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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1929
Page
5
Puzzle fill missing readable clues cycle date and grid references. Several entries show hints like Greek letters and verbs, with scattered fragments for across and down clues. Readable items include references to footie, Tibetan names, and apparent puzzle numbering, while many sections are garbled.
Pennsylvania, Maryland and Ohio tourists are urged to choose a West Virginia trip featuring Tygart Valley, Buckhannon, Philippi, Elkins and nearby sites. Highlighted are historic Civil War locations, early colleges like Davis and Elkins, Broaddus College, old covered bridges, Indian forts near Beverly and Rich Mountain battlefields, plus notable estates and landscapes along routes from Buckhannon to Elkins.
The passage describes Union earthworks at strategic valleys to deter General Lee, noting accessible remnants. It highlights West Virginia scenery near Parsons, Tucker County, including the Canaan Valley over 50,000 acres and the Falls of the Blackwater, a 63 foot cascade framed by green mountains and woods.
Canton Ohio July 31 The United States Potters Association warns the pottery industry with 75 000 workers faces disaster unless Congress approves tariff hikes. The group seeks a 1 25 cent a dozen increase on earthenware imports, citing over 60 percent of last year s pottery imports from Japan. Newark in the 1902 season is noted for winning ball in the International League.
Industry leaders from Ohio New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois West Virginia and Virginia gathered to discuss the growing competition from foreign countries especially Japan and its impact on the ceramic industry. The tariff question was brought before forty ceramic manufacturers during the sessions.
Charleston Mrs. Violet Will mot wife of Walter Willmot awaits execution at Moundsville captured after fleeing detention home. Welch Mrs. Floyd Cunningham and daughter Jane recovering from injuries in auto accident. Williamson Kentucky to honor or W Va license tags pending adjustment of differences says Senator E White.
Oklahoma City July 31 judge Edgar 8 Vaught refused bail for Jeff D Harris an undercover man charged with murder tied to the slayings of two farmers during a whiskey raid near Tecumseh Oklahoma on July 4 Bond of 15000 was set for W W Thompson a federal prohibition officer also charged in the same case The proceedings follow a separate inquiry London July 31 board of trade court of inquiry into the sinking of the British steamer Vestris found the SOS call should have been sent six hours earlier than it was.
Coast Guardsmen seized a 60 foot lugger and two rowboats loaded with 1,000 cases of beer a mile from Lake Erie in the Huron river. The vessels, believed to have sailed from Amherstburg Ontario, were manned by two rum runners who escaped. They were armed but did not fire on the guardsmen.
Robbers four miles from Belington visited J. W. Miller’s store last night and took about 400 dollars in cash and merchandise. Investigators believe loot was loaded in a motor truck. Sheriff Mareh and deputies pursued leads as unverified reports surfaced of merchandise found near Belington and arrests expected today.
Sig nora Giuseppa Lucci, wife of a peasant farmer, as a mother of quadruplets, becomes a record holder in Mussolini’s 1929 campaign for more and better babies. Yesterday she gave birth to two boys and two girls, adding to six sons, her joyful reveal contrasting with her surname meaning Morose.
Weirton West Virginia July 31 mayor Clyde Cattrell of Hollidays Cove informs city council of his immediate resignation. A special meeting will be called to name his successor.
Washington's DayBoen notes summer life in the capital with many diplomats extending stays in or near Washington. Ambassadors from Britain, Japan, Belgium, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Italy, and others keep summer homes nearby while some officials and senators lease a city house for a bachelor summer.
G. E. B. Luebben of Milwaukee was named United States trade commissioner to study European markets for the department of commerce. He will head the project from Hamburg, Germany, to explore prospects for increasing American citrus exports.
Judge Arthur P. Hudson in Kanawha County Circuit Court heard arguments in the breach of trust suit brought by John B. Laing of Lewisburg against A. B. Crichton of Johnstown Pa. for 250000 related to stock in the Greenb.
A fragment notes Eastern Railroad to the G4 péake and Ohio Railroad and mentions the Coal Company with an action for 188 dollars. It references Greenbried county and a similar allegation against the same defendant. A flyer reaches Washington with Colonel Miguel Granados arriving from Guatemala City, July 31.
Washington reports Vice-President Curtis returns to his office after a stay in Kansas. He visited his relative Leona Curtis Knight in Island. John Quincy Johnson and Mangington business interests were noted in the city today.
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