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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1930
Page
2
A whimsical guest named Geology arrives with a tale of earth treasures. He wears a coal made suit and mantle rock cape, explains his top is less firm than the lower part, and reveals a sleeping place called Bed Rock. Peggy and John react with curiosity and amusement.
New York exchanges report a total FITBS balance of 600000 and overall balances of 1830000 as of July 29. Financial figures reflect Clearing House activity and member bank settlements. The release outlines daily totals and system liquidity across participating institutions.
A reference lists 666 as a remedy for headache or neuralgia with a zero minute check for a cold on the first day and a malaria check in three days, also noting 666 in tablet form.
J Morrison Stores have stood the test of the buying public in West Virginia for forty years and without exception for we how we are enjoying the patronage of all the same customers still living and their descendants. Such records are only obtained by honest dealing and by giving people true values for their money.
Detroit police vice squads raided 42 speakeasies breweries and gambling houses since last Wednesday killing of Jerry Buckley. They wrecked interiors poured out liquor and arrested many on investigation charges released within 24 hours. Observers say city is more nearly dry than ever.
Washington reports an all-American newsprint plant effort in Alaska stalled by the uncertain federal power commission status. Two groups seek licenses to build power systems for pulp mills in southeastern Alaska, while the five‑man commission awaits confirmation and an attorney general opinion on recess appointments. The stalled action endangers $65,000 tons of annual newsprint and up to 835,000,000 cubic feet of Tongass timber, aiming to match Canadian prices.
New York City total reaches 6,959,195, rising 1,339,147. Bronx up 78 percent to 1,266,506. Brooklyn 2,596,154, up 517,798. Manhattan 1,859,925, down 427,949. Queens 1,079,357, up 610,315. Richmond 157,253, up 40,722. Mention of Swedish logging uses motor trucks amid mild winters.
An elderly narrator recalls Civil War days and a rugged hunt in the mountains around Flemington and Randolph Tucker and Pendleton counties. He recounts enlisting in the Fourth Cavalry, later hunting with cousin Oscar McDonald on Cheat Mountain, bear and deer encounters, a snowstorm trek, forest camps, and grim tracks, ending with a perilous ascent and survival amid a blizzard.
A hunter recalls a harrowing winter trek on Big Turkey Bone Mountain, misnavigation, a four foot snow crust, and a near death escape by ice. He reunites with Oscar McDonald’s group, then tracks coons and a bear with a borrowed bear dog, narrating a dramatic chase and dog injury, ending with a homecoming report.
A jumble of notes on films and stars outlines silent era topics. Dorothy Mackaill headlines future releases while Vitaphone and Warner Bros are linked with projects. References to The Sidewalks of New York and Moby Dick reflect era trends and star pairings amid quirky plot hints.
Captain Cather and a five man squad searched the woods for Oscar. They found no trace initially and concluded Oscar was lost. Seven years later rumors surfaced that his bones lay on a back fork of Aik. His can, cockade, and a rotted stock were found near a log. his body was eight miles from the Ewing camp. It is supposed he froze to death.
General C. Sniffen, 86, former secretary to President Ulysses Grant, died last night at a Town Hill hotel in Cumberland Maryland after arriving with his wife to escape summer heat. He was born in New York and had come to the hotel about a week ago, succumbing within three hours after an illness begun yesterday.
The Board of Education of Jerman District will offer for the hauling of coal at all of the school houses at Blueville school house on July 26 at 2 p.m. The notice appears in a 1920 local public sale context with official bid terms. Constable sale of one Chevrolet vehicle scheduled for August at 2 o clock p.m. at the front door of the courthouse. D. W. Fortney, Constable.
An advertisement notes 3 lb. packages priced at 25 cents from Grafton Printing Company in connection with The Sentinel.
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