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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1924
Page
4
The Grafton Sentinel announces publisher Howard B Holt with editorial rooms at 102 Latrobe Street Grafton West Virginia Also notes Associated Press rights advertising rates and submission guidelines for letters and classifieds The source ends with a reflection on enjoying life after earning plenty فما
In a Education Week proclamation President Coolidge highlights a balance between broad education and practical vocational training. He notes a shift from apprenticeship and trade focus toward extended schooling, while warning movements may overshoot into extremes and neglect liberal culture alongside earned living skills.
Democratic members of the Senate and House seek to take over future party policy, aligning with the administration and avoiding alliances that split the party. The piece argues against La Follette links and stresses accountability to a party’s majority in both chambers. Railroads are cited as ready for big business with spending projections surpassing earlier estimates.
The text argues railroads must spend heavily to keep pace with surging freight and industrial growth. It projects 1925 railroad outlays around 1.1 to 1.5 billion, likely higher, stressing that transportation capacity drives prosperity and must precede real gains. It notes wartime halts and postwar declines and stresses trucks complementing rail.
The Nation mourns the war dead with 36 885 killed in action and a larger number dying of wounds while disease and accidents caused vast casualties. Auto crashes kill about 1 300 Americans monthly in 1923, over 178 000 seriously injured, $600 million economic loss.
The New York World calls the West Virginia native Howard Moore a merit based promotion to secretary of agriculture, noting his long connection with the department and service preceding the vacancy.
In the era of crinoline Katherine Tift Jones of New York recites antebellum South stories with clear diction and authentic dialect. Her program, costumed in period dress, evokes the old master slave relations while praising Southern loyalty and the music of negro folk traditions.
Four miners were shot in a clash at the Liberty mine of the Diamond Coal company on Scott's Run in Monongalia county. John Kocotsakis was hit in the abdomen, a man shot in the right arm and struck with a club, Frank Davis shot in the neck, and a fourth worker wounded. The fighting began when striking miners confronted workers at the open shop, rifles and shotguns used, with state police and county officers patrolling the plant afterward.
In a granite cell the speeder laments past crimes and vows reform as police monitor his fifty mile per hour ride. He foresees jail terms and pledges to slow down, avoiding fatal accidents and embracing safety while recounting past brushes with the law. The narrative ends with authorities pursuing him along a dusty road and a grim fate feared for his car.
Local residents report holidays with family in Morgantown and Fairmont. Many attended the Thanksgiving game. several relatives and friends travel from Grafton, Parkersburg, and Cincinnati. Notables include Dr. Harry E. Bailey undergoing nasal surgery in Clarksburg and Ada Hickman hospitalized in Fairmont.
Earl Newlon brakeman on the Grafton Belington line won a Ford touring car in a local Forty and Bright club raffle. The drawing at Strand Theatre yesterday afternoon awarded the vehicle funded by club members to support the local post.
Houston reports two inmates escaped from the Neff honor farm near Sugarland on Thanksgiving Day. One was seriously wounded and captured. This brings the total escapes from the farm to 11 since it opened six weeks ago.
Thirty years after being Broadway’s toast Truly Shattucy grew heavy and lost her figure. Weighing two hundred two pounds, she reduced by sixty nine pounds with plastic surgery by Dr Henry J Schireson in Chicago. The operation trimmed fat reshaped her chin and face and revived stage offers.
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