Most Gigantic Voting Contest Sends Winners to Jamestown Exposition
The Daily Sentinel announces a sweeping voting contest in Greater Grafton offering free trips to the Jamestown Exposition for eight categories including a telephone operator policeman lady clerk railroad man lady school teacher man clerk volunteer fireman and lady stenographer with all expenses paid.
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Jamestown Ter Centenary Exposition Contest Opens
The Sentinel launches a eight-winner voting contest to send top vote earners to the Jamestown Ter Centenary Exposition for one week. Eight winners receive all travel, lodging, show, and event expenses about $100 each, funded by subscriptions and cash votes. Voting begins Monday June 24 with coupons in the Sentinel and weekly counts each Friday.
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Jamestown Exposition Display Showcases Miss Bertha Bernstein Embroidery
Jamestown Grafton exhibitiion at the Wet Virginia building during the tercentennial features embroidery by Mire Bertha Bernstein wife of a local merchant. One piece spans over seven hundred letters on white satin and covers the entire ride of a rug, praised as the finest work and expected to attract much attention. The other two pieces also display notable needlework by Mrs Bernstein.
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Lula May Dean Weds George Earl Henderson in East End Ceremony
Monday evening at the bride's parents home in the East End Miss Lula May Dean married Mr. George Earl Henderson at eight o'clock. Rev C L Trawin officiated. Attendants were Miss Cora Summers and Alva Jacobs. The bride wore a white peau de soie dress with gloves and carried sweet peas. A Lohengrin march accompanied the ceremony. About 70 guests attended including Mr and Mrs J H Smallwood and Miss Dale McDonald. The couple will reside on Addison Street after July 1.
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Milford A. Beeler
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J. H. Smallwood
Colfax
Dale McDonald
Watson, W. Va
Addison Street
Postmaster General Meyer Extends Money Order Service
Postmaster General Meyer orders expansion of postal money order service to previously ineligible offices. He states the aim is public convenience and urges officers and employees to promote use while noting legal authority rests with the postmaster general. Legislation recommended to issue small postal notes up to $2.50 or £5 for broad access.
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Webster Woolen Mills to Add Blankets Manufacturing
Webster Woolen Mills Co will install a large amount of new machinery, boosting capacity and employment as it shifts to blanket production. A directorate committee ordered the equipment after an agent visit, with delivery promised soon and contracts with a wholesale firm to handle output. The plant will undergo changes and operate year round, likely adding many families to the city.
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Cluster of Currents Plucked From Telegraphic Vines
Severe storm damages New Ulm Minnesota and surrounding areas. In Warren Ohio farmer G L Turner kills himself, shooting with his toe. In Junction City Kansas a private dies from a neck fracture after a fall during artillery drill. Rome Italy house collapses injuring twenty five soldiers sheltering inside. Niles Michigan robbers assault James Rush home and injure Mrs Rush. Charlotte North Carolina bank clerk Frank H Jones sentenced for defalcation of $89000. Halifax Nova Scotia Canadian cruiser seizes American fishing schooner Prescott for illegal fishing.
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Rev Curry dies. gas franchise granted by council
Rev Harrieon Curry 58, a longtime Baptist minister, died at his West Walnut Street home after paralysis. He leaves a widow, son Fred, a sister Mrs S J Willhide, and brothers in Grafton Simpson and Iowa. The city council granted McGraw Oil & Gas a franchise to lay gas mains, suspending rules. a Warthen livery addition permit was also approved. A committee was appointed to study city arc light costs ahead of a potential new street car power plant.
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Lost watch with gold inlay reported
April 26 item a silver case watch inlaid with gold. finder to receive a reward by returning it to the Sentinel office. SL Ltd Ltw
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