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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1920
Page
2
Daily Sentinel records a crowded page of social activity with numerous shoppers and visitors in Grafton and surrounding towns. Citizens from Philippi Fairmont Webster Clarksburg Parkersburg Morgantown and other places are noted shopping visiting relatives attending graduations funerals and travel to St Louis Wheeling Baltimore and beyond.
Local society page reports a flurry of visitors and moving plans. Henve Prach and family arrived from Vitsburel with friends in Belington, Rev Rourke visits Nes terville, and Mrs Ruby storms visits with daughter Lucille. Many townsfolk host guests from Terra Alta Parkersburg and Cumberland, while others travel to attend church events and performances.
Mr and Mrs Howard Burton of Flemington were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Dellerbanson Mrs Fred Jackson and Luby plan to move to Warnmont with their household goods Miss Anna Wingerter of Wheeling has been visiting friends in the city and returned home Hannah Post of Webster attended the funeral of Mrs J C Lewellen Sister Johanna of Mt De Chantel Wheeling returned home after the funeral John T McGraw also buried Sunday F C Bartlett of Pleasant Creek attended the Lewellen funeral yesterday
York readers learn Simpkin, the itinerant printer who shot Dr. James Wright Markoe in St George's church weeks ago, is committed to Matteawan Asylum. A lunacy commission found him insane. Percy A Simphih of Astoria testified his brother vowed to "get Morgan" and he had bought a gun in Chicago.
Major John Robert Pretynan Newman, MP for Finchley, will lead the Westminster visit as overalls with spacers are prepared to ease the historic hall’s shock. The staged ensemble aims to calm proceedings in the halls of Parliament.
A verse by W. T. Gates casts a satirical light on road funding and labor ideals in Taylor County. The poem laments reliance on state aid and eight hundred thousand dollars claims, while urging practical road improvement and civic engagement. Gates also announces his Democratic candidacy for county commissioner in Flemington West Virginia, to be decided in the May 25 primary.
The Business Men's Association rebrands as the Chamber of Commerce in Charleston and launches a countywide membership drive in Grafton and Taylor. It outlines aims to promote trade, assist members, attract capital, improve transportation, support manufacturing, collect data, and foster civic welfare, contingent on active local participation.
Rebel Satterfield, son of Mr and Mrs William Satterfield of Simpson, died in Siberia from pneumonia Feb 6 1920 while serving with the U S government. Funeral at Simpson Baptist Church with Rev Hamrick officiating. Survived by parents, siblings, and noted for loyalty. mourned by The Sentinel.
A farmer, after selling his crop at $2 per bushel last fall, rediscovered a pair of spectacles in a barrel of seed potatoes from a mail order house. The glasses, once lost in a sack of potatoes, turned up again today as the farmer emptied the barrel.
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