Wedding Bells In Grafton As Kats Pilson Unite In Afternoon Ceremony
A home wedding at 8:30 pm united Miss Kats and Mr Far ry C Owen at the Pilson residence 124 East Wilford Street Grafton with Rev Chars L Trawin officiating. The bride, a social standout and Woman's Music Club member, and groom a Grafton post office employee plan a wedding tour to Ohio and the West. The couple leave behind their 9 month old daughter Gladys Genevieve who died shortly after birth. Interment followed at Rivemont cemetery. Rev H C Howard offered solace to bereaved parents Alfreda the sister and the blind mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Pilson
East Wilford Street
Miss Kats
Farry C. Owen
Chars L. Trawin
First Mantist Church
Earl
Miss Prison
Socie Ri Rcles
Woman's Music Club
Owen
Horace Owen
Parkerspare
Grafton
Counte
Tanight
Ohio
West
The
Sentinel
Gladys Genevieve
Alfreda
H. C. Howard
Rivemont
McCabe
Henry Reece
Lena Willis
Blueville Village News Notes and School Update
Blueville reports healthy village conditions and a flourishing school term as enrollment rises. Teacher Florence Jaro from Grafton aims for continued success while ministers H C Howard B D Jonar and M Knotts lead services. Knotts delivers his final sermon due to health. Local families visit relatives and road repairs, new cottages, and growing community activities are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Watkins
Gratton
Joshua Robinson
Myrtle
Sunda
Fleming Boyler
Wickw
Gibson Davis
Monogah
George Reece
Charles Cassell
Tsaae Reese
Grafton
Ho. M. Cassell
Mary Summers
White Day
Emory Henderson
Biveville
Florence Jaro
Earl Vincent
Lou Ayers
Iast
Blueville
Methodist Connee
H. C. Howard
B. D. Jonar
The
Christian Church
M. Knotts
Eighty-year-old West Side resident celebrated in Grafton notes
Old Citizen of Grafton celebrates 80th birthday. Thomas H. Fletcher, born in Virginia, settled on the West Side when Grafton was a wilderness. He is a cobbler for 65 years, a Civil War team driver, father of 8 sons and a daughter, with 48 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. He rarely reads novels, never swears, hardly drinks, and has voted Republican all his life. The Sentinel offers congratulations on his milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old National Pike
Mr. Fletcher
The
Sentinel
Fletcher
Grand Oldr
Royal Escort for Abruzzi Duke in American Wedding
Rome reports King Victor Emmanuel supports the marriage of his cousin the Duke of Abruzzi to Miss Katherine Elkins and plans a grand naval escort for the couple. Warships Napolio Vittorio Emanuale Reginald Emmanuel and Piedmonte may visit American ports in November to accompany the newlyweds during their return from the United States. Dowager Queen Margherita pushes for the American ceremony to avoid domestic publicity, while Caserta palace is being readied as the honeymoon residence, a massive 1872 building with a 880 foot long south front and 124 foot height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Duke of
Abruzzi
Katherine Elkins
America
Napolio Vittorio
Emanuale
Reginald Emmanuel
Hargherita
Italy
Casert
Local Families Visit and Social Roundup
Mrs Salle Dillon of Indiana with Mrs Mary Jane Brown of Marshal county visit sister Mrs John Neel. Belle Rogers and three children visited Mrs Halterman’s mother Saturday and Sunday. Albert Neel family visits George Neel. Alma Halterman guests of Ivy Reese Sunday. Aaron Neel Albert Brown and Everett visit John Neel Sunday. Nancy Neel visiting relatives at Blueville. Lena Lake visiting grandmother Mrs Susan Serannge of McGee. Ernest and Bennie Reese of Hammond visit parents Sunday. T J Neel and son Master Albert visit Mrs Halterman Sunday evening. Charlie Reese returns to Pittsburgh after weeks with parents here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salle Dillon
Indiana
Mary Jane Brown
Marshal County
John Neel
Belle Rogers
Childred
Halterman
Albert Neel
George Neel
Alma Halterman
Ivy Reese
Aaron Neel
Albert Brown
Everett
Much Married Millionaire Halted in San Francisco
Robert H. Bosman the Hong Kong landed proprietor known for five wives is detained aboard the steamer Korea and denied landing. He admits polygamy to immigration inspectors and faces a board of inquiry as he claims ties to Taft and Wu Ting Fang while attempting to secure entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Robert H. Bosman
Korea
Orient
Bosman
China
Mr. Taft
Wu Ting Fang
Washington
Taft Hits Bryan On Labor Tariffs In Northwest Minnesota
Judge Taft tours St Cloud and Sauk Center delivering strong labor tariff points. He rebukes Bryan for favoring labor votes by speech alone and cites GOP labor records. Large crowds, Catholic support, and regional political shifts mark the canvass amid Cannon revolt context.
