This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1928
Page
4
The Grafton Daily Sentinel lists subscription prices and policies including six month and two month mail rates, 1.50 for daily print, and 75 cent per issue for post subscriptions. It notes copyright on dispatches, advertising rates, and deadlines for classified and removal notices with 9:00 pm and 6:00 pm cutoffs.
An area high school graduation marks a transition from youth to adulthood as students enter life’s responsibilities. The editorial cautions against equating education with guaranteed wealth, noting averages mislead and most earn less than the top earners. It emphasizes character, honesty, and broad learning as true value, while previewing presidential summer home debates and the Northwest focus of this year’s plans.
A garbled column discusses potential Calvin Coolidge nomination, with confusion over party support. It notes chain-store competition in cities affects profits, while emphasizing individual stores can survive if they adapt. Separate piece reports on prospects of paying debts via sea water gold, and religious unity talks among denominations with slim support for merger.
The article estimates commencement costs for American high schools at about 65 dollars for boys and 50 dollars for girls, excluding prom tickets. It notes additional expenses such as class rings, yearbooks, senior manuals, photographs, invitations, cards, relatives’ tickets, and flowers, with some items possibly needless.
Fragmentary text questions why tasks should be done promptly and how far fifty dollars could buy happiness or satisfaction. The lines suggest a reflection on urgency and value without clear context or names.
The fragment mentions a sheriff's sale context tied to a federal estate and notes Tate's nomination by President Coolidge to the Senate during the last session of Congress, though not ratified. It states he is currently deputy treasurer.
A storage tank at Fender Oil Company in Benbey, India, burst into flames. Firefighters worked through the night as crews battled the blaze with the tank still burning at dawn. No injuries were reported.
Governor Gore of Charleston West Virginia replied to a telegram honoring Dr Henry D Hatfield Republican nominee for the United States senate. Gore said he appreciated the support and declined any further action.
Four bandits this morning robbed the Indianapolis Country Club and escaped with a $1,600 payroll. This is the second such country club robbery in two days, following an earlier Broadmoor Country Club raid that netted about $100,000 in money and jewels.
Cincinnati June 1. A registered letter found on the body of a man found dead from gas asphyxiation in a rooming house. The victim, a 40 year old man from Lexington Kentucky, had been living in the city. Local police are investigating the apparent suicide.
Scranton PA June 1 insurgent convention of Unit Jed Mine Workers District No 1 ousted officers last Tuesday for neglect of duty and today elected a new slate. President Frank McGarry Pittsburgh vice president George Isaacs Wilkes-Barre secretary treasurer Walter Harris Parsons Raymond Delaney Avoca district board Joseph Dogher Archbald John Bellefield Old Forge Hogan Wilkes-Barre Frank Sober Edwardsville.
Paris dispatch says Grand Duke Andrew of Russia will travel to the United States at Mrs W B Leeds request to help confirm the identity of Madame Tchaikovsky, said to be Grand Duchess Anastasia. He plans to sail this week with his wife Princess Prinesskaya, who arrived in February to be Mrs Leeds guest for six months.
Washington June 1 Americans like candy and eat more of it than before. A study shows Montana North Dakota western California and Nevada average about 12 pounds per person annually. Total value of candy consumed this year reaches 342 million dollars. Exports in 1926 were about 3 million dollars.
Richard P. Bartlett longtime chief clerk to the division engineer on the Monongah division has accepted the yardmaster position at Parkersburg. H E Broadfoot will assume Bartletts duties locally as the Monongah division reorganizes. The Parkersburg promotion marks a step up in railroad circles for the popular local man.
The May Guide Germany notes a strong Socialist and Communist rise in the recent elections, with Otto Braun, premier of Prussia since 1920, widely expected to lead the national chancellor bid. Braun, born in 1872, trained in high school or university, became a notable editor and political leader before rising to power after the revolution.
Mrs Irene Wellwood wife of Arthur Wellwood resident engineer at the Situdd power dam seeks a degree at the University of Boone Carolina this year after an eight year pause she returns to college with the highest single average among Chi Omega sorority members and the top scholaristic average among women on campus Her marriage caused her to withdraw from Vassar College but she plans to resume education in Europe trip to refine French for teaching duties
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.