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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1929
Page
2
Joe saves 84 cents and, with his father's help, buys a collar and cuff set for his mother at a downtown shop. The gift reflects weeks of saving, personal effort, and values beyond money, offering insurance against dishonesty and teaching cheerful integrity.
New York reports 90 degrees with one death and six prostrations amid a national warming trend. Temperatures top 100 in Oklahoma City and 102 in another location, while cities like Washington 94, Boston 92, and Chicago 86 reflect widespread heat, with the Pacific coast enjoying milder weather. Lew Fonseca emerges as Cleveland’s key bat in a string of club moves.
Eastern Standard time radio programs listed for WEAF WJZ WOR WABO WBAL KDKA WGY WBZ WLW WTAM and others. Various orchestras bands soloists and talk segments are scheduled from 6:00 pm to 12:00 am with news and dance hours.
An old advertisement claims choking spells come from stomach gas and throat irritation. It touts Zex the Pepsinated Magnesia Compound as instantly relieving attacks and preventing recurrence, asserting bowel cleansing benefits. Priced at 60 cents at drug stores.
Ruth Tromley ex model sues Chicago millionaire Charles A Channel for 100000 alleging breach of promise. Channel age 56 married 26 years. Radio program listings follow with station identifiers and schedule notes including Detroit WJR and Atlanta WEAF orchestras and WHAS Kentucky news.
Miss Louise Larew hosted a Monday evening party at her Newburg home with friends and several couples from Tunnelton and Pittsburgh. The gathering featured games, ecards, and fruit salad, cake, and lemonade for refreshments. Other items mention a hamburger fry at Possum Hollow schoolhouse with local teens, a Good Spirit Club gathering at Independence Baptist church with guests including Alice Lambert and Felix Lanham, and a Friday Nite Bridge Klub trip to a dam near Oakland for an all day picnic.
E. E. Calhoun of Lomestead Pa visiting Sunday. Mrs. Wilbur Paugh and Margaret of Grafton visited Mrs. Frank Laurence. Mrs. Harold Hefner and Elizabeth of Washington DC also visited. Mrs. George Trader, Mrs. Clyde Trader and Mrs. Raymond Trader of Grafton visited Minnie Larue. O. R. Thomas of Grafton was a business visitor Tuesday.
Presiding Judge Henry L Scarlett overruled a defense motion for a continuance in the murder trial of Dr James H Snook until the defendant is physically able to attend. Defense counsel John F Seidel argued the need for a delay or a cut during the proceedings as Snook reportedly cannot fully participate. The jury was dismissed to resume in the afternoon with jurors including Jacob Rehl and Raymond Hann among others.
In Columbus on July 21 the court weighed removing Professor and Mrs. Melvin T. Hix from the courtroom during the Dr. James H. Snook murder trial. Theora Snook’s parents faced evident hostility from the aged juror who struggled to stay focused and present.
Reported July 5 eruption near Futu on Niufau Island in the Tonga group sent lava flowing toward the sea. The steamship Tofua carried details to Suva, Fiji Islands, noting earthquakes preceding the eruption and lava sweeping through the town, destroying parts of the village. The report adds that lava issued from several craters and advanced toward the sea.
Hoover argues postponing cruiser building favors disparity with Great Britain and urges the United States to expand its fleet until equality is achieved. He says parity should be established by balanced arms and not by ongoing rival construction programs.
The Mass Market page reports the cooperative program is seen as a lengthy but beneficial path under stabilizing farm relief provisions. Sam R. McKelvie, former Nebraska governor, is named spokesman for wheat and coarse grains, agreeing to serve only if allowed to retire after one year.
Redlands California July 31 Henry Crain 35 once a stable man and reputed heir to a million dollar estate was found dead yesterday in what authorities call an accidental shooting while cleaning a gun He had inherited about 100000 from Henry Vogt an orange grower who left a million to Crain in Vogt’s will Vogt’s brother died in Germany a year ago and the estate would pass to Crain Crain had recently returned from New York after conferring with attorneys over the Vogt claim and its payment which Germany protested
The Commissioner of School Lands for Taylor County will offer Lot No. 3, Block 7, Maple Heights residential addition Graf, West Side, Graff town, at public auction on August first, 1929. Terms require cash for costs and a six to twelve month credit for remaining balance with notes secured, title retained by the state until full payment.
Taylor county irrigation auctioneer J S Burdett, commissioner of school lands, will sell Lot No 4, Block 7, Macklehurst select residential addition to the west line of Grafton, WV at 1 pm August 3 1929 at the Taylor County Courthouse front steps. Sale includes cash on costs and six and twelve month credit with state held notes until paid.
International Paper Co of New York announces a quarterly dividend of 60 cents per share on common stock, payable August 16, 1929, to stockholders of record at the close of business August 1, 1929. Checks will be mailed. Transfer books remain open. Owen Shepherd, Vice-President and Treasurer.
Lancashire cotton mill stoppage enters its third day with slim chance for immediate settlement. Employers profess willingness to negotiate. cardroom workers and spinners ready to bargain, but weaving branch remains adamant against proposed wage reductions.
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