Admiral Byrd Honored Amid National Pride And Debate
A long commentary honors Admiral Byrd as a premier explorer and patriot while condemning ongoing disputes over freight rates between Southern and Northern coal interests. The piece argues the ICC should set fair terms, free from partisan pressure, and notes a local merchant touting bulk buying alliances to combat competition. It closes with a tribute to Balto. & Ohio Railroad workers paying respect to M. R. Hamilton after fifty-two years of service.
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Tim
United States Congress
New York City
Caesar
Virginia
Byrd
Thla Uuntry
Arctic
Tranks
Franklin
Reary
Bartlett
Northern Coal Producers Associations
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Lakes
Southern
Commission
Balto. & Ohio Railroad
M. R. Hamilton
Hamilton
Prohibition Debates and Personal Reflections in Grafton
A letter exchange discusses prohibition and temperance, contrasting moral tenets with man made law. Howard H. Holt argues for maintaining prohibition while criticizing enforcement, citing religious and constitutional principles. A second letter from Mrs Ina Losh McFarland acknowledges differing views and stresses enduring friendship despite public policy disagreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caesar
Howard H. Holt
Mrs. DeMoss
Ina Losh McFarland
Ford
Gratton
Stand on the Prohibition Opinion Letter to the Editor
An anonymous letter to editor Howard H Holt of the Sentinel in Grafton Westoa argues for prohibition, recalling his family ties and forty years in town. The writer claims prohibition blessed women and children, and condemns previous alcohol-led excess while praising temperance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Raitor’s
Howard H. Holt
The
Sentinel
Westoa
Howard
Preston County
Town Bank
Senate debates rivers and harbors bill in session
Today in Congress the Senate continues debate on the rivers and harbors bill while the House continues consideration of the second deficiency bill. The flood control committee discusses final arrangements for its inspection tour of flood control works on the Mississippi and tributaries. The Interstate Commerce Commission will take up minor amendments to its revision of the Senate resolution to hold up railroad mergers. The Naval Affairs Committee begins hearings on modernization of battleships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Flood Control Committee
Mississippi
Interstate Commerce Commission
Naval Affairs Committee
School Superintendent Survives Fall From Ladder
Lloyd L. Shriver, superintendent of county schools, slipped from a top step ladder while working on his barn at his farm in Pruntytown. He balanced on a beam briefly before the fall, and he is now at his office suffering from pleurisy and soreness in the abdomen and chest as a result of the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd L. Shriver
Pruntytown
Herons Nesting Sightlines Along Everglades Trails
The narrative describes how great blue herons build immense, leafless nests high in tree forks and on bare snags across the Everglades, with nests of sticks and twigs visible against the horizon. It also recounts a travel day on the Tamiami Trail with a Lincoln sedan outpaced by the narrator’s coupe, noting speeds, road conditions, and scenery toward Naples and Fort Myers.
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Everglades
Naples
Tamiami Trail
Carnestown
Mr. Lincoln
Seaboard
Ohio River
Bonita Spring
Estero
Gulf of Mexico
Fort Meyer
Edison
Dasaramis
Associated Press
Weat Virgi Éinia
Mr. Edison
Fort. Meyers
Croga
Announcements for Supt of Schools and House of Delegates
A set of dated public notices announces candidacies for Taylor County Republican superintendent of schools by Walter A. Wood and William Grimes, plus Eugene Sommerville seeking the House of Delegates on August 5 1930. The text includes unrelated editorial reminiscences about Edison and a trip near Naples and Fort Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Walter A. Wood
Grafton
R.P D. No
William Grimes
House OF Delegates
Dacy
House of Dek
Eugene Sommerville
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Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company
W. VA
Natness
Latrobe Street
Grafton Printing Co
R. Senacelta Eli A
Postoffice
Aingle Cody Son
Christ
Jesus Christ
Phone
B. F. Poe
Mrs
Emma Beboss
Congress
F.O.B. Factory
Fen
Nash
Nash “400
U. S
Ely
Smith Auto Company
Grand Street South Side
East Main Street
Mia
Carrie Glenn
Washington Street
Lincoln
Care Sentinel
H. H. Holt
Sentinel Office
P.O
Call Sentinel
Leonard Street
Abbott's
Jewel
Raymond Elgin
E. L. Sayers
Woat Main St
West Math
Washington Atreet
Pinder
Sen‘nel
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