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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1928
Page
2
Radio listings show multiple stations across major cities with afternoon and evening programs. Notable acts include National Orchestra performances, Dance Music sets, and orchestral recitals at WEAF WOR WABC WEEI KDKA WGY WBZ WSA WSB WIAN WHAS WSM WLW WTAM WOX.
A Court Pharmacy at 220 West Main Street promotes a medicinal combination labeled Cold and LaGripps tablets. The small ad emphasizes the product for treating cold symptoms and grippe like illnesses, reflecting early 20th century pharmacy marketing.
New York December reports reveal Long Island music teacher Bert Leigh Manuell wed a 19 year old pupil with his wife's aid. The couple plan to sell their home as district attorneys consider perjury and bigamy charges. Martha Van Wyen remains confined, facing possible church excommunication and potential legal action.
Lorain Ohio December 8 Louis Cicco resumes duties as Lorain police officer after a suspension tied to the wounding of Betty Heywood a British subject during a liquor raid. He was convicted of assault and battery fined five dollars. A $50000 damage suit against former Lorain dry squad members was planned. Reinstatement ordered by Safety Director Sidney B Royce.
A long community church page invites attendance across many denominations. St Pauls Lutheran and Methodist churches announce Sunday school at 9:75 a m and 9:30 a m with morning services at 10:30 a m, plus teen and prayer gatherings. Philippi United Brethren and First United Brethren list worship times, Christian Endeavor, Epworth League, and choir rehearsals. Other entries cover Presbyterian, Pentecostal, Brethren, First Baptist, First Christian, and Warren Methodist churches with ongoing revivals, sermons, and midweek prayers. Public welcome.
The notice outlines a monthly meeting featuring a prayer and testimonial service. It states that on Thursday and Friday a big bazaar will be held in the lecture room of the Se by the Ladies Aid, with Mrs. McDonald serving as secretary.
In northern Nicaragua near Ocotal and Telepahlcal a Marine patrol intercepted bandits after bandits killed a peasant. Sergeant Charles Williams of Astoria was fatally wounded by a stray bullet and died an hour later. Two bandits were killed and three wounded in the same operation. Marine officials say banditry remains a threat with ongoing patrols since November 17.
Hoover stays in the capital overnight then proceeds across the Andes to Buenos Aires for a two day stay and a reception in Montevideo hosted by Uruguay. Havator certificates were issued to all who crossed the line for the first time, signed by Hoover on his fifteenth crossing of the journey.
Weston West Virginia reports judge EB Trout completed judging at the fourth annual poultry exhibit by the Central West Virginia Poultry Association in the Allman Building. Notable winners include a Rose Comb Rhode Island cockerel owned by C A Richards of Salem and sweepstakes awarded to G A Berry S C Boarm A R Miles of Lorentz and C A Richards.
Sol Hohenthal a 59 year old retired De Soto merchant faced a second degree murder warrant in Pearl Potoskey a 25 year old St Louis beauty shop proprietor found dead Sunday with a bullet wound and skull fractures Hohenthal surrendered and posted a $10000 bond Prosecuting Attorney Georg McCormick swore the warrant after inquest testimony noting police firearms evidence and without awaiting the coroner’s jury return.
Rome prepares a jubilee week to honor Pope Pius XI, marking fifty years since Achille Ratti’s first Rome Mass. Cardinal Tosi leads Lombard pilgrims to San Carlo, with the pope receiving praise from Italian peers, Catholic orders, and the Knights of Columbus. The Lombard seminary will be dedicated, and the renovated altar at San Carlo will host daily pontifical masses and evening vespers.
A fragmentary San Francisco report mentions an ex convict arrest and a fatal shooting with an unknown assailant. Other items note Miss Po Van Buren at an Arkansas infirmary, Mrs Louise Phaden claiming altitude records, Emily Davies Vanderbilt wedding to Sigourney Thayer, and New York fraud indictments. RCA plans a subsidiary. two trunks with drugs tied to Rothstein inquiry.
Overnight foreign news notes the king’s doctors consulting on whether lung surgery is advisable. Reports from Mexico City describe a large noisy mob dispersed from a chamber of deputies labor dispute. In Colombia civil guards seize arms to stop a banana region strike. A New York Gunnery Sergeant Williams is fatally wounded in Nueva Segovia during Marine patrols. Berlin signals pessimism as Stresemann leaves for a league meeting in Lugano. In Washington the House approves 13.5 million dollars for prohibition enforcement.
Frances Reed, 18, of Veedersburg Indiana, won a girls leadership honor in 4H rural club work at the farm club meeting. In Chicago, she is a Purdue freshman.
New York December 8 observers on the stock exchange estimate that paper values on the New York Stock Exchange have fallen by more than 2.5 billion dollars over two days. General Motors shares alone have declined by over 300 million dollars as the market reacts to bearish activity.
Texarkana born Corinne Griffith lists New Orleans and San Francisco as her favorite cities in a Strand Theatre feature. The First National actress recalls childhood roots and the Mardi Gras queen title, then discusses the move of Outcast from London to San Francisco. Edmund Lowe co stars in the film showing Monday through Wednesday December 10 11 and 12 with matinee and night showings.
In this bureau branch, 4,738 convictions were secured with sentences totaling 786 years and fines totaling 172000 dollars. Opium imports reached 140172 ounces and coca leaves 234000 ounces. domestic sales for the year amounted to 433900 ounces. Shell narcotics traffic persists and was deemed not curbed by presidential efforts.
A Isvanston Illinois woman ignored the superstition about ladders and tested the omen by walking beneath one. The ladder collapsed onto her head, but observers say her action was guided by a belief in feminine intuition.
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