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Newspaper
The Grafton Eagle
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1885
Page
2
The Grafton Eagle reflects on the New Year with hopeful promises and warns against lax effort. It urges honest energy toward betterment, stresses taxation reform of invisible property, and calls for careful listing and fair assessment by county officers while maintaining scrutiny of official conduct.
President elect Cleveland writes a Christus Day letter to G se, William Curtis, defining Civil Service principles for removals and appointments. The piece weighs potential political manipulation, notes critics’ readings, and suggests Cleveland will act with independence. It cites Don Baton of the Civil Service Commission praising the letter as timely and statesmenlike.
The report cites 1880 to 1884 insolvency trends with total liabilities rising to millions and perils of business failures. mentions a European earthquake toll in Spain and related calamities. notes a paper change in Braxton publishing with Amos Bright replaced by J H Dann. discusses crime, mob-law concerns, and calls for enforcement. includes Japan and New York upheavals and a shift in local publishing?
A lengthy OCR fragment lists delegates and districts for West Virginia elections. It names numerous individuals across counties such as Brooke Hancock New Cumberland Monongalia Marion and others, with district allocations and notable towns like Wheeling Martinsburg and Charles Town. The text also notes the discovery of oil has been distorted at Washington to a depth of 2200 feet.
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