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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1920
Page
4
Centuriesold essays on energy waste and social duty frame a broader piece in the Grafton Sentinel. Commentary cites Carnegie and Rockefeller, railings against excess wealth while praising civic duty and public service, interwoven with reflections on labor value and national finance debates.
National Travelers Aid Society reports about 70 000 girls vanish yearly into cities via matrimonial ads, bright lights, or unknown paths. Investigations traced ads to a western city with 80 000 names. officials vow action to guard girls and protect democracy.
Fragmented OCR text describes labor unrest and agitator schemes in Russia. It mentions the laboring classes, Propondans, and a time when workers would run the state and owners would face new dealings. The passage implies economic challenges and political tension during a period of upheaval.
In a midwinter editorial fragment the author likens war to a degenerative illness that drains wealth and markets. He warns that expenditures inflated by conflict resemble a paretic world, with leaders boasting false prowess before eventual deterioration. A final note hints at bleak northern tensions impacting the Red forces.
A Connecticut saloon allegedly sold colored methyl alcohol as whisky to unwary drinkers during Christmas, killing more than twenty. Authorities urge a full investigation and severe punishment, naming the crime as deliberate, murderous misconduct with calls for hangings as punishment.
The census expert urges cooperation to collect mountain of figures showing health, morality, and social conditions. He warns uninformed fears hinder responses, notes timely publication and efficient, politic free processing. Cooperation yields valid data to reveal growth, needs, and sanitary issues for action.
N M Harvey of Poughkeepsie cites tests with Guernsey and Holstein cows showing 10 to 12 percent more milk when a phonograph played during milking. Classical slow cadence music reportedly increases output. satire notes similar idea could affect eggs and bacon markets.
A Carnegie Endowment report estimates the capitalized value of a human life for Americans at 4720 dollars and for Bulgarians Turks Greeks Japanese Serbians Rumanians and others at 2020 dollars. The total World War economic worth is 33 551 000 000 dollars, with potential doubling if Russia and the Balkans life values matched U. S. figures.
A brief reflection notes that the saying the world owes everyone a living is often repeated yet not universally true. It suggests that many people must earn their living through effort and work rather than expect sustenance without personal labor.
The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times notes a speech by a radical who boasts of radicalism and compares himself to Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and other Revolutionary figures. The piece contrasts historic agitators who sought political independence for all with the speaker’s alleged class programs and calls for a proletarian despotism.
Hangeys Weekly quotes Marie Henry predicting Republicans win several Southern states in 1920 while noting a perceived dissolution of the Democratic Party into a Wilson faction. He cites McAdoo as Wilson’s successor and cautions that party loyalties may shift amid health issues and political shifts in the South.
The article argues that massive fortunes such as John D. Rockefeller's $100,000,000 wealth are burdens in decline. It notes that most owners seek to shed principal wealth only as they near death, delaying the process as long as possible.
Richmond Va December reports the death of Brigadier General William Austin Cox a senior Confederate officer aged 78 He claimed to be the last Confederate fighter at Appomattox Court House prolonging resistance after surrender Cox later held political roles in North Carolina serving terms in Congress and as a U S senator secretary under both major parties.
Circuit Judges Addleman and Somerville will hear arguments next Monday in Wheeling West Virginia for dissolution of the temporary injunction granted by Supreme Court Justice Pottenberger. The injunction blocked Great Wheeling from taking over eight outlying counter parties on New Year’s Day.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch recalls Sir William Osler famed for a misattributed quip about chloroform at 60. Born in Canada and influential in both the United States and Britain, Osler spent 21 years in the U S and died near the age of sixty, leaving a legacy of medical innovation and humanity.
Manassas Virginia December 11 With the dying declaration of Lawrence Hudson the prosecution today finished its evidence in the second trial of William Hall a prohibition inspector charged with killing Hudson and Raymond Shackleford on the Valley Turnpike near Winchester last March Agents had mortally wounded the pair while driving an automobile loaded with whisky The dying statement was given to Dr P W Boyd of Winchester hospital and cited that Hudson said he did not fire at the prohibitionists and counseled Shackleford not to shoot The declaration was ruled out in the first trial
Mrs Edmund Capett of Farmington West Virginia died in a local hospital from injuries suffered when struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train Sunday while crossing the track with her husband. The article also notes Guatemala’s first Portland cement plant started by American interests.
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