Grafton Publishing Ad Rates and Staff Notes
The Alton Daily Sentinel lists publication details for Grafton Publishing Company based in Grafton West Virginia. It includes publisher Howard H Holt at 102 Latrobe Street and business editorial offices, with advertising and job departments at 185-3 and 680. It notes Associated Press membership, rates for daily mail subscriptions, and ad pricing at 2 cents per word for first insertion and 1 cent per word for subsequent insertions, plus 5 cents per inch for composition after 9 AM and 6 PM deadline for removal notices.
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Alton Daily Sentinel
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Bobby Jones Wins British Amateur at St Andrews
Robert Tyre Jones of Atlanta excites headlines by conquering the British Amateur at St Andrews Scotland. He previously held American titles and Open crowns, becoming the only golfer to win all four major titles across the US and Britain. Odds against him this year were high, but his victory may reshape expectations for the British Open and US tournaments.
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Jones
Robert Tyre Jones
Atlanta
St. Andrews
Scotland
Bobby
Week
Great Britain
United States
Winter Lloyd's of
England
Allantan
Bobby Jones
Andrews
Lloyd's
Jury Frees Woman On Slaying Charge in Theatre Killing
In Williamson West Virginia on June 3 a jury cleared 40 year old Lily Ratcliff of the slaying of 28 year old Mabel Atwood. Ratcliff claimed temporary insanity at the time of the shooting as she sold Atwood while the defendant's husband was present, a defense cited in the late night verdict.
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Willamson
W. Va
Lily Ratcliff
Mabel Atwood
Rateliff
Ms. Atwood
Chang
Reclaiming Smoke Holes Divides Fairmont Readers
A reader vents against efforts to civilize the Smoke Hole region in Pendleton and Grant counties. The letter favors leaving locals untouched, criticizes tourism homogenization, notes travel with highway improvements, and contrasts West Virginia’s scenic appeal with standardized culture.
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Smoke Holes
Pendleton
Grant Counties
Grant
Fairmont
Smoke Hole
Hardy
Hampshire and Mineral
St Augustine Grads Receive Final Honors
The piece surveys St Augustine graduates earning final honors amid a broader critique of modernization efforts in the Smoke Hole region and its cultural clashes with progress. It weaves editorials, local figures, and community debates on civilization, education, and public works affecting mountaineers.
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ST. Augustine
Receivership Hearings For Bertha Consumers Con Solidated Fuel And Four States Stores
State brief notes hearings began on evidence in receivership actions for Bertha Consumers Company Consolidated Fuel Company and Four States Stores Company in Wheeling. Also reports on multiple local items including May Queen at Broaddus College and graduations at St Augustine school ceremonies with proclamations and awards.
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Wheeling
Bertha Consumers Company
Consolidated Fuel Company
Four States Stores Company
Philanthropist Ill At Evanston Home
Edward Hines a 67 year old Chicago lumberman and philanthropist is seriously ill at his Evanston home on June 3.
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Evanston
Chicago
Edward Hines
Southward Ho Queen of Queens Display of Cuban Crops
A travelogue describes visiting Havana exhibition plantations showing coffee, tobacco, pineapples, papaya, musk melon, castor beans, sugar cane, rubber trees, and diverse vegetables. It notes these farms educate tourists and aid local industry, with plans to continue tomorrow in Charleston for the A P State Association.
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Northwestern Turnpike, Inc
Grafton
Clarksburg
Turnpike Associa
Queen OF Queens
Cuba
Havana
Charleston
A. P. State Association
Smoke screen helps robbers flee in Chicago
Three men robbed broker Lee Breadman, his wife, and her cousin, escaping in a car after using a smoke screen. Cash and jewels valued at $2,000 were taken. Breadman alerted police, and a pursuit started before a thick smoke cloud hid the robbers as it cleared.
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Chicago
Lee Breadman
Breadman
Miss America of 1927 Finishes High School
Lois De lander, 19, Miss America of 1927, will graduate with honors Thursday night from high school after returning to complete the course to pursue art. She had been chosen at Atlantic City and had reserved school for the stage as a junior.
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Lois Delander
Ianitie City
Spanish Vets Bill Veto Upheld in House Debate
Ballot on a modified veterans measure stalled after White House signal that Hoover would back a revised version. The pensions committee chair sought postponement and a veto vote, but the motion failed 233 to 65, leaving the veto unresolved.
