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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
5
A French apartment in Toulouse reports a peculiar crime as a thief who used a typewriter to leave a letter. The note praises the victim's tidiness, admits stealing fr. 2.10 and some translated work, and declines to steal the typewriter as it cannot easily be sold. The letter ends without a signature.
The old sloop of war St Marys in its sixty fifth year faces auction. Under Capt Colvocoresses the ship helped delay a Spanish bombardment of Valparaiso by anchoring in the line of fire though she bore only 22 guns. The ship’s name echoes Maryland’s colonial capital shared with Jamestown and Plymouth.
Dr. Thomas Claye Shaw argues the psychology of dress: clothes influence how one is seen and felt, not merely to please others but to reflect inner identity. A Batesville reader reports Foley’s Honey and Tar cured a seven month summer cold, with his wife sharing the success.
Real estate in South Grafton Taylor county West Virginia conveyed to James Cronley by M G Crouse and Gatie Boyles deed dated June 24 1901 filed June 28 1901 recorded in Deed Book 35 page 264 offered for cash by executrix under will Catherine A Noonan 18 Emily Street Cumberland Md contact for purchase. Also a testimonial to Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs and lung ailments praising its helps with consumption and health recovery sold with guarantee 50 cents to 1 trial bottle free
A speaker recalls inviting Mrs. Brown for a week to rest but she arrived and did not offer to help with the housework, highlighting expectations of hospitality and duties during a stay.
A glass tube device drops a jewel-hardened steel ball of 40 grains onto metal to gauge hardness by rebound height. The scale sets carbon steel at 100 as a hardness standard, while tools after tempering approach that benchmark.
A testimonial from J W el Hill of North Carolina extols Bucklen's Salve as the best salve in the world. He cites its success curing a felon on his thumb and its general efficacy healing sore burns and wounds. The ad notes the product price as 26 cents at druggists.
A Philadelphia Ledger editorial argues that belief in the Betsy Ross legend should not merit an official monument without stronger evidence. It notes family tradition deserves respect but insists contemporary records or credible historical evidence are needed for authoritative endorsement.
A man rants about common punctuation errors such as apostrophes and quotation marks and the misuse of kindly. The piece also notes social views on women in chemistry, Quinault Indians’ salmon catch, and a humorous exchange about a man’s grooming and courting prospects.
A meeting announces efforts to list only regular Republican nominees for president electors and state offices, with petitions across districts and potential substitutions. Followed by a trustee sale advertisement for John W. Carney’s Taylor County properties, with staged payments and subject to an existing deed of trust.
The text notes that salmon generally live about ten years, while pike and carp may reach as long as 150 years in some cases. It reflects an age range for common freshwater fish species.
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