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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1929
Page
8
An ad describes sour stomach from excess acid with symptoms like belching heartburn and bloating. It promotes Zex Magnesium Compound as a quick cure and says it sweetens the stomach flushes the bowels and provides lasting relief, priced 60 cents at druggists.
Taylor reported 14 fires ending June 20 with $117,675 in losses, up 9 percent. Fire in a frame dwelling caused $975 loss, while total insurance and valuation figures are listed as $117,750 and $6,000 respectively. Unknown origin fire noted in the record.
The theater and film magnate William Fox and a companion were hurt when Foxs car collided with another vehicle near Roslyn New York. Fox chauffeur was killed and four others were injured. Fox was hospitalized with serious injuries but not in critical condition.
Mrs. Katherine Petty sister of Albert B Fall former secretary of the interior was committed to a state insane asylum yesterday by order of the superior court. She had been in the custody of a psychopathic parole officer since 1924. She is a former magazine writer.
Morgantown July 17 Testimony in the trial of James Greathouse 18 charged with killing Charles Cassidy near here last April was completed today After summations of counsel the case will be given to the jury Dr J W Hartigan former superintendent of Weston state hospital for the insane a defense witness testified Greathouse was not responsible for the killing The defendant repeated statements in an alleged confession saying he shot Cassidy four times hit him on the head with an iron bar and left the body along country road after taking 10 from his pockets
Obituary notes W B Corder of Barbour county a respected public figure. His long career included roles as county assessor from 1888 to 1892 state delegate in 1894 state senator for the 12th district in 1900 and sheriff from 1908 to 1912. He leaves a wife Philippi Everett Hassil Cor der and Lace B Corder plus six children and two siblings.
New London Connecticut July 17 progress in tax reform slow in the United States Governor Harry Flood Byrd Virginia told the governor's conference here. He said revising archaic tax systems has only begun and the general property tax remains unsatisfactory but local levies raise rates. He urged segregating tax collection to ease payer burden.
The American aviators Captain Lewis A. Yancey and Roger Q. Williams departed Rome at 8 15 a m for Paris in the Pathfinder with a Marseilles leg planned to cover about 800 miles. They left four weeks after arriving from Old Orchard Maine stopping at Santander Spain and were welcomed by French officials upon landing near Lindbergh’s 1927 route finish.
The Pathfinder airship with Captain Lewis A. Yancey and Roger Q. Williams landed at Le Bourget near Paris after a trans Atlantic flight. Lotti and friends from Old Orchard left the field, awaiting guests for a few days. Flier arrivals congratulated each other on their successes as they prepared for onward flights.
The automobile was demolished by a train near Cambria, carrying two Lumberport youths Leonard Ice and Chas Nagy who were injured and moved to Lockport City Hospital. They face preliminary hearings on forgery of a check and alleged robberies as Captain Morehead and state troopers pursue Nagy in Clarksburg.
A Philadelphia baking company family of five perished in a rail road crossing accident near Niagara Falls. Nathaniel Kauffman, 44, his wife Mrs. Louis Kauffman, 42, son Nathaniel Jr., 21, daughter Miss Sarah M. Kauffman, 22, and friend Mrs. Clara Gunther, 30, were returning from a road trip to Canada when the fatal crash occurred after leaving Philadelphia last Monday.
Los Angeles reports screen actress Lottie Pickford filed yesterday for a license to wed Russell Gillard a 33 year old Los Angeles undertaker. Pickford signed as Lotta Rupp the surname of her first husband and wore dark glasses to hide her face. She asked that the marriage remain a secret with no wedding plans announced.
A Bucharest dispatch reports the Regina Maria Theater collapsed on the eve of completion. Four bodies were recovered and eleven workmen were injured in the disaster, prompting ongoing search efforts at the ruined site in Vienna.
Caleb C. G. Disenberry, 76, a Huntington business man and former grand commander of the Masonic order in Wi-Virginia, died at his home yesterday due to heart trouble. He was a longtime figure in Masonry and local affairs.
Niagara Falls July 17 report says two men and two women were killed when a car collided with a train. a girl was severely injured and fate of another passenger unknown as authorities investigated the crash at the crossing.
A new bus line will operate over a dirt road between Buckhannon and Mabie in Randolph County connecting with the existing Mabel to Elkins line. Announced by A. H. Tenney president of Seneca Trails Inc the service will start around August 1 and run two round trips daily.
A federal court order has been signed for the removal of Frank Cerino and James Bruno to the jurisdiction of the federal court at Wheeling West Virginia to answer charges of violating the national motor theft act.
Montgomery Alabama July 17 AP Lester Bouyer 38 negro confessed to officers that he shot and killed Jack Hines a mechanic near Eufaula last Wednesday night and assaulted and seriously wounded Hines companion Beatrice Clark of Eufaula in a brutal crime case unfolding in Alabama police reports.
Elbert Smithson, 55, a carpenter, shot his wife Eleano, 52, at their Nashville home and then cut his own throat with a razor. The couple had six children. No definite motive was shown.
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