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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1928
Page
8
The outbreak spread from the Pacific coast to the east as officials advised staying in bed and following a telegraphed map of the disease. Information was limited while the exact totals and actions remained under review, with a total death count of 40,820 referenced.
A man named Robert admitted fatigue and threats to his brother, collapsing during arrest. Both were taken to a hospital where Robert was found to have ingested poison. both died. The implicated girl, whose affections caused the food, had married another man nine years earlier.
W S Rowland and Dr Lily Heinigin return from the first state convention in Parks igburg where they shared the Taylor County branchs focus on preserving natural resources. The group urged a leg of rabbits ban outside the estate and sought a law to create a bounty on owls hawks weasels wild cats and other predators while keeping red fox protections. Grafton delegates will report back at the next Taylor County branch meeting.
Green Bay Wis Dec 12 two men who robbed the Exchange Bank here last night left behind $10,964 in silver and gullty because it was too heavy to carry.
Officials said three men seized an assistant cashier near his home, forcing him to surrender bank keys and vault combination numbers after obtaining 39 991 dollars in currency. The report mentions Virginia corporations Rose Mc Golaw ds Berriz and a defendant awaiting service.
A chancery suit was filed in cir hore yesterday by attorney Wayne Talbott for George Puteck and others against Delmar Coal Company and R. Coal Company, both in West. The filing names several respondents and outlines a lien dispute as the case proceeds in the local court.
Andrew S Hare, 83, board member of the American Missions of the Presbyterian Church of North America, active in West Virginia Masonic and United Workmen groups, a director of Natural Gas Company of West Virginia and several manufacturing firms, and director of Ohio Valley General Hospital, died today.
Lancaster, December 13. Examination of the ruined New Texas farmhouse wrecked by fire failed to reveal bones of a missing person. Authorities sealed Neff and claimed evidence of guns and a still ring, hinting at bootlegging feud. A reportedly unspent shell in an automatic rifle suggests recent firing. Jessie Monger, owner of the farm, is sought. believed to have left for Virginia.
A series of tornadoes swept eastern Texas and western Louisiana causing one death and injuries to more than a dozen. In Pearland a man was injured and buildings wrecked with about 10000 dollars loss. A second tornado near Splar Springs damaged homes and trees over a 300 foot by half mile strip. In Sabine and De Soto parishes several dwellings were destroyed and nine people injured.
In Jackson Mississippi on December 13 a federal trial for conspiracy to sell the U S Marshal position in the Southern District of Mississippi was expected to reach the jury today. Perry W Howard a negro Republican National Committeeman from Mississippi denied receiving any money from A P Russell former Magee postmaster whom he had endorsed for the marshal post. Russell testified that he paid Howard 1500 in his Washington office none of which Howard said he received in Washington or anywhere else.
A small lime box is placed to absorb moisture in a damp aid area. The note mentions sick conditions and moisture control as the goal of using lime to dry the space.
Washington report states the 15 year old National Legislative Conferences, a temperance and prohibition group, ceased to exist at midnight and its work passed to the National Conference of Organizations Supporting the 18th Amendment.
The text notes routine House committee meetings in a largely peaceful atmosphere. The agriculture committee has progressed with the spackers and stockyards act and will hear amendments. The post office committee advances hearings on patronage in southern states after a gas-related lull, while the education and labor committee faces an old acquaintance in unemployment.
Bolivian and Paraguayan actions dominate a tense border dispute with volunteers, conscripts, and foreign diplomats weighing pacific settlement. Bolivia delays troop moves as Paraguay commits to international obligations, while League of Nations monitors progress and urges peace.
Foreign Minister Palacios read two messages and the council agreed to await a detailed reply promised by Bolivix before action. A sheriff’s sale is set for December 22 at the county building with 9 Haller and Davis piano and Moore’s Dodge car offered for sale at the courthouse. Joe Bolmer oversees the other sales. Constable O P Green in charge.
Three sale notices were posted in the courthouse corridor and other public places this morning. Two proceedings come from Squire W. E. Leach. One sale involves B. W. Perine on an order of sale to auction Roy Boehm’s household goods on December 22 at the court figure. The other notice is brought by the Telephone Company against Mrs Ai Be MePhor.
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