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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1929
Page
2
Nine excursionists perished in Ostend harbor when one steamer inbound collided with an outbound craft. Six victims were women, and a man among the dead. rescuers from nearby boats found many survivors though some remained trapped in wreckage.
The speed boat Over The Top, long reputed as the fastest craft on Lake Erie, was seized by U S Coast Guard near Erie Pennsylvania. Its two crew members reportedly dumped overboard 200 case s of rum and 65 cases of whiskey before fleeing.
A dense schedule of afternoon and evening radio programs across several stations. Notable items include WEAF in New York with May We Present Choristers and Orchestra and Rudy Vallee. WJZ with Slumber Music. WOR Newark featuring Midshipmen Concert Ensemble and Navy Band Night Club Romances. WRAL Baltimore airing Dinner Hour and Canada Hour. and WIZ and WEAF repeats with various orchestras, news, and dances.
Take Zex a Pepsinated Magnesia Compound to relieve sea sickness and car sickness. It claims instant stomach relief restores physical fitness and cleanses bowels while quieting nerves and making you feel good. Price 6 cents at 405.2-WSB Atlanta drug stores adv 12 6:30 WJZ WEA.
A fragmented listing details diverse radio programming across stations WEAF WSFM WSM and others. It notes concerts studios orchestras string quartets hotel orchestras and market bulletins with various start times and locations such as Louisville Nashville and generic broadcast hours through the night.
Parsons West Virginia Aug 3 forest fires rage near Taylor County in Tucker Grant and Randolph counties affecting Cabin Mountain Red Creek Plains Fisher Springs Alder Run Blackbird Knob. Firefighters, initially fifty, added by yesterday as four fires burn across remote highland areas with no public roads.
Reports from Parsons describe wildfires in northern regions blamed on someone seeking to remove bear threats. Investigators note heavy rainfall by Saturday night helped check the fires significantly, according to locals who traveled to Parsons.
Mrs Hayes Johnson of Caplin in Logan county dies after a car plunges down a mountainside. Lunch wagon proprietor wounded in a quarrel. gun owner surrenders. Governor confirms Herald Dispatch reports as state prohibition commissioner calls for two agents to resign. Thomas W Manning 90, Civil War veteran and retired merchant, dies. Bernard Hartung 25 of Wheeling arrested on liquor delivery charges. Frederick Snyder 23 of Morgantown, National Guard member, fatally wounded. Willard Anderson 9 killed and brother Roland 4 injured as car overturns.
West Virginia recorded 17811 total deaths in 1928 with accidents as the leading cause. Heart disease ranked second, pneumonia third, infant diseases fourth, tuberculosis fifth, influenza sixth, nephritis and cancer close behind. Of the total, 11794 were native to WV, 4405 from other states, 869 foreign born, and 142 birthplace not given. Figures compiled by the state division of vital statistics from certificates reported by over 400 registrars to Dr. Carl F. Raver.
Wheeling August 5 railroads announce special excursion rates for the West Virginia State Fair. Tickets will go on sale August 31 and run to September 7 with return by September 9, 1929. Rates are one and one half the regular one way for round trip or 25 percent off with a 25 cent minimum.
The fragment lists names like Ruby and Garnett as proper names and references various currencies including Gold Silver Pence Shilling Mark Franc and Ducat. It also notes Meat Foods represented by Ham Bacon and Lard among other terms.
A dense catalog mixes given names, surnames, fruits, flowers, trades, and social terms. It lists professions like Baker and Carpenter, fruits such as Cherry and Apple, and ranks from King to Bishop, with towns, animals, and everyday items interwoven in a theatrical, antiquated directory style.
Associated Press notes West Virginia facts including Dwight W. Morrow born in Huntington on January 11 1878 and John Barton Payne born in Pruntytown January 26 1856. Shepherdstown claims the state’s oldest house built in 1727 near Union Monroe County’s Rehobeth church 1786. Fort McHenry attack at Wheeling marked last Revolution battle. Fairmont once called Halfway. Spencer Roane County seat once New California. Charity Taylor Prickett buried near Ft Prickett site.
A coroner's inquest heard testimony about a tragic shooting on a railroad range. An infantryman named Snyder was killed when his rifle discharged after a fall onto a rock. Police testified rifles were unloaded earlier and ammunition was requested to be surrendered.
A specially built Lockheed craft plane for round the world flight once owned by the company’s client was headed to Chicago when rioters attacked a jail. Inmates set up improvised battering rams and battered doors and windows after a midnight outbreak sparked by a siren signal.
A New York man serendipitously inspired by a verse about Hammacher Schlemmer a hardware store becomes a noted example of commercial poetry while Sigurd Malm the Swedish aviator waits in Brooklyn for three compatriots to fly in from Stockholm. Malm hopes to install a Junkers motor for an Atlantic crossing as he rests at the Swedish Engineers Club on hot days near the beaches.
A group led by Albert Van Herren ascended Mount Giulischi in the Italian Alps to about 14,700 feet on July 25 after leaving Milan June 28. Planed first ascent of Mount Eldruz in the Caucasus with height 18,570 feet after completing Giulischi expedition.
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