Convict Two Traction Line In Land Frauds Extended
Washington June 23 Guilty Frederick A Hyde Joost H Schnei der Not guilty John A Benson Henry P Dimond This verdict concluded a jury trial of four Westerners including millionaire real estate operator Benson for conspiracy to defraud the government of lands in the Far West Hyde and Schnei der convicted on most counts Benson and Dimond acquitted and released Hyde and Schnei der bail raised to 20000 and 12500 respectively Sentences for Hyde and Schnei der deferred Maximum penalty two years in prison or 10000 fine or both The Grafton Traction Company began a 1000 foot extension in the First ward toward Fetterman baseball park with new summer car arrivals boosting capacity to ten to twelve thousand riders per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frederick A. Hyde
Joost H. Schneider
John A. Benson
Henry P. Dimond
Benson
Far West
Dimond
Hyde
Schneider
Grafton ‘Traction Company
First Ward
Fetterman Baseball Park
Ball Park
Fetterman
Hours Cut Again at Baltimore & Ohio in Grafton
Retrenchment policy at the Baltimore and Ohio railroad continues in Grafton with workers reduced to four five hour days weekly. Management cites dull business and aims to minimize expenses until July 1 to avoid a stock slump while shop operations, including erecting shops, largely halt and engines await repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Grafton
Round House
Corpse Scattered Along City Tracks Reported
Parts of a human body were found along the Desbrosses street trolley line and nearby bridges in Manhattan. Police seek identity. theories include murder and disposal on tracks to obscure the crime. A black haired athletic man is the only clue. mutilation hindered identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Desbrosses Street
Williamsburg Bridge
Descrosses Street Ferry
Manhattan
Kent Avenue
Desbrosses
Rail officials study suburban transport at Clifton Hotel
Niagara Falls Ont June 23 Officials from major American rail systems gathered at Clifton Hotel for the American Association of Transportation and Car Accounting Officers. Committees discussed suburban passenger service car design electrification and baggage car length with emphasis on steel frame cars seating 100 per car and rapid door operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Ont
Clifton Hotel
American Association of Transportation
Illinois Central
Chicago
West Jersey & Seashore Railroad
Mountain State Lumber Manager Severely Injured
Ed Glenn, manager of the Mountain State Lumber Company, badly lacerated his left hand and lost three fingers at work in the planning mill in the First ward. He was taken home after the accident around 9 o clock and is resting well under the circumstances. The injury is very painful and unfortunate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Sentinel
Glenn
Mountain State Lumber Company
New Show Cases Installed at Red Cross Pharmacy
A. A. Holt, manager of Red Cross Pharmacy on Walnut Street West Side, reports new show cases fitted up with marble bases and upper plate glass. The renovated dry goods store is described as among the handsomest in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Holt
Red Cross Pharmacy
Walnut Street
West Side
Red Cross
Durbin Family Moves to Grafton Suburban Home
Gashiee Charles R. Durbin of the Grafton Bank relocates his family to a pretty country home about a mile beyond the First ward limits. They will spend the heated season near the banks of the Tygart Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gashiee
Charles R. Durbin
Grafton Bank
Ward
Tygart Valley
Former Grafton Citizen Dies in California
Daily Sentinel reports the death in Gilroy California of Levi Richmond age 84, a former Grafton resident born in Richmond Virginia. His son W J Richmond of West Washington street travels to California for the funeral. Levi previously lived in Nebraska and California after leaving Grafton after the Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Sentinel
W. J. Richmond
West Washington Street
Gilroy
Cal
Levi Richmond
Mary Wolf
Richmond
Grafton
Nebraska
California
Daniel
Bartley
Neb
John
George
Curtis
Baptists Plan Fine Trip From Fairmont to Cleveland
Fairmont youths plan a July pilgrimage to the Baptist Young People of America convention in Cleveland July 8 12. Led by A C Kinkead the group will travel via Cleveland Buffalo and Niagara Falls on excursion tickets with a special rate of one and a half fares totaling 7 65 dollars. N B Jamison and Miss Amy Elinson join as chaperones. more may join by contacting A C Kinkead.
