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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1934
Page
4
Grafton West Virginia listing for Wes and Editorial Offices with contact numbers for business and news departments at 102 Latrobe Street and the Grafton Printing Co Job Dept.
District engineer McEnteer outlined that Taylor county and Grafton are missing about forty thousand dollars of federal reconstruction funds, aimed at municipal street improvements. The money could repave State Route 56 from Bartley Creek to Blue's Corner, removing obsolete streetcar tracks and modernizing the city’s main thoroughfares.
Readers enjoy a Kiwanis picnic plan and a rural drive along Thornton to Sunnyside. A 52 inch rattlesnake is reported near Fetterman, highlighting local wildlife. A column on trees and life parallels discusses nature, faith, and growth amid regional road views and discussion of federal policy and economics. Weather outlook calls for showers in Ohio and Tennessee with near normal temperatures.
The Wheeling Intelligencer contrasts with Texas Weekly on public import questions. It disputes tariff and war debt arguments by Peter Molyneaux and his associates, yet expresses genuine admiration for certain aspects.
A 1934 rule dictates the district’s State Senate nominee must hail from Taylor County. The author, a member of Organized Labor, endorses this tradition and cites 34 years of precedent under the rule spanning Taylor County.
Classified ad rates are two cents a word for the first insertion and one cent for each additional insertion. Minimum charge is 45 cents. Examples show counting rules for words and numbers. Various sample ads include passenger wanted, termite inspection offer, piano lease payoff, and a debt responsibility notice by George A. Boyce.
Philippi August 4 The complete faculty for the West Virginia Baptist Assembly at Alderson-Broaddus College from August 7 for ten days is listed led by Rev Dr J A Harms and Miss Myrtle M Love. Also named are Rev T H Binford Rev E E Sowards Rev Norris Gilliam Mrs B L Depew Rev Hugh D Pickett Frank M Lovett Richard Tibbs Miss Erna Wells Miss Katherine Moore Miss Lulu Meadows Francis F Middleswarts Rev Dr J A Cooper Rev Clarence Figgatt and Rev A B Withers. Officials say costs are minimized with mornings for instruction afternoons for recreation and evenings for vespers and entertainments.
Weston Missouri reports a bank robbery where about $300 was taken. Ollie Farris, 23, of Jackson was killed after fleeing on foot and firing on responders. Forrest Brown, 22, of Pittsburgh Kansas, wounded and captured, belonged to a United States army unit and was involved with church groups in Kentucky and Illinois.
Fort Fort ge an official said two men killed Parris and wounded Bryson during a confrontation on the town outskirts. A posse formed by the fort pursued the assailants as one drew a weapon. A CCC camp near Belton Montana reports a big horned owl named Beautiful is its pet and has traveled with the corps through Utah California and Montana.
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