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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1928

Page

2

Fannie Brice and the Broadway Show Dreams

Fannie Brice in a Warner Bros. adaptation of a stage tale. Audrey demands a chance in Waldo’s new show as Brice ponders a possible early break in singing before an audience that could change her life. The office intrigue and audition tensions unfold with backstage romance hinted.

Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc Fannie Brice Warner Bros Phil Audrey Fanny Phorne's Eatrical Lazarus Waldo Aud Waldod Burxon Steve Brody Faldo Jimmy Miss Grica Brongon Waldo Happer St Re Tie Enou Sue Bure Big Bose Broadway Fann

Christmas Dance and Weddings Highlight Local Event News

A Christmas ball at the May ballroom featured greenery decor and a large tree. Varying notices include Montgomery McDaniel wedding at Mrs C A Montgomery's home and multiple upcoming community events hosted by Daughters of Democracy and local churches.

Emay Dallee Flor of Steubenville

Gunners From Several States Enter Tourney

Gunners from Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia New Jersey Massachusetts and Canada entered the Yuletide wingshot at Pleasant Hill Gun Club for the Millard trophy. The event listed 20 white flyers at 28 and 30 yards with a possible second competition depending on conditions and entries.

Lebanon Pas Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia New Jersey Massachusetts Canada Pleasant Hill

Jane Addams Improved After Influenza Report

Physicians said the critical stage of the illness has passed and that Jane Addams, founder of Hull House, is now much improved after a bout with influenza. The update followed reports from December 26 noting her condition.

13 Automobile Crash Deaths In Large City

In Chicago on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 13 people died in automobile accidents, contributing to a record yearly toll of 1,051 motor car deaths. The holiday period produced one of the largest lists of fatalities from such crashes.

Chicago Aire

Knights Hold Yearly Rites At DeMolay Commandery Service

The DeMolay Commandery No. 11 Knights Templar held its annual noon service in the asylum with Sir Charlesi Haingat presiding. Two grand officers attended, C. Jay Fleming and Wm. A. Beavers. Toasts honored Masonic bodies and the U S, while churches across the area held Christmas services and charitable drives aided families and institutions including Salvation Army and Boy Scout groups.

DeMolay Commandery No. 11 Knights Templar Haingat Charlesi. Skagga C. Jay Fleming Wm. A. Beavers DeMolay Grand Lodge of United States West, Virginia Grand Officers Grafton Damas.b. Canning Charleston 8.C Lloyd Canning Fairmont DeMolay Commandery Robert Hooper New Castle St. Mathias’ Protestant Episcopal Church A. J. Torrey

Prohibition Plan Draws Broad Public Input Worldwide

Captain W O H Arptold and Mrs Attold of the Salvation Army hosted a small gathering yesterday at 10:30 am where gifts poured in for boys and a Christmas dinner was prepared by H B Flesher and Mills. The mass of suggestions totals 64 000 with 3 288 urging education and propaganda and 1 092 tied to church training. New York led with 2 104 plans followed by Pennsylvania 1 155 and California 1 128. Mills proposed a tighter permit scrutiny, elimination of independent denaturing plants, and closer controls on perfume plants to curb bootleg channels under a stricter enforcement scheme. International entries came from Brazil and China showing global interest in reform.

Salvation Army Santa Claus Girls Charity Club Elks and Moore Lodges Rotary Iwanis Clubs Biva Boya Industrial School Pruntytown W. O H. Arptold Mills Almack Duranto United States Canada New York State Pennsylvania California Masachusette Missouri

Infant Dies From Heart Leakage in Flemington

Three month old Ralphart Gaines of Mr and Mrs Charles Gaines of Flemington died Monday at 1 am. Burial followed at 2 pm after services at the home led by Rev G H Snyder, Flemington M P Church. Interment in Flemington cemetery by McGrumphy undertakers. Other notes include Christmas time jail counts in Chicago with Walter Ferris, age 29, as he faced multiple charges and repeated Christmas incarcerations.

Montgomery-McDaniel C.A. Montgomery West Maln Street Florence Lloyd McDaniel Postlethwart Walter McDaniel Fetterman Hazel Atlas Glass Ralphart Gaines Charles Gaines Flemington G. H. Snyder Tl Flemington M. P

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