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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1927
Page
5
Merchants in Grafton prepare for a bustling Christmas shopping period with extended evening hours, varied gifts from toothpick holders to automobiles, and promotional coupons to boost sales while Christmas seals aid tuberculosis relief at home.
London. Princess Mary applauded old fashioned quilts at the National Federation of Women's Institutes exhibition in the Imperial Institute South Kensington. Miners' wives Mrs Jane Heath and Mrs Mary Pearson from County Durham shared quilts over 200 years old passed down through generations, sparking much interest.
A crowded New York financial district sidewalk scene shows hundreds navigating narrow streets with rare automobile or pedestrian incidents. A recent traffic mishap is noted but not linked to a specific act or party. Also includes an advertisement for Foley and Tar Compound claiming safety for children and adults with coughs and colds, no opiates or chloroform.
At the Cambridgehire meet in Newmarket the last big racing event of the season showcased fashion notes. Beiges dominated both sexes with beige stockings and fur, while a notable share of men wore side creased plus fours. Hon George Lambton led the trend, praised for side creased trousers linked to royal circles.
By MALE LISHETH AVERY lines describe a coat for a little girl with straight unbelted styling. A woman wearing a flowered coat with green sleeves walks by a horse hitched to a delivery wagon. The horse bites the flowers, and the woman receives first aid in a drug store that had not fully become a restaurant.
Berlin reports a critic misdated operetta star Fritzi Massary as 56. Max Pallenberg denounces the remark as malice and slander. Also noted: Mrs W B Scott wins a speed prize at Brooklands after training with her racing-driver husband, clocking 124 miles an hour for three laps.
Weather reports indicate a cold wave from the Midwest and Southwest moving toward the eastern United States by tonight or tomorrow. A blizzard in Canada extended through Wyoming to Nebraska and Colorado as temperatures plunged from the sixties to freezing in many areas. Snow covered the northern and central Mountain region and New Mexico highways were affected as the front swept east.
A unidentified man jumped from the fortieth floor of the 60 story Woolworth Building in Broadway, New York, today. Thermometers found in his pockets read 18, with an identification tag noting Louis Schwartz, though the name remains unconfirmed as investigators inspect the scene. The body lay crushed on impact amid rain and a cold wave.
Dennis Wiseman, employee of Starcher Chevrolet, tearfully protests innocence as Deputy Bolyard arrests him on a warrant issued by Magistrate Haymond. Accused of stealing a watch and trading it, Wiseman claims the accusation by his step-father Curt Norris from Lost Run. Hearing date not yet set as investigation proceeds.
General John J. Pershing drew enthusiastic cheers at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Chicago as delegates called him a presidential timber. Pershing declined to comment on politics saying no statement could be made, while delegates stressed the link between farming strength and national defense.
Charleston reports a bail hearing scheduled for John C. Bond former state auditor on embezzlement charges. Attorney M F Matheny and Judge Henry K Black were noted, Bond recovering from recent surgery in hospital. prior bond forfeited while in Walter Reed Hospital.
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