
Andrews M. B
William B. Prickett
Huntington and
Bluefield
Charles Prickett
New Brunswick
Emma Abbott
Huntington
D. B. Abbott
Fletch Menear Leads County Politic Scene in City Visit
The veteran Republican Fletch Menear from the East side visited the city amid a county convention. Democrats named Jap and others in their district race as Menear remains active in county politics. Details on other district candidates to be announced later by the party.
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Menear
Tinel
Stout
John W. Carroll
Runaway near Bridgeport endangers two women in Clarksburg
Mrs. J. S. Stone and Miss Doud escaped a deadly runaway a mile east of Bridgeport while traveling from Clarksburg to Grafton. The pair were thrown from the buggy, found by Mr. Carson, and brought to his home. they later returned to Clarksburg after a late-night pickup. An unrelated ad paragraph promotes Dr Shoop products and a local band confirmation letter follows.
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Clarksburg
J. S. Stone
Dr. Stone
Miss Doud
Grafton
Bridgeport
Carson
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