18 Jul 1884
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Newspaper
The Grafton Eagle
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1884
Page
1
A highly garbled OCR record from The Grafton Eagle lists named individuals and organizations across churches, civic groups, and fraternal orders. It references district officers, corporate roles, church services, lodge meetings, and society events with scattered names such as Lewis Haymond, Alfred Cockean, and F. S. Weightinastur, indicating a dense but unreadable page of local society notices.
The letter confirms Judge Max Ells acceptance of the Greenback Labor Party nomination for Governor. It cites the May convention at Buckhannon and the platform demanding reform, opposition to railroad monopolies, and calls for unity among citizens across parties to oppose the dominant party. Ells notes personal policy inclinations on taxation, state finance, tariffs, and Civil War era monetary issues, while acknowledging the party’s platform.
A Toledo Blade fragment recounts a partisan meeting urging support to defeat Blaine in 1880s politics. The speaker claims reform requires mobilizing men from Kentucky into Indiana to vote, while quips about marital scandals and free trade pepper the address. Bascom’s tavern drink invitation and a chaotic exit conclude the scene.
Articles issued by Secretary of State Stalnaker for West Virginia and Ohio Railroad Company to build from Blue Stone river Mercer County West Virginia near Focha hontas to Big Sandy river near its junction with the Ohio in Wayne County. Principal office Philadelphia. capital stock 100000 in shares of 350 each with named holders Hoyt Jones Sergeant Graham each twenty shares.
Advices from Washington city state that work on the geological survey of West Virginia will begin within the next week in the Kanawha valley. Prof. I White of West Virginia University will head the department with headquarters to be in Charleston. The initial year’s work will be by Prof. White alone focusing on the Kanawha and New rivers valley. Within a year or two topographical maps may be published and a larger corps deployed under Prof. White to push completion. Maj. Powell commends delaying examinations until accurate maps exist for lasting value.
A correspondent from Cyantestos West Virginia surveys the Kanawha Valley above Charleston. He describes infertile land, drift into poverty, and the city’s role as a political center while condemning northern control, bourbon rule, and moral decay. He critiques the capitol’s unfinished state and warns of debt. A separate note mentions a Preston county whisky killing and calls for legal reforms. The piece ends with a discussion of political literature on the Republican party and campaign analysis.
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