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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
8
In this wartime era tire buying becomes a business decision. United States Tires show strong sales as proof of value. High quality tires cater to small and large cars alike, with sales and service depots ready to assist customers.
Taylor County Farm Bureau notes by H D Rohr outline June club meetings for Wickwire, Raymond, Bailey, Harmony Grove, Lin School, Hager Atlas Glass works. Pig Day at Grafton to distribute purebred Berkshire pigs to 10 boys and 10 girls with W Hendrick guest speaking. Noted farm programs, walnut timber marketing, and plans for lime and phosphate buying teams plus a September district event.
Several counties in the state organize institutes to benefit boys and girls engaged in club work this year. Programs will cover each day to develop the four fold life and balance intellectual social physical and spiritual natures of the youth.
V U graduates five University of Morgantown Bachelor of Arts recipients elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society last week. D A Kristopher of Morgantown, Pauline Brewster of Weston, Helenari of Wheeling, H B Bernaford of Misdatown, and Anhe Tridbery of Weston constitute the class. Three women and two men comprise the group.
Two men, James Johnson and James Reed, were arrested on vagrancy warrants. Johnson faced a preliminary hearing with a final trial planned for this evening, reportedly long a hostler, and Reed appeared before a magistrate with a promise to return to work. Officers indicate this may be Reed’s last trial.
Heavy rains across the state last week caused cloudbursts and flood damage in multiple areas. The Greg tent show in Pennsboro reported the ground flooded and equipment washed away while Jenny butter workers rescued items. Grafton boy Guy Orpkis, manager of the show, was cited.
Sinn Fein leader Jeremiah A OLeary pleads not guilty to conspiracy and espionage charges. Witnesses testifying about his physical and mental decline describe him as restless and delusional, comparing him to Harry Thaw. He is held without bail at the Tombs after arraignment.
A missing naval dirigible from Cape May New Jersey was found safe after its engine failed on Saturday. The pilot reported a sea landing and rescue by a nearby boat. The crew, later brought to a navy yard, signaled for help as the balloon drifted eastward.
June 19 1916 government charges conspiracy to defraud through oleomargarine coloring. Frank W Tillinghast Leonard L Baker and Samuel F Fenner of Vermont Manufacturing Company Providence R I pleaded guilty before Judge Hand. Frauds alleged amount to $1 200 000 from 1912 to 1914 using palm oil to color oleomargarine and evade a ten cent tax per pound.
A formal letter discusses employee unity versus outside organizations amid war demands. It cites 500,000 annual telegraphs, warns against strikes, and contrasts Walsh Taft plan with worker associations under war labor guidance. Herbert Hoover’s pay as Food Administrator is noted at 12 dollars yearly.
Italian Ambassador Italo Ducecelli called on Secretary Baker in Washington and reviewed the War Department decision to send American troops to Italy. Allied leaders and officials stressed unity and the need to consider transportation and supply, with Italian, French, and British forces already aiding in Europe. The move would signal strong commitment without forming a separate Italian American frontline.
County Chairman W. A. Beavers and speaker Jed W. Robinson will visit Knottsville Sunday after Sunday school to organize a community council of defense in the church building. Robinson will speak on the council's work in promoting relief efforts and patriot movements. Officers will be elected and installed with a large local turnout expected.
A fragmented roster lists meeting places and chairmen for each ward including Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Ward teams. Names of chairmen and members such as Musgrove Ford Adair Loar Shroeder and many others appear across multiple wards with varied allocations.
English agricultural workers stage a protest in a tent encampment demanding a minimum wage of seven dollars and fifty cents per hour. The demonstrators call for fair pay amid rising living costs and unstable employment.
Quincy C Dadisman 26, recently discharged from Camp Lee after four months in Battery D 313th field artillery, died at his parents home in Pleasant Creek at 2 40 AM of tuberculosis. Survived by parents two brothers Claude and Guy siblings in France. Funeral at Pleasant Creek church tomorrow at 2 30 led by Rev W H Waters with M W A in charge. burial by Perite Bartlet co.
Official staff changes at Grafton Bank and Rust Company noted with Bindduck as executive in charge and Aubott as cashier. Leut is out due to surgery. Clyde Richman to become bookkeeper. Deed transfers recorded with Rose Murphy listing multiple transfers including Thorpe and Rogers estates.
In Amsterdam on June 16 table cloths vanished from several eateries. Under an official order, proprietors of taverns and eating houses persist that meals can be served cleanly without cloths and that patrons must adapt to the change to avoid waste.
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