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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
3
The potato beetle overwinters in mature form and begins feeding as potatoes sprout. Treatments include dusting with Paris green and lime or flour, or spraying with Paris green in Bordeaux mixture, to kill beetles and prevent early blight on vines.
Washington June 1 A report on spring cotton acreage and crop condition as of May 25 will be released tomorrow at noon eastern time by the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Agriculture An eastern woman's appointment as sanitary inspector draws attention as her kitchen report awaits scrutiny
The house fly returns as a yearly nuisance, invading homes from stables and markets and spreading disease. Despite medical and biological advances, no effective extermination exists. Screen doors, traps, sticky paper, and poisons persist but fail to curb the problem. A cold damp spring delays their appearance, yet they are expected to be numerous again.
A Gingham House clerk hoped to gift a silver dollar marked 1907 for his newborn's teething. After a week of searching, he learned from the mint that silver dollars had not been coined since 1905, and none would exist for 1907.
Lieutenant Read led a firefighting party aboard the yacht Mayflower tied near the Washington Navy Yard as a powder magazine burned. He and the crew formed a fire brigade and moved ammunition to safety, narrowly averting catastrophic explosion. the President commended Read in a letter.
A New York City Board of Health commission led by Dr. Simon Flexner pursued an anti diplococcal serum to treat cerebro spinal meningitis. Early trials in animals and humans show recoveries near eighty percent, with fulminant cases still fatal. results vary by case and prior condition.
The world’s most curious railway is built on fee and operates only in winter between Cronstadt and Oranienbaum. Its success spurred a plan for a similar winter line between Krementwing and Eka tarionslay, connected in summer by steamboat traffic on the Dnieper. The winter ice closes the route, forcing a costly detour between nearby towns.
Zinc mining in Mexico has become significant only over the last three years. Large zinc deposits lie near Monterrey with mixed sulphite ore at Calera and Tire General in San Luis Potosi near full production.
Mrs Nancie Haddix wife of David Haddix longtime South Side resident died Sunday at Tacoma Park near Washington D C from pancreatic cancer at age sixty. She lived in Graf ton five years with husband and family and will be buried at Newburg cemetery Tuesday after noon the funeral party departs on the afternoon train.
Morgantown papers join to form the Morgantown Post-Chronicle. The Morgantown Post Company transfers all interest to the minority stockholders. The Chronicle and Post will publish as a single daily six to eight page paper, with a weekly Thursday edition, under Robert R Green who leads editorial and business operations.
Decoration Day in Grafton this year was one of the most successful ever held. The day featured a large crowd, patriotic displays, and a Memorial Day program with ex Senator Thurston delivering an address at the cemetery. Police controversy arose when Officer Cole and others clashed with Bolyard, who was fined for resisting an arrest.
The Woman's Music Club of Grafton presented a Saturday program at Brinkman’s Opera House, revamping the lineup with patriotic songs and earning praise from Senator Thurston. Under Mrs J B Moran, the club again demonstrated artistic mastery, with solos crowned by audience acclaim and a growing local reputation in music.
A foreign contemporary writer notes submarines lack invisibility as a chief defect. Natives work on the problem, promising progress toward invisibility. The piece also stresses the need to improve communication, observation, and signaling by marines.
Earl Bonifield and his sister Ruby Bonifield depart on train No 55 for Rockford Col to seek healthful mountain climate in Colorado. Ruby has long served in the city public school faculty and Earl is a veteran clerk at the First National Bank.
Saturday afternoon ceremony near Newburg and Evansville brings together August Horebler and Miss Roge Belle Weaver with Prosperous Preston County roots. Reverend ALF P Richardson of St Pauls Lutheran officiates as family and friends witness the vows on West Washington Street.
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