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Fairmont
Cleveland
Convention of the Baptist Young People of America
A. C. Kinkead
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Lake Erie
Cleveland & Buffalo Transportation Company
Convention of the Baptist Young People's Union of America
N. B. Jamison
Amy Elinson
Margaret Tee
Railroad Association
Knottsville social notes recount visits and events
In Knottsville Mr John Funk hosted a Sunday visit at Walnut Grove Farm. Visitors include Miss Ola Bartlett of Belington, Miss Mollie Dadisman’s niece Ray Shroyer, and many locals at Children’s Day in Martin’s Beulah Church. Epworth League led by A J Cornwell. F.S. group hosted leap year picnic at Grafton Park and Montaville. Pearl McDaniel returns from WVU.
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John Funk
Walnut Grove Farm
Ola Bartlett
Belington
J. T. Knotts
Don Stout
Bridgeport
Ray Shroyer
Mollie Dadisman
Pleasant Creek
Mattie
Blanche Swisher
Ella Allender
Etta Colebank
Arthur Colebank
Arthur
Marion Allender
the Pines
Pearl McDaniel
Grace Knotts
Morgantown
Harold Wilmoth
Grafton
John Sturm
Clarksburg
A. J. Cornwell
Newcome
Haymond Settlement
Epworth League
McCartney
F. 8
Grafton Park
Montaville
Scott Takes a Rest from National Duties
United States Senator Scott leaves Wheeling for Seal Harbor Maine to rest after a demanding winter in the U S Senate and active role at the Chicago national convention. The Wheeling News notes Curtin and Watson rejoicing over Taft and Bryan nominations at Denver. Delegation banners drawn by Cleveland committee and plans for Clarksburg Moundsville Wheeling districts to send large contingents to the state event.
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Wheeling
United States
Scott
Seal Harbor
U. S Senate
Chicago
George W. Curtin
Taft
C. W. ‘Watson
Bryan
Denver
Wheeling News
Early Years of Grover Cleveland Shaped by Buffalo Career
The article traces Grover Cleveland’s boyhood in Caldwell and Fayetteville, his clerical work with Fanny Crosby, and early legal career in Buffalo. It notes his rise from assistant district attorney to sheriff candidate, mayor of Buffalo, and governor of New York, highlighting his veto power, fiscal prudence, and distant path to the presidency.
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Caldwell
N. J
New York
James G. Blaine
Bly
Grover Cleveland
United States
Stephen F. Cleveland
Ann Neal
Baltimore
Grover
Parson Cleveland
Fayetteville
N. Y
Clinton
Cleveland
Holland Patent
Princeton College
New York Institution For the Blind
New York City
Fanny Crosby
Miss Crosby
Goy
Thas
Crosby
Buffalo
Tuffalo
Charles J. Folger
Lynching Of Negroes In Texas After Race Clash
Houston reports a mob in Sabine County near Hemphill killed nine African Americans Sunday night and another two on Monday. The violence followed the shooting deaths of two white men by black suspects and involved hangings, shootings, and the discovery of bodies in a creek. Authorities moved a confessed killer and accomplice to Beaumont for safekeeping.
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Houston
Tex
Hemphill
Sabin County
Hugh Dean
Dean
Aaron M. Johnson
Fred
Perry Price
Robert Wright
Price
Johnson
William McCoy
Beaumont
Local social news from Neel and neighbors
Mrs John L Neel hosts a quiet home scene as friends and relatives drop by. Sunday visits include Henry Stevens family Rena Henderson Nancy Neel Eva Alma Halterman Ivy Reese Katy Vincent and many others. A wedding took place Saturday June 20 uniting Aaron Neel and Jennie Garrel of Grassy Run.
