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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1899
Page
11
A broad catalog ad listing Ladies stationery, silk fabrics, leather goods, dolls, napkin rings, parlor games, pocket knives, house jackets, and dress fabrics. Highlights include silk picture yardage, leather cases, sterling silver items, and a mail order department offering price books and booklets.
A lyric fragment describes Boggs and Buhl Department X toward the sea as a rider longs to keep the sunset road. The poet imagines youth, rest, and joy, craving grasses touch to cure ills and a forever lit by an unfailing light in Harlin growing jarland.
In recounting the Whart murder from fifteen years ago, the narrator describes a foggy dawn discovery of a well-dressed man’s body snagged at a East River bulkhead. A Boston firm’s advert led to identification, revealing a watch and jewelry. a staged disguise and coffee grains at bars traced the culprit to river pirates. The bartender turns informer after witnessing the framed assault, and the case ends with a jail sentence for one pirate and a related conviction for the bartender’s accomplice.
An analysis of Coventry Patmore and his artistic influence, suggesting Catholic ties influenced his poetry and tastes. It notes uncertainty about his conversion, hints that second wife aided finances, and cites Father Itardella as a skeptic source, claiming Patmore was perhaps Catholic even before formal reception.
Fragmented OCR text discusses gender proportions in West Australia with 540 women in a 148.0 population and a referenced protest or resistance to relocation. The readability is poor and names or exact events are unclear.
Rev J T Sutherland surveys temperance in England France and Germany noting growing temperance societies and education while warning that drink weakens armies fuels crime and ruins industry. He cites Paris murder and moral conviction rates and German deliria and Army endurance gaps to argue for stronger abstinence.
A Globe Hotel speech by a whisky drummer claims liquor sales fall yearly in the region. He cites quitting drinking, reduced demand, and rising sentiment against hard drinking by actors, preachers, and newspapers. He predicts light beverages like lemonade and milk shakes will replace whisky in saloons and drug stores within twenty years.
An old advertisement extols Chamberlain’s LCough Remedy as a safe aid for a mother awakened by a husky cough in her baby and for adults with throat irritation. It claims to allay irritation and cure the cold and notes Graf Drug & Chemical Co as a seller.
An item from an exchange warns editors face enemies from petty squibs and local critics. It notes that those opposing their home paper seldom would be missed and urges readers to insure property by contacting the SENTINEL Co Real Estate Brokers.
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