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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1929
Page
4
The Howard H. HoI publisher and editorial offices at 102 Latrobe Street announce policy and rates. Advertising costs are two cents per word for first insertion and one cent per word for subsequent insertions. Ads for same day must arrive by 9 00 a m with a further monthly charge for composition after 9 00 a m.
The civic club led by Miss Eloise Kerr advances directed play at city school grounds. The effort, backed by the Women’s Civic Club, aims to keep children off busy streets and teach useful lessons through guided activities, improving safety and health for the younger city residents.
A reader proposes education should be a lifelong process rather than a final diploma. He envisions a system where people matriculate for life, periodically checked and updated to stay current, with no permanent degrees. The piece also notes disarmament talks, submarine cuts, and a Buddhist temple project in Tokyo.
Cleveland reporters note 95 deputies backed by Sheriff E J Manratty guard Thistledown race track as a bid to halt the contribution betting system. Owners moved horses to Bainbridge Park for next week’s racing while Edward Strong warned of closure. A contempt citation was prepared over yesterday’s Cleveland Press editorial about the court injunction limiting Hanratty’s actions.
A tornado struck Devils Lake area in North Dakota injuring eighteen people and causing extensive property damage. The storm disrupted telephone and telegram lines and affected Crary and Ardoch as well. Farmers John and Frank Venderlyn, residents nearby, were among those mentioned in reports.
Poem lines plead for laughter amid sorrow while a farm near Crary suffers a serious injury to George Jacobson and a hired hand. eight cars of a Great Northern Railway work train derail near here injuring fifteen workers. Buildings damage spreads to Devil’s Lake Crary and Ardoch as crops are leveled and farm structures razed.
Two large trucks were captured in Wheeling today carrying 215 gallons of liquor each. Four more trucks were sought as officers said the fleet was operated by Mayor runners and left Cleveland Wednesday for the city.
General Henri Gouraud, former commander of the French First Army in World War I, paid his respects to President Hoover in Washington. Ambassador Claudel presented Gouraud, who was in the capital to attend the Rainbow Division reunion in Baltimore.
By virtue of a 1923 deed of trust Carroll A Lowe and wife granted to C B Wyckoff the note secured is due. The trustee will offer the lot at public auction at Taylor County Courthouse front door on June 22 1929 at 1 p m. The parcel is in West Grafton bounded by Maple avenue 50 feet deep 120 feet wide. A modern two story dwelling in good condition sits on the lot. Terms: one third cash one third in six months one third in twelve months with notes for deferred payments and title retained. Dated June 27 1929. C B Wyckoff Trustee.
The Board of Education of Fet terman District offers coal hauling for its school houses and concrete work at Thornton. See specifications for concrete work at M. L. Devers, Blueville. Sale at Blueville school house July 20 at 2 p.m. ED GANS, Secretary.
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