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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1907
Page
7
A fragment hints at men arriving at a site for a task during an unusual hour. The readable words suggest timing and disruption around a ring or signal. No clear names or organizations are identifiable in the legible text.
The text shows garbled OCR lines mentioning a lake and a judge but lacks clear events names dates or locations. It appears as an incomplete note about a decree or decision involving a lake and a judge. No coherent facts or identities emerge to form a proper news item.
An old advertisement touts Ayer's Hair Vigor with a new formula to nourish and feed hair. It promises hair remains on the head and styled, suggesting improvements in texture and appearance without changing color.
An old advertisement proclaims Ayer's Hair Vigor improves hair and scalp with a new formula. It claims stops falling hair cures dandruff and promotes growth. © Ayer Co. Lowell, Mass.
The board accepted resignations of G H Colebank English high school and J H Gorby West Side principal and raised M M Brooks salary to $100 per month. Levy for the year was set, with talk of friction and newspaper attendance at the meeting.
A violent daytime clash in Oakland, following an intoxicated dispute at Willilepbsugh's restaurant, led to Robert Klinger's fatal head injury after Moore struck him with a bottle. Klinger, a coal miner from Reweyport, died at the railroad track with his family identified, while Moore, newly married and respected, faced inquest amid community sympathy. In Philippi a separate accident injured Mrs. Marion Hall, with doctors predicting a fatal outcome.
A new corporation chartered in Charleston plans to develop coal and other minerals and coke manufacturing in the region. Virginia and West Virginia financiers back the venture, authorized capital set at 300000 dollars, with a detailed plan to launch operations.
The diemington all team beat the Y M C A tenn ag Flington Saturday by acc of Tee fee broke wrong for free MOCP AM on every lccacion. Stradb pitched no verye good game and batted welly getting two two base hits.
The King case expands in Marion County Circuit Court as the State of West Virginia presses claims to 84000 acres. Attorney General Claris W. May filed a suit at Fairmont naming the heirs of John Green as defendants. The state alleges 54000 acres across twenty five tracts in Logan County were omitted from land books for years and should be sold for the school fund. The Logan suit originated in 1898 and is returnable in August.
Mrs. Thomas Shanley, 80, died at her Grandtreet home after years of illness, with eleven children, some living in Virginia Indiana and Chicago. Funeral Wednesday at 9 am from the Catholic church, Father McEdligott to officiate followed by Catholic cemetery interment. Also, Reuben McWilliams, longtime Davie Crossing trackman and Confederate veteran, died Sunday in Besamont addition. He will be buried today at Websteder cemetery with John McCabe in charge.
Railway periodical notes two dominant expressions its up to you and on the job as the era shifts toward new business terms. The report mentions a bank trust company transaction where Gratton Bank ing and Trust acquires the Steele interest in Steele Wil sgme insurance agency and Berealter will run the insured agency under a new name.
Friends report the marriage of Louise Shaban, native of West Virginia, to Osborn Parker Selle of Bloomington Illinois, at Kearney Nebraska on the 10th. The bride’s father, formerly Preston County deputy clerk and deputy sheriff, and the groom a Sterling Colorado businessman and president of Sterling Public Service Company. The couple will reside in Sterling, Colorado. Local commentary notes early apple harvests and a B M railroad route discussion from Fairmont, with possible river line choices and rights of way.
In Oakland on July 20 1907 Henry Weber a well known Horist attempted suicide amid melancholia. He placed the weapon to his head and shot. He survived initial hours with physicians hopeful while relatives and friends noted mental distress. The event also mentions political editorials and Governor White dodging gubernatorial questions.
Arrangements are nearing completion for a large Labor Day gathering in Keyser hosted by the Brotherhood of Railway Carriers lodges from across the region. Grafton lodge will send officials and many members, with Keyser lodge organizing extensive preparations for what may be one of the era’s biggest celebrations in the area.
Mrs Daisy Vandergriffe, wife of Wesley Vandergriffe, wandered onto the Baltimore & Ohio railroad track near Thornton and was struck by an approaching train. She suffered severe skull and thigh fractures and multiple contusions. Doctors Ellis and Caldwell attended. her age is about 26 and she recently had a baby. Police and local officials describe the event as purely accidental with no evidence of deliberate harm.
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