Republican County Committee Opens with Taft Sherman Pictures
Republican county headquarters open in Grafton Banking building with Taft and Sherman portraits. Speakers include Senator Joseph L. Barbour of New York, Congressman George C. Sturgiss, and Stuart F. Reed. The venue features a photo directory of county candidates and is open day and night during the campaign.
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Republican County Mittee
Grafton Banking & Trust Company
William Howard Taft
Ohio
United States
James Schoolcraft Sherman
New York
Taft
Sherman
En‘rd
Jefferys
Haslip
Grafton
Joseph K. Barbour
Barbour
New York City
Empire State
Charles Evans Hughes
George C. Sturgiss
Sturgis
Taylor County
Stuart F. Reel
Harrison County
Regd
Auditors to be removed from Baltimore and Ohio lines
Rumors say the Baltimore and Ohio railroad will dismiss all train auditors on all sections within three months. Notices have gone to many auditors, with officials yet to confirm. The move follows reports that auditors cost over 100000 dollars last year and were not profitable. Trainmen cite unfamiliarity and fare miscounts as causing deficits, unlike veteran conductors who know riders well.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Engineer injured by old revolver accident
A. V. Parkhill, an engineer on the West Side, was cleaning an old .44 caliber revolver kept as a relic when it slipped from a table to the floor and discharged. The ball struck his side, passed through the abdomen, and exited the opposite side, causing a painful but non fatal wound.
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A. V. Parkhill
Mr. Parkhill
Enginer and Rethe
Mrs May Windom Willie Charged With Bigamy In Bucyrus
Mrs May Windom Willie, who biked from Washington state to Ohio, was jailed in Bucyrus on a bigamy charge. She had remarried a third time without divorce from her second husband, claiming no ill intent. The second husband rode a bicycle from the Pacific coast to Ohio to pursue the case after her disappearance for a year.
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Bucyrus
May Windom Willie
Washington
Ohio
Willie
Pacific Coast
Arbutus
W. Va
Forest fires threaten Calumet and nearby towns
Forest fires break out anew near Calumet and Ojibway with winds feared to spread destruction. Mining firms at Lake Superior pumping plants fight the flames as smoke blankets Copper Country. Fires flare in Houghton Keweenaw Marinette Menominee areas forcing evacuations and threatening mills and yards. About 300 workers at Wisconsin Land and Lumber Company in Hermansville rushed to battle the blaze.
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Calumet
Mich
Ahmeek
Here
Ojibway
Heckla
Tamarack
Lake Superior
Houghton
Kewenaw
Portage Lake
Menominee
Green Bay
Marinette
Hermansville
Menominee County
Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company
Frosty Nights Presage Rain This Week Says Proverb
The past two nights have been very cold with a heavy frost last night and a lighter frost on Tuesday night. An old proverb notes there will have to be one more frost before rain. Weather cues align with this old saying as temperatures drop.
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Jan
Hughes Nominated for Governor on First Ballot
Saratoga Sept 16 two thirds opposed yet Hughes is renominated on the first ballot with 927 votes to 151 for Wadsworth and 31 for Stewart. The convention battled Boss influence and sided with the people amid warnings of personal liberty curbs if Hughes wins. Others attacked Hughes, praising McGoverning actions while noting party tensions and regional supports.
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Saratoga
New York
Charles E. Hughes
Wadsworth
Stewart
Timothy Woodruff
New York State
Hughes
Cook
Kings
Queens
Hamilton
Onondaga
Schuyler
Otsego
Delaware
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
Barnes
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Republican Party
Percy rGey
Haines
Jofice
Kelsey
J. L. Mooreff
Montgomery County
John K. Stewart
Alfred R. Page
New York County
Senator Page
Haehes
Fire devastates Saco tenement district in Maine
A major blaze in Saco Maine on September 16 caused $500000 in damage, destroying eighty five tenement houses and one million feet of lumber at G A Crossman Son box factory. The Diamond Match Company lost lumber. 600 people were left homeless as Bedford and Portland crews aided. over 30 acres burned before containment.
