Grafton Sentinel Classifieds and Policy Notes
The Grafton Sentinel details weekly publication, office address at Latrobe Street, subscription rates by mail and carrier, and advertising charges. It notesASSOCIATED PRESS status, submission cutoffs, and ad deadline times with rates per word and inch, plus policy on letters to editor and unsigned communications.
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Grafton Sentinel
Howard Fe Holt
Latrobe
Grafton
W. Va
Hews
Bae Daily
Magle
Tha Issuutathrpes
Latrobe Street
Sentinel Office
Grafton business men urged to pursue trade and advertise
The editor argues that local merchants must actively seek customers beyond town, improve advertising, and invest in salesmanship. Despite population growth and better roads, some firms neglect marketing, leading to scarce hard times. Strong emphasis on intelligent effort and persistent ads to draw in wider trade.
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Grafton
Grafton and Taylor
Gratton
Ford
Naither
Clarksburg
Christmas Fair Drives Support for Grafton Park Upgrades
Civic Club members host a Christmas Fair at the Elks Home to raise funds for a park improvement fund aimed at transforming Grafton Park into a premier local recreational spot. The event features handmade gifts and a turkey raffle to boost contributions and community turnout. A new anesthetic called Mayertin promises easier, non nauseating anesthesia, potentially increasing operation popularity in the future.
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Civic Club
Elks Home
Grafton Park
Elke Club
Bankers See Stabilization as Key to Prosperity
News writers noted a complacent attitude in New York banking circles as stocks tumbled yet investors bought more shares outright for long term, not margin plays. They argued correction is progressing, promising stabilizing prices at a high level or, better yet, at a low level, to support broader prosperity.
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New York
Ephemeral Fortune of Armour and the Flight of Wealth
The fortunes of J Ogden Armour rose with government meat orders and collapsed after war demand waned. His estate, once valued at the hundreds of millions, dwindled to a deficit after taxes and settlements, illustrating how wealth proves volatile. The piece argues wealth now rests on intangible values and market margins, and critiques entailed estates as anti social, favoring wealth flowing through generations.
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J. Ogden Armour
Armour
Long Rim
Book on the Austrian Archduke murder sparks war warning
Emil Ludwig’s July ’14 argues a dozen diplomats dragged Europe into world war through a game of international politics. The review praises the book for exposing how leaders in Vienna Berlin Saint Petersburg Paris and London moved toward conflict while army staffs forced mobilization. It warns that a true peace-minded statesman could have prevented the war.
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Europe
Emil Ludwig
Bok
Ludwig
Vienna
Berehtold
Aftkans
Russia
Sazonov
Austria
Berlin
Bethmann
Jaégow
Berchtold
Paris
Poincare
Tsar
England
Grey
St. Petersburg
Utica Woman Disappears in Widening Search
Reports from about a dozen cities spread a widening search for Mia Bertha M. Crouse who vanished from Utica on November 15. Messages reach Dallas and Nashville hints place her en route. Rochester police seek a woman seen in a lunch room matching her description as investigators pursue new leads.
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N.Y
Mia
Bertha M. Crouse
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Nashville
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N. Y
W V Hotels Association chooses leaders in Wheeling
J W Waddell of Clarksburg was elected president and secretary of the West Virginia Hotels Association at its Wheeling session. J C Horton of Huntington became vice president, F B Miller of Charleston treasurer, with Morris Bailey Huntington J W Ayres Bluefield F L Garlenbauer Wheeling and George D O'Brien White Sulphur Springs named trustees. Next year’s meeting place to be decided later.
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Wheeling
W. Va
J. W. Waddell
Clarksburg
West Virginia Hotels Association
J. C. Horton
Huntington
F. 8. Miller
Charleston
Morris Bailey
J W. Ayres
Bluefield
F. L. Garenbauer
George D. O'Brien
White Sulphur Springs
Confidence Vote Ratifies New German Regime Policies
Berlin December 14 The Reichstag backed the Nueller government with a 222 to 156 confidence vote supporting its Young plan and financial reforms. Critics led by Dr Hjalmar Schacht urged the cabinet’s approval on the finance program outlined by Hilferding. The agreement avoids chaos from a potential defeat or dissolution and new elections.
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Reichstag
Nueller
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Hilferbing
People's Party
Doheny and Pan-American lease suit continued in Los Angeles
Defense counsel Norman Sterry said Edward L Doheny may not testify and criticized the $100,000 payment to former interior secretary as unacceptable. He indicated Doheny could invoke constitutional rights and refuse to testify, delaying the government's case on cancelation of leases in the Heart Hills naval oil reserve.
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Los Angeles
Edward L. Doheny
Pan-American Petroleum Company
Cohen
Hills
Gi Naval Oil Reserve
Doheny
Norman Sterry
Richtfield Ol Company
Pan-American
Defrauding Mails Charge Delayed For 7 Indicted Officials
Washington reports the arraignment of Representative Frederick N. Zihlman of Maryland and six others on charges of using the mails to defraud the affairs of the F. H. Smith company. The hearing was postponed a week at defense request as a motion to quash the indictments is considered. Crissinger, former comptroller of currency, is named among the accused. The F. H. Smith company, once led locally, now has headquarters in New York.
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Frederick N. Zihlman
Maryland
F. H. Smith Company
Securities Investment House
Daniel R. Crissinger
Currency
Zichtman
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