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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1901
Page
7
An aging speaker extols a prominent New Yorker as he takes a Senate seat, praising experience in teaching self discipline and urging support for a local savings institution that offers good deposits and interest to young men seeking guidance and financial backing.
Article describes dynamite's downward action in quarry use to break large rock, noting dirt cover effects and comparing to black powder. It includes quotations about Ward McAllister, Armour, and society figures, referencing a New York Tribune item.
A Der Lotse of Hamburg piece recounts Brahms racing to attend a funeral for Schumann’s widow, misrouting via the Orient Express to Bonn and Frankfurt. He arrives just in time, calls the experience fearfully nervous, and notes he nearly had a stroke. It also shares a comic anecdote about a disciplined corporal earning a civil post, plus a Sauntering joke about two living cheaply.
Mrs. Nation files suit in Binghamton alleging insult to her name and proposing a $10,000 damages claim against Kelkes proprietor of this city for introducing a "Carrie Nation" cocktail. The piece also covers university appropriations, local political figures, and a murder verdict in West Virginia.
A long list of industrial ventures across West Virginia is reported, with buyers purchasing coal lands near Adamston and St. Albans, new mines opening in Blaine and Piedmont, refineries, mills, and planned rail lines. Companies including Blaine Coal Mine, Piedmont Potomac, and West Virginia Central pursue expansions. new rail studies and incorporations are noted in Morgantown, Jarvisville, Belva, and Elkins, signaling a broad regional push into coal, mining, and transport networks.
A Kentucky attorney touts Mother's Friend as the grandest remedy for expectant mothers. He claims it reduces nine tenths of childbirth suffering, calms the mother's disposition, keeps both mother and child in good health, and aids rapid recovery. Sold by druggists for $1 a bottle by The Bradfield Regul ator Co of Atlanta Georgia. Seeks buyers and free illustrated book.
Grafton post office lists uncalled letters including Mrs Jane Dotson Win Galvin Joe Hankey Miss Nancy Hustoud Annie Laine James Owens Alva Rist Will O Shorn Chas Spring and Warder Lon Wilkon Mrs Worth. bedding and banking notices. money to loan from Grafton Building and Loan Association. Sons of evolution annual meeting with officers. banquet at Hotel Jackson. Bunsen Pine Tar Cough Honey advertised for La Grippe and colds at 25 and 50 cents.
A fragmented note describes the Gepartians store dry goods room attracting attention amid vague remarks about downtown activity and an event on August 8. Details are unclear but the item signals a local shop push or promotion drawing notice.
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