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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1929

Page

7

A BIMPLE ACT OF JUSTICE Chapter 47

Uncle John and Henry debate the MacNair murder case with Jerry and Lucy amid a tense family gathering. Peebles narrates itemized evidence from a notebook revealing alibis, disguises, and a staged death scene as MacNair plots to eliminate Andrew.

Jerry John Lucy Deacon Mac Henry Mac Nair Nathan Hyde Stu Hyde Peebles Uncle John Watson Holmes Holmes 1 Villian MacNair Andrew

Will Survey Canal Death Case Reveals MacNair Conflict

In a detailed confession fragment, Andrew Ogden’s death case implicates MacNair. The narrator describes struggles, blood evidence from Polyandria the cat, weapon shots through a hat, and MacNair’s evasive behavior. Notes mention disputed cartridges and a red notebook with clues. A Los Angeles lead ties MacNair to a swindle and a high bribe past.

Andrew Ogden MacNair Lucy Los Angeles Jerry Andrew Finnkorten

New York Sights Tug at Tourists Eye Local Lore

A New York guide notes that tourist interest centers less on famed landmarks than on sensational sites tied to real life drama. Visitors flock to sights linked to Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray, Valentino, and dramatic moments, while official icons like the Statue of Liberty remain steadfast.

New York Charset Judd Gray Ruth Snyder Philadelphia Daddy Browning Bédice’s Island Metropolitan Museum Rendezvous Valentino Fame

Delicacy and New York food tale in Lemon Pie

A playful sketch praises New York cuisine noting lemon meringue pie on Thirty-third Street enjoyed by sightseers. The narrative follows travelers with pie, a Palisades amusement park ride, and a stray slice that sails from a roller coaster. It also mentions new construction drawing panhandling to sidewalk safety measures.

New York Thirty-third Street Grant Palisades

Wheat crop rush to gulf ports to feed world markets

The 1929 winter wheat harvest from Texas to Kansas and Oklahoma triggers a vast movement as western railroads push 40 000 boxcars daily toward ports and mills. Officials warn of possible transport bottlenecks if export demand falters while storage in granaries remains high and combines flood fields with rapid field to car transfers.

Chicago St. Louis Prairies Texas Panhandle Kansas Oklahoma American Railway Association Western Kansas City Doz Gulf L. M. Botts Car Service Division Betts M. J. Gormley United States

Night pedestrians and the dime for coffee gentry

In North Bergen and New York reports a sharp street mood emerges as pedestrians at night feel the stare of hard faced gentry asking for money. A deputy and a colonel exchange phrases with a police officer after detour mishap, while chatter notes social irony and travel plans from Joe Jessel and Vernetta Hoos aboard the Graf Zeppelin.

Pittsburgh Markets Livestock Report June 21 Crossed Markets

Pittsburgh markets list livestock with hog prices 11.60 to 12.00 per cwt and sow prices 9.00 to 9.50, calves around 900 units steady, top cattle 16.00, lambs quoted 14.00 to 16.00, cabbage and potatoes prices noted, produce demand moderate with various regional crates and pack details.

Pittsburgh Ohio Tennessee Michigan Maine Virginia

Gettysburg Ells lodge wins Guggenheim medal

The Gettysburg Pennsylvania Ells lodge received a Guggenheim foundation medal for pioneering an earth art sign guiding aviators. The award honors innovative contributions to aerial navigation and regional civic achievement.

Gettysburg Ells Lodge Guggenheim Foundation

The Rainbow Man at Strand Theatre Midnite Show

The Rainbow Man tops Strand Midnite show June 23 with Eddie Dowling and Frank Darro in a musical talking romance. Marian Nixon plays a hotel proprietor’s daughter who falls for Dowling’s minstrel lead as their troupe tours town, with songs Rainbow Man Smile Little Pal and Sleepy Valley.

Strand Theatre Midnite East Eddie Dowling Prankie Darro George Hayes Dowling Hig Town

New Theories From Space Motion Challenge Universe Shape

Scientists Milton Humason and Francis Pease from a Movil observatory presented three celestial bodies whose light shows them moving away from Earth at speeds up to 4.6 miles per second. Their spectra on the 100 inch reflector suggest distances of about fifty million light years, with links to Einstein’s curvature of space and a possibly finite, boundaryless universe.

Saidy Milton Humason Francis Pease Sobservatory L Éart Steather Seatiny Einstein Midy

Woman Sent to Jail After Arrest on Charge of Theft

Blanche Taylor was arrested and held by city police last night on the same charge of stealing. She was taken into custody and to the county jail, before Mayor Charles Gyng. Officials said she was advised to go home to her parents and given twenty four hours to leave the city.

Jah Blanche Taylor Jon Ioltdring Agding Ted Charles Gyng Offi Xing

North and Middle Atlantic Weather Outlook

The forecast calls for showers at the start of the week and again around midweek with cool temperatures. Overall, readings stay below normal in Ontario Valley and Tennew with mostly rain and some showers Tuesday or Wednesday. trend toward near normal by week’s end with a cooler latter part.

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