Fourth of July Celebration Planned by Board of Trade
The Gratton Board of Trade schedules a special meeting on Tuesday June 4 to plan a big Fourth of July celebration. President Charles Corbin invites all members and citizens to attend as committees will be formed to handle arrangements and related preparations for a nationally fitting celebration.
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Grafion Board of Trade
Charles KR. Corbin
Board of Trade
Gratton
Dpregelias
Board of Trace
Grafton Opens Air Band Series Seeks Public Support
The Grafton band plans weekly Open Air Concerts this summer from June 7 to October, excluding August, to honor Prof. Claude E Vincent. Costs range 200 to 500 dollars per concert, funded by local subscriptions led by Guy Williams of the Banking and Trust Co. Organizers hope to raise the full amount to cover expenses.
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Grafton
Dolare
Claude E Vincent
Guy Williams
Grafton Banking and Trust Co
Miss Himmler Recovering After Fainting on Main Street
Miss Frankie Himmler of Beech Street fainted on Main Street Monday evening and has stayed home. Doctors report she is getting along and should be able to go out in a few days unless unexpected complications arise. Avorrox Seagar's bid for governor gains pace as supporters push it forward.
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Frankie Himmler
Beech Street
Main Street
Avorrox Seagar
Postoffice Hours Thursday May 30 1907
Public convenience hours at the bafton postoffice general delivery stamp and carriers windows are 9:00 to 10:30 a m and 6:00 to 7:30 p m with one collection from business district boxes at 4:00 p m. Local social notes list residents and visitors from Clarksburg Wheeling and Randolph County.
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Bafton Postoffice
A Cough Medicine Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Ad
An old advertisement touts Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a reliable cough medicine for all cough types. It urges readers to follow a doctor's advice and not take the medicine without professional endorsement.
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Ayer
Ayer's Pills Endorsement and Usage Advice
A brief note endorses Ayer's Pills as a small dose of one at bedtime for constipation biliousness dyspepsia and sick headaches, claiming laxative doses work better than cathartic ones and advising readers to consult their doctor about use. Includes a misprint and location hints.
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Ayer
Wade
Ayer Co
Lowotl
Maan
Fainting on street near Hannans store injures Miss Himmler
Miss Frankie Himmler of Beech Street West Side fainted on Monday evening while passing Hannans store. She was carried inside, a physician summoned, and she was later moved home by ambulance. Dr Kauffman reported partial relaxation of stiffness and expected recovery within a few days with full consciousness by tonight or tomorrow morning. The prognosis improved by late afternoon with a likely full recovery in days.
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Fof Hannans
Frankie Himmler
Beech Street
West Side
Mike Himmier
Kauffman
Bridge Steel Arrives to Start City Structure Work
The first car load of steel for the saver bridge structure arrived via the Baltimore & Ohio and was placed near completed piers on the west and south sides of the city. Construction aims to begin erecting the steel superstructure promptly, with completion expected in about one month to six weeks.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Booner
New Wehn Building Likely Delayed This Summer
Henry Webb, a leading local businessman, planned a new building on the old Webo homestead site on Main Street but negotiations over a adjoining strip failed. The project is likely postponed this year, leaving plans and specifications on hold.
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The
Sentinel
Henry Webb
Webo
Wehn
Brinkmane
Yiow Point
Main Street
Webn
Beall Becomes Owner of Sherwood Hotel in Grafton
The Sherwood hotel, a leading Grafton property, transfers from Charles L. Kimmel to Alpheus Beall after a deal around 25 000. Beall plans major upgrades this fall including remodeling, adding two stories, new elevator, and substantial improvements to create a first class hotel for the region.
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Grafton Realty
Sherwood Hotel
Charles L. Kimmel
Alpheus Beall
Laroche
Beall
Beali
Grafton
Mergenthaler student freed on bail in Baltimore case
Under heavy bond in Karlsruhe Germany May 28 a student named Mergenthaler son of the late Ottmar Mergenthaler inventor of the typesetting machine was arrested for dangerous injuring another student in an automobile accident and has been liberated under 25000 bail Berlin's labor troubles report budding strikes and an eight hour day push Exile elected to office in Finland and various civic notices from Grafton and Clarksburg list local residents and meetings around May 24-28.
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Karlsruhe
Germany
Mergenthaler
Baltimore
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Berlin
Helsingfors
Svin‘bus
Young Finn Party
Bobrikof
Finland
Ursin
Bacon Polten
Plans for Building at Grafton Lodge Meeting
At a Grafton Lodge meeting BP Elke outlined plans for a new home. A committee was instructed to prepare plans and specs for a handsome building on the Picket lot on Main street and to commence work quickly. Also noted was the illness of Guy S Bennett, YM headquarters, in Neestonville with suspected typhoid. Justice Char en KR Lilly left for Parkersburg to attend a murder trial involving John Carey and Martin Devon. Mrs Ernest Careell and her two sons of Fairmont arrived to visit Mrs Careell’s mother on Wittord Avenue for a short stay.
