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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1919
Page
8
U S Navy recruitment promotes world travel and training for able men. It touts paid holidays, good food, free uniforms, and rapid promotion for ages 17 to 35, urging readers to visit a local recruiting station or ask a postmaster for details.
A lengthy calendar of farm bureau and club events in Taylor County runs from October 8 to 24 including agril meetings at Astor Webster and Shroyer, a county fair exhibit opening, officer elections, and a series of farm institutes. It urges full attendance, notes overdue dues, and promotes state Hereford sale and Hereford breeders meeting at the courthouse.
A committee from the Loyal Order of Moose returned from Pittsburgh by automobile after purchasing what is said to be some of the swellest suites of furniture for their new Moose Home on Washington Street in this city.
The subcommittee was formed with Col. Logan William Towles and Vaughn Kerr, the latter accompanied by his wife, as part of a broader local council effort.
The county plans a million dollar bond issue to fund eight district road allocations and several projected routes. Districts get seven to eight miles each and routes include Grafton to Rosemont via Webster and Flemington, and extensions toward Clarksburg Fairmont and Knottsville. A district advisory man will assist contracts, with bonds issued countywide. The Ladies Aid Society of Andrews M E Church will hold a rummage sale on October 29. Ed Iw Farm For Sale, 100 acres near Troutown with fruit trees, timber, 6 room house, oil leases, $2500.
Four masked intruders bound and gagged Harry Morgan at the Liberty Securities Company in the McCance building and escaped with a diamond ring and a gold watch worth twelve hundred dollars. Morgan fired at them but was not hit. a pursuing crowd captured Angelo di Pasquala, 26, of Johnstown after a chase through several blocks.
Secretary W B Wilson closed his labor conference address by apostrophising Magna Charta Bill of Rights Declaration of Independence Constitution Emancipation Proclamation. The question raised concerns about the Covenant of Nations and the Fourteen Points and their relevance to current issues.
West Virginia farm women with 4000 members in 128 Farm Women's Clubs lead a health campaign against flu this winter. Extension and Health boards distribute bulletins on prevention with Red Cross rural support. Clubs install sanitary drinking facilities test water and promote home cleanliness and school playgrounds, with bugs in water and disease prevention emphasized.
Paris reports the future trial of 163 persons charged with complicity or participation in the murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his family. The proceedings will begin in Omsk, Siberia, after Kolchak's forces captured Ekaterinburg where most bodies were found. The Czar and Czarina were reported burned, with a common tomb of the children discovered. The story notes the killer dogs and the imperial couple’s posthumous fate.
In a violent encounter, Priolman Murphy sustained two wounds, one in the left arm and another in the side where a bullet grazed him. Officers fired several shots but, wounded themselves, failed to stop the suspect who escaped unharmed.
Attorney General Palmer moved through Solicitor General King to prevent quashing indictments against Joufah V. Thompson for violating the National Banking Act. He asked the Supreme Court to mandamus Judge Orr to vacate the order quashing the Pittsburgh indictments from March 1916. Additional quash petitions were noted from Brie Pa. and Uniontown.
Notice announces plowing mills grinding and milling services and exchange of fur and meal for grain. Mentions flour and meal offerings and an identified manager. The text references a president in Europe and Kaiser era phrases, indicating historical context and partial garbled phrasing.
Grafton West Virginia publication THE GRAFTON AND newspaper filed under the Act of August 24 1912. Publisher Howard H Holt of Grafton WV. Known bondholders and mortgagees including Graftonanking & Trust Co. details and commission copies dated April 18.
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