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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1931
Page
7
A vintage advertisement touts S S S blood medicine as a centuries old remedy for better health and clearer skin. It claims increased strength, calmer nerves, improved sleep, and faster recovery from infections, urging readers to try the product now and compare results in six to eight weeks.
The screening marks the second lightning strike in Miss Gaynor's latest vehicle at the Strand Theatre on Sunday. The Judy of the beloved Jean Webster tale shines in a role tailored to her delicate charm, with Warner Baxter co starring and a cast including Una Merkel John Arledge and Claude Gillingwater.
In the mayor s court this morning only Tencie Moore of Grafton faced disturbances charges but did not appear. William A. Hesser of Grafton, previously fined 60 dollars for assault and battery after removing a radio from Mrs Naomi Drainer s home, appeared in police court and arranged to pay the fine while mulling an appeal.
Barbara Stanwyck, born in Brooklyn, pursued acting from childhood melodramas to stage success in Burlesque. She worked briefly as a telephone operator and at Conde Nast, then broke into Broadway, catching attention in a Noose and Burlesque, where she met and wed Frank Fay in Detroit before returning to perform in New York.
The latest Columbia film Ladies of Leisure titled Ten Cents a Dance comes to the Opera House Mouse for today Friday and Saturday. The picture is based on the popular song Ten Cents a Dance.
Regis Toomey, famed for Alibi, stars opposite Clara Bow in Kick In a red headed It girl’s first talking drama showing Friday and Saturday at the Strand Bartlett Cormack adapted the screen story from Willard Mack with a tense crime love plot and reforming ex convict theme Tessie Fenton Donald Crisp Wynne Gibson co star Richard Wallace directs after The Right to Love success Janet Gaynor’s role in Daddy Tong Legs cited as star making work
Three hundred five American Rotarians arrived aboard the liner Carmania in Havre France to attend the international convention in Vienna. Judge S K Pall, president of the Havre Rotary, greeted them at the pier.
Washington reports a study by George J. Eded of the Commerce Department's Latin American division labels British trade propaganda in Argentina a veiled attack on Argentine American ties. Sir Malcolm Robertson is cited as a leading promoter of the slogan Buy from those who buy from us, with the prince of Wales visit seen as aiming at American mercantile supremacy.
The report outlines annual elementary and high school health inspections by Dr. S Suddarth and a school nurse, detailing defects found among 1,401 fall pupils, reductions from 1929 to 1930, and adoption of the West Virginia 8-Point Health program. It covers weight gain, health charts, parent slips, and incidents of measles and other communicable diseases.
The article notes efforts in health over the year across schools, focusing on sanitation, daily room inspections, and prompt isolation. It cites 125 exclusions and 2,302 complete immunizations including typhoid, diphtheria, and smallpox, plus a notable dental clinic funded at $600.00 and run with local dentists donating time for 103 half-days.
Judge E. L. Long of Burg has been discharged from Clarksburg hospital after an appendectomy. He is the son-in-law of Mrs. J. Gellas of this city and had been in the hospital for several weeks recovering from the operation.
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