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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1928
Page
4
A report from Pennsylvania notes a surge in belief in witchcraft and voodoo amid a brutal murder linked to a voodoo doctor attempting to break a spell. The investigation reveals widespread superstition in a prosperous region near Philadelphia.
An old newspaper ad fragment promotes a hot water bottle sale at Court Pharmacy located at 620 West Main Street. The snippet highlights a low price of one dollar and mentions the product name Good Bed Fellow These Cool Nights. The readable text signals a small local retailer offering basic health comfort goods.
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The text warns that Eastern Pennsylvania reveals shocking superstition and ignorance in two counties, challenging claims of broad education and low illiteracy. It urges drastic steps to eradicate mental depravity, contrasts farming rewards with perceived stigma, and notes rising farm output and prize stock despite beliefs.
The article spotlights a twelve and a fifteen year old from a tie country earning top honors at the Chicago International stock show. It notes their beef cattle success, long line of young champions, and argues farm youths with brains can prosper through modern science on the farm. It also covers election-law breaches by eight officials, including two women, and reflects on youth distress and parental discipline leading to tragedy, urging gentler guidance.
The stock market, rising for weeks before and after the election with intensified volatility, appears to be settling toward normalcy. Analysts say the surge was largely artificial, driven by risk seeking investors chasing easy profits, and prices will revert to intrinsic values as bidding wanes. In a separate item, a Boston incident notes a 15 year old student’s behavior in a park drew concern.
Today in Congress the Senate continues consideration of the Boulder Dam bill while the Rules and Public Lands committees meet. The nomination of Roy West to be Secretary of the Interior is taken up by the Senate. The House goes into recess for the weekend with routine sessions planned for House Rules, Naval Committees, and Appropriations subcommittees.
Legal notice announces a trust deed sale by John L. Hechmer trustee for Louis Fisher. Auction at the court house front door in Grafton on December 10 1928 at 2 pm for a Model 1925 Hudson Coach car engine 300084 serial 603378. Terms cash on bid acceptance. One killed and 27 injured in a Colmar France incident December 8 near Sunhoten.
Crystal Bea and her husband owned the Pike highway roadhouse that burned last night. A cat woke them by scratching in their bedroom, alerting them to the blaze. The frame building and its stock, furniture, and fixtures were destroyed with damage estimated at $5,000. The Queens planned to leave for Clarksburg today.
Spokane will G McRae 62 world war correspondent in France for northwest papers and coast to coast staffs Tucson Ariz Frank Ots Reed 3 faculty University of Arizona Professor of Spanish Lisbon Portugal Jose Magalhaes Lina 78 grand master of Portuguese free masonry Essex Conn J Floyd Johnston vice president Merchants and Shippers Insurance Company marine insurance expert in country
Chicago Dee 8 James A Patten 76 famed wheat king of the Chicago board of trade died at his Evanston home after a brief illness caused by double pneumonia He was with his wife and son John L at his bedside and remained partly conscious saying physicians noted he fought well His last public appearance was testimony in a campaign finance matter in Washington before his death
The government sought about 33 million dollars in additional taxes from Ford Motor Company stock owners. Couzens led the action against treasury administration, aiming to collect taxes for 1920 refunds. He charged gross mismanagement by the bureau of internal revenue under Secretary Mellon and urged a Senate resignation for mismanagement.
Captain W. H. Arnold, Grafton Salvation Army director, who had been ill with typhoid fever for weeks, has fully recovered his former health. He is now active in the field again after a gradual recovery that included a period spent at his old home.
Washington reports Senator Couzens of Michigan, a Republican, received a tax refund of 989.6 dollars after the treasury had sought an additional assessment of 10,000 dollars. The refund follows failure of the disputed claim.
Eureka Illinois December reports a student strike and faculty unrest over Bert Wilson. Trustees accepted his resignation after pressure from students, with Richard Dickinson named acting president as the search for a permanent leader begins.
Indications today showed testimony in the trial of Dr Otto Fisher, Harrisonburg Va, charged with performing an illegal operation, would be completed and closing arguments would begin Monday. Prosecution argued medical testimony showed improper steps in treating Miss Lonnie Beckone the nurse who died. Fisher said he operated to save her life after an illegal operation had started. State witnesses testified he admitted to a fellow prisoner in Mineral county jail that he performed the illegal operation because any doctor would try to help a nurse out.
New York Dec. 8 radio stock nosedived as Pifo Corporation of America fell $72 from yesterday's close. The third straight day of sliding prices on the New York Stock Exchange saw Radio touch $296 a share, $124 below its peak three days earlier and well above the year's low of $85.25.
The Board of Directors declares quarterly dividend No 52 of one and three quarters percent on 7 percent cumulative preferred stock and quarterly dividend No 13 of one and a half percent on 64 percent cumulative preferred stock for the quarter ending January 31 1929 payable February 1 1929 to stockholders of record January 5 1999. Also produces varied commodities prices including apples potatoes and livestock market notes from Pittsburgh.
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