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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1929
Page
3
In a warm Snow Lady palace, John and Peggy converse with the snow queen as she explains her busy December duties. She describes directing Snow-Flake families, wind messengers, and incoming requests for a snowy Christmas while preparing for tomorrow’s Snow Lady Party.
Washington December 27 Chief Justice Taft is writing opinions for delivery when the Supreme Court resumes January 6. His health is improving and he expects to remain active through the new building’s completion, even if construction delays extend his tenure beyond July 1931.
Martinsburg Dec 27 Pur chase of the 165 acre farm of A L Omps midway between here and Charlestown by the state board of control as the site of the new experiment station of the West Virginia College of Agriculture will mean the expenditure of possibly a quarter of a million dollars in agricultural research Officials of the chamber of commerce say the state will take possession March 1 and develop one of the finest experimental stations for fruit growing and farming in the United States Plans of Dean F D Fromme and pathologist F F Schneidarhan call for five specialists to direct work including study of grasses orchard work cattle and dairy. The farm cost 24250 with state appropriating 25000 and the balance subscribed by businessmen of Jefferson and Berkeley counties.
Nanking reports that the central political council in emergency session decided to issue a mandate on January 1 abolishing extraterritoriality in China. The decree will have two parts: foreigners in China will be subject to domestic laws, and a new code governing lawsuits between Chinese and foreigners will be promulgated immediately.
The Grafton Sentinel will award thousands of dollars in free prizes and cash commissions on February 22 to members of the Great Gift Club. Entry costs nothing and requires ambition and a wish to advance. Members earn counts by clipping coupons or by securing paid Sentinel subscriptions.
A clipped entry coupon solicitation urges readers to fill out names and addresses to join as club members and receive five thousand counts. It promises a free count coupon worth one hundred each to help winners, claiming many coupons wastefully abound and could win an automobile.
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