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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1927
Page
2
Fragmented OCR reads like a garbled ad or puzzle note with stray phrases about air, 10 000, and comfort. Readable elements include mentions of wig wagging and pane waders. Further context unavailable to identify a clear news item or person.
London reports Lady Astor, American born MP, has had her hair shingled. The piece notes the split among British women MPs on bobbed styles, naming Hilton Phillipson Wilkinson as others who cut hair, while Duchess of Atholl and three others kept hair on. An amused remark questions motherhood and age due to the new hairstyle.
Tad Chapman a 12 year old deaf blind boy from Redfield South Dakota learns to understand spoken words by hand tube speaking, speaks with trained lips, swims reads Braille and types with high accuracy. He has added 600 words to his vocabulary this year and excels in geography spelling and arithmetic. He may attend the national convention of teachers of the deaf and blind in Columbus this summer to showcase his achievements despite blindness and deafness.
New York reports Edna Brynner argues American youth show infantilism driven by financially independent women who mistake independence for maturity. She cites her novel Andy Brandt's Ark about a young woman's struggle with family ties and notes college women study psychology to combat the trend. Brynner, a Vassar graduate, has worked in reform schools and hospitals and plans to write for decades.
Society women mingle with students at Sorbonne lectures as listening in on culture grows. Many listeners are foreigners while few French women have time since the war to attend. Topics include art literature history and languages with oriental history drawing interest. Attendance rises as examinations become optional.
In a terse exchange, a junior partner asks Miss Brown about Sunday plans while insisting she be punctual Monday morning. A separate lost property inquiry mentions a brown purge and a wife named Helen Summer, with playful misdirection about a Sani.
A man in a Southern city on Christmas Eve ran for a trolley with a bottle of gin. He slipped as the car pulled away, the bottle shattered into numerous fragments. He looked at the mess, sighed, and said Christmas was over, then moved on.
The Grafton Elks lodge prepares a Flag Day ceremony on the Philippi courthouse green tonight marking 160 years since the first banner of American freedom. Attorney William Taylor George of Philippi will deliver a speech tracing Old Glory from Bound Brook to the present, as Sidney Sommerville chairs arrangements and the lodge invites public participation. Elks form at East Main Street at 5 45 pm, proceed by motor caravan to Philippi, meet at the old covered bridge, then march to the court house for the lodge ritual and the speaker’s address.
Public sale is ordered by Sheriff H B Newsom for Darby Coal Company mine near Rosemont on June 23 1927 at 2 PM. Personal property includes 50 steel rails 0 pound to a yard 8 switch points with cash sale terms. Also stated is Harrison Coal Company sale of several horses mules harnesses and mining equipment on June 24 1927 at 2 PM in Rosemont Taylor County West Virginia. Notice of Board of Review and Equalization set for July 8 1927 to assess Taylor County property.
Professional pallbearing becomes a paid Sideline for Stanford University students in Palo Alto. They carry caskets from undertakers to hearses, earning 2.50 per trip with short hours and occasional singing adding a dollar. Routines include not amusing the pallbearers and cemetery trips are rare.
Walter Critchlow of Wheaton Illinois has patented a vapor gas saver and quick starter for Ford cars claiming fuel efficiency up to 66 miles per gallon. The device purportedly improves starts in all weather and enhances gas savings across models.
A community notice invites county and state prosecutors to assist in a decarbonization effort offering a grant of six hundred dollars monthly. The request seeks collaboration to plant a tree and promote environmental goals within the jurisdiction.
Alfred joked about arranging a taxi after a wife asked about cremation, recounting a delayed moment by the fire. The fragment hints at a darkly humorous exchange with a punchline about handling funeral arrangements.
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