Arrest in Plum liquor sale case at Palace Cafe
George H. Workman of Palace Cafe was arrested on a warrant by Justice Lilly for allegedly selling intoxicants to Hol Plum, leading to a preliminary hearing waiver and transfer to circuit court. Plum, injured from a bridge fall, remains bedridden as the probe continues with a $500 bond set and a possible heavy penalty for any wrongdoing.
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Daily Sentinel
Justice Lilly
George H. Workman
Palace Cafe
Ethel and
Latrobe Streets
Hol. Plum
Workman
Joe Plum
Grafton
Plum
Taylor County Delegates Named for Eleventh District Nomination
Delegates from Marion Monongalia and Taylor counties will meet at Fairmont next Saturday at 2 p m to nominate a state senator for the district. Names include A R Warden C Jefferys Hugh Marquess John Bailey George Smedley Job Springer and others. Delegates will travel on the afternoon train to arrive in time for the meeting.
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Marion
Monongalia
Taylor
Fairmont
A. R. Warden
C. Jefferys
Hugh Marquess
John Bailey
George W. Smedley
Job Springer
James W. Holt
G. A. Bolden
B. F. Bailey
Mountain City
Woodley Not Guilty in Somerville Shooting Case
In Elkins on June 23, the state rested its case against W. H. Woodley, who faced a shooting indictment aimed at Howard J. Sommerville. A verdict of not guilty was returned this morning after a term that already saw twenty-one felony indictments. Other cases await trial on concealed weapons and assault charges as the term opens busy. Also reported, Sz Lewis, a Newburg coal train brakeman, was badly injured when dragged under a pilot by a shaved rail and taken home for treatment.
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Elkins
W. H. Woodley
Woodley
Howard J. Sommerville
Newburg
Lewis
Railway Boom Prompts Steel Mills to Resume
Grafton and Belington branch of the B and O sees heavy traffic as passengers swarm trains daily. In Pittsburgh district, United States Steel and independents prepare for resumption with railroads improving, pig iron demand rising, and plants like Carnegie Steel reopening fully.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Steel Corporation
W. Dewees Wood
McKeesport
Relics Unearthed In Madison Avenue Mound Discovery
In Muntington West Virginia on Madison Avenue a 6 ft 8 in prehistoric skeleton was found 12 feet from the mound base. It lay amid copper bracelets eight in number, inscribed petrified wood believed Hickory, and several arrow heads and stone hatchets. Scholars think the inscriptions indicate a totem legend of a departed tribe. Smithsonian Institute to be notified for the relics.
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Muntington
W. Va
Central City
Madison Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Smithsonian Institute
Judge Fines 24 Paper Makers for Sherman Violations
In New York on June 23 Judge Hough fined twenty-four Manila and fibre paper manufacturers $2,000 each for pleading guilty to Sherman Antitrust Act violations. Twenty-three defendants were indicted last week. one pleaded guilty with the rest. The dissolved trust cited for leniency is noted, but the judge ruled the fines appropriate.
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New York
United States
Hough
Manila
Solomon Stroo
Manilla
Petticoats to Ruin Women Warn of Silk Garments
In St Louis on June 23, Mrs. Dan Kneffier of the Women’s Trade Union League declares the silk petticoat harms women’s virtue and finances. She outlines an education campaign to curb extravagance and the suspicion aroused by garments that exceed a girl’s means.
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St. Louis
Dan Kneffier
Women’s Trade Union League
St Louis
Zed Camp Organizers Return From Erbacon Mission
Ira Wilmoth district deputy of Modern Woodmen of America and Terrence Mackey return from Erbacon near Webster Springs after several days organizing a camp. They secured support from Col. John T. McGraw and others. Thirty women and families plan to start the new unit at Deer Park for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Wilmoth
Woodmen of America
Terrence Mackey
Erbacon
Webster Springs
Deer Park
Col. John, T. McGraw
Misa Rose
Taft Campaign Chairmanship Talks Continue in Taft Home
Cincinnati June 22 William H Taft and a Republican sub committee discussed selecting a national chairman to run his campaign. Frank Hitchcock declined to serve and no decision was reached with a July 1 conference planned in Washington. The sub committee adjourned after two and a half hours.
