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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
4
A Mas American Legion Weekly tribute recalls the Unknown Soldier from World War I. It reflects on his youth, humor, and sacrifice, noting how his memory embodies sacrifice and national unity as Remembrance Day approaches.
A local court order dissolving an injunction on city street contracts sparked a heated dispute over road work. The piece argues the county court, advisory board, and contractors risk heavy damages, urging swift action to avoid wasteful taxation and lost projects. It also commemorates Decoration Day, praising national unity and the duty of citizens to resist demagoguery.
A string of visitors from Buckhannon Pittsburgh Cumberland Charleston Morgantown Fairmont and New York city stopped in the city or were in town yesterday and Sunday to attend to business or visit friends including D M Ireland E E Rinker GM Ford L H Daugherty J D Shott and R E L Paige among others.
G A R Head's Message urges younger veterans to carry on Memorial Day duties and the nation's remembrance. It emphasizes memorial values over sport and declares the day sacred, belonging to all citizens rather than the Grand Army alone.
In Fairmont West Virginia on May 29 Herschel Estep 22 was killed and four others seriously injured when a car tried to pass another on a narrow road near Roseville two miles from Fairmont Estep suffered a broken neck Clyde Estep sustained arm and knee injuries Roy Baker endured severe facial and arm lacerations Carl Helt will lose an arm James Jordan was slightly hurt The Estep brothers and Baker are from Wheeling while the other two men reside in Fairmont Herschel Estep formerly a chauffeur worked there Charles Kimmel Jr a Cincinnati Dental College student returned home after completing his first year of study
Washington May 30 Lincoln Memorial dedicated today as a gift to Abraham Lincoln marking one of the world’s finest public structures. Designed by Henry Bacon the marble monument features Gettysburg address and second inaugural speech tablets, a colossal Lincoln statue by Daniel Chester French, and a surrounding colonnade symbolizing the Union with 36 state columns and 48 state festoons.
The Republican County Committee endorsed H. C. Aden of Wheeling for the U.S. Senate nomination in the August primary. A canvassing panel was formed in Grafton to review candidates for state Senate and House of Delegates, naming district representatives to meet and report. Members from Booths Creek Flemington Knottsville Court House Fetterman Grafton districts were designated to join the effort.
Daily report from Monongah Division shows empty cars and idle mines with 25 cars idle and 267 commercial cars. loaded cars include 12 railroad fuel local, 5 commercial west, 44 east, and 11 coke cars loaded all west.
White Plain Y New York reports a stylishly dressed young woman tried to hire a restaurant waiter to shoot Walter Ward, the wealthy banker who has confessed to killing Clarence Peters, a former Navy man, in a sensational development amid baffling cave details and an alleged statement from Ward's associate.
District Attorney Weeks pursues new clues as Ward case garners police attention. A waiter reports a “young stylish” woman offered $500 for Ward’s assassination, linking Peters shooting to a New Rochelle target. Investigators probe Ward alibis, a $1,000 stash, and possible blackmail while tracing Clark, a sailor known to Peters, and two elusive telephone-tip leads.
Mr and Mrs Charles Sinsel Jr of Lumberport spent the weekend with their parents in this city. William Stewart a Waldmore employee visits his parents Mr and Mrs W Stewart on Maple Avenue. Frank Yates a Maryland Dental College student at Baltimore is home for the summer vacation after completing his third year with one year left. Shell Johnson departs for Morgantown to visit friends. M Ginely (Ginhan Mgley) spent yesterday
The Sentinel obtained an official county campaign document from the Taylor County Good Roads Association dated during the March 1920 road bond election. It claims roads will be sixteen feet wide with two classes of construction, and denies any nine foot roads. It lists district allocations and urges voters not to misinterpret the Good Roads Proposal.
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