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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1929
Page
10
Alice Judson Peale discusses how children like Kin and Ann show suggestibility and the need for balanced guidance. Emphasizes teaching independence, reinforcing personal values, and parental approval to counteract herd influence while allowing learning from peers.
An old advertisement touts Zex as a daily laxative for natural bowel movements. It claims the Pepsinated Magnesia Compound sweetens the stomach relieves nausea and readies the user for the day. The price is 600 at all drug stores with Adg. 126-31.
The listing compiles afternoon and evening shows by station, time, and program: WEAF New York 6:55 Scores, Hymn Sing. 7:00 The Eternal Question. 7:20 Recording Dance Orchestra. 11:00 Phil Spitaling and His Music. W32 New York 0:00 Talk on Aviation. Vincent Lopez Orchestra. Jack Albin and His Dance Orchestra. WABO New York 6:00 Tinted Symphony Orchestra. 8:00 Detective Mysteries. Buffalo Symphony Orchestra. WOR Newark 5:45 Bert Acosta Orchestra. Lone Star Rangers. The Frolickers. WJZ 6:39 Hour from WJZ. 7:20 Joint Recital. 9:20 The Frolickers. KDKA Pittsburgh 5:30 Band Concert. The Percolators. WGY Schenectady 5:25 Scores. WJZ programming listed under multiple lines. WTAM Cleveland 6:00 Hotel Orchestra. 9:00 Smiling Ed McConnell. Central and Southern listings include Roehr's Orchestra and Great Adventurers.
A fragmented OCR item lists radio programs across WEAF WJZ and other stations with times and titles. It shifts to a city budget discussion noting damming lakes threats to towns, rail and highway relocation costs at 1.7 million dollars, and 1928 expenditure categories and plans presented by Mayor Chas King with anticipated improvements and crime statistics referenced from various sources.
Charles Albrecht, U S consul, died yesterday at Main Carberry Nursing Home Nairobi Kenya Colony aged about on August 7 after a gastric disorder. He resided in Philadelphia. The body was placed in a sealed coffin for possible reinterment in the United States if desired.
The pending tariff struggle shapes a likely stormy postwar Senate session opening August 19. Republicans and Democrats clash over revising the House measure, with independent Republicans pivotal. Debate may hinge on limiting revisions to agricultural products, while Mrs Hoover aims for a limited tariff revision.
Senators plan to dispose of the tariff measure in an extra session though debate over the controversial bill offers little certainty. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi leads tariff efforts as discussions drag on through long summer days. The finance committee, with 19 Democrats and 11 Republicans, faces a wearied process of revision and closed door talks amid stubborn points of difference.
A collage of brief items notes Carle Place New York has 229 families and 1431 people, St Catherine Ontario bans peanuts at the theatre, Savannah reports a cooler cops fight loss, Boston cites radio fast as household need, a fire rescue, pollution claims on Cheat River with protests and investigations, Wild Life League comments on fishing losses, and a boy Samuel Grove 14, injured by a colt near Sistersville.
Three Southern West Virginia coal properties unite under Winding Gulf Colleries Incorporated with $3,000,000 capital. The Superior Pocahontas Coal Company of Davy McDowell County Louisville Coal and Coke Company of Goodwill Mercer County and Winding Gulf Colleries of Winding Gulf Raleigh form the new group. Estimated annual production ranges from 2,000,000 to 1,100,000 tons. Other incorporators include L Epperly of Bluefield H D Brownett W H Orites and L Ger of Charleston.
St Louis, Aug 8. Prospects of ending Carl Kaufman’s two year reign as national public links champion were uncertain as he led in the 36 hole qualifying test with rounds of 77 and 74 totaling 151. He tied for the tournament medal with Patsy Tiso, 19, of New York, and Milton Sonerant, a Toledo mailman.
Kiddo Moore was arrested by Chief Homer Selvey early yesterday morning and paid a $10 fine plus costs after arraignment before Mayor Chas King on intoxication charges. He was released. Moore sat in a car near the Liberty Cafe where companions left the scene. no liquor was found in the car.
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