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Cincinnati
William H. ‘Taft
Republican National Committee
Charles P. Taft
Frank H. Hitchcock
Washington
Taft
Shadles P. Taft
Pike Street
National Committee
Chicago
W. L. Ward
New York
Hart
Town
Hitchcock
Myron T. Herrick
Suit for Millions Against Baltimore and Ohio
Gauley Land and Coal stockholders plan a multi million dollar suit against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad alleging a pledge to build a Curtin Gauley Mills branch to haul Webster and Nicholas county coal. A second survey was ordered then recalled amid claims Pennsylvania Railroad behind the move. Stockholders say the recall betrays the promised line and threatens substantial coal lands. In Richmond a double murder occurs as Walter Merrick shoots at a thief, killing his wife and injuring himself. coroner exonerates Merrick. the wife dies leaving a toddler.
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Clarksburg
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Gauley Land & Coal Company
Webster
Nicholas
Curtin
Gauley Mills
Gauley Company
Poti
Squire Halstead
Nicholas County
Gauley Coal & Land Company
Halstead
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Fairmont Delegates Nominate County Ticket at Democratic Rally
More than 1 000 Democrats gathered at South Side Park for the Marion County Democratic convention. The ticket includes Sheriff Calvin D. Conaway Pine Grove. House of Delegates William I R Ice Orville Murray M V Millan. Clerk of the County Court John F Phillips Fairmont. Clerk of the Circuit Court W S Balck Fairmont. Prosecuting Attorney Tusca Morris Fairmont. Assessor T V Morgan Manington. County Commissioner George Lilly Fairmont. County Surveyor Nicholas Ainger Pawpaw.
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Fairmont
South Side Park
Marion County
Calvin D. Conaway
Pine Grove
House of Delegates
William IR. Ice
Orville Murray
M. V. Millan
John F. Phillips
W. S. Balck
Tusca Morris
T. V. Morgan
Manington
George Lilly
Nicholas Ainger
Pawpaw
Visiting former home Henry C Chaney visits Grafton
Henry C Chaney of Pittsburg arrived Sunday to stay with Grafton friends for several weeks. He is brother of Mrs. John T Pilson of East Wilford street and father of H Garfield Chaney official stenographer in Judge Holt's circuit. Chaney lived in Grafton before the Civil War and farmed in the Union army two years. He has resided in Pittsburg for about fifteen years.
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Henry C. Chaney
Pittsburg
Grafton
Chaney
John T. Pilson
East Wilford Street
H. Garfield Chaney
Holt
Judicial Circuit
Union
Farm
Unique wedding by sign language in Baptist home
Rev C J Trawin officiated at a Sunday ceremony uniting David R Hudspeth and Emma B Ware. Held at Alex Zeck home with family and friends, guests toasted the couple before they departed by train to Charleston West Virginia for their new home. Hudspeth, a respected farmer educated at Romney, and Ware, known in Grafton and member of the Niles Baptist church, begin married life amid broad well wishes.
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C. J. Trawin
The
Baptist Church
David R. Hudspeth
Emma B. Ware
Alex Zeck
Charleston
W. Va
Hudspeth
Romney
Shot Down by Members of Congregation in Herman
Rev Valentine Strauss of the German Evangelical church near Herman Missouri was killed by about a dozen congregation members. He had been sane only moments before death after a homicidal mania that had seen him roam at night with a shotgun firing at people. He wounded three men and a woman and tried to kill his wife before being shot in a blacksmith shop where he died with his head on his wife’s lap.
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Herman, Mo
Valentine Strauss
German Evangelical Church
Ben
Strauss
Rev. Strauss
Wedding at Chapel Royal Promises Royal Attendance
Chapel Royal at St James Palace was decorated for tomorrow's wedding of Miss Jean Reid to John Hubert Ward. Expected guests include King Edward and Queen Alexandria, with a reception at Dorchester House for friends and London social leaders.
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Chapel Royal
London
St. James’ Palace
Jean Reid
John Hubert Ward
King Edward
Queen Alexandria
Dorchester House
Ambassador Reid
Finger Mashing Accident at Fetterman Ball Park
R N McConkey manager of the Fetterman team injured a finger while walking with prominent gentlemen on a Sunday afternoon. A companion lifting a heavy flat stone caused the mishap as the end was raised too soon in the casual outing.
