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Newspaper
The Grafton Eagle
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1885
Page
3
The Grafton Eagle reports on council salaries and ward politics with remarks on spring weather, court cases, local business shifts, and community notices. It cites council actions, newspaper editorials, and local figures like Ward, Dent, and Colerider, alongside farm and school updates and a Pennsylvania railroad accident in Texas.
A former pastor Allen Kibbe, long suspected of scandal, is alleged to have led a double life in Indiana. Investigations trace him to Mansfield and Detroit where a married woman and an affidavit witness tie him to secret meetings and a register under diaries K. Allen and wife. His wife and four children face shame, and a warrant awaits his capture as local officials publicize the case.
Last Saturday at the creek shore town near the effive bridge the ice broke and several skaters including Shorty Rogers Marion Allender and Will Redman sank into the water Renimar and Allender quickly reached shore while Shorty who weighed more battled the elements but with a pole aided by companions exited the water. The piece also notes broad displays from various states including mineral and agricultural products of Minnesota Michigan and Pennsylvania and references Ex Senator Henry G. Datis and local coal exhibitions.
A romantic story describes the marriage of Mose Besse Clark and Frank M. Cottrill of Wood's Opera Hodge. They move from Minnesota to Ellenboro then New York, where Cottrill falls ill and is confined in an iron cage after convulsions and insanity. His wife secures work, but Cottrill allegedly hangs himself in his cell after a separation.
A Wheeling man identified as R. F. Birkett has leased the Pickett lot on Main near the glass works to build a 70 by 100 foot iron skating rink. Samuel Stickelford will supply woodwork and erect the structure as foundation work proceeds. Local notices report a busy docket and various trials, with court actions and public concerns filling the rest of the page.
The sprightly Athens Journal editor derides advertisers and non advertisers alike, arguing ads reveal a seller’s vitality and progress. City Council notes list varied cases from partition actions to bankrupts, indictments, and grand jury findings, with mentions of tax totals and court proceedings.
Local notes report Merrie of Meadland angered by Scraps of History author. Rumors say the historian fled to the mountains to escape an impending public outcry. Nearby, AHL and Flemington news mention a cigar factory, Mrs. Fleming, and illness, with school closures and upcoming lectures in Davidson's hall about the Exposition and the South.
The aged mother of S. P. Kimmel died at her Evansville home in Preston county on the 4th. Lydia Shirer, born March 4, 1809 in Somerset County Pennsylvania, married Michael Kimmel in 1824 and moved to Preston County in 1835. She was 73 years, 11 months, 25 days, a Presbyterian for over fifty years, and mother to seven grown children. Her surviving husband is in his sixties. Funeral services will be held Friday at the Grelock residence, conducted by Rev. Robertson of the Baptist church.
Renewed spring stock includes all styles from lowest priced brown blanks to bronze and gold embossed papers with borders friezes and ornaments for parlors halls dining rooms churches hotels and public halls. Frosted gilt band oiled window shades on Hartshorn spring rollers advertised as pictures more beautiful than previous stock. Entire line new styles replacing sold-out old stock.
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