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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1919
Page
5
Friday notes list many residents traveling and visiting relatives from Grafton to Baltimore Newark and Fairmont. It records military movements including overseas arrivals and discharges, engagements and hospital stays, plus local social visits and travel to Washington and Fox Hall.
The West Virginia and Roads Federation adjourned after choosing Parkersburg as the state headquarters. Tom H Bowman of Huntington was elected secretary and J B Wiles of Parkersburg named secretary. A 110 member county campaign committee will guide bond issue support for 50 096 900.
At Asbury Park New Jersey in June 20 report Dr Horace Packard of Boston University notes a floating kidney decline as corsets moved from the waist to the hips. He links the era of the floating kidney to tightly laced waists and claims the condition appeared mainly in women about 15 or 20 years ago. As corsets loosened with emancipation the ailment diminished.
Samuel Gompers was re elected today president of the American Federation of Labor in convention here.
Martinsburg June 20. J A Butler and associates of Washington DC have purchased the Cherry Hill orchard near Falling Waters for 90000 from Frank Ammert and associates. The deal reflects steady land values in the region and expands Butler’s agricultural holdings.
The American Federation of Labor in its annual session adopted a resolution favoring restriction of immigration during the upconstruction period. The meeting was held in Atlantic City.
Paris dispatch reports the supreme military and naval council at Versailles debated replacing German and Polish troops stationed at Danzig with Allied soldiers. The meeting followed concerns over twelve alien families unadjusted due to jurisdiction, handed to the alien property custodian for final disposition.
A grand Coat of Honor for the Grefton exposition will feature four twenty foot tall white columns, twenty four inches square, with thirty six inch bases, spaced twenty feet apart. Each supports a top ornament and four large flags, illuminated by hundreds of lights. The centerpiece bears Welcome, dedicating the court to World War heroes from Taylor county.
A Saturday report details a break in at Red Cross Pharmacy owned by A A Holt in Grafton. Thieves removed narcotics from a rear cabinet after entering through a rear sash and exiting front door ajar. Police and city officials investigated with no arrests yet.
In Wheeling district a father, John Sallers aged 40, was instantly killed by a lightning bolt while sheltering his 6-year-old son in the cellar of their home at Sherrad. The storm forced them to seek refuge on the floor as the bolt struck.
Atlantic City reports a General Organizer of the American Federation of Labor urges national unity to rebuild postwar democracy. He warns of continued European unrest and radicalism, calling for steady American leadership, economic reform, and restoring dollar value to stabilize the world. A Virginia wedding follows, detailing Ruth Sherrill Bishop and Harry Doney Phillips tying the knot in Pulaski with plans to reside in Grafton.
London dispatch reports that wartime rings combines and trusts now influence Grease Certain industries. Findings by a government appointee under Sir Auckland Geddes, Minister of Reconstruction, focus on how to handle vast trade forces in the near future as a major problem for government circles.
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