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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1930
Page
2
A fragmentary report discusses parental challenges in modern families, noting demands on time and money and the impact of parental discord on children. It references shared anxieties about childrearing and reflects on attention distribution within households. California gasoline tax projections are also mentioned, predicting large future revenues for road funding.
An advertisement from Gratton Drag and Chemical Co. touts a Chinese herb product claimed to reduce swelling and pain in minutes. It urges readers to avoid surgery and to try the remedy, offering a money back guarantee and a special deal.
An index of broadcast listings across major stations, naming programs and hours. Entries mention orchestras, news, dramas, and special features including Ellington, Kaltenborn, Amos n Andy, and Other Concerts. The schedule places a bank suspension affecting a local community bank as a lead item.
The West Main Street Epworth League stage is set for Blundering Billy at 8 tonight at the First Ward school house. The three act comedy unfolds with special music before and between acts. The bank discussion praises New York institutions and the Federal Reserve as safeguards to the community.
Havana secret police investigate claims that Voodoo worshippers near Havana decapitated a small child for a sacrificial offering to Chango. The sect's adherents are described as descendants of African slaves practicing human sacrifice in ceremonies.
A lengthy plea urges community support for Salvation Army kettles to aid the cold, hungry poor in Grafton. It questions city generosity and religious duty, citing St. Matthew and urging residents to donate clothing fuel and funds to help shelter and feed widows and orphans this winter.
Current reports out of Paris say Marshal Joffre victor of the Marne is gravely ill in Paris. Deputies heard today that his condition was serious though his son-in-law reported the marshal in his customary good health last night.
Four people died in automotive wrecks in the Pittsburgh district last night. Norma Jane Mahdit, 5, of Ashland Kentucky, was killed while visiting her aunt Mrs. Bessie Kramer, 36, of Valencia. Mrs. Kramer died when her car was struck by a Baltimore & Ohio railroad train at Mars.
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