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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1929
Page
4
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Grundy draws heavy fire as a potential Pennsylvania senator pick while critics doubt the governor should name him. The piece argues the state alone makes its choice but warns Grundy’s public image could tarnish Pennsylvania’s prestige in Congress. It also notes a looming hurricane threat to the British Isles and discusses jail-prison road work in Taylor County.
Three years ago in Waukesha Wisconsin a ten year old boy named Dean Martin bought a calf and started raising it. The calf matured into a fine cow now sold for 2100 dollars. He plans to buy more calves and discuss road building contractors and prison prospects.
Morgantown December 11: West Virginia University governors authorize the reform of the college of arts and sciences into an upper and lower division, create a government research bureau, appoint Dr John Fairfield Sly as head of political science, and Dr A D Dadisman as director of the summer school. Dr Sly will lead the new bureau and succeeds Dean W P Shortridge. he has taught government at Harvard University for the past three years.
The lad keeps turning his stock over and shows that some kinds of stock not bred in Wall Street can yield money. Farming rewards may be precarious and slower than the stock exchange, but they may be a little surer.
A magazine writer asserts that current discussions of the “new woman” misrepresent leisure among women. The piece argues leisure was rare for most women, confined to the rich, and that many debates wrongly assume stay-at-home women of earlier eras belonged to a leisure class.
Census figures show juvenile volumes rose from 25 million in 1925 to 31 million in 1927 with expectations of higher totals this year. Librarians and publishers report readers favor topics like aviation radio science exploration and foreign tales alongside classics. Lending libraries provide easy access, fostering a swift, painless reading habit without crowding out activity or thought.
Theodore H. Price editor of Commerce and Finance offers a clear view that the stock decline has left many poorer yet the nation remains as well off as before the market debacle. He rejects ultraconfident optimism and avoids pessimism, urging a steady assessment of the situation.
Today in Congress the tariff bill faces continued debate as the commerce committee holds sugar tariff hearings while the interstate commerce committee hears David Sarnoff of RCA. House votes on interior department expropriation. Ramseyer from Iowa comments on tariff provisions. Time delegation notes and committee postings. Perine's Furniture advertises bedroom suites and other items at cost with Mon Wed Fri showroom emphasis.
A Chicago doctor, Arthur Tanner, killed himself due to personal crisis not stock losses. His two staff followed his advice and invested everything, losing it. The piece argues market declines are not the cause of depression and warns against excessive thrift choking money circulation. Telephone service connected South America and Spain.
Notices inform lienholders to present all claims on Walter G. Reed and Lawson Starcher real estate for adjudication by December 1939 or December 1929. Commissioner S. M. Musgrove, attorney John L. Hechmer, and local court orders outline real estate descriptions, liens, and potential sale or enforcement actions in Taylor County West Virginia.
In the Circuit Court of Taylor County the case of Lawson Starcher et al against Starcher & Hefner and others orders a reference to appraise and report on all real estate owned by judgment debtor Lawson Starcher, liens and priorities, and whether the estate can be rented in five years to cover costs. The hearing is set for December 18 1929 at 9 am in the Loar Building Graf ton West Virginia, with continued sessions if needed.
In Superior on December 11, 57 inmates fill the county jail as more than 70 federal prohibition agents sweep the city. The largest raid series in the upper lake region ends with hundreds of gallons of liquor and large beer seizures.
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