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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1928
Page
4
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The West Virginia delegation faces internal strife over naming a new national committee member. Prohibition stakes split the Democrats, with dry and wet factions clashing and threatening to return home unhappy. Officials urge safety lamp laws and fireworks controls to reduce mine disasters and holiday injuries.
The Philadelphia Record lauds Pennsylvania for expanding wildlife protection through wise legislation and enforcement. It notes 84 preserves plus 67 auxiliary refuges, and cites a sevenfold jump in resident hunters from 262,255 in 1915 to 520,574 in 1926 and nonresidents from 532 to 3,505, arguing the state leads in game abundance and hunting popularity.
Paris June 28 The chamber of deputies backed the Poincare government by 420 to 150. Forecasters had predicted Poincare's fall after franc stabilization as anti government forces pressed to release Alsatian deputies Rosse and Ricklin from prison to test strength. The premier refused to yield.
The country has been saturated in recent days by alarmist reports of an impending cabinet crisis, prompting debate over the government’s stability and the merits of a confidence vote.
Chicago probate dispute over Edwin B Jennings in which Edward C Koester claimed secret marriage rights to a $6,000,000 estate. Circuit Judge H Sterling Pomeroy rejected Koester and awarded the inheritance to eight Jennings cousins after two years of litigation. Earlier petitions to prove a missing will failed in probate court.
G Washington June 28 BP Walking, if it ever was an art I will go on be a Test one. There is now one automobile for every 60th person in the world, the commerce department finds. Two years ago every 66th person had one. The estimated world population for 1928 is 1,900,000,000 and there are 29,700,000 automobiles in operation. The high percentage of machines in the United States brings the ratio for 1928 to one car for each five persons, while Abyssinia has one car for every 91,743 people. If the United States were excluded, there would be one car for every 277 people.
Paris report states Alfred Fronval, France's most famous stunt pilot, lost his life in a fatal accident on June 28. Details remain scarce as officials investigate the runway mishap and air show mishap aftermath.
A Brown and Dyer carnival announces a baseball game between carnival stars and Baltimore and Ohio shop representatives Friday at the Athletic Field. Miss Sara Catherine Lucas leads Miss Virginia Day?and a long list of contestants for Miss Philippi and neighboring towns. A pilot died in a Vincennes fair crash while performing aero maneuvers, the previous world loop record now exceeded by Charles Holman.
A June 28 report from Faulkton notes a west territory windstorm damaging farm buildings and power lines with an estimated total loss of 70000 dollars. The Waterman elevator, operated by farmers, was destroyed for about 15000 dollars, with further livestock and farm building damage cited.
Alexander Finnie, 60, of East Liverpool Ohio, was fatally injured when struck by the Wheeling Express on the Panhandle railroad near Carnegie. Finnie was working near Carnegie at the time of the incident.
Senator Curtis Republican vice presidential candidate leaves Washington for Providence Rhode Island to visit his daughter Mrs Knight Jr at Greyholm Farms for a week or ten days. Mrs Knight a delegate to Kansas City convention seconded the nomination. Curtis plans to return to Washington briefly before heading to Topeka Kansas to receive the committee and notification of his nomination.
A faulty ignition is believed to have started a fire that damaged two Chevrolet touring cars owned by P. M. McCracken on Route 5 near Main and Bridge streets yesterday around five o clock. The blaze burned several minutes as onlookers gathered and workers from the Commercial Garage used extinguishers to quickly subdue the flames. The damage was limited and the driver moved the car shortly after.
Market update from Pittsburgh on June 28 listing hogs with 180 to 250 pound range at 11.25, light pigs 9.00 to 9.50, rough sows 8.00 to 9.00, cattle 50 count unchanged, steers 14.75, calves 9.00 to 13.00, lambs 2.60 to 6.0. potatoes 98 count weak, Virginia and North Carolina staves 1.75 to 2.25, Ohio Marietta cabbage cars 1.25 to 1.60.
To Whom it May Concern I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by anyone but myself. June 25 28 30 B Brown Buffalo N Y June 28 Henry A Leusch elected supreme president of the Knights of St John Cleveland today.
Public auction at the Taylor County Court House front door for 100 acre tract in Fetterman District. Parcel conveyed to Minnie E. Kearns by deed dated May 7 1920. Terms: cash on day of sale and credit terms six and twelve months with notes secured by the State of West Virginia. Commissioner J B Burdett announces sale details. Publication June 21 28 July 5 12 1928.
Des Moines reports Margery Oliver Beem, a speaker at the American Home Economics Association, says many mothers buy with emotion rather than intellect. She notes under 50 percent know how to buy wisely, seeking durability and comfort but prioritizing an expensive appearance at a low price.
Lake Wales Florida June 28 veteran of the 63rd Congress B W Barber reading clerk to the house during the antislavery amendment passage in 1863 and said to be the oldest survivor of that Congress died here today He would have been 100 years old next Tuesday
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