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House
Chriftman Knutson
Pensions Committee
White House
Hoover
Canadian Homesteads Wiped Out By Blazes
Port Arthur Ontario reports a forest fire threatening the town with four believed dead and several unaccounted for. Volunteers and fire crews battled the blaze that wiped out numerous homesteads and menaced the community.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Inferno on Lake Superior Fires Reach Brent Park Suburb
Flames driven by gale winds scorched vast timberlands along the northwest shore of Lake Superior and reached Brent Park, Port Arthur suburb. Residents fled as the fire advanced hundreds of miles before winds slowed its spread.
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Lake Superior
Brent Park
Port Arthur
Last Rites Held For Christopher Thurber
Funeral services were held at the cathedral in Athens for Christopher Thurber American chairman of the Near East Relief who died May 1 in Athens The services were attended by the American minister legation staff consulate staff and three Grecian cabinet members Premier Venizelos sent sympathy government officials conveyed condolences to Thurber's family
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Greece
Christopher Thurber
Near East Relief
Legation
Venizelos
Washington
Thurber
School House Hospital Opens For Child Dental Clinic
The West Side School building is temporarily a hospital this week with the dental clinic in the operating room. Four girls were operated on this morning and more are lined up for Wednesday and Thursday. Doctors cooperate with a trained nurse present, charging only a small parental fee for nurse care and medicines.
Local Masonic Lodge Elects Officers for Year
At a stated convocation of Cope stone chapter No. 12 Royal Arch Masons at the Masonic Temple last night, Leslie J. Lor was elected most excellent high priest. Other officers include Henry G. Harter excellent king Dallas D. Wolfe excellent scribe Charles W. Steel treasurer S. M. Musgrove secretary James F. Stafford captain of hosts Marion K. E. Skaggs principal sojourner Charles P. Harris royal arch captain Clarence Evans master of third veil William A. Collins master of second veil Loren Hoffman master of first veil John Be Leamon chaplain F. Poe Charles Payne Stewarts and James L. Shroyer Iyely. Two special convocations are set for June 11 and June 18 to confer degrees on a class of candidates.
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Cope Stoné
Royal Arch
Masonic Temple
Leslie J. Lor
Charles R. Skages
Henry G. Harter
Dallas D. Wolfe
Charles W. Steel
S. M. Musgrove
James F. Stafford
Marion KE. Skaggs
Sojourner
Charles P. Harris
Clarence 8. Evans
William A. Collins
Loren Hoffman
John
Be Leamon
F. Poe
Charles Payne
Stewarts
James L. Shroyer
Iyley
Grading Work on Leonard Street Ends at Noon
Grading on Leonard Street paying project in the first ward finished about noon today. City plans a road 20 feet wide at the Boyd street intersection with a grade similar to the prior paving and a cut hump at the Boyd top. Base of cinders with brick paving to follow, cinder base to take two days before paving begins.
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Leonard Street
First Ward
Boyd Street
Main Street
Boyd Where
Walter A Wood Seeks Republican Nomination for Superintendent
The undersigned announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Superintendent of Schools of Taylor county. He solicits the votes and goodwill of all citizens. Walter A Wood, Grafton, Ry F, D Nod.
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Taylor County
Walter A, Wood
Grafton
Ry F
Estate of James G Brown Admx Notice
All persons owing or having claims against the estate of the late James G Brown must settle with or present claims to Elizabeth Brown Admrx 315 Dewey Avenue by July 34 6.
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G. Brown
Elizabeth
Brown
Dewey
Prison Labor Conference Plea to Governors at Salt Lake City
The conference instructed Governor William G. Conley to present its plea for cooperation at the annual governor's conference in Salt Lake City on June 30 and Dr Walter N. Thayer to present conference views at the National Social Workers' Convention in Boston on June 14.
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William G. Conley
Salt Lake City
Walter N. Thayer
Maryland
National Social Workers
Boston
William Lilly Falls Down at Daughter’s Home
William Lilly of Maple Avenue suffered a serious fall Thursday morning at his daughter Ona Jefferys’s home 627 Maple Avenue. He tumbled from the second floor to the bottom step, avoided broken bones but sustained severe chest and hip bruises and shock. recovery hoped for in a short time.
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Lilly
Maple Avenue
Ona Jefferys
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