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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1956
Page
5
A special meeting of Pain-Well Remedy Company stockholders on June 6 1956 resolved to discontinue business, surrender its charter, pay all obligations, and distribute remaining assets to stockholders in proportion to their holdings. Helen L. Blackburn Secretary.
Advertisement lists a rental at 036 W Main with seven rooms and bath, large level lot, garage, A-1 condition. Seen by appointment by telephone number 338. Address 548 W Main, Grafton West Virginia, phone 1167-3-3 207 W Main Street.
Commissioner of Accounts notifies all creditors to present claims against Clifton H. Shingleton deceased with vouchers by December 17, 1956 at the office on West Main Street Grafton Taylor County West Virginia. Beneficiaries must attend to protect their interests. Posted June 11 1956 by J Guy Allender.
A dense OCR style word list of crossword like clues including numbers and partial phrases. It reads as a collage of definitions and hints such as food slang Humbug sharpen wash chop finel Greek letter toward the lee female deer public notice pasha of Tunis breeze resort center of an apple job feathered creatures capitate hair on hairnet drone grass cutter biblical city wax cells built by bees one time tiny bottom of a room cripple hail large footed insane US president perish part of to be disgruntled persons coin clamor affection of the beyonet or other garbled entries with scattered references to yesterday’s answer wet earth beaten cavities departed mountains beam area affirmative around reply a tooth down republic 80 am.
A fragmented clipping mentions Shawneetown’s old settlement tales and a Utah motorist nabbed driving a 1909 car with a 1922 license plate. It notes a big ocean-front house battered by wind and waves, a Swedish tightrope walker setting a 33 hour balance record, and a Buffalo man linked to a fictional inch-wide conspiracy.
Historical note collected by Basil Davenport quotes John Paul Jones aboard the Bonhomme Richard and a muttered bon mot about someone not getting the word. It includes a humorous Autobiographical note from Victor Borge about a hotel encounter and spring in the air. 1986 Bennett Cerf.
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