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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1910
Page
5
Republican voters of West Virginia second district urged to attend delegate convention at Keyser on July 6 at 10 20 am for nominating a congressional candidate. Delegates allocated by county votes and primary results with rules for selection and certification to Republican committee officials.
A formal notice states delegates must be chosen at least 21 days before the election. The list shall be certified by county committee chairmen and secretaries to W. P. Scott of Keyser West Virginia and no alterations or proxies allowed. Signed by W. P. Scott secretary and Chas N. Finnell chairman on April 29, 1910.
Community brief listing illnesses and recoveries of residents. Glen Poe, sick with typhoid, is improving. Visitors include Mrs. R W Henderson and child, Miss Mary A Fast of Fairmont, Ada and Ina Poe, and Miss Martha Wood. Local events mention a protracted meeting at Brown church, and various chores and errands by residents such as George Henderson, Philip Rogers, Richard Wood, Peter Wood, Theodore Rogers, and Smedhey family.
Chief Engineer A W Thompson announces changes effective May 1. John T Wilson advances to district engineer over Philadelphia to the Ohio river with HQ at Baltimore. R M Begion becomes assistant to the chief engineer with offices in Baltimore and Philadelphia. C T Brown moves to Shenandoah division. T Warren named division engineer of Shenandoah at Winchester, Virginia.
President Taft toured Cincinnati as a citizen for the day and attended the May Music Festival. He dedicated Theodore Thomas’s heroic statue, praised the dead conductor, and received warm public acclaim. Mrs. Thomas and her sons heard Taft’s eulogy.
Officer Daniel B Wyckoff of the state hospital for the insane at Weston took Will Craig a son of William Craig of the West Side to Weston where he was committed to the asylum. Craig has been demented for some time and was held in the county jail awaiting the Weston officer.
Washington Oregon Idaho Montana and British Columbia boosters report fruit yields will be the largest and most profitable in history for four states and province. Apples peaches cherries and berries are set to surge with acreage, irrigation, and rising prices. More than 350000 acres now host orchards and crop value could reach 175 million dollars as saplings 4 to 5 million are planted before 1910.
A coal mine tipple fall in Lumberport Harrison county injures Willis Sandridge superintendent and former Grafton man. He is married with four or five children and brother to Mrs. George Stillwell of Thayer street. Local report suggests fatality likely, with condition described as serious.
Dr Victor Vaughn toxicologist testified in the Hyde murder trial about poison traces in Colonel Swope’s body. Findings included strychnine in the liver, cyanide in the stomach, and traces in the kidney and guest contents, with cyanide on capsules linked to a street incident.
Roe and Means of Latrobe Street sold a fine horse to A D Bussell of Clarksburg on Wednesday and another to William Morgan of the M and M Bank.
Davy Crockett in real life presented on screen at the Dixie theatre last night with a large audience. Manager Belt maintains a high class program with films that please the patrons.
The Grafton Lodge No. 303 Elks have named a committee to plan the eighteenth anniversary celebration of the lodge founded June 29, 1895. Expecting many officers and members from nearby lodges, the event aims to be a prominent city occasion with details pending. Flag Day observance will also proceed as usual with last year’s Brinkman Opera House exercises recalled.
May 4 report shows Worcester ended two years of no-license but remained not dry. Police tallies of interstate liquor shipments reveal legal imports total nearly 1 million for spirits and over 2 million gallons of beer and ale, with underground sources remaining undetermined.
A valuable lot with improvements near the new depot on East Main street was purchased by A. J. and L. J. Mason. Seller was Mrs. Sarah Russell of Boothsville. R. M. Parrish, a noted real estate broker, handled the deal.
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