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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1927
Page
4
Local publication details subscription prices and postal classification. Notices include Associated Press rights, letters to editor limits, advertising rates, and deadlines for classified ads and removal notices. The page outlines rates for daily and weekly circulation and time-pressed submission rules.
The article discusses religious reflections on faith from Psalm 119 165 and a prayer of peace alongside critique of federal labor politics. It then covers political maneuvering, a raid on a state elections supporter Ossenten, college athletics rules, and various local notices including a rail inquiry, bus permit, Lions Club charter, salary mandates, a public service hearing, and a Kiwanis joint meeting.
In Charleston Governor Gore addresses county assessors about the states road program amid a Supreme Court decision on bus line privileges on improved state highways. He urges legislative action to remove barriers to road funding, warning voters may hesitate to approve the $35,000,800 bond issue. The press calls the decision a reactionary step and urges roads be open to all for widest use.
Canada, rich in pasture and grain, unexpectedly imports butter from Assyria and the Fiji Islands. The piece notes how improved transport and preservation broaden edible range, allowing cosmopolitan eating as staples and delicacies travel across oceans.
A car carrying three injured multiple people crashed into a culvert wing near Alum Bridge. Mrs Hicks Walter Hicks and Robert Hicks suffered serious injuries including broken bones and head wounds. Vare Whitt escaped unharmed. Hospitals took in the victims for treatment. Sutton notes West Virginia added 250 dollars to Braxton county rewards for Harris murder information.
Legal notices detail a chancery commissioner's proceedings in Grafton West Virginia with numerous named defendants including Harrison Coal Company and Haney Brothers. It also lists liens, real estate inquiries, and deadlines for mortgage and lien claimants, with dates in 1927 and 1934 and notices to stockholders of Prontytown Telegraphons Company.
The commission notices an administrator's account for Nancy Jane Knotts estate filed December 10 1947. The company contemplates continuing business or surrendering the charter and closing affairs as ordered by the commissioner. John A Scranage is listed as president with related signatures.
A scrambled OCR page of multiple classified ads and notices seeks applicants and workers. Items include sales agents for Hall Marquis Tailors in Cumberland by mail, a territory salesman position, auto accessory sales for Gerko Manufacturing, address envelopes offered weekly, a women sewing jobs with no canvassing, and a farmer’s son opportunity. The fragmentary text names Ruby Flower Company Hammond Indiana and Darvas wife of Ferenc Molnar, plus a call to contact for details.
Fragmented classified-like notices advertise a man wanted to drive a car for a day or more with no experience needed and a farm man preferred, alongside women for sewing and home apron work paying by the day or part time. It also touts a Zionist representative, high grade dress goods samples, 25 percent commission on sales, and requests for immediate written particulars from Continental Fabrics at Fifth Ave New York and local Small notices from Chicago and Freehold areas.
A New York health official favors silk over wool for comfort, while Chicago’s commissioner argues differently. Social note: Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt hosts a Fifth Avenue reception with a red carpet, as trade shifts push elites to Park Avenue. A Princeton coach warns youths about stimulants, not depraved tastes, and Columbia students include a 75 year old, a 97 year old, and an 88 year old in aging academic life. A Los Angeles resident attends a municipal class at 60, and a civil suit in New York assigns $126,000 to owners over a dog killing incident, with Cyraicks claiming the shot was at the ground.
Elizabeth We Biath 20 of Hays sues in common pleas court for annulment of her marriage to Fi Black claiming they wed August 6 1926 but never lived together. She testified Black was her first cousin.
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