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Saco
Maine
Portland
G. A. Crossman & Son
Bedford
Diamond Match Company
Institute
Taft Western tour itinerary outlined by RNC
Chicago September 16. Judge Taft's Western itinerary covers September 25 to October 7, prepared by Frank H. Hitchcock and Senator Dixon, awaiting Taft's approval. James Sherman planned for September 28 Chicago debut before the Hamilton Club, with stops in Indiana Ohio and West Virginia. Officials expect extensive campaigning with one major address in each of nine or ten states and many shorter speeches from the train.
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Chicago
Taft
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Dixon
Hitchcock
Cincinnati
Jas
Sherman
New York
Hamilton Club
Minos
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Grafton Schools Show Increase in Enrollment
The opening days of the city public schools show strong spirit among pupils and teachers as enrollment rises to 1215, with high school at 135 and several buildings crowded. Despite crowding, district aims to be the best in the state while organizing reading circles and revising courses for practical life preparation. Mrs. D. M. Morgan hooks a 11 pound 13 ounce catfish near the Park, a notable local fishing achievement.
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Central Building
West Grafton
East End
First Ward
South Side
Sweet Veto
Fast End Window Glass Plant Will Operate in October
Detroit dispatch reports two workers dead and two overcome by smoke as a tunnel fire halted operations in Shaft No 4 of the Canadian approach to the Detroit river tunnel. The plant at Grafton will start exports on a two year contract, with output shipped as soon as furnaces are lit on October 19 under new manager H. B. DeVaughn.
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Detroit
Michigan Central
Detroit River
W. R. Kimball
Bert Johnson
Bert Schuman
Charles Cakebread
Windsor City
Kimball
Johnson
Mamoth East End
Sentinel
W. R. Loar
Grafton Board of Trade
Retail Merchants’ Protective Association
Fast End
H. EB. DeVaughn
Alt. DeVaughn
Monongahela Valley
Grafton
W. W. Tapp
Taylor County Bank
Thomas F. Welch
Five Die in Windsor Dynamite Explosion at Station
Windsor Missouri September 16 a carload of dynamite exploded in front of the M E T station causing a massive blast that wrecked the depot tore the platform and left five dead including station agent Frederick Yake and several unidentified laborers two dozen injured as telegraph wires snapped and the town stood in shock The blast was heard miles away and debris scattered in opposition to the depot leaving a wide crater and wide alarm.
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Windsor
Frederick Yake
Hall
Fire at Long Island asylum traps inmates in building
Ninety inmates resist removal as a fire swallows a section of the large Long Island insane asylum. Keepers use force to guide women to safety and men to a nearby cottage as flames surge through the tower room. Cause remains a mystery, logs valued at $20,000, while contractors take on a new house project by Joe Gillhooley.
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Amityville
L. Hh
Long Island
Brunswick
Sentinel warns to boil water to protect public health
Dr John H Doyle lauds Sentinel coverage on Graf ton death rate drop and urges boiling water to preserve health. He says timely, important advice supported by health authorities and echoed by the medical profession to carry more weight.
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Daily Sentinel
Grafton
Sentine
The
Sentinel
John H. Doyle
Doyle
Scherr Chooses to Fight On at Parkersburg Meeting
A large Parkersburg gathering of Scherr followers voiced resolve to stay in the race. Scherr attended and declared he would not quit, pledging a vigorous stump campaign and plans to deploy speakers for the ticket. The court house candidate received an enthusiastic ovation from supporters.
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Scherr
Parkersburg
Daily Sentinel
Lincoln Republican Party
Court House
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George
Monogalia County
Morris
Dorsey
Orville Wright
Fort Meyer
Oyster Bay
Wright
Oyster Bay Harbor
Rhick
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