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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1930
Page
2
A fragment discusses motherhood types affecting child mood, stressing balanced duties, personal joy, and time with children. It then notes Charlie Retalfrat, a young Duluth heavyweight boxer, with over 20 knockouts in just over two years of pro fights.
J H McDermott, longtime military aide to Governors Atkinson and Dawson, once sought the Republican nomination for governor in 1928. A Mason, Shriner, and Elks life member, he supported lodge work with wife in Bluefield, daughter Mrs Shott, and son J H McDermott Jr of Pittsburgh. Burial set for Morgantown on Sunday.
A stock yards investigation led by stock agent and Monongah division superintendent H. R. Gibson aims to reveal the potential of live stock pens and the day's findings will be announced publicly on Saturday.
A dense radio listings page shows Saturday programs across networks including WEAF WJZ and WBAL. Highlights feature orchestras, talk shows, drama and variety segments with noted ensembles from New York to Nashville and Pittsburgh, plus regional broadcasts and music hours.
A grainy listings page shows hotel orchestra times and a long narrative about crime policy and reform schooling. It covers statements by Dr Fischer and Dr Flasher on crime, schooling and reform, plus details of a large building and loan misappropriation involving Beesemyer, Whitmore and a San Francisco auditor, with estimates of multi‑million dollar losses and planned liquidation for depositors.
Grafton amateurs stage Blundering Billy at the first ward school auditorium next Tuesday. Dale Peters leads as Hilly with the cast well rehearsed for months. The San Francisco hotel setting centers on Billy’s bid for love despite a rich father’s disapproval, with a three act comedy and a surprise ending. Virginia Robington directs with Gladys McDaniel as business manager and Robert Collier as stage manager.
Public sale notice in Taylor County West Virginia follows a 1930 chancery order. It details a house and lot known as No 7 on the Kanst plat, bounded by Lot 6 and Lot 8, fronting 50 feet on Addition Street and 182 feet deep. The property, conveyed to Lucretia Lindsey in 1907, valued at 1100, is forfeited to the State for back taxes. Terms require cash on sale day with balance due in six to twelve months, secured by notes. Also included are notices of school lands payments and upcoming chancery hearings.
The old Chicago and Alton railroad once serving Illinois and Missouri brought 83 years of service to a close as Baltimore and Ohio system bid $24 million for the line. If sale is confirmed, total costs to join the eastern system with obligations may reach $75 to $80 million amid the Interstate Commerce Commission consolidation. The auction drew about 1,500 in Wilmington’s depot waiting room.
The undersigned Commissioner of School Lands of Taylor county West Virginia will offer for sale at public auction at the front door of the court house at 2 o clock p m on January 3 1991 the Lot No 17 of the T B Ramsey Addition to the City of Grafton described in plat book 43 page 673. The property had been conveyed to Fenn Hagan by Joel Ramsey widow of T B Ramsey by deed dated January 12 1924 and recorded in deed book 66 page.
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