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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1933
Page
4
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A writer recalls a spring journey from Charleston along U.S. 60 to Lewisburg, praising the Midland Trail's Kanawha Gorge and New River scenery. He describes the Hawk's Nest views, towering cliffs, river power plants, and the winding mountain highway, ending with rain through Greenbrier County.
Bethel Ohio July 28 Dr W E Thompson age 98 is a veteran doctor who has practiced 73 years in Bethel and Lewisburg area. He recalls riding horse to visits and making his own medical instruments while roads improved to automobile travel. He notes medicine is more interesting now and less hard on doctors.
A travel narrative celebrates the Greenbrier valley route from Lewisburg to Grafton, praising scenic highways, roadside drinking fountains, and lumbering scenes. The author marvels at valley views, passes, and towns like Marlinton, Elkins, and Huttonsville while urging continued fountain development along the roads. The piece also reflects on the iconic little red schoolhouse, its fading day, and the need for modern schools to sustain rural democracy.
A fragment recalls Friedrich List and early tariff defense in relation to free trade. It notes List warned by analogy with medical errors and cites Adam Smith and J B Say as foundational writers favoring protection. The piece links 19th century economic thinkers to modern debates on internationalism.
Detective Mulvey and Colin Hewitt pursue the elusive criminal known as the Mask in a perilous midnight confrontation. The masked foe, Colins ally Hargreaves in disguise, speaks by telephone, taunts police, and hints at deeper schemes as Reddy’s hunt ends in tragedy. A tense exchange follows as Hewitt weighs trust with law enforcement.
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