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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1929
Page
2
Wy Allee Judson Peale argues temper is not unchangeable. The piece emphasizes that children can learn self control through thoughtful training, avoiding triggers, and modeling calm behavior, challenging the idea that family temper is an inborn curse. It urges parents to manage environments and reactions to foster restraint.
Somerville New Jersey June 11 Francis L Bergen Somerset County prosecutor telegraphed Detroit authorities that further investigation seemed unwarranted without more definite information from Kenneth Glad eau a federal prisoner who testified he witnessed the slaying of the Rev Edward W Hall and Mrs Eleanor Mills in 1922 In Minnesota a decade long campaign has destroyed over 909936 common barberry bushes to curb blight.
Eastern Standard schedule across WEAF WJZ WABO WOR WBAL KDKA WGY WBZ and WBZ stations with varied music concerts bands and vocalists including General Fonarova Caroline Andrews Paul Whiteman and Guy Lombardo plus orchestras and hourlong programs from 6 PM to 10 PM with repeats and unannounced segments.
Jewish News notes Pentecost shifted from harvest festival to a spiritual observance after the Temple’s destruction. It marks Israel’s adoption of Torah guidance, with readings on Sinai and the first fruits offering, reflecting a renewed national and religious identity.
The seaplane journey spanned about 1400 miles from Stockholm to Bergen then to Reykjavik before a forced down on Southeast Icelandic coast due to a broken fuel line. Captain Ahrenberg, Lieut. Axel Floden, and mechanic Hans Ljunglund were aboard as the flight retraced a legendary event and sailed southwest in the midnight sun before returning.
Jay Fleming of Grafton joins the state board of education while Charleston reports disapproval of a 135000 bond for Elkin to fund a power plant. Other items note longtime criminal sentencing, a McDowell trap trophy win, a no hit game, a Senate retiree’s injury return, a governor's commencement address, liquor raids arrests, a bankruptcy filing in Wheeling, prison escape recapture, a former Wheeling officer charged with assault, and a couple from Mannington killed in an Oklahoma crash.
A rapid collage reports Alfred E. Smith dictating a new book at length with word rates around one dollar a word. New York autos reach over 32 million registrations. Stimson’s parrot returns from Manila as Clarence Chamberlin’s trans Atlantic flight gains interest. Bernadette Charlette of Quebec identified a body in the St Lawrence. Miss Bana Shoeder serves as aerial secretary for the flyer. Paducah resident Mary Jane Watson dies moments before her 101st birthday, after smoking a cigar. various brief items from Hingham to other locales show a string of scattered life glimpses.
The Roosevelt expedition in Tibet reportedly bagged a rare giant panda, a full sized bear resembling a raccoon. William V. Kelley sponsors the expedition and Wilfred Osgood, curator of zoology at Meld Museum, notes the panda’s size and that only six specimens have ever been recorded. The museum intends to add the specimen to its collection for study.
John Stoddar, 84, defied a physician's caution to stop bicycle riding. Near death after a collision with the doctor's car in New York. Florenz Ziegfeld ends revues citing waning public interest in show folk.
The river rescue found Bennet returned to the bank with aid as bodies floated midstream. Police and fire units worked over them for an hour. The Boardmans, new to the area, were not believed to know the river’s perilous current.
Pittsburgh markets show hogs at 11.26 to 11.85 with sows 9.00 to 9.75 and heavy hogs around 11.50. Cattle remain steady with low grade veal and calves strong up to 16.00. Sheep mostly steady with lambs uneven, yearlings up to 18.00, potatoes steady across varieties.
James Remlinger was arrested by city police on intoxication charges and rearrested by Constable J G Boliner on his father's complaint. Magistrate John L Wittman sentenced him to sixty days imprisonment in the county jail. Southee Dakota's twenty terms are noted.
In St Johns Newfoundland on June 11 a heavy ice pack trapped the steamer Hart of Devon and several fishing schooners northward from Cape St Johns. The Clyde turned back near Wit Cove Notre Dame Bay. The Lady Apesgman is missing with five aboard. Seven other vessels in the outside Labrador passage are stuck near shore amid unusually large icebergs.
Tollahome Tennessee born Lee Coombs left the community in 1889 to west where he built a reputation as the best one-eyed cat player. Now he leads nine sons who have become a famed family baseball team. Coombs settled on an Oklahoma farm and fathered 11 boys and four girls.
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