Grafton Drug Ad Promotes Orange Root Tonic
An old newspaper ad touts Orange Root Golden NUG GETS as a tonic and laxative to cleanse the liver and improve energy and complexion. It lists price at 50¢ for 48 NUG GETS and credits Grafton Drug & Chemical Co as the seller. Funeral notice for Johnson Bennett, 65, Richwood street commissioner, notes death by heart attack during bridge work, services at Baptist church, burial at Richwood Cemetery with Odd Fellows assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Drug & Chemical Co
Richwood
Johnson Bennett
Oakland Avenue
Lodge of Odd Fellows
Lyle Brannon
Glenville
Becktley Judge Schedules Grogan Execution Date
Raleigh county judge fixed February 8 1929 for the execution of Henry Grogan a Raleigh county negro convicted of assaulting a dead white woman Grogan was absent and his counsel Brown W O Payne objected citing a commutation application filed with Governor Gore in October The case history includes multiple stays and an appeal denial by the state supreme court prior to the commutation filing.
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Beckley
Hugh A. Dunn
Raleigh County
Dunn
J. W. Maxwell
Grogan
State Supreme Court
Gore
Cystex 48 Hour Test Promises Relief For Urinary Ailments
An advertisement urges readers to try Cystex for bladder weakness and nighttime urination. It claims relief from burning, itching, backache, and fatigue within 48 hours with a money back guarantee. Available at Grafton Drug & Chemical Co. for 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ady Grafton Drug & Chemical Co
Radio Program Schedule and Church Notice From 1928
Eastern Standard time program guide lists WEAD WIZ WOR stations with evenings of music and talk. A church reopening at Flemington Methodist Protestant Church on December 16 1928 will be led by Rev L E B Oldaker West Virginia Conference president. lunch served by church ladies in the new dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
H. A. Lane
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Baltimore
R L.osborn
Flemington Methodist Protestant Church
L. EB. Oldaker
West Virginia
Q. H. Snyder
Complex radio schedule fragment with multiple ensembles
A fragmented listing shows times and groups like orchestras, sextets, ensembles, and recitals across stations in Jacksonville Louisville Nashville Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland and more. It mentions orchestras, dance music, circus, reviews, and educational programs amid scattered program titles and times.
Trappers 9 30 Friday Frolic and Dance Music Review
A fragmented listing notes a Friday Frolic at 9 30 with dance music, featuring a trio orchestra and Cavaliers Gypsy Barons among others. It mentions 10 30 dance sets and multiple groups like Cotton Pickers and Amos in a lively Detroit venue lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Don
Koko
Marie D. King
United Opera Co
New York
WEEI
Boston
Whiting
Orchestra
Cavaliers
Paris
Trappers
Musicale
Tipica Orchestra
Detroit
Gypsy Barons
Concert Bureau
Wcx-Wir
Dinner
Quakers
Missouri
Amos
County Road Gang Reduced by One Member
The county road gang, numbering ten and including riders and trespassers on BR and C property, is one member short today after Jess Toubarville fled yesterday after being committed for 10 days on November 29.
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Jess 'Toubarville
Court Pharmacy Cold and LaGrippe Combination
At 220 West Main Street the Court Pharmacy offers Cold and LaGrippe Combination medicines including a cough sedative and LaGrippe tablets. Patrons can purchase these remedies as a relief for cold symptoms and influenza.
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COURT
West Main St
Fugitive from Road Work Escapes Into Brush Near City
A road crew near the city limits lost Touberville when he suddenly vanished while the guard was distracted. He had decided to leave the area and left the country, with no trace found after a superficial search. This escape is the first from the road gang in months, last noted in Parkview.
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Touberville
Laddor
Toubstville
Excape
Parkview
Moonshine Arrest Near Northwestern Turnpike
Federal agents and Fairmont officers arrested D S Piggott near the Northwestern turnpike after a long stakeout in a car with an oil heater. Piggott from Clarksburg claimed ownership of 20 gallons of moonshine and was jailed before a hearing in Clarksburg before U S Commissioner Harry Gordon. The case links activity around Oakland and Mt Lake Park Maryland to Terra Alta area. Philadelphia budgets include a $10000 line for a Bureau of Music to aid police and jetty officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Newton
Northwestern Turnpike
Fairmont
D. S. Piggott
Clarksburg
Piggott
U. S
Harry Gordon
Oakland
Deer Park
Mt. Lake Park
Terra Alta
Maryland-West
Virginitne
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Philadelphia
Snellenburg Newell
Mary Williams
Lawson
von Peostene
Hes
Kdka Wittsburgh
Crehentra
Isunatanel
Weston
Manndeville State Penitentiary
Albert Stahl
Elliott White
Stahl
Birk
Stathers
Lewis County
Sue Parkersburg
Pythian Home Board
Ninth District
Charleston
Proposars
Parkersburg
Knights of Pythias
Pythians
W. KE
Pack
Moundsville
Oscar Wilt
C. B. Oaks
C. D. Burns
Martinsburg
J. H. McKay
Parkershoro
WGY
WGY Players
WBZ
Springfield
Miller's Orchestra
Ramblers
Circus
WROC
Washington
Southern
WSB
Atlanta
Lewisburg
Snowden Crane
Cody Allen
Greenbrier
Allen
States Penitentiary
Woodwell
Jim Hayes
The
Associated Press
WEAD
Christmas Town Bakers Happiness Boys
Newark
Jacksonville
Louisville
WSM Nashville
Aoo
Ircus
Symphony
KYW
Chicago
Cincinnati
WPAM
Cleveland
Fina
Sestya
Syra
Greece
World Wide Charity
West
Washington St
Maple Avenus
Main Street
Lao A. Faust
W. Main St
Tor Sale
Wallace Henderson
West Main
RA Dan
Eine Anne
Axminster
F. Poe
Cohen
East Main St
Grafton
W, Va
Davis Memorial Hospital
Elkins
W. Va
Osgood
Hiller
Federal
Bureau of Music
Iso
the Dollar Store
Toy Town
West Main Street
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