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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1927
Page
5
An advertising city salesman extols Tiz as a remedy for tired and burning feet from long hours. He claims it relieves pain from bunions and sore spots, promising feet that never swell or hurt, with a small price for a box.
Washington reports that the year's wheat crop will be lower than previously estimated by the Department of Agriculture. Jardine, who just returned from the west, said this during a White House call, noting May 1 winter wheat estimates at 494,000,000 bushels and predicting an even lower overall yield than the prior forecast of 33,000,000 bushels below last year.
London reports 1926 cattle numbers in England and Wales climbed to 6,253,000, a gain of about 26,000 from 1917. The rise marks the fifth consecutive year of increases, per agricultural data issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
The Y M C A thanks patrons for buying tags at yesterday evenings benefit ball game. Kiwanis want a return game. Hi Y club holds a semi monthly meeting at 7 30 PM with full attendance urged.
In St Joseph Michigan on June 8 a witness described the death by self harm of a former House of David member after a reprimand by leader Benjamin Purnell. Ruth Wade Wuerth testified Eliza Murphy drank poison following insult and exile to High Island. She also tied Jessie Wheeler’s death at High Island to Purnell’s displeasure.
A jury in Taylor Circuit Court yesterday awarded $198.35 to plaintiff A A Boylen in an appeal action for services rendered by him for defendant John Snyder. The trial occupied most of yesterday with a short jury deliberation before verdict. The day also included the citys condemnation suit against property of M C Mackin in West Grafton.
New Orleans reports the Bayou Black dam breaking after weeks of buildup and flooding. Red Cross director Henry M. Baker said area directors will supply food and shelter to refugees driven from homes by renewed floods in Arkansas Missouri Illinois and Kentucky. Several thousand are already being fed by the Red Cross.
Indianapolis June 9 The Interstate Commerce Commission cut coal rates from Pittsburgh to the Great Lakes by 20 cents a ton with August 10 effect. The western bituminous district gains a 45 cent differential over non union West Virginia and Tennessee fields. UMW officials call this a favorable factor for unionized mines and expect benefits to reach Indiana soft coal fields if the rate cut stimulates production.
To undersell non-union competitors at the lake ports may spur a settlement of the current suspension, the miner chiefs believe, signaling economic pressure and potential labor peace moves underway.
Rochester, N Y June 9 More than a hundred sleeping passengers escaped serious injury when the New York Central Limited rammed two Pullman cars on a siding at the station. Three Pullman passengers were slightly hurt and received medical attention before transferring to other cars and continuing east. An investigation blamed a switchman for the crash.
Washington June 9 The Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on the Chesapeake and Ohio merger plan focused on financing. Comptroller E M Thomas testified the railroad would raise about 695000 shares of C and O common stock to acquire control of the Erie and Pere Marquette systems. The issue would be offered at par to current stockholders in proportion to their holdings.
Washington June 8 The radio commission will launch an immediate program to stop interference among broadcasting stations. Commissioner Bellows informed President Coolidge plans include changing wavelengths reducing power and dividing time of stations. He noted the new wavelength allocation is only a basis for a permanent system after thorough testing.
Homer Jenkins, a carpenter from Lincoln Way East in South Bend Ind, report relief from stomach and kidney troubles after using Redwood's Tepee Tonic. He says back pain, dizziness, and fatigue diminished, appetite and bowels improved, enabling him to work more effectively.
In Bucharest on June 9 a bulletin after consultation by Dr Sluys of Belgium and Drs Hartmann and Regaud of Paris says King Ferdinand's condition, though improved since his grippe, remains unsatisfactory. The physicians treated the king in January for an intestinal malady.
Earl Carroll remains nervous and disturbed but not organically ill, said Dr. Charles T. Nellans of the Atlanta penitentiary. He was committed for a year and a day for perjury after collapse on a train en route from Greenville, South Carolina. Carroll’s condition is attributed to exaggerated introspection rather than medical illness. He is expected to improve with rest and quiet. He was brought to Atlanta yesterday and placed in the prison hospital ward.
A 13 year old girl, Lily Chernow, is in serious condition in a Brooklyn hospital after being struck by a plane piloted by Princeton undergraduate George Lambert. Lambert, driving from New Brunswick to Curtiss Field, force landed on a vacant Brooklyn lot due to gasoline shortage. The girl reportedly suffered a probable fracture of the right shoulder and possible internal injuries. Lambert, captain of Princeton's tennis team, owned the plane’s operator.
Edith Rockefeller McCormick prepared her favorite breast of chicken in aspic with cole slaw and finely chopped pimentos for a charity luncheon at The Stork. The menu supported funds for a hospital as Chicago women hosted guests at the society-toned room.
Soviet indignation over the ministerial assassination shifts anger mainly toward Britain, with Poland largely spared. Report from Moscow notes Warsaw mood turning against England rather than Poland during Tuesday events.
The Soviet government issues a communique alleging British involvement in terrorist plots and counterrevolutionary turmoil in Russia. The press, echoing the government's stance, attacked England for Russia's recent difficulties while noting Poland's protest over the Soviet minister’s assassination as routine diplomatic etiquette.
President Coolidge has three speeches scheduled before leaving for his South Dakota retreat, plus remarks at Charles A. Lindbergh’s reception. He will address the first international convention of social science in Hammond, Indiana, and speak at a memorial park dedication on his way west.
A Ford sedan owned by C. A. McDowell of Clarksburg with West Virginia plates 75-806 disappeared from Main Street while the owner was away. The vehicle was later found on a by-road near Thornton. Two young men were seen in the car. deputies and state police pursued arrests.
Savannah Georgia June 9 27 William W Brandon former governor of Alabama was named president of the Good Roads Association for 1927 28 in the nominating committee report to the annual convention speakers urged centralization of highway work and a campaign for more federal aid.
A writer declares physicians should not be Bloomy and asserts only dentists may look down in the mouth, delivering a witty jab at medical vanity.
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