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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
2
Revival continued at First Church as weather failed to dampen turnout. Dr Cambron spoke on Lazarus and eternal life, urging church members to act while God does the rest. plans for more cottage meetings and Friday home gatherings were announced.
Peta Nee of Washington DC identified two men held on complaints in Fort Worth Texas as the guilty parties in a fake oil stock swindle that netted $35,000. F J Ward and Charles Ger sber are jailed on similar charges after they allegedly swindled Sheriff Frank Norfett of 45,000 in a related scheme.
Washington January 14. National executive committee of the Prohibition party chose Lincoln, Nebraska as the convention site with July 21 set as the date for the 1920 party gathering.
Mrs. J B Gadd of Hizaon Tennessee testifies that Cardul cured a long standing female complaint with pain and insomnia after childbirth. She claims the remedy improved her health, relieved headaches and backaches, and prevented a return of illness, urging other women to take Cardul.
Janie Leslie, a down on her luck young woman, seeks shelter at a Home for Women Employed after her money runs short. Hedda, a charitable volunteer, lends aid and shares her own family troubles while nursing a hope for Tad, her young brother. A businessman confronts Jane Page about her night, and she explains she stayed at the home to regain footing.
The January term of the supreme court at Charleston West Virginia opened today. The court will hear certified cases as they come before it, marking the start of its new session.
The court notes current cases across circuits show no progress for later dates, with 0 percent advancement reported. The entry highlights delays and variance among circuits, underscoring mounting scheduling challenges without specific case names or locales.
United States district court opened a long term with 2 long and busy days ahead as the grand jury began work yesterday. Indictments are expected, with many narcotics and liquor cases from Harrison County on the docket. Jurors were sent home to return at 9 this morning for a lengthy list of arraignments and hearings.
New York report on January 14 describes a court martial of Captain Karl M. Detzer for alleged brutality to prisoners in France. Lieutenant EB Soddoth testified that many charges obtained by the CID under Detzer were defective and collapsed at trials. Private George P. Willing testified to beatings by noncommissioned officers, while Antonio Colomado praised Detzer as the best captain he had seen.
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