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Sauk Center
Minn
Taft
Minnesota
Bryan
St. Cloud
Ransdell
IV Fw
San Vel Gompe
Labor
Philinnines
Middle West
House
Campaian Committee
Indee Taft
Lassen
Cannon
Open lands for settlement in Saskatchewan and Alberta
Western Canada offers thousands of 16 acre homesteads in new Saskatchewan and Alberta districts under revised regulations. Entry by proxy is allowed for close relatives of applicants. Details and pamphlets available from Canadian immigration authorities or consulate offices. The piece also recounts a local tale of a bartender named Big Bill found dead, prompting travel by delegation to arrange funeral rites, followed by chaotic misunderstandings and miscommunications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Canad
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
Canada
H. M Willta
Ganiner Bids
Toledo
House
Pittsburg
Ietam
Planting Big Bill at Sherwood Hotel
A garbled note mentions Wallace the bartender at the Sherwood hotel and a winter event tied to Fairmont. The readable fragments reference preparing for an announcement and unclear plans involving a person named Big Bill and a departure or planting notion.
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Wallace
Bartenter
Sherwood Hotel
Ista
Elmatee
Coleretton
Fairmont
Low water mark urged for Tygart River by county officials
City and county leaders pressed to establish the rivers low water mark under the bridge and at pump sites for reference. A pole and measurement system would let pumpers track depth. the plan aims to aid residents and future reference amid record low flows. It also notes J A Roe and son Cleon Roe, superintendent of the Monroe Reformatory, with plans described for a large new state reformatory building in Monroe Washington. The article includes detailed Monroe Monitor descriptions of a 1000 man capacity main building, 15 acre enclosure, and projected costs and construction timeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tygart Valley
J. A. Roe
Cleon Roe
Monroe
Wash
State Reformatory
Roe
Monroe Monitor
Cleon
Printytown
Commercial Club
Reformatory
Reformatory Board
Stockholders Meeting of Consolidated Telephone Co
Pursuant to by laws the annual meeting of Consolidated Telephone Company stockholders will be held at the law office of B F Bailey in Grafton West Virginia on October 14 1908 at 1 p m for electing a board of directors and other business as may be required. Morrison, W Va September 28 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
W. VA
Mel Martin
Latrobe Street
Geo. H. Workman
Palace Cafe
Consolidates Telephone Company
B. F. Bailey
West Virginia
Manury
B. F. Hartley
Morrmont
Great Grafton Health Record and Deaths in September
The notice reports no deaths in Grafton city during September except one infant, with a death on September 30 and the previous death on August 27. It urges city residents to water aged drinking supplies and take precautions to stay healthy, then includes a farming ad for Jersey cows and a registered Jersey bull from W. H. Grimes, Grafton, W. Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambrecht
Grafton
W. H. Grimes
Rockefeller seeks land to form park near Pocantico Hills
Real estate agents acting for John D. Rockefeller are negotiating with landlords around Pocantico Hills in Westchester County to acquire land for a park of about 10 000 acres. The plan would enclose his reserves with a ten foot high barbed wire fence, creating a secluded estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
West Chester County
Bell Telephone links 2000 rural subscribers in pact
The Bell Telephone Company reports a working arrangement with connecting rural lines to create a free exchange between 2000 Mines subscribers and users of Fairmont Grafton and Clarksburg. Participating firms include Pruntytown in Taylor county Sardis in Harrison Bridgeport in Harrison Taylor and Marion counties and the Marion Telephone Company in Marion and Harrison counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone Commpany
Fairmont
Grafton
Clarksburg
Thenes
Im Fon
Taylor and Harrison Coun
Cometury
Bell People
Pruntytown Telephone Company
Taylor County
Sardis Telephone Company
Harrison County
Bridgeport Telephone Company
Harrison, Taylor and Marston Counties
Marion Telephone Company
Marion
Harrison Counties
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West Virginia Business College
Carksburg, W Va
Kate Pilson
Mr. Harry ©. Owen
Ter
Thomas H. Fletcher
West Side
Shi
Somack Ngeres
Sweet Melody Rlou MG
Honeymoor
Bunners
Glasscock
PA Ace Cafe
Mel Martin's
Reymann, Schmittbach and
Tygert Valley Beer
Sherwood
Bill
Marietta
Col
Thomas A. Deveny
Pairmont
Bartenders’ Union
Deveny
Union
Mesars
Grant Shurtleff
Curly” Hoffman
Sheen" Dickerson
Fairmont B. I. 1
Tyen
Newt
Drumemr
Nevertater
Thia
Roosevelt
Mr Firvan
Anton
Hia Netiana
Atten
Prentytown
Washington State Reformatory
Stockholders’ Meeting
Great Grafton
John D
Bell Telephone Company
Boe
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