This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
8
A joint conference on coal negotiations proposes a committee of inquiry to be appointed by the President. The panel, equal in numbers to industry participants, will study the industry’s conditions and report findings. Costs are to be shared by operators, miners, and the United Mine Workers.
Mrs. T F Parks of Jackson County recommends Thedford's Black-Draught as a reliable liver tonic. She praises its ability to relieve indigestion constipation sour stomach and headaches and notes its long standing effectiveness through over seventy years of use. The ad urges readers to insist on the genuine product at all druggists.
The text describes a 1922 1923 program to raise miners wages to a living wage with savings, establish prompt dispute machinery to avoid strikes, push efficiency by mine operators and workers, and convene a national delegates conference on January 3, 1923 to set a new wage scale effective April 1, 1923 and avert further strikes.
Negotiating machinery will form a wage scale agreement and commence function by January 8 1923 the final agreement to take effect April 1 1923 for the period determined by the body. The article also describes social gatherings with basket picnics canoeing swimming and hosting events at local parks with Methodist Protestant Sunday school members enjoying meals and activities previously.
Personal items report Mildred Henderson Edna Mahaffey and Pearl Linn returning home after a brief sojourn at Knottsville. James and Nathan Linn of Pittsburgh visit Mrs. Mary B. Henderson. Parkersburg residents Mr and Mrs Joseph Kinter in the city. Edwin Blaney returns from Westernport Md where he worked during a pharmacist vacation and resumes duties at Union Drug Store. Mrs Mamie Morris and daughter of Fairmont visit Dessie Henderson of Knotts Avenue.
Mr and Mrs Fred B White and party depart for a 30 day trip visiting Alville Mountain Lake Park Washington DC and Richmond before returning to start a garage business in Pruntytown Pearl McDaniel and Floyd Chenoweth wed at 257 Walnut Street with Rev H Waters officiating Friends note the surprise wedding as details emerge Legion members prepare for a meeting before the film Flashes of Action Three large church and veterans picnics are planned at the city park Andrew’s M E church Sunday school expects over 400 attendees and one meal will be served Monday’s clerical work at the city park yielded a productive booking.
The Booths Creek District Board of Education in Taylor County West Virginia met on the second Tuesday in August 1922 to prepare annual levy estimates for maintenance and teachers funds. It itemizes current debts, delinquent taxes, and projected receipts and disbursements for elementary and high school purposes, setting levies of 7 cents for maintenance and 40 cents for teachers on each $100 assessed value, with totals of $1,216.38 for maintenance and $8,157.58 for teachers.
Educators from Teach era College Columbia advocate replacing the one room country school with modern methods. They propose pupil helpers and clublike groups, aiming to cut rural teachers from eight grades to more efficient delivery while highlighting health deficiencies in rural pupils and seeking nationwide reform through Columbia meetings and federal input.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.