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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1928
Page
2
Ly Louise Bennett Whaver presents a holiday menu featuring Oyster Cocktail Cheese Wafers, Roast Turkey, Chestnut Dressing and Steamed Vegetable Pudding. Recipes cover oyster cocktail sauce, chestnut stuffing, and a cheese cream sauce, plus guidance on selecting holiday fowls and a note on kangaroo tendons used in surgery.
Theo H. Gerkin announces relocation of tailoring and repair business from 209 West Main to 108 West Wilford Street. He will continue cleaning and repair work and take orders for salts. Solicits continued favors and provides phone 80.
A compact listing of religious events across churches including HURC St Matthias First Presbyterian Protestant St Paul Methodist Episcopal Andrews First United Brethren and others. It notes morning prayers sermons Sunday schools choir rehearsals Epworth League and midweek activities with times and leaders.
Notices announce a Christmas Eve cantata at midnight and church programs across Philippi United Brethren First Brethren First Baptist St Charles Trinity and other churches. Details include Sunday School times worship services sermons music plans and upcoming meetings through December 28 with special musical selections and guest speakers.
Science writer notes that humans and butterflies display similar racial group behaviors under population pressure. Warlike groups migrate alone, pacifist groups move together. males form aggressive lines and pubs and clubs resemble human social clubs. Observations cover pearl crescent, buckeye, viceroy migrations and mating patterns.
A staged crow with a golf ball in its beak has been adopted as the emblem of Club Emblem near St Germain en Laye France. The tranquil port and meadows are occasionally disturbed by loud caddies driving away crows that snatch golf balls.
Carbondale, Dec 15. Police search for the automatic pistol used in the slaying of Mr and Mrs J C Handley at their home Wednesday night. Victor A Hundley, 39, son of the slain man by a former wife, remains in technical custody though he may return home. His mother Mrs M A Percival of Memphis Tenn reports confidence in his statements that he was in his own home the night of the slayings. The pistol is the weapon Handley said he had loaned his father weeks ago.
Saturday session covers prison goods sales by state of manufacture, house discussions on the agriculture appropriation bill, and War Department funding. Committees including Indian affairs and rules meet. five million British women gain voting rights next spring.
A New York report highlights a Wall Street firm planning $1,000,030 in employee bonuses and potential $400,000 per member in yearly stock commissions. Other items note Daniel Webster’s supposed debt payment offer, Bolivian Paraguay territorial talk, Mary Garden’s red attire and weight, a Supreme Court separation case quip, and John Bull’s Christmas debt reduction.
An explosion at the Knefler Bates Manufacturing Company corn products plant in Indianapolis tonight left three workmen seriously burned, possibly fatally, with damage estimated at 200000 dollars. Injured were Thomas Klein Carl Jeffries and Lindsey.
At the time of the fire work was progressing on all floors. Witnesses said the blast apparently occurred on the fourth floor.
The President and the people of the United States welcomed the Latin American goodwill tours. Kellogg noted the progress of the trip and the spontaneous expressions of good will shared with the United States, signaling mutual friendship and pleasure.
An action in chancery was filed in circuit court this morning by W Merle Watkins attorney for Alex Forman. The preliminary papers name 40 defendants mostly residents of Taylor county. The suit’s mix was not learned. Summonses are returnable at January rules.
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