Germans Seek Extension in Peace Treaty Terms
Paris dispatch reports the Council of Four considering German terms for admission to peace talks. Allies may deliver a reply by Friday June 23 outlining five acceptance options. Prime Minister Clemenceau and leaders discuss covenant changes to allow Germany into the League of Nations under conditions.
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Paris
Council of Four
Proimier “Ciétuedceau
Col
Nansé
Libba Robert
Cecil
Grafton Street Car Line Sale Hinted by Court Action
Dr. Lanham trustee in bankruptcy seeks court order to sell the Grafton street car line and the Garfton Light and Power property at public auction or private sale. He notes Monongahela Traction Company may purchase, promising improved service and interurban links to Bridgeport, with sale to follow creditor meetings and routine court steps.
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Grafton
Garfton, Light and Power Company
Dr. Lanham
United States District Court
West Virginia
Privac
Grattan
Bridgeport
Tay- Tor
Petition for sale of bankrupts' real and personal property
Petition filed June 2 1919 requests court order to sell all real and personal property free of liens and encumbrances and to marshal liens. Hearing set June 30 1919 at 7 pm at Taylor County Bank building Grafton WV. creditors urged to appear to assert claims and liens and determine sale terms and fund distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. FP. Lapholm
Ulatter
Grafton Lights& Power Company
C. B. Wyckoff
Taylor County Bank
Grafton
Taylor+ county
West’ Virginia
Knights of Pythias Hold Memorial Decoration at Bluemont Cemetery
Knights of Pythias of this city held a Decoration Day observance at Bluemont Cemetery with Hon. J Blackburn Watl delivering an oration on fraternity and mortality. The procession, music, and flower offerings drew large crowds despite some member absences, marking one of the more impressive memorials in recent years.
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Friendship Lodge No
Knights of Pythias
Order
Knights Bluemont
John C. Deck
Corbin Cornet Barn
J. Guy Allender
Ithamer Yates
J. Blackburn Wat l of
Philippi
Castle Hall
Victory Fourth of July Celebration Committee Formed
Twenty five local businessmen form the Victory Fourth of July Celebration Committee of Gratton West Virginia to organize a major public holiday event. They plan a Society Circus act, aeroplane display, two large parades, a victory arch, and athletic events with community support and a memorial address by a visiting dignitary.
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Daily Sentinel
Patriotic Citizens Committee
Business Men’ Association
Moose Lodge
Hiss Country
Tgo
Wim
Morgan
M. & M. Bank
Harry Friedman
Gratton
W. Va
H. Friedman
B. Joe
H. A. Murray
W. M. Kerr
Jed W. Robinson
W. L. Cook
Wm. Morgan
B. F. Poe
W. A. Abbott
W. Engle
Messrs
Walter L. Cook
E. L. Sawyer
H.E. Bentum
New York
Society Circus
Society
Elsh
Woodmen Honor Memory of the Departed at Grafton Camp
The Grafton Camp No 4 Woodmen of the World held its annual memorial service at Blue Mont cemetery on Sunday. Delays occurred due to a railroad wreck preventing the Fleming ton camp from arriving. Reed's Band led the procession with Woodmen and Woodmen Circle members marching in from Bluemont, commanded by James Sutler acting as marshal.
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Worence Hamilton ‘Wilkinson
iWoodmen
Peop
Wiliam Frank Packer
Lera Wasori
Abrham Lincoln
Woodven
Semtina
Grafton
Woodmen of the World
Riu Jaunt
Washington, D. C
Out of Tows Quad Mare
Flemington
Attandaion
Fairmont
Zairmont
White Rose Circle
Bluemont
Reed
Coutory Gates
Gratton
Hemington
James Sutler
Flemington Camp and Grafton Woodmen Join Danvers Lodge Support
The Flemington camp, most of the Grafton Woodmen, and Danvers affiliates carried support for the Danvers as led by the Indies of the Woodmen Circle and their allied lodges.
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Flemington Camp
Grafton Woodmen
Woodmen
Judge John A Caraptotl of Ohio and West Virginia dies at 76
Justice John A Caraptotl a former circuit judge of Brooke and Hancock counties in Ohio and West Virginia died aged 76. He once ran for Congress as a Republican and served as a trustee of Bethany College.
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New Cumberland
W.va
Jane
John A Caraptotl
Ohio
Brooke
Hancock Counties
Congress
Bethany College
Germans Portray Americans as Brave Yet Clumsy Soldiers
An article from Chicago Tribune notes German observers view Americans as bold yet temperamental and prone to headlong advances. They praise officers but criticize general ranks, saying the Rainbow and other divisions are strong while noncommissioned leadership often creates costly confusion on the front.
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Sentinels
Charles B. Burke
The
Chicago Tribune
Spa
Corman
von Randstedl
Lalfuoortz
Lamost
High Command
U. S. Plans to Protect Nicaragua Amid Costa Rican Threats
Washington reports the United States has placed a strong marine guard at Newraska and warships on the east coast to deter a Costa Rican invasion of Nicaragua. No action is expected until state department investigations conclude. In Mannington West Virginia the new city administration enforces Sunday closing laws restricting sales to newspapers and drugs on Bund a.
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Washington
Newraska
United States
State Department
Mannington
W. Va
Dane
Smallpox Case Wanders Streets Then Quarantined
A man named Maday J Rbbon Malo arrived by train with symptoms of smallpox. He wandered city streets and at the station before Chief Bolyard detained him. Health Officer Dr. Lanham ordered strict quarantine as officials assess contagion risk locally.
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Maday
Cecil
Remai
T. F. Lanham
Atrich
Male
Bolyard
Red Army massacre reported after Hungarian revolt
Reports from Vienna claim the Red Army executed about 3 000 peasants including women and children near Oedenburg after revolts in Western Hungary. Villages around Oedenburg reportedly refused Bolshevik allegiance and were later burned. Kolshéfl and Kolbat were shelled, peasants gathered a small resistance, and many fleeing or captured were hanged.
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Vienna
Red Army
Hungary
Oedenburg
Inews
Kolshéfl
Austria
Bela Kun
Cominunist
Ted Divizion
Kolbat
Imaghine
Auto Falls Off Road Injuring Four At Alamount
In Alamont on June 9 a car carrying Wm. Clay ton 40 Baxter Layman neighbor and two children plunged over an embankment and turtled on a road near Baxter. Layman and the two children were injured. Clinton sustained a dislocated hip several broken ribs a punctured lung and other injuries. Layman had been walking along the road and jumped onto the running board causing the driver to lose control.
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Alamont
Clayton
Baxter
State Hospital
James Layman
Baxter Layman
Lay Yhman
Clinton
American Women To Send Two More Mobile Hospitals
New York June 9 The American Women’s Hospital announced two additional mobile hospitals will be sent to Serbia. The first unit will leave New York about the middle of the present month. Each unit will have a personnel of about 60 and will be fully equipped with modern medical facilities.
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Serbia
New York
American Womens Hospital
Erbia
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