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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1929
Page
2
The author urges mothers to allow daughters to choose experiences beyond home life. She argues girls crave peers, travel, and new friendships to learn social skills and independence, warning that clinging to mother’s company stunts growth. She calls readers to admit selfish motives and grant daughters freedom equal to sons.
Readers urged to try Cystex claiming it targets the root cause of rheumatic and sciatica pains linked to kidney function. The ad promises quick relief without sedatives, with a 60 cent price and a money back guarantee if no relief.
Eastern standard time listed for WEAF and WJZ schedules with multiple programs. Entries include Gladys Rice Concert Orchestra, Dark Town Wanderers, Concert Orchestra, Summer Melodies, Gus and Louie Town Band, The Gossipers, The Family Goes Abroad, Hotel Dance Orchestra, Ben Pollack, Grady’s Sea Soprano, health talk, Uncle Bob Sherwood, Mildred Hunt and Orchestra, Salon Singers, Billie Jones and Ernie Hare, Quaker Girl Lew White recital, Slumber Music.
State of West Virginia Taylor County bank report shows totals for assets and liabilities, including deposits and reserves. The document records figures such as cash, reserves, bonds, and real estate, with signatures from cashier W L Thomas and notary Pearl Mason, dated July 4, 1929.
A compiled list of radio station lineups shows programs from Newark New York Baltimore Schenectady Springfield Cincinnati Cleveland WASHINGTON D C Detroit Atlanta Louisville Nashville and more. Entries include specific times and titles such as Hawaiian Shadows The Rollickers Entertainers Orchestra Spanish Orchestra and Negro Achievement Program with various orchestras bands and news segments. The fragmentary page outlines scheduled hours for music talks and dance programs across multiple stations.
Overnight news briefs report Thomas La mont insisting on non political status for BIS in Washington. Other items note riots as streetcar workers are imported during a New Orleans strike, Dustin Farnum's death in New York, ten drawn at a Grand Haven beach with four swept from a pier and nine in undertow, and several other incidents including plane crashes, drills, and weather events across multiple U.S. locations.
A collage of kitchen recipes and notes lists Egg Salad and Cottage Cheese Relish fillings, a Yellow Cake with Vanilla and Lemon, and Gold Frosting. The text includes recipe steps, ingredients, and measurements, with stray editorial notes about wartime debt, burglaries, and protests in cities like Newmarket Berlin Lisbon and Paris. The fragmentary items read like a household menu card mingled with world brief items.
Boston July 5 The noises of American cities retard growth. Dr Donald A Laird reported at the national home economics association that city noises slow development in both animals and children. Quiet conditions increased food intake and growth in rats and reduced fear reactions in city children, implying lasting physiological effects.
Public auction to sell a Taylor county West Virginia lot at the courthouse front door in Grafton on July 22 1929 at 1 pm. The property includes a modern two story dwelling and is offered with terms of one third cash one third in six months and one third in twelve months with notes for deferred payments and legal title held as security.
New York reports the death of actor Dustin Farnum at 55 after a yearlong illness. He died at Post Graduate Hospital with his wife Winifred Kingston, his brother William, and daughter Estelle present. Farnum starred in Arizona The Virginian and The Squaw Man and later Tinseltown films. Burial is planned in Bucksport Maine.
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