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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1929

Page

3

Speaker At Womens Meeting First Baptist church program

Miss Olive Reddick will headline the Women's Mission Circle meeting at First Baptist on Thursday at 2 30 pm. Miss Elsie Ringler and Miss Barbara Cather will provide musical numbers. Group No 1 will serve refreshments with Miss Abbie Nisel as chairwoman. A large attendance is expected.

Olive Reddick Women's Mission Circle First Baptist Church Elsie Ringler Barbara Cather Abbie Sinsel

Rogers' New Wife to Wage Social Campaign

The New York American reports the former Mrs. Basil Miles, newly married to Col. H. H. Rogers, plans to pursue New York social leadership upon returning from Europe within two weeks. She is described as beautiful, in her early 30s, well connected, tactful, stylish, and backed by Rogers Standard Oil wealth. The paper notes her Austrian background and ties to Count Ludwig Salm Von Hoogstraeten, whose marriage to Millicent Rogers drew opposition and ended in divorce. Rogers’s heiress now wed Arturo Ramos of Argentina.

New York Count Ludwig Salm von Hoogstraeten Millicent Rogers Rogers Arturo Ramos

Perine's Furniture and Hardware Sale Continues

Personal notices detail ongoing sale at Perine's Store offering reduced prices and evening hours. Several residents, including Mrs. Sullivan Rexroad and family, visit relatives in Huntington and Washington, D. C., while others travel for visits, trips, and social engagements in Wheeling and surrounding towns.

Periie Sullivan Rexroad Charles Shirley Huntington Perine William Carlysle Kenneth Gladys Washington, D. C Misa Dorsi Jeanne Hinkle Charles Hinkle Toledo Ohio D. C. Hinkle Market Street Doris Jeanne W. H. Bartlett T. M. Judkins Los Angeles California Genelda Newton Simpson Wheeling L. Standish Cumberland Rose Faust William O'Neal Parkersburg

Citizens Bank directors warn banks may fail in unrest

The board of Citizens Bank and Trust cites unwise gossip and aftereffects of the Mediterranean fruit fly outbreak as causing widespread unrest. They say depositor confidence is shaken and predict all depositories could go out of business.

Tom Mix Sued for 400000 in Breach of Contract Case

Brie Pennsylvania July 17 suit for 400000 accusing film star Tom Mix now headlining with the Sells Floto circus of breach of contract filed in county court. Western Show Company Inc. is the complainant and owner of the show rights involved.

Brie Tom Mix Sells Floto Circus Western Show Company, Inc

Scientists and Lecturers Sail for Bermuda Expedition

New York July 17 The expedition led by Caryeth Wells Lowell Thomas and Hurt Massee sails on Fort Victoria to Hamilton Bermuda with William Beebe and other explorers to meet Count Von Luckner aboard the Vaterland later renamed Mophilia. The voyage aims at scientific exploration along the Spanish Main with planned stops at Saba Beast of Porto Rico and other shipbuilding hubs on a volcanic island.

New York Caryeth Wells Lowell Thomas Hurt Massee Fort Victoria Hamilton Bermuda William Beebe Count von Luckner von Luckner Vaterland Nordenham Germany Atlantic West Indies Saba Porto Rico

Flour Tariff Hearings Weigh Canadian Milling Impact

The Senate Finance Committee heard testimony opposing a House tariff provision that taxes Canadian wheat milled in bond for export to countries granting flour from American wheat preferential duties. Cuba would face a 30 percent duty, about 35 cents a barrel, potentially shifting Cuba’s purchases from American millers to Canada. John Pillsbury of Pillsbury Flour Mills argued milling in bond harms no domestic millers and that Cuban bakers prefer Canadian flour for high protein, noting Canadian flour is sought despite export limits on U.S. wheat.

Washington Senate Finance Committee Cuba John Pillsbury Pillsbury Flour Mills Company Minneapolis Buffalo

Miller League Endorses House Change with Proposed Amendment

In Kansas City the Southwestern Millers League backed the house change but urged more action. A suggested amendment would ensure both Canadian flour and wheat imported for export pay the same duty as the bill's tariff plan when sent to a preferred tariff country.

Sas City Southwestern Millers League Canada

ANOTHER ENDURANCE FLIGHT UNDER NUT PEACH TOC CREAM

A mixed breakfast pastry and a separate endurance flight report are presented. The recipe fragment mentions mixing peaches with sugar and flour, chilling, then folding with milk and vanilla, freezing in stages with peaches added mid process. A Shreveport July flight attempts refueling endurance.

Johns Hopkins to study law changes in modern society

Baltimore July 17 The first attack by a faculty organized for the study of law at Johns Hopkins University is under way. The institute will research how Blackstone law evolved with society from agriculture to a highly organized state facing transportation rapid communication and scientific discoveries. Established June 1928 the program aims to mirror the medical school's reach in human affairs across law government science philosophy and ethics.

Baltimore Institute For Johns Hopkins University Blackstone Medical School

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