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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1929
Page
2
The piece argues eight-year-olds cannot be trusted to feed a pet daily and urges adults not to nag. It suggests allowing natural consequences and emphasizes patience, while noting kids gain responsibility gradually through enjoyable, age appropriate tasks and parental support.
Miami Florida June 24 Tosle Bilite Seminole chieftain acquitted of murder charges by the high council of medicine men during the green corn dance. Relatives testified as tribesmen spoke of motive over money. The verdict restores tribal privileges and follows established custom despite external scrutiny.
In White Plains New York on June 24 the trial of Peacox for the murder of his young wife was postponed to September 16. Prosecutors say he confessed to killing her and setting the body on fire after first spraying her with kerosene. The couple had been estranged.
Radio schedule across WEAF WIZ Z WOR WABO WBAL KDKA WGY WBZ WTAM VOX WSB and others. Listings show times for orchestras ensembles and programs including Ben Pollack Duke Ellington era acts and public affairs segments with no dates. The page catalogs local stations frequencies lines in a dense timetable format.
The State Department of Health aims to secure a full time health officer and staff by forming a unit funded partly by a Rockefeller Foundation grant of five thousand dollars yearly. Estimated annual cost totals around sixteen thousand dollars, replacing the present part time officer. The plan awaits formal contract and subsequent presentation.
A Wheeling item lists ten traffic commandments urging motorists to halt for children, obey brake safety, respect intersections, avoid left passing of trolleys, follow the 8 foot law, and refrain from driving intoxicated. It cites a state detour near Randolph county on Route 56 and notes Morgantown officials considering a full time Monongalia county health unit beginning July 1 after a resident petition.
Huntington selects Bishop Swint to deliver the jubilee sermon at the high mass. The mass officers include Rt. Rev. Msgr. F. E. Weber st Joseph's cathedral Wheeling as archdeacon, Father Ignatious St Alphonsus Wheeling as deacon of honor, Father P H McDermott Immaculate Conception Clarksburg as dea oris of honor, Father William Hall St Mary's Wheeling as deacon, with Father William Lee St Joseph's cathedral Wheeling as sub.
Edmund A Walsh of George Town University notes Bishop Swint’s tireless mission efforts since his priestly ordination, later becoming auxiliary bishop of Wheeling. The record cites cathedral construction, hospital drives, and the establishment of Newman Hall at Morgantown, with Sisters aiding education and health services across multiple towns.
A vivid line describes trout in swift water not merely biting but calling with force into a strike, a ravenous, murderous grab. The excerpt captures aggressive fish behavior and dramatic language.
A partial legal notice lists quarter payment due on the sixteenth, 1929, with checks to be mailed and wordy remnants about closing books or not. It mentions Owen Shepherd as vice president and treasurer.
Trust agreement authorizes Floyd Current trustee to sell a 4 acre 36 pole tract in Wallerman district Taylor County West Virginia by public auction at the courthouse after default on a deed of trust dated February 2 1928 by George Shaft and Ivy Shaffer to Flo Current trustee. Terms require one third cash one year and two year installments with notes and security. Mentioned as conveyance to Margaret D Veracrenitz in 1904 and references to railroad line and boundary descriptions.
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