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R. N. McConkey
Fetterman
Peach Orchard Boom Expands Across Eastern Belt Near Keyser
A Cumberland News report details a surge in orchard plantings across the region from Keyser to Cumberland. Companies listed include Knobley Orchard with 31,000 apple trees and 3,000 peach trees, Alkire, Cumberland Valley, Twigg, Allegany, Park Kim mell, Taylor Moran, Hoff man, Gurd, Sloan Arnold, and others with thousands of trees each, signaling a thriving fruit-growing belt.
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Keyser
Knobley Orchard Company
W. Va
Alkire Orchard Co
Cumberland Valley Orchard Company
Twigg Orchard Co
Allegany Orchard Co
Gurd
Park & Kimmell Orchard Co
Taylor and Moran
T.T. and
D. F. Hoffman
Dr. Ed. Wilson
Huntley Hoffman
Sloan Arnold
David Arnold
T. M. Long
Cumberland News
Mr Lilly Returns From Peoria Visit for Lodge Claim
Mr James L Lilly, clerk of Oak Camp Modern Woodmen, returns from Peoria Til where he went last week on behalf of a claim due from the lodge to a beneficiary at Biking.
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James L. Lilly
Oak Camp
Modern Woodmen
Peoria
Til
Peach crop outlook lingers as Maryland Delaware orchards predict record yield
Forecasters in Maryland and Delaware expect the peach crop to be the largest in a decade barring unforeseen dangers. Early indications point to a bumper season despite past damage from yellowing and San Jose scale on the peninsula, signaling an exceptionally large harvest this year.
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Maryland
Delaware
Phillips Nominated and Wager Wins Death in Ohio
West Liverpool Ohio June 23 A Democratic convention in Fairmont sparked chatter as John Phillips of Fairmont a known Gratton figure and brother of A Hood Phillips was nominated for county clerk A dollar wager by Cave on Craft Adams and August Craft aged 49 ended badly Craft swam and drowned Adams reportedly witnessed the incident Adams later returned to Craft home and informed onlookers Craft’s drowning is tied to the bet in Marion county Buckhannon resident J B Young spent last evening in Gratton
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John Phillips
Fairmont
Gratton
A. Hood Phillips
West Liverpool
Cave
Lus Adams
August Craft
Marion
Craft
Phillips
Adams
Sutton man L. M. Wade spends evening in city business
L. M. Wade of Sutton spent last evening in the city on business matters.
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L. M. Wade
Sutton
City of Business
James Crowley Dies in Cumberland After Illness
James Crowley a well known Grafton resident died Saturday at Western Maryland Hospital Cumberland after about two months illness. He came to Grafton before the Civil War and worked plastering until enlisting in the Third West Virginia Infantry. He served three years, was honorably discharged, returned to Grafton, prospered, and died unmarried at the Coulehan House. The funeral was at Walford and St Patrick’s Church with burial in St Patrick’s Cemetery. He had relatives in Cincinnati.
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James Crowley
Grafton
Maryland
Cumberland
Crowley
Third
West Virginia Infantry
Coulehan House
West Main Street
Catherine A. Noonan
Emily Street
Walford
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Cincinnati
Master Denis Chabot Delights Grafton Audiences
A sweltering Saturday evening concert at Eagles Hall featured Master Denis Chabot, famed Belgian pianist, delivering one of the finest recitals in Grafton. The Madrigal Chorus Club hosted a representative, enthusiastic audience as Chabot’s piano and violin performances earned lasting applause and high praise for his technique and interpretation.
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Eagles’ Hall
Denis Chabot
Grafton
Madrigal Chorus Club
Chabot
Identified Body of Young Man Killed by Horse At Tunnelton
The undertaker in Tunnelton identified the deceased as William Todd of Wheeling. An uncle arrived last night to escort the body to Wheeling, with Todd having worked at Beau mont Glass Factory briefly before joining a show company.
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Tunnelton
William Todd
Wheeling
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George T. Workman
Taylor County
Randolph
Grafton & Belington
Istaxia
City
Homestead
Carnegie Steel Company
Edgar Thompson
Duquesne
Woods Run
Shenango
Jiable
Pettticoats
Baltimore & Ohio
Gauley Coal & Land Co
Nicholas Counties
Richmond
Walter Merrick
Marmara
Dinwiddie
Marion Dems
MR. Lilly
Sweet Melody
J.B. Young
Buckhannon
James Gronley
Eagles Hall
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