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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1907
Page
4
The article discusses ongoing road funding and maintenance issues in Pennsylvania and argues that current dirt road repair methods waste funds. It highlights improper techniques, suggests cheaper Westing methods like a triangular drag device, and promotes oiling roads for durability, urging townships to adopt better practices to save money for paving.
The state levy for the year was fixed at five cents per hundred dollars valuation by the board of public works in Charleston. It is the maximum under current law but the lowest in state history. The board could direct funds to the general school fund or the state fund, but allocations favored the state while allowing school fund deficits to be met from state funds. Kanawha and Taylor counties show stark contrasts in debt and treasury status. A local ad promotes Dr Shoop Health Coffee, and notices mention prizes at the Anmeeul Theatre and recruitment for Sentinel sales.
At today’s meeting the county court nominated Dr. T. F. Lanham Hugh Evans and James K. Means to the state board of health with one to be elected. Road levies were set at Booths Creek district 10 cents per hundred Flemington district 8 cents Knotts Will Slatfet 10 cents per hundred. Boothsville bridge matter referred to Commissioner U Morrow for action.
Palace Furniture and Undertaking Co of Clarkeburg advertises a car load of fine pianos sold at startlingly low prices to clear stock quickly. The note claims huge reductions, urging immediate purchase for those seeking an instrument at a golden opportunity. Also included is a stray item about a tea taster's duties and a humorous travel anecdote from the Boston Herald.
The foreman of a west of Ireland grand jury was praised for public service with a gold watch. At a dinner he boasted about its accuracy and bets were made on whose watch was right. He declared a sun dial in the garden would settle the bets with lantern light.
The winning number will be announced at week’s end, and the holder may choose one of the three listed articles. Prizes will be displayed next Monday at Friedman Bros. Jewelry Store on W Main Street.
A humorous old gardener cites flowers that shift hue from morning to night including phlox hibiscus lantana chieranthus gladiolus and scandens noting blue to pink to red shifts and greenish white to violet. A New Orleans Times-Democrat item warns diamonds ground to dust are said to be deadly if ingested with symptoms likened to strychnine poisoning.
A historical note on literal obedience among Indian servants and a missionary anecdote, describing how a servant literally interpreted orders during a boating journey and performed ablutions using a bucket. The tale ends with a boy tipping a tile incident into the mop and water scene.
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