Public Library Ruling and Prohibition Debate Reflect Local Tensions
An editorial critiques a Supreme Court ruling on public library access for all races, calling it sound while noting broader racial tensions. It also comments on ash dumping in streets, enforcement zeal for Prohibition, and national mood following an election, questioning the influence of religious prejudice versus prohibition policy.
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Suprem
National Prohibition Organization
Congress
Fairmont Times
Hoover
Smith
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Aris
Debate on Prohibition Penalties and Enforcement
A piece argues against harsher penalties for small prohibition violations and warns such measures would worsen public disdain for the law. It questions enforcement at social gatherings, cites university drinking rumors, and endorses basic education over intrusive policing to foster genuine, self-driven learning.
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Good Mothers of
Fairmont
Anti-Saloon League
Virginia
Virginia University
Radio as two masters cause nervous strain in homes
A reader laments how households often run radios nonstop while residents talk, eat, read, or play cards. He argues intelligent people fail to give radio proper attention, noting wear on sets and greater wear on people, as multitasking harms conversation and focus.
Taylor county roads vs the Jack Road debate
A reader urges prioritizing the east river gap between Fairmont and Grafton over the proposed Jack Road, arguing the improved route would boost farmers’ prospects and ease travel to the Grafton Country Club. The letter also references historical figures and a separate note about a Mexican expedition broadcasting in Abyssinia.
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Sentinel
Taylor County
Fairmont
Grafton
Halleck
Grafton Country Club
Bert) Clelland
Aro
Aristotle
Abyssinia
Thrilling Polar Plans and a Courtroom Flare Up
A look at early polar exploration reveals Byrd's Antarctic mission and Nansen’s proposed international airship survey of the North Pole with Eckéner's Zeppelin. The piece notes untouched equatorial regions in Africa and South America as future targets. A street incident ends with a woman jailed after slapping a traffic officer and choosing two days in a reformatory over apologizing.
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Byrd
Antarctic
South Pole
North Pole
Nansen
Dr. Eckéner
Count Zeppelin
Africa
South America
Hoover party to find Argentina advancing on economic paths
Argentina, a major South American power, is advancing economically as Hoover prepares to visit. Trade with the United States shows export surpluses and rising American shipments of autos and machinery. Argentina imports far more from the U.S. than it exports, with concerns over tariffs, hoof and mouth disease affecting meat shipments, and a strong Buenos Aires capital city scene.
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Hoover
Argentina
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Department of Agriculture
America
Jssles
Buenos Aires
Paris
Hipolito Irigoyen
Hipolito Irgoyen
Public sale notice of Pruntytown Telephone assets
Sheriff Newson schedules December 15 1928 sale at the Taylor County courthouse to auction Pruntytown Telephone Company property. About sixty five miles of wire poles and brackets will be offered to the highest bidder for cash in Boothscreek and Court House districts.
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Court House
Taylor’ County
West Virginia
Boothscreek
Newson
Taylor County
W. Va
Truste es Sale of Maxwell Property in Grafton WV
Trustees will sell at the Grafton courthouse front door at ten o clock a m on December 13 1928 the Maxwell Lot six in L M Boyles Addition to the City of Grafton Taylor County West Virginia as recorded in Deed Book 64 page 265. The sale is subject to a fifty year restriction effective April 22 1921 restricting sale or lease to persons of African or Mongolian birth or ancestry.
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Delphia G. Maxwell
Frank H. Maxwell
Baltimore City
Taylor County Court Office
Grafton
Taylor County
West Virginia
L. M. Boyles
Deed Sale Terms and Tax Notice From Local Sheriff
The notice describes a deed sale with terms including cash at sale and two promissory notes due in one and two years plus a vendor's lien, naming trustees Dent and Warder and counsel. It also warns taxpayers of final settlement between December 15 and 31 and sets a cutoff for tax payments by December 16, noting the sheriff’s commitment to complete the office work. The fragment references Kennedy, Dudley, and local officials.
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Associated Press
Jenna
Delphia
William M. Kennedy
William J. Dudley
jDent & Warder
Pate
Desea
Senate Actions And Committees Review Major Bills
Today in Congress the Senate takes up the Boulders Dam and reviews the Kellogg Briand treaty in the foreign relations committee. The Interstate Commerce Commission holds a hearing on railroad consolidations. The flood control committee weighs Arkansas River tributaries. The full appropriations committee considers Treasury and Post Office matters.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Flood Control Committee
Appropriations
Treasury and
Post Office
Pittsburgh Livestock Market Report December 5
Pittsburgh marketplace shows mixed livestock with hogs around steady to firm, 3000 head traded. Cattle scarce, calves firm, sheep and lambs steady to weak. produce steadier with apples and potatoes at varied bids across New York Kings, Imperials, Baldwins, Staymans, and regional potato grades.
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Pittsburgh
Butehars
Neasly
New York Kings
West Virginia
York Imperials
New York Baldwins
Kings
Hubberdstone
Virginia
West Va
Grimes Golden
Staymans
Michigan Rurals
New York
Pennsylvania
Maine
Green Mountains
Verdict of death by own action in Ray Grove case
Richwood West Virginia December 5 A coroner's jury returned a verdict of death by own action in the death of Ray Grove 34 of Canvas who was shot while hunting rabbits yesterday The jury found that Grove placed the gun to his temple and pulled the trigger with a forked stick citing ill health as a contributing factor The shooting had been reported as accidental.
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Richwood
W. Va
Ray Grove
Canvas
Aténe
Invest
Grove
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Latrobe Street
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Éarrie
Christ
Italy
RED Cross
West Grafton
Kuppenheimer
F. Friedman & Son
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Klein’s
Emme
Klein
GES
the Sentinel
Sy L. A. Brophy
Ocinted Press
Bgal
Dee
HH Newson
The
Senate
Trisler Taxi Service
Chas. M. Wells
Glasses Fitthy
W. Main ST
Geo. Gordon
E. Long Street
Cleo
M. Weston
Sabe Pace
Tony
West Main Street
Beanie Bae
Phople
M. & M. Bank Bldg
W. B. Cruise
Insurance Agency
Yates Avenue
Rafton
West Vee
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