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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1929
Page
5
Cough from colds lingers and creosote soothes inflamed membranes, while Creomulsion travels to the stomach and bloodstream to target germs. The ad claims Creomulsion is satisfactory for coughs bronchitis and minor bronchial irritations and says it helps rebuild the system after colds or flu. Money refunded if not relieved after taking directions.
The Epworth League of St Pauls M E Church closed its week long program with a pageant titled The Challenge of the Cross. Participants included Margaret Moran Helen Howell Irene Boone Virginia Mae Phinney Jean Haymond and Katherine Marshall plus six youths Charles Englehardt Jean Hammond Helen Shaw Virginia M Phinney Katherine Marshall and Arlene McDaniel answered the invitation to join the church. Attendance last night surpassed prior weeks.
King George and Queen Mary arrived from Sandringham for a brief London visit aboard a royal train. The Danish king and queen, who traveled with them, proceeded to the Danish Legation.
Harrisburg Pa Dec 9 The appointment of a United States senator from Pennsylvania to fill the vacancy caused by the rejection of William S Ware will be delayed until after tomorrow's funeral of Congressman W W Griest, it was announced today.
New York December 9 Lou Little selected as head football coach at Columbia University to succeed Charley Crowley who resigned. Little signs a three year contract.
An old advertisement promotes Adlerika as a quick relief for gas and sour stomach. It claims Adlerika cleans upper and lower bowel and removes old waste matter. Endorsed by Ed McNeill and Union Drug Store with benefits like overcoming constipation.
Chicago dispatch recalls 79 year old Robert Goldman playing penny ante poker at a friend's flat. He wins with a small pair and bets a nickel before others fold. He dies moments after revealing his hand, making it his last in this world.
Oklahoma City dispatch reports 17 year old Ted Cole, convicted of robbery with firearms at a Tulsa bottling works plant, initially sentenced to death but will not be executed nor required to serve life, per Governor Holloway. No shots fired in the holdup.
Governor Louis L. Emmerson of Illinois visited the White House to discuss waterways with President Hoover when a hat was plucked from a rack outside the private office. The governor joked the hat was a good trade, saying it was a size too large.
President Hoover asks Congress to grant 10000 for each of the nearest relatives of three recently deceased senators. The beneficiaries are Mrs. Bette H. McGhee Tyson, widow of Senator Lawrence D. Tyson of Tennessee, Miss Grace C. Burton, niece of Senator Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, and Mrs. Clara M. Warren, widow of Senator Francis E. Warren of Wyoming.
The Supreme Court today refused to state whether the appeal of Arthur J. Aubrey and John A. Callan of Youngstown challenging the district's validity presented a controversy within its jurisdiction. It announced it would delay until the cast was reached for hearing on its merits.
Washington Iowa Senator Brookhart testimony ignored by grand jury regarding a Wall street booze party to new members of Congress in 1926 hosted by Walter Fahy a New York broker. Mrs W E Leonard of Maple Avenue improves from bronchial pneumonia after a weeklong illness.
Members of the American Legion Taylor County Post 12 host a Ninth district convention this evening at the Moose Home. Delegates from Fairmont Philippi Elkins and Davis attend with Department Commander Duff and Vice Commander Thornton on the program. The event begins at 8:00 PM and features an all including entertainment program organized by Commander B J Kersting and Brooks Gall with local Legion members.
An explosion at the Tri mount Oil Company plant in Everett Massachusetts killed two men and injured several others. The blast rocked the neighborhood as a tank loading a truck with liquid asphalt blew apart. Smoke was visible for miles and the plant makes road oils and related products.
Washington December nine appointment of Calvin Coolidge as special master in a boundary dispute between New Jersey and Delaware was suggested to the Supreme Court today by counsel for New Jersey. Chief Justice Taft said the suggestion would be considered.
A British Empire Service League delegation, in the United States to unite war veterans from English speaking nations for world peace, is received at the White House by President Hoover. The visit follows an invitation from Ambassador Dawes and includes talks with leaders of the American Legion.
Barometers in San Francisco and along the Pacific coast show steady fall as a general rain sweeps from the British Columbia coast to Fresno ending a drought lasting about fifty years.
Fourteen members of a left wing radical group within the dress trades union were arrested after a clash involving more than 300 workers. Fifty left wing members had been dismissed by a local manufacturer near the dispute site. The rioters attempted to picket the factory as arriving right wing workers objected, prompting police reserves to restore order.
