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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1921
Page
8
A rainy day at home can spark creativity for children. Kids can make scrapbooks from saved wrapping paper, craft with potato animals, build a Noahs Ark with blocks, and improvise games like the Mystery Man and Hell Ringer. Use burned matches and sticks for simple art, and end with a favorite story read aloud.
Judge Alfred J. Talley of New York argues corporal punishment fails to build moral character. He links early kindergarten training in truthfulness honesty patriotism and right habits to fewer future prisoners. The National Kindergarten Association in New York will provide information on request.
American Legion members who arrived in Paris moved to Blois to unveil the Joan of Arc statue presented by New York City. The 2 p.m. ceremony followed a reception for Americans by Paris officials at City Hall.
Advertises a broad range of construction gear including concrete mixers hoisting engines mine pumps fans wiring equipment and saw tables from Geo Ziegler Motors and Co at 526 First Ave Utjer 16.
Aug 13. Three local youths Hugh F. Young Meigs Butt and Emmett Core escaped serious injury after an automobile owned by Core plunged 25 feet from Weston road onto railroad tracks following a broken steering knuckle. Young suffered a broken shoulder and multiple cuts, Butt two broken ribs, Core a mashed finger, all treated at Beer hospital and sent home. Morning train service was delayed over an hour while debris was cleared.
Parkerburg Aug 13. Eureka chief E. W. Mackin reports that after August 15 when the last order expires the pipeline will still take all oil offered in the state fields. Tanks are nearly full but the company will extend intake to September 1.
In a September communication gauzers of the company notify producers to run all offered until that date while clarifying the order does not prompt redrilling or production increases. Producers seek a permanent indefinite off to proceed with development as pipeline uncertainty halts new wells.
Harley Morgan and Lloyd Poling escaped from Proutytown Industrial School and may have robbed Brown store and a Blueville grocery before capture near a freight yard. The Brotherhood ballots ask members to vote on wage reductions with return due by September 30.
Miss Katherine Alltop seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs H A Alltop of the city sustained a broken leg and mashed thigh Friday afternoon in Fairmont when a Packard ice truck from Fairmont Ice Company driven by Robert C Starn backed over her The driver acted quickly and prevented further injury Dr Offner was called and the girl was taken to a Fairmont hospital She had been visiting her aunt Mrs Harlan Jones at 815 Virginia avenue
Dr George J Harding father of President Warren G Harding wed Alice Severus yesterday in Monroe Michigan. He plans to resume professional duties immediately and reside temporarily in his longtime residence with Mrs Harding. Newsmen and photographers swarmed Marion as details emerged from the ceremony.
In Morgantown on August 12 a runaway horse crashed into an automobile, overturning it and injuring driver Samuel Young. Young’s son Ira Young escaped uninjured as the horse returned home under its own power after the collision.
Hamilton Holt of New York urged pro league Republicans to back President Harding’s approach to the League of Nations. He warned Harding must choose between pro Leaguers in his cabinet and anti-Leaguers in the Senate. Holt argued for preserving the existing League while weighing a broader international association. The speech came at the Laymen's Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church South in North Carolina.
The piece notes that despite repeated defeats at the polls, a broad share of Democrats and Republicans alike favor forming a robust American alliance to reduce war probabilities. It argues united action could secure victory and influence policy toward peace.
Washington D C Aug 12 House leaders announced a conference to consider the tax revision bill. Mondell said the committee will decide on procedures in the House conference or measures to begin next Wednesday. Fordney optimistic the bill would be ready Monday morning after today’s session and extensive talks tomorrow to finalize tentative changes.
New York reports Coal Age data indicating soft coal demand weak and production down from peak. Bituminous output runs about 1.25 million tons daily with July 1921 output around 30.394 million tons, a drop from June and far below 1914 levels. Anthracite demand slumps as producers store surplus and small operations close, with many districts operating half-time or less and prices receding.
Shippers push coal movement during Eastern demand lull with 185 900 tons via Buffalo in the week ending July 23 the year's high, topping the prior week by 65 000 tons. Over half the traffic heads to Duluth Superior as demand shifts inland.
Syracuse dispatch reports an attempted mail train robbery east of the city thwarted by railway detectives under orders from Washington. A Black suspect was captured after a struggle and jailed as authorities halted all mail trains nearby while raids searched for riders and other bandits.
Paris report describes wartime reminiscences by the chef who presided over the French General Staff during the Battle of the Main and who prepared the simple but abundant menu Marshal Joffre sat down to at irregular hours, detailing dinners and staff routines.
Representative Alice Robertson presided as the House adopted a resolution allowing U S participation in Peru's centennial independence celebration. Ambassador R A Pezet of Peru sent flowers to Oklahoma’s Republican woman member, praising the milestone of a lady presiding over a legislature.
Dublin August 12 A DeValera letter to Premier Lloyd George raises questions requiring answers. The communication neither accepts nor rejects the Irish peace plan and is seen as easing possible future talks without breaking negotiations.
Fragmentary OCR yields a garbled medical note mentioning Dr Fahrne Slagerdown in Maryland. The incomplete text references a teen patient, a specialty, and a working relationship with an ob. context unclear and names not fully legible.
New York and New Jersey debate a vehicular tunnel and a bridge to connect Manhattan and New Jersey. Plans call for a tunnel under the Hudson to cut commuting and business pressure on lower Manhattan, with a bridge from near Fifty-ninth Street to Wee Hawken and a proposed multi-track lower deck, roadways, trolley lines, and promenades.
Clarence McCloy son of Mr and Mrs Dennis McCloy of Rosemont died at one o clock this morning after a brief illness Funeral services will be held at Bailey Chapel at 2 o'clock Saturday Reverend F McGee officiating Interment will be in Bailey Cemetery
Detroit August 13 Armed with rifles a unit of state police on motor boats patrol the Detroit river area to halt liquor smugglers. Charles P Campau Detroit representative of Public Safety Commission says he has declared open warfare on liquor smuggling after Windsor Ontario ruling. Campau vows to seize every bottle of whisky brought over from Canada.
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