Special Election for Bond Issue and New City Bridge Plan
The May city council met with Mayor Love presiding and discussed a June 15 special election to issue 75 000 in bonds to retire 45000 of city debt and finance a 15 million gallon reservoir and pump upgrades. Col McGraw urged City County and Traction Company support for a new Tygar t Valley bridge, with the Traction Company offering a trestle solution and the county and city sharing costs.
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Love
Col. McGraw
Morrows
Bartley Creek
Col
McGraw
Remlinger
Messrs. Redinger
Luzadaer
Wilkinson
Council Meeting Briefs On May 1 Actions And Debates
City council discussed paying Bell and Consoli gas bills, questioned Fairmonté Grafton Gas charges, granted seven plumber licenses, denied two temporarily, approved third reading of an ordinance for a June special election to bond $75 000 for water works and floating debt of $45 000, refused A M Jarrett building permit, heard county support for one third bridge cost, reviewed county traction company positions, renamed Graham alley to Graham street, and restored City Clerk salary to 450 annually.
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J. B. Grimes
Consolidated Telephone Company
Wilkinson
Telephone Company
Parkersburg
Bell Company
Grimes
Perine
Luzadder
Redinger
Fairmont
Grafton
Thos. F. Welsh
Welsh
Jake Morgan
J. Heflin
Met
Peine
M. BE. Mein
H. Hostler
H. L. Cook
J. K.carroll
Fob Jone
A. B. Jackson
B. F. Clark
George C. DeWoody
Newton
Newton Foundry and Machine Company
Walnut Street
Joyce
Sentinel
Lawson Starcher
Crystal Tee Company
Beech Street
Water Committee
Morrow
County Court
Chatbois
Tygart Valley
Latrobe Street
Grafton Traction Company
Inter
Col. McGraw
Traction Company
Bell and Consolidated
Fairmonté Grafton Gas Company
A. M. Jarrett
Main
Luzadder Streets
John T. McGraw
Graham Alley
Graham Street
Vast Toll of War Cited by Peace Advocate
Chicago May 4 Benjamin F Trueblood secretary of the American Peace Society reports to the National Peace Congress that 15 000 000 000 lives have been sacrificed in wars since recorded history The figures compare world population and generations and detail war costs From Napoleonic campaigns to American Civil War losses the data show enormous human and financial costs and debt of world powers charges to militarism.
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Chicago
National Peace Congress
Benjamin F. Trueblood
American Peace Society
Trueblood
Prussia
Austria
Italy
Timeblood
Fire destroys vacant West Side residence in early morning blaze
At about 1 a m a fire destroyed an unoccupied residence on West Walnut Street on the West Side. Mrs Rufus Holden’s dwelling burned to the ground with flames nearly consuming the structure before the fire department arrived a few minutes later. Loss estimated around 2000, with about 1200 insured. Roosevelt Daily Sentinel.
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West Walnut Street
Rufus Holden
Daily Sentinel
Dave A. Tetrick
Two Cases in the Circuit Court Were Tried Today
In Clarksburg West Virginia on May 4 a jail attendant reports Wood’s alarming mental state and possible fatal condition. Fred F Woods, cashier at a local bank, is jailed after being charged with $5000 false entries. officials claim a $20000 confession. The Tygart Valley Brewing Company wins damages from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for 81.25 due to broken bottles. Ohio Valley Audit Co. wins a full $315 against the City of Grafton, with an appeal anticipated.
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W. Va
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Wheeling
Fred F. Woods
H. Kill
Woods
Nathan Goff
Richard T. Lowndes
J. J. Woods
Tygart Valley Brewing Company
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Brewing Company
Ohio Valley Audit Company
Grafton
Messrs. Lanham, Whitesharver
Welshand
Barlow
Bailey
Ohio Valley Auditing Co
Notorious white slave ring probe nets arrest in Appalachia
In Parksburg West Virginia May 4 Frank Wines formerly of Athens Ohio was arrested on suspicion of heading a white slave traffic network said to operate between Ohio and West Virginia. An oral jury opened a thorough investigation into the case as authorities pursue leads. Nearby Mrs Eva Knotta of Rowlesburg visited her brother and sister in law on Wilford Street yesterday.
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Parksburg
W. Va
Frank Wines
Athens
Ohio
West Virginia
Eva Knotta
Rowlesburg
8. W. Knotts
Wilford Street
Navy Wracked by Remodel Plan for Battleships
The New York World reports the navy will remodel sixteen battleships after a world voyage, stripping superstructure to emulate a Monitor like design with forward and rear turrets, raised armor belt, and wire basket masts. Critics say this proves the fleet largely useless and out of commission.
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New York
New York World
Washington
Navy Department Today
Navy Department
United States Navy
Roosevelt bags lions and cheetah in Nairobi hunt
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt bagged a lion for the third time on the present expedition in British East Africa. Vermit Roosevelt also killed a cheetah as hunting action intensified. The lion was felled at close range, sparing his escort from near misses during the encounter.
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Nairobi
British East Africa
Theodore Roosevelt
Vermit Roosevelt
Taft Examines Legal Means to Curb Degregations
President Taft focuses on legal avenues to curb capital degregations harming the public. The people express confidence in a skilled lawyer handling the matter and view the situation as in capable hands.
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Taft
Tariff Muddle Prompts Hopeful Bill Through Congress
A free trade paper notes the tariff muddle but observers see a tariff bill advancing through the legislative hopper with cautious optimism. Names and places are not specified, but the tone suggests ongoing parliamentary maneuvering around trade policy.
Chicago professor warns of dry future for Nia Zara Falls
A Chicago professor suggests Nia Zara Falls may run dry in about three millennia, a projection tied to evolving climate and regional hydrology. The remark references efforts to study river systems and drought trends affecting the Chicago area and related water management considerations.
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Chicago
Niazara Falls
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