Radio Listings and Health Ad Imagery in 1930s Paper
The page blends radio program schedules for multiple stations with an advertisement touting Orange Root Golden NUG GETS as a liver tonic. It lists time slots and performers such as Foresters The Smiths Blue Danube Nights and Chicago Grand Opera, alongside the claim that the tonic cleanses the liver and improves complexion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Singhi Breen
Foresters
the Smiths
Chicago Grand Opera
Grafton Drug & Chemical Co
Deepdady
WIZ
New York—doo
Santa Claus
Highlanders
FB. W. Wile
Newburg Community Notices and Social Gatherings
Edith Gibson hosted a Bridge Club night at her parents’ home with five equal score tables. Stanlese Fretwell of Rowlesburg won the men’s high. A bazaar and oyster supper benefited the M P Church Ladies Aid, while the Good Luck Sewing Club gathered on Thanksgiving night for sewing and plans for a December Christmas tree. Local students and residents are listed with visits and travels noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburg
Edith Gibson
Edgar Smooth
Stanless Fretwell
Rawlesburg
M. P
Ladies Aid
Logan Smoot
The
Aid
Fred Horehler
Boyd Harter
Horehler
Ross Skinner
Youth Drowned At Monongahela Lock No 1
Pittsburgh police report Fran Elrick aged 21 drowned while wrestling with four companions on the riverbank near Monongahela Lock No 1. The group, said to have been drinking, stopped in an automobile party. Elrick fell into the water and disappeared, with no body recovered and the other four men held for questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Fran Elrick
Monongahela River
Elrick
King Sisters Grocery Moves to Kunst Room Corner
The King Sisters Grocery, formerly housed in the Hess building, has moved to the corner of St John and Main streets in the room formerly occupied by the B and P Market. Interior changes add display space and improve location for their growing business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Sisters
Hess Building
St. John and
Main Streets
Gambler Held by Chicago-Detroit Gang Suspected
In Lou isville New Orleans and the north and east Alvey is reputed to be wealthy with earnings estimated at more than 63000 in one year. Friends and relatives here believed Alvey had been captured by a gang operating out of Chicago and Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
New Orleans
Alvey
Chicago
Detroit
End play stripping the hand in a bridge problem
A detailed bridge problem explains a stripping end play where Z eliminates B s clubs to force lead backs, aiming to win six of seven tricks. The example shows spade rounds, then a club centered sequence, with Y and Z coordinating to exhaust B s long suits and secure the majority of tricks. It notes variations and emphasizes practice of such end plays for consistent results.
Three Wells Open New Crude Fields Across States
The southwestern oil industry faces trepidation as three wells in adjacent states pioneer new fields. A Willard Goodrich farm gusher near Wichita, Kansas produced over 7 000 barrels daily before being shut in after 12 hours, with about 5 000 barrels spilled. Oklahoma City area saw its first large nearby well yielding up to 2 500 barrels daily at 6 402 feet. The deepest active Texas well in Big Lake near Santa Rita flowed 20 barrels per hour of 1.6 gravity crude, costing about 125 000 dollars and needing a separate outlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citle
Texas
Marland Production Company
Willard Goodrich
Wichita
Kansi
Oll
Kansas
Oklahoma City
Indiana Territory Illuminating Oil and
Poster Petroleum Companies
City
Big Lake Field
West Texas
N Discovery Pool
Santa Rita
Texa
Jolliffe Presses Hopeful Plan for Grafton’s Growth
James Krepps of Morgantown urged Grafton to plan for future prosperity through transportation driven industrial development. He cited the town’s rich facilities and suggested coal byproducts factories could boost the economy, praising Grattonians for their friendly reception and noting a warming view of the people since arriving. The speech framed Thanksgiving as a time for hopeful labor, not just nostalgia, and emphasized a brighter future beyond smoke and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Krepps
Grafton Prees
Morgantown
Grafton
United States
Krepps
Gratton
Grattonians
Reapportionment plan outlined for counties in West Virginia
The article details a proposed reapportionment plan discussed by the county grand jury and lawmakers. It explains adjusting representation after each census, lists current delegate allocation by county, and notes focus on narcotics connections tied to Rothstein while continuing murder case coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Delegates
Jefferson
Lewis
Lincoln
Logan
Mineral
Mingo
Monrroe
Morgan, ‘Holas
Pendleton
Pleasants
Pocahontas
Putnam
Ritchie
Summers
Taylor
Tucker
Tyler
Upshur
Webster, Wirt
Wyoming
Berkeley
Braxton
Greenbrier
Jackson
Marshrall
Mason
Monongalia
Preston
Rileigh
Randolph
Roane
Wayne
Wetzel
Marion
Mer- Fest
Wood Counties
Cabell
Pay
McDowell and Ohio Counties Delegates Named
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Harrison and McDowell and Ohio counties with reference to a Stix delegatee in Kanawha County. No clear event or date provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ette
Harrison
McDowell
Ohio Counties
Eid
Kanawha Coun
Conley's Margin Large Official Vote Reveals West Virginia Race
Charleston dispatch reports official November vote tallies for West Virginia offices. Conley wins governor with 45 909 votes and Sharp leads secretary of state with 952 087. Mallison secures auditor short-term term at 358 258, with Campbell and Della Pearl among minor opponents. A Chicago woman, 85, obtains divorce amid city life tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Maw G. Conley
Howard M.gore
West Virginia
W. Dea
J. Alfred Taylor
Leratie Ponent
J. H
Sam
Mallison
Conley
Sharp
William Campbell
Della Pearl
Franklin
Mallson
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Associated Press
WEAF
New York
Newark
Dixie Singers
Koko
Rutgers University
the Music Boon United Military Band
Millionaires
WPG
Atlantic City
Boston
WGR Buffalb
WFI
Philadelphia
Crowell
KDKA
Bestor's Orchestra
Wile
Schenectady
WBZ
Crusaders
STEMS
Nature League
Te Bing Family
Forest
Bankers
WRC
Washington
Southern
WSB Atlants
Jacksonville
Wbhas Loulaville
WSM
Nashville—890
Troubadours Palmolive
WSM Orchestra
WSM Minstrels
Central
KYW
Insomnia Club
WLW
Cincinnati
F. W. Wise
Foresters the Smiths
Wtam Gleveland
Orchestra
Troubadours
WOX
WJR
Lady Dover
Air Boys
Far Post
Amos
Michigan Unlimited
Chrestomatheon Literary Society
Louise la
Robert Pyles
Junior Hall
Joe Squires
Lillian Turner
Thelma Cassing
Arreta Shuttlesworth
Claire Weltman
Mary Barker
Louise Lang
Bias
Mr. Phares
C. P. Plummer
Catherine
Glendale
Barbara Dulin
Fairmont
Noah Dulin
L.A. Deck
Clarksburg
J. E. Deek
L. J. Huffman
Mabel Turnley
Tunnelton
E. Smith
B. P. Harter
Kingwood
Truman Frazier
Mr. Frazier
Mra
Chas, Frazier
Monongahela Lock No
King Sisters Grocery
Kunst
Mei
Men’s Wool Process Union Suits
Children’s Union Suits
Cohen
East Main St
W. Va
Gambler
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Hoyle, Jr
Wynne Ferguson
Hyarte
Frablent
Mearts
Hearts
Coolidge-Trumbull
Trumbull
Connecticut
John Coolidge
John
Herald New Crude
Jolliffe
Aximinster
F. Pok
Grafton Reed & Storage Company
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