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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1930
Page
4
Grafton W Va publisher Holt details offices and mail handling. Subscription prices listed for daily and weekly editions, with advertising rates and submission deadlines. Local notices and policies described, including dispatch rights and composition charges.
The West Side school building hosted vaccination for dozens of city and county children under Dr. Suddarth and Miss Edna Mason the nurse with Glenn recording names ages and addresses Dozens of youngsters were immunized against diphtheria and typhoid by the busy team and officials note the program as a high point of public health efforts across the county The piece praises school health services and connects them to broader educational policy and local school board actions.
The writer compares school superintendent salaries with larger cities and notes Ohio news of a father and son killed while stealing potatoes to feed a starving family. It links this tragedy to worsening economic conditions, drought, and unemployment, urging cautious planning to avert chaos and suffering.
Morgantown news notes 12 year old Thomas H Falkner dies of sleeping sickness. Other items include convention openings, curriculum study on alcohol and narcotics, a fatal coal mine fall in Wheeling, miner walkout reports, and leadership election in Buckhannon for the West Virginia Epworth League.
President Hoover and federal agency heads plan a unified relief program for drought relief, inviting states that qualify. Maryland officials complained of being ignored, while governors emphasized readiness to form drought relief committees. County reports from Kentucky warned of food shortages for up to 1,500 families and 8,000 people facing starvation this winter.
In Bingham Utah a one year old child named Juanita Romine drowned in a barrel of water hauled from the city outskirts as drought relief. The incident occurred amid flood aftermath and involves local figures including Ole Sexton and station operator Guy Andotte. Strong cross references list Lawrence Richey and White House aides in the surrounding context.
Hoover and Mea Strother are cited alongside Mrs. Darey McMullin and Palo Alto in a fragmented newspaper line. The text likely references people connected to a local event or issue discussed on page one.
The R-100 dirigible continued its trans Atlantic crossing using three of six engines at about 62 mph, aiming for Cardington after departing Montreal at 8:28 p m E T It reported all aboard well and held a near direct great circle path comparing to Graf Zeppelin’s record.
Providence August 18 Vice President Curtin received an honorary degree at Bryant Straton College of Business Administration commencement exercises. He urged the US to aid world peace but to avoid entangling alliances and insisted nations should settle disputes by methods other than war.
Former prohibition officials including Bart Corwin Lyle and William Wotan face trial on charges of conspiracy to violate national prohibition laws and bribery. The case names Bryant Clifford McKinney and other former agents and officials tied to liquor enforcement in Baget Sound and Gray Harbor.
Charleston police search for a bandit who held up a filling station in Charleston West Virginia for the third time in three months. The bandit obtained 50 dollars in cash during the latest hold up last night, according to station operator J B Leftwich.
At the 82nd annual Fraternal Order of Eagles convention in San Francisco on August 15 ballots were ready for counting to elect the national president. The program included discussion of nationalizing the Eagles old age pension campaign and continuing the drive to abolish the poor in America.
A scuffle on Wilford Street escalated into a battle royal with rocks involving a group of boys. City officers Silliman and Demoss were summoned and ordered the youths to appear before Mayor C. C. King. The mayor heard the stories and lectured them to go home, make amends, and stop rough play.
Rock Springs Wyoming August 15 2000 travelers were stranded near town as flood waters from heavy rains filled the basin ten miles west and along the Union Pacific tracks. Five buses were stuck and two scows ferried passengers and baggage across the waters to connect with waiting stages.
A brief clipping notes a discussion on how sustained work at satisfactory wages may influence broader business aid. The text hints at August context and a Virginia setting, suggesting an academic or civic forum on labor economics. Further specifics are unclear due to fragmented OCR.
Chicago lawyer Donald Randall Richberg told the Institute of Public Affairs that sustained consumer demand depends on reasonable prices and productive relations between workers and employers. He advocated field openings and extended projects to boost employment and human welfare, noting progress in farm work and infrastructure to meet agricultural needs.
Breslau Germany August 15 Prof George Spackeler geologist returning from Russia reports potash deposits in the Ural Mountains with vast extent not yet determined.
Legal notice announces a sale by D. W. Fortney Constable of Taylor County at the front door of the Court House on Saturday August 14 at 2 p m. The property includes a Chevrolet Coach and terms are listed with casks.
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