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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1930
Page
7
An old time drug store ad touts a 100 year proven remedy for skin eruptions. It claims to restore red blood cells using a natural S S S formula. The copy promises clearer skin, increased self respect, and stronger immunity with eight to ten bottles recommended.
Six year old Billy defies a bath and takes tool to rags, building a sofa with a benchlike frame. He proclaims the project done at supper, proving satisfaction comes from creative work more than clean hands, while a broader news roundup covers West Virginia pipeline surveys, court actions, and local incidents.
Petersburg robbery tale notes an 80 cent postal fee sting as inspectors probe. Morgantown reports national flat rolled steel manufacturers adjournment, a golfer's defense prep, and a July 1 governing body meeting. Also Wheeling publishing firm seeks 10,000 back rent. a coal strike fatality near Ray eaves. and a Baltimore and Ohio retiree Mil lard Ross Har rton ends two years at Belpre, Ohio.
Clara Bow says reports of a morality clause in her contract are false and that a bonus trust fund the studio set up cannot be touched. Miss Bow showed a telegram from a Hollywood man she loves and may marry, saying the affair could jeopardize her romance in California.
The Sun Telegraph reports Union Gulf Corporation, a newly formed Gulf Oil subsidiary, purchased 120 acres on Neville Island in the Ohio River and plans to start one of the nation's largest refineries within ten days. The refinery will serve as the eastern terminal of a pipeline from the eastern Oklahoma region.
Hollywood prop men face unusual challenge on Columbia drama Vengeance set in the Congo. For thousands of tropical insects the crew seeks help from a UC biology professor who provides specimens for study and filming.
Fifi Dorsay appears with Victor McLaglen in the Fox movietone comedy drama On the Level at Strand Theater. The French chanteuse sings, dances, and delivers her characteristic smiles and quirks, recalling Anna Held, after vaudeville roots and appearances in Greenwich Village Follies and with Gallagher and Shean.
The article notes Dorasy Dor in New York for screen work. Her first talking picture They Had To See Paris with Will Rogers drew acclaim as outstanding. She stars in Hot For Paris with Victor McLaglen and Women Everywhere with J Harold Murray. In On The Level she plays a singer McLaglen’s sweetheart drawn into trouble with a real estate racket.
The New Movie Tone Follies of 1920 arrives at the Strand Friday and Saturday a romantic comedy with seven new songs by McCarthy Hanley Brockman Conrad Meskin and others. Principal performers include El Brendel Marjorie White Noel Francis Miriam Seegar and Jimmie Monaco with a fifty voice chorus and William Collier Jr. directing by Benjamin Stoloff from a story by William K Wins.
A house bill would allow the purchase of private oil fields within a naval reserve by cash or exchange to protect reserve value. It would also permit drilling on reserve boundaries with shared proceeds and requires no offshore “offset wells” to be drilled.
A contention over the eligibility of Miami beauty contest winners broadens to two continents. G A Trice says Miami officials disqualified first and second prize, naming Miss Margaret Ekdahl of Tampa as Miss America entrant for Rio de Janeiro. The power to substitute entrant remains disputed.
Detroit officials said Ford Motor Company will devote substantially more than 30 million dollars to new branch plants additions and other improvements this year. Planned work includes projects totaling about 24.5 million dollars and related facility upgrades.
Mrs. W. H. Arnold of Pittsburgh credits Konjola with curing long stomach trouble and nerves after trying many remedies. She reports rapid improvement after two bottles and says the medicine eases digestion, sleep improves, and strength returns. The ad notes sales at Grafton Drug and Chemical Company and outlines expansion plans and a revised Youngstown census figure.
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