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John L. Neel
Henry Stevens
Robert Neel
Rena Henderson
Nancy Neel
Penuinah Henderson
Sarah
George Neel
Ivy Reese
Katy Vincent
Eva
Alma Halterman
Charles and
Bennie Reese
Gibson Reese
T. J. Neel
Lee Vincent
Annon Chutes
Reed
Washington
Jessie Swisher
Winfield
Old Lake
Aaron Neel
Jennie Garrel
Grassy Run
City Crematory Now Completed For Garbage Disposal
The new crematory to consume city garbage is completed and ready for use about the first of next week after plaster and mortar dry. It sits near Short Creek between the Wabash right of way and the Tugart Valley river near First ward in a sparsely dwelled area to avoid fumes. The furnace measures 29 by 8 feet with bins for dumping garbage before burning and a daily capacity of about 25 wagon loads, sufficient for all city waste. an attendant will be appointed at the next city council meeting.
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Short Creek
Wabash Right of Way
Tygart Valley
First Ward
Local notes from Clarksburg and surroundings
Flemington doctor I Davisson visited Clarksburg Monday. D B Marple moved to St Clairsville for a mining job. Mrs J W Davidson is better and able to go out. B F Cather and family of Grafton visited. L Vatha and daughter Virginia visited. B Goodwin sold grocery and meat business. O R Reed bought the shop. Reed aims to cut meat from a dead steer with barber skill. Lena Sinsel of Fairmont visiting. aunt Mrs H P Davidson injured and confined to chair and bed. Halloway and Shire of Jeffrey Manufacturing, Columbus, visited. Pittstein Coal Co plans a new tipple and improved handling gear. Jeffrey firm hopes to supply. Ben McKeever of Jane Lew visiting. Tasten Society of M P church held an ice cream festival at the College. weather ideal but mine lighting hurt finances, festival not as successful as hoped.
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I. Davisson
Clarksburg
D. B. Marple
St. Clairsville
J. W. Davidson
B. F. Cather
Grafton
R.G. Cather
College Hill
Messrs. Halloway and Shire
Jeffrey Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Pittstein Coal Company
Jeffrey
Ben McKeever
Jane Lew
Simonton
M. P. Church
Fiduciary Notices in Taylor County Accounts for Settlement
Fiduciary notices before Commissioner J Frank Wilson list accounts for E B LaFollette Insane estate. Isaac Reese deceased. Jackson Luzadder deceased. John Marquess guardian. John B Current deceased. Oh J Howard Cather deceased. Achsah Cather administratrix. Dated June 16 1908.
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C. H. Rector
E. B. LaFollette
Robert L. Reese
Isaac Reese
Robert E. Luzadder
Jackson Luzadder
Mary A. Marquess
John Marquess
Albert Current
John B. Current
Achsah
Cather
J. Howard Cather
J. Frank Wilson
Tay
Ieee
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Graftonraction Company
Anilroad
Niagara
Great Waterfall
Glenn Hurt
MR. Durbin
Webster
N. M. Tutt
James Warder
Simpson
Miss Rosier
Knottsville
Funk
Main Street
Daniel Miller Simonton
Sallie Wade
Tracey Curry
Flemington
Pearl Roach
Dr. Peck
Snyder
Methodist Episcopal Church
Emmaline Warder
Charles Dunnington
George Prim
George Smith
Tutt
J. W. Hamilton
Art Perine
W. T. Handley
M. H. Dent
Hugh Warder
Moran
A. W. Burdett
Hayward Fleming
Frank Shumaker
Nell
Byrd Lake
W. [. Shields
M. M. Wade
J. G. St. Clair
Methodist Protestant Church
Chipps
Queen
Taylor County
Presbyterian Church
Stephen Grover
Mothar
Taball
Rover Cleveland
Cald‘wele
Texac
Bunners
Gilbert Lake
Daughtr
Trene
Susan Scranage
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