Secretary Adams decorated seven navy and marine officers for Nicaragua service. Rear Admiral David Sellers, judge advocate general, and Colonel Rush R. Sander son of Washington, D. C., received the Distinguished Service Medal. Navy Cross recipients were Lt. John R. B. O’Neill of New London Conn, Lt. Pearl S. Wyer of New London Mo, Lt. John S. Fletcher of Lexington Va, and Col. C. R. Sanderson of Washington D. C. also honored.
In Los Angeles a debate surgical procedure connected the wind pipe and esophagus of 17 year old Mae Shirel after a car crash. Surgeons performed the operation to save her life and reported a slight chance of recovery.
The death of Miss Dulcie Barclay, an Australian Beauty Queen, by poison last September remains unsolved to the public after the supreme court made absolute a decree restraining magistrates from inquiring into the circumstances. She was found dying in the chambers of prominent Brisbane barrister Robert O Connor with political ties. Sam H Thompson urged farmers to seek Natalization of farm area and tariff, and improvements in rural credit as key issues.
A steamship believed to be the Volumnia was abandoned today near London in sinking condition. Forty five crew members were saved, and one lifeboat was lost.
Three bank robbers were shot and probably fatally wounded when police, lying in wait, opened fire with a machine gun as they exited the First National Bank in Shakopee Minnesota today.
About 5000 farmers and agricultural leaders gathered in Chicago for the three day annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation. The main event today was the federation’s annual address by an unnamed speaker, outlining farm policy and priorities.
President Hoover nominates Colonel Hugh Matthews assistant quartermaster of the Marine Corps with the rank of Brigadier General. The nomination announced in Washington on December 9.
Charles M. Schwab, chairman of Bethlehem Steel, will deliver the keynote address at the Illinois Manufacturers association dinner. The talk will be broadcast by the CBS chain Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. Central Time from Chicago, with Schwab as the featured speaker.
Private William F. Russell of Fort De Russy was killed in an 800 foot fall from a precipice near Honolulu. The fall, believed accidental, left Russell a native of Montclair, New Jersey.
Washington December 9 reports Representative Goldsborough Democrat Maryland on the House banking committee said efforts were made to extend branch banking privileges to control the nations credit. Also Senator King Democrat Utah introduced a resolution asking Hoover to invite states to a conference to craft a comprehensive plan for forest conservation and reforestation. Federal Building Asked Welch West Virginia purchase of a site and erection of a federal building was proposed in a bill by Senator Hatfield.
New York report states America will add 20 million dolls by Christmas raising totals to over 100 million after holidays. Dolls trend toward longer skirts and hair with aristocratic princess gowns, while necklines and facial types shift to brunets and varied nationalities. Infant dolls decline as costume figures and famous characters gain popularity amid a volatile market. Doll makers invest heavily in molds and machinery, risking capital for potential best sellers as consumer tastes shift rapidly.
By order of the Circuit Court of Taylor County West Virginia Kanawha National Bank as Trustee will sell at public auction December 28 1929 at 10 oclock a m at the Taylor County Courthouse Grafton West Virginia the 60 acre tract in Knottsville District Taylor County with coal and mining rights reserved to satisfy a deed of trust dated November 14 1924 by Pearle Cornwell and Clyde T Cornwell note owner Virginian Joint Stock Land Bank of Charleston requested the sale subject to delinquent taxes and other terms of sale. David D9 1017
Kenneth B. Coulter 45, once famed in national publicity for a transcontinental pursuit linked to the woman who became his wife, died at Clifton Springs sanitarium from pneumonia.
Mrs J T Carey 60 of Roanoke Virginia wife of a Norfolk and Western Railway official fractured her left hip when she fell at her son G Carey s home in Binefield W Va on December 9.
Edison travels south by rail, heading toward Fort Mare Finish, accompanied by PI Thomas A. Edison in Newark, New Jersey. The fragmentary report notes the motion toward the southern destination with no further details on purpose or outcome.
Sault Ste Marie Michigan reports a deadly blaze at a Brimley farm building. Two youths Huhtala aged 17 and his sister 15 perished in the flames while a third girl Helen broke both legs in a leap from a second floor. The fire consumed a large night clothing clad family of 13. Firemen battled the overheated structure as neighbors aided.
In Clarksburg West Virginia yesterday a mobile plunged over a bank injuring several. Emmett A Lynch 50 a mail carrier was fatally hurt. Deasie 18 and Eva Lynch 13 were seriously or slightly injured while Mary R 6 and another daughter were lightly hurt.
Sherley Hedrick, alleged fugitive from the state penitentiary, was arrested in Charleston by state police. He had escaped from Mason County circuit court custody about a year ago while serving a two year sentence for horse stealing. Augusta? No.
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