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Harvey W. Harmer
Clarksburg
Grafton
Weme
George F. Tibbets
Washington, D. C
Fairmont
Elke
Main Street
Char En KR
Lilly
Parkersburg
John Carey
Martin Devon
Ernest Careell
Caseel
Leuthke
Wittord Areet
Franchises Granted for Gas Lines in Grafton West Virginia
A city council in Grafton West Virginia considered and granted McGraw Oil & Gas Company permits to lay and operate gas lines on public grounds for fifty years. The order requires six months to start preparatory work and eighteen months to begin delivery, with conditions to restore streets and sidewalks and to avoid interrupting public use. Publication of the order was ordered in the Gratton Sentinel for legal compliance.
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State of West Virginia
Cie
Gratton
Tay
Velack P.m
Grafton
Maid City
McGraw Ol & Gas Company
Wil
City of
Itegan
McGraw Oil Gas Company
Anid Metal and Gas Company
Talntein
Us Date Not Tieis Grant 18 Made Upon the Hole Lowing Con Tetlons
McGraw Git & Gav Company
Eulena
McGraw Oil & Gas Company
Sala City
Keiba Cornell
Gratton. Sentinel
Cmuse
Notice of Application to Sell Spirituous Liquors in Grafton
Notice is given that an application has been made to the City Council of Grafton to grant a license to sell spirituous liquors at 92 Main Street in Grafton, West Virginia. The applicant is Joba Minor Fort, residing at 9 West Main Street, Suite A, Stet. The hearing or action will be conducted under city ordinance governing licenses for liquor sales.
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Mies
Angie Iim
Mise Ethel Wolf
Newburg
City
G. E Mouser
East Main Street
Mise Grim
Notios
Council of
Grafton
Gaines
W. Va
West Main Street
Robbery motive theory in priest murder amid conspirator claims
New York police press robbery as motive in the murder of Armenian priest Father Kaspar after his trunk body was found in a West Thirty seventh Street apartment. Investigators name Ermeylan Sarki and Pawi Sarisatan as suspects while conspiracies about a Servian throne plot and Bulgarian agents surface. Washington sees severe storm damage at Capitol grounds and power outages follow.
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New York
Father Kapar
Seventh
Ermeylan
Barmorvion Sarki
Pawi Sarisatan
Thu
Chicago
Tija
Kaspar
Father Kaspar
Macedonia
Not Guilty Next Trial In Hargis Murder Case Set
Lexington May 24 not guilty verdicts in the Jackson Town Marshal Thomas Cockrill murder case bring next trials in Sandy Hook Elliott County for Judge James Hargis Senator Alex Hargis Elbert Hargis Edward Callahan John Smith John Abner and others. Judge Hargis to face Cox murder case while Briellanan and others may be moved to August or September terms per prosecution.
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Sandy Hook
Elliott County
Hargis
Alex and
Elbert Hargis
Or. Cox
Lexington
Thomas Cockrill
Jackson
Janes Hargis
Cockrill
Jackeson
Hayes
Ed Callahan
Cockril
D. B. Cox
J. B. Marcum
Yending
Curt Jett
Marcum
Watts Parker
Hicott County
James Hargis
Alex Hargis
Edward Callahan
John Smith
John Abner
Dy. D._B. Cox
Alex
Bill Bruteton
Britton
James
Relfton
Brieallanan
Sandy H. Hiliott County
Dr. Cox
Floyd Byrd
Cox
Details Of Capitol Scandal Hearings Preview Report
The capitol investigating committee will resume public hearings May 31 to unveil final reports on the nine million-dollar capitol scandal. Auditors’ findings are said to reveal large advance payments to contractors and altered public records after contracts were let, detailing widespread improper payments and furnishing costs. Fort Smith Ark May 28 Governor John R Little is dying after a heart attack. status described as critical by Robert McFarlane who has long been closely connected to the governor.
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Barrisburg
Capitol Investigating Committee
Capitol
Harrisburg
Governor Little
Fort Smith
Ark
John R. Little
Greeswood
Robert McFarlane
Little
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Elkins
Han
Richard Geratell
Davie Coal Mining Co
Clarkeburg
William Archdeacon
Teddy Mackey
Addie Heinert
Mary Rogere
M. A. Pileon
Walnut Street
Francie Mullaney
Thegebaffer & Dreinhorst Co
Wheeling
Busin
James Hall
Parkera
Juremeucu Suum
Dawson
Board ‘of Public Works
Eysky
Migees Sommerville
Margaret Sommerville
H. Keefer
Hagerstown
C. A. Keefer
James W. Holtin
Randolph County
J. B. Peling
Backhannon
Bridge Steel
Thomas Gatte
Moundaville
M. G. Green
M. Stabbine
J. A. McClelland
Presbyterian Church
Guy S Bennett
Neestorsville
Capitol Grounds
Washington
Mall
Snyder
Okla
Gallipolis
D. May Gergenant
Harrisonville
L. J. Walker
Phl. Dental College
Esermly
Grafton Bank and Trust
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