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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1910
Page
7
Pastor Russell of Brooklyn Tabernacle spoke in Rome on May 1 under the International Bible Students Association. He argued the Bible is logical and sufficient for salvation, urging listeners not to reject Scripture but to study it with reverence and faith.
Pastor Russell spoke in Rome under the International Bible Students' Association, arguing the Bible offers universal opportunity for salvation through Christ. He denounced fragmentary creeds and urged surrender to the Gospel of Christ centered on God’s plan for all families of the earth, not eternal torment.
Charleston April 29 Auditor Darst in West Virginia seeks Attorney General Wickersham to sue Robert B Armstrong and A B Mitchell former officers of Consolidated Casualty Co Chicago for using the mails to file false reports. WV opinion says offenses occurred in Illinois. Darst plans action with proofs. company recently placed under his charge.
Mrs William Jenkins visits with her parents in Irondale Furnace and numerous neighbors share visits at Knotts avenue and Grafton. Ills improved and church services planned May 7. Chester Arthur Blue's seventh birthday party with sixty invitations and various gifts. Several locals prepare moves, callers, and light social quips fill the page alongside brief notices and humor.
In Indianapolis on April 29 the Indiana Democratic convention endorsed Governor Marshall’s plan to back a U S senate candidate next year and nominated John W Kern, former 1908 VP nominee, to succeed Senator Beveridge if Democrats gain a legislative majority and adhere to the endorsement.
A Buckhannon note from Hon. George R. Latham corrects a Washington dispatch claim about McGrew’s congressional era. He recalls 1851 Capitol wings and 1865-7 practice, mentions Kitchen and McGrew, and asserts accuracy of past arrangements. The piece then urges Grafton to greet baseball visitors, notes Mothers Day May 8, and comments on city council's ongoing work.
Grafton yards emptied 1011 loads to the East on Saturday. The record volumes overwhelmed crews and helpers between Grafton and Cumberland, with trains departing every ten minutes apart from passenger schedule times. The surge underscores need for the Third track as an East outlet for the B and O.
Mr Williams, formerly superintendent of the Monongah division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, assumed his new duties as general superintendent of the Wheeling division Sunday and is now in Wheeling. He is popular locally and his move will bring regret from friends as he relocates his family to Wheeling.
A brief note recounts how Rosa Lake, planning to move from St Charles Street to Colorado, found buyers for cows and furniture after reading a Saturday Sentinel item. The piece also mentions Wheeling Register accusing scientists as fakirs and Halley’s comet sighted in Grafton, not yet in other important cities.
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