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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
7
A Portland shop advertises reduced prices on poultry feed and related items. Menu includes chicken mash, grain meals, bone meal, alfalfa and sugar feeds, corn products, and various hay grades. Lists multiple brands and price per unit, with flour brands also noted.
A fragmented essayish piece discusses a boy at a zoo misreading an Austrian eagle's two heads, a quote about fate from Corra Harris, and a critique of rut fixation. It notes how fate can derail plans, and urges women to join clubs and seek new interests to stay young and vibrant.
Government moves toward sandstone for the proposed post office, with bids from firms in New York Philadelphia Lowell Boston and others. Advocates argue sandstone withstands coal-smoke pollution better than Indiana limestone, and local sentiment favors sandstone despite higher costs.
Waynesville North Carolina resident Mr Fr Hectras praises Thedford's Black-Draught for curing indigestion and heart trouble alike. He says it restored health after other medicines failed and would not be without it. The ad touts digestion as key to good health and claims 70 years of use making Black-Draught a popular vegetable liver remedy.
The text argues motherhood as a trying epoch and pushes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a tonic for women’s health. It also discusses sandstone as a favored building material, praising native sandstone’s durability and citing examples in Grafton Clarksburg Fairmont and Pittsburg, with officials planning further political advocacy.
A man resembling the Abe Martin character faced police court in Indiana, denying drunkenness charges. Deputy Prosecutor McCarty and Judge Collins observed the scene as the man explained his farming background from Hendricks County, denying any relation to Kin Hubbard. The judge dismissed the drunkenness charge.
In English Illustrated a visitor asks why Thomas Hardy is pessimistic. Hardy says fate’s cruelty becomes clear with age and happiness is fleeting. He rejects overt optimism as cruel and humbugging, arguing fiction needs merciless honesty even if painful.
Misa Frances Stern of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology promotes home microscope use to aid meal preparation. She argues the tool can help the housewife work more intelligently and diagnose bread failures, and distinguish wool from cotton and silk fibers to avoid deception.
The commentary notes that the young widow of Col. John Jacob Astor will wear white for mourning, signaling a broader rethink of modern mourning. It argues sanitary concerns and health impacts of traditional attire may drive changes in how society expresses grief. The observation suggests a period of social debate as customs adapt to new norms.
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