Grafton Sentinel Historical newspaper details and rates
The Grafton Sentinel is a daily except Sunday publication from Grafton West Virginia established in 1870 as a weekly and later a daily. It lists staff like B MacLeod as general manager and Eldora M Bolyard as news editor with subscription rates of 9 dollars per year for mail delivery and 30 cents per week by carrier.
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Associated Press
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Virginia
West Virginia
National Representatives
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New York
East 42Nd Street
Tunnelton Scouts Back From Camp
Local boy scouts Jack Powley Jimmy Williams Wayne Miller Walter Forman Charles Tusing Oscar Halbritter Jr Dennis Montgomery Charles Zinn Bob Zinn Jim Gainer Gary Bolyard attended a camp at Deep Hollow last week. Junior Youth Fellowship of Tunnelton Methodist church held a Riverside Beach picnic for many members and families. Janet Rae Riley has died, prompting word reaching the community.
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W. RB. Mankins Tunnelton
Deep Hollow
Jack Powley
Jimmy Williams
Wayne Miller
Walter Forman
Charles Tusing
Oscar Halbritter
Dennis Montgomery
Charles Zinn
Bob Zinn
Jim Gainer
Gary Bolyard
Tunnelton
Imaginary Whip and City Feuds In Grafton
A defensive columnist in Grafton, nicknamed Big Heart Ed, attacks local officials and links a feud with state representative Jack Nuzum. The Sentinel clarifies it reports only to inform readers, noting city meetings aren’t legally closed and recounts recent council events. Also noted are the death of a 14246 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Riley in Wadsworth with services in Ohio, and a Methodist Men's Brotherhood meeting at Camp Chapel Church Tuesday with Barnes Craig leading.
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Grafton
Jack Nuzum
Taylor County
The
Sentinel
Lockard
Men's Brotherhood of the Methodist Church
Camp ‘Chapel
Barnes Craig
Carnie Williams
Millard Williams
Glenn Wiliams
DAILY CROSSWORD AND CRYPTOQUOTE PUZZLE PAGE
A newspaper page presents a large crossword with clues for Across and Down entries, including language hints and abbreviations. It also features a daily cryptogram quote puzzle with a solved example attributing wisdom to Horace and noting Ring Features Syndicate as distributor.
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Ring Features Syndicate
Closed meetings and public distrust in Graf ton council
The city manager told the Sentinel two days before a council session that it would be closed a work session. The Sentinel observed the council’s wishes and asked why trustee Mr. Lockard attended, receiving evasive answers. The article also reports Monsignor Cartwright condemning Mrs Roosevelt’s anti Catholic sentiments linked to the Barden bill. It notes the bill would bar federal money for private or parochial schools and mentions the jack rabbit and hydrophobia skunk discussion.
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Mr. Lockard
Decker
Barden
House Labor Committee
UN aims to ease fears as Cold War tensions rise
The text discusses Berlin blockade pressures, continued divisions in Germany and Korea, and Soviet intransigence, framing these as challenges to security. It argues that the United Nations seeks to give anxious peoples security and freedom from armed attack, likening human safety to rabbits seeking refuge.
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Greece
Turkey
Korea
Germany
Berlin
United Nations
Cecily Prepares for Last Dinner and Truthful Farewells
Cecily, facing imminent death with two years at most, contemplates how to spare others pain while recounting her life. Beatrice, astonished by her mother’s calm bravery, realizes Cecily's illness prompts a gift of gaiety and friendship rather than drama. A dinner party reveals Cecily’s circle, including David and Henry Boarman, whose steady presence highlights the shared resilience of the women and men around Cecily.
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Beatrice
Cecily
Elizabeth
Mother
Br Margansd Seeman
Marianne
David
Libby
Seena
Macran Ttth Company
Henry Boarman
Henry
Off for England The antelope jack rabbit lives chiefly in Mexico and a short distance north of the border.
The antelope jack rabbit inhabits mainly Mexico with a brief range just north of the border. When alarmed, jack rabbits can reach speeds of 30 to 35 miles per hour.
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Mexico
Mrs Unico V Hilkey Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Mrs Unico V Hilkey are scheduled Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Bartlett Funeral Home with ministers Foster L Jones and E K Lowery officiating. Burial will follow at Woodsdale Memorial Park. friends may call at Bartlett Funeral Home.
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Unico V. Hilkey
Bartlett Funeral Home
Foster L. Jones
E. K. Lowery
McMechen
Woodsdale Memorial Park
Double murder suicide at residence ends in tragedy
A Cantim Cantim man armed with a .32 caliber pistol shot a man named Bill then killed himself after wounding Mrs. Hays. Mrs. Hays escaped the attack, receiving flesh wounds to the stomach and hip as the landlord fired twice and Bailey shot himself in the heart.
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Bailey
Radio Tonight Lineup and Connie Mack Pennant Record
Listings show NBC 7 schedule with Bill Lawrence Supper Club at 8:30 and multiple concert and drama programs through 10:30. CBS 8 offers Inner Sanctum and Leave It To Joan Davis plus Strawhat concert. ABC features Gordon MacRae and Harmonaires with trial program on Displaced Persons Bill and more. Norman Thomas and Rep Dewey Short discuss Spain. Connie Mack managed the Philadelphia Athletics to their first pennant in 1902, winning eight more pennants, last in 1931.
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NBC
Bill Lawrence
Howard Barlow
Don Voorhees
Janet Pickens
Radio City Playhouse
CBS
Joan Davis
Blue Barrow
ABC
Gordon Macrae
Muscae
Alph Norman
The
Harmonaires
Spain
Norman Thomas
Rep
Dewey Short
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletic
Mrs Hilkey Dies on Saturday Evening
Mrs Eustice Virginia Hilkey 15 of 59 Leonard street wife of Reese W Hilkey Carr China assistant treasurer died at 8 30 p m Saturday Born in Taylor county April 18 1874 daughter of John Henry Riley and Sarah Elizabeth Riley She survived by husband three sons Kenneth Washington Hayward Baltimore and Geneva at home two brothers Lewis and Lloyd Riley four sisters Ella Bolce Stella Vincent Minnie James and one grandson A member of West Main Street Methodist church Pallbearers named Henderson Evans Gray son Bert Utsinger Reed and Rogers
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Eustice Virginia Hilkey
Leonard Street
Reese W. Hilkey
Carr China Company
Fetterman
Taylor County
John Henry Riley
Sarah Elizabeth Withers ‘Riley
Kenneth Hilkey
Washington
Pennsylvania
Hayward Hilkey
Baltimore
Maryland
Geneva Hilkey
Lewis Riley
Lloyd ‘Riley
Shinnston
Ella Bolce
Valley Pulls
Stella Vincent
Clarksburg
Minnie-James
Webster
Hilkey
West Main ‘Street
Methodist Church
Fred ‘Henderson
Ross Evans
Robert Gray
Bert Utsinger
Sherman Reed
Paul Rogers
Classified Advertising Rates and Sample Listings
Classified ads outline cash in advance policy and per word rates for single and multiple insertions. Sample items include FOR SALE cabinet bases, a refrigerator, a motor scooter, a boys bicycle, Kaiser automobile trade in, FOR RENT apartments and rooms, and HELP WANTED Staybright Brass Name Plates sellers offering $20 daily potential.
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