City Council Met and Sat As License Court
City officials convened in a special session to operate a license court last evening. The gathering focused on licensing actions and related municipal matters.
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
4
Madrigal Club Closes Season With Formal Music Night
The Madrigal Chorus Club held closing festivities in the Webn building with Mrs. Ward en, Mrs. Compton, and Miss Prudence S. Hinkle hosting. A sixteen-voice chorus performed Merry June and The Clover, with soloists and a piano by Miss Flora Steibert. Refreshments followed in an elegant, rose-filled room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrigal Chorus Club
Webn
Mra. A. R. Warden
J. C. Compton
Prudence S. Hinkle
Merry June
Jessi Beavers
Mabel Phillips
Marion Pugh
Geneva Wilkinson
Hattie Foreman
Ping Soto
Dessie Gough
Tertie Hastup
Mrs. Alp
Warden
Remlinger
Remlinger, Mrs. A Lovely Tose,” Mise Annie 1, R. Warden
Bertie Hastup
H. C. Compton
Flora Steibert
Prudence
Hinkle
Miss Hinkle
Opera House
New store room for electrical supply business in Saveney building
Carpenters began work to finish a room in the Saveney building to be used by William Tie as an electrical supply store. Meanwhile Mr He displays fans and other electrical goods at City Meat Market and plans a demonstration with an electrical cleaning device at the Star theatre on Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saveney
William Tie
City
Star Theatre
Double Somersault In Auto Thrills French Performer
A young French woman performs the first fully two revolutions in an automobile act with Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers shows. The car starts atop a tent peak, plunges down a steep track, then rockets into air turning twice before landing on a steel spring platform. The act, highlighted by trained animals and exotic acts, is hailed as the season’s most startling and dangerous sensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Forepaugh
Sells Brothers
America
A. E. Jackson
Capt. Webb
Newbury
Greatest animal acts amaze at Grafton circus show
The northern sea creatures outperform human artists with feats like tennis with magnets and flaming bread juggling. They walk tightropes, discharge firearms, ride horses and perform many other moves beyond any other animal. A new parade and a million-dollar menagerie will thrill visitors as the big circus arrives in Grafton on Friday, June 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Elks Plan Magnificent New Home in Grafton
Grafton Elks lodge approved plans for a four story pressed brick building on East Main Street opposite the B and O station. Holmboo and Lafferty of Clarksburg designed a Venetian style club with pool hall, banquet hall, lodge rooms, and stages. Excavation and construction to start immediately with a hoped opening by Memorial Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Sentinel
Grafton Lodge of Elks
Elks Hall
Board of Trustees
East Main Street
G Ton
Graftone
Holmboo & Lafferty
Clarksburg
Grafton Bankings Trust Company
Elks
Grafton
The
Guarded Body of Lincoln Guarded Body of Lincoln
Col John J Roderick postmaster of Canal Dover Ohio attended a postal training session at Grafton post office. He previously served in the Union army and was assigned as a guard to attend President Lincoln’s body from Washington to Springfield Illinois. Now in his 69th year he remains active as postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan. J. Roderick
Daily Sentinel
Grafton
John J. Roderick
Canal Dover
Ohio
Roderick
Lincoln
Washington
Igh Cn
National Capital
Springfield
Finois
Italian man dies of gunshot wounds on roadside near Bellaire
An unidentified Italian man was found dying on a country road behind Bellaire, Ohio, with three bullet wounds. Authorities refused hospital transport because of prior costs, and he died by the roadside after being left at the city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing, W. Va
Bellaire
Grafton Rail Link Plans Move Ahead to Connect Cities
Board of directors of the Grafton Fairmont and Clarksburg Railway Company met in the Grafton Banking and Trust Company room to discuss a proposed electric line linking Grafton, Bridgeport, Clarksburg, and Fairmont. Right of way is nearly complete from Grafton to Bridgeport, with a direct trolley connection to Clarksburg and onward to Fairmont. The project would also connect Fairmont to Mannington via existing lines, promising significant benefits for Grafton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Mannington
Denunciation of lumber trust grounds grand jury probes
President jTatt's denunciation of the alleged lumber trust bears fruit as a special federal grand jury begins testimony to pursue criminal cases against suspected unlawful combinations. Oliver E. Pagin from Washington joins the jury room, signaling government confidence amid fears of indictments for prominent lumber merchants. Clark McKercher, assisting Attorney General Wickersham, has led a long inquiry into the lumber trade, revived by public boasts that Edward Hineh helped secure Lorimer’s advantage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
jTatt
Tumber Trust
Oliver E. Pagin
Washington
Clark McKercher
Wickersham
Pagin
Edward Hineh
National Lumber Dealers' Association
Lorimer
Rich baby Hopkins buys million dollar Fifth Avenue home
Russell Hopkins the Panama consul general to the United States buys a $1,000,000 house at 145 Fifth Avenue for his two months old son John Randolph Hopkins. The infant's grandmother Mrs J V Lawrence plans a $25,000 furnishing suite for a nursery. The roof will be steel wired and turned into a playground. Nora Reynolds of Pruntystown is shopping in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russell Hopkins
Atlanta
Panama
Fifth Avenue
John Randolph Hopkins
J. V. Lawrence
Launch Upend Sinks Four Drowns in Mississippi River
Four men drown and three rescued after a kageline launch capsized in the Mississippi River near St. Louis on Sunday. Dead include John A. Detrech, Master Brook, and Charles Totch. fourth victim unnamed. Overcrowding caused the disaster. bodies not recovered. Other text notes New Zealand's nicknames as The Fortunate Isles The Star of the South and The Wonderland of the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Misssissippi River
John A. Detrech
T Master Brook
Charles Totch
New Zealand
Johnson sails to England for coronation with jewels
New York June 6 Jack Johnson the world heavyweight champion plans to take all his jewelry aboard for his England trip to attend the coronation. To avoid duty on return he registered the 15 pieces at the customs house, some valued at thousands of dollars each. Also mentions a patent medicine note for Ray Fields prune syrup and senne.
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Madrigal Club
Otagon
McWilliams
T. F. Lanham
Peck
H. J. Pracht
D. M. Shafer
Tarrett Street
First National Bank of Newbury
Hooper
South
Heeler
Lincoln Street
Wilford Street
Walter Street
B. F. Bailey
Hailey Street
Jed W. Yates
Love
Yates
West Main Street
Graham
Grafton Traction Company
Maple Avenue
Turadder Street
Bluemont Cemetery
Fire Department
Glenn
First Ward
Addison Street
Baker
Ed. L. Moran
Marty Kimmel
Fred J. Bol
Ager
William Currence
Roy Bonnett
Davis & Barker
Mary Gordon
Gratton
Enientown Tol
Frank McGinness
Stillmans
Temple
Shapiro
Nellie Daley
Forepaugh and Sells Bros
Holmboe & Labferty
Architccts
Buildin
City OF Grafton
Lafferty
Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
St.augustine's Law
Leah Davis
Salem
Mamie Phillips
J.W. Law
Davia
Phillips
Mr. Law
Gertrude Lake
Mayme Flowers
Baltimore
Evelyn Tapp
Pt. Marlo
Lottie Rotrbaugh
Ollie Dye
Sam Waller
M. Browning
Vance
Orley Law
Harry Abbott
Brooks Sims
Miss Davis
Ation OF
San
Nora Reynolds
Pruntystown
Mississippi River
Ves
Cardus
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