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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1919
Page
8
Government guidance on food conservation paired with household efficiency ideas. Leonard Ceanair Refrigerator priced from 44.00 plus white enamel interiors. gas ranges 42.50 and up. kitchen cabinets 24.00 to 53.50. porch furniture from 2.25 to 4.25. Kaltex fiber furniture and Davenport options emphasize saving time, labor, and space for homemakers.
Clarksburg West Virginia based Palace Furniture and Piano Company offers free truck deliveries to residents. Local shoppers can arrange home delivery for furniture and pianos from the store’s catalog.
Sarajevo, March 25, AP. The Bosnian city, famed as Archduke Ferdinand's murder site, hosts U S Food Administration and American Red Cross fields. War relief, medical supplies, and clothing flow to Ragusa, Spalato, Fiume, Mostar, and Sarajevo as typhus rises and hunger bites villages. Americans mingle with diverse nationals. Bosnians seek liberty and US support for national unity.
Premier Isadore oHlubowitz of Ukraine says the Inter-Allied Mission favored Poles and failed to resolve the Lemburg armistice. He argues Ukrainians fight for Lemburg, seek recognition, and blame Paris officials for not aiding their bid for statehood amid Balkan-like tensions.
Public Service Commission order issued yesterday grants a rate rise for the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company across West Virginia, excluding Harrison county. Natural and domestic services in public buildings and industrial use will be 32 cents per thousand cubic feet, less two.
A New York fashion note urges smart summer styling with varied frocks and hats. It highlights two distinct dress types, interchangeable details, coordinated accessories, and the growing popularity of capes for morning to evening wear. The piece stresses fit, line, and construction over mere decoration to avoid sartorial monotony.
Rates for Taylor county consumers set at 30 cents per 1000 cubic feet for domestic use, 28 cents for schools and public buildings, and 25 cents for industrial use, with a 2 cent reduction for prompt payment. A decision on industrial rates is postponed due to a protest by U.S. Freeman. The piece discusses rigid airships with 2500 mile ranges and the relative efficiency of medium sized airships versus large airplanes, noting a 500 horsepower Nort Sea class vs a 1106 horsepower giant airplane.
British experts forecast future aircraft utility lies in air frames rather than planes themselves. Current designs limit nonstop payload to about 1000 miles, with practical ranges of 500 to 860 miles. Pirships prospects discussed amid turbulence in early aviation theory.
Harrold Wamsley a 10 year old of Elkins, W Va, is in a local hospital with a bullet wound to the head. He was playing with a reputedly unloaded revolver, tripped and fell, causing the weapon to discharge and wound him. His condition is described as serious.
Public Service Commission ordered Tyler Traction Company to place car loads of material for unloading on side tracks at Middlebourne for the Bartlett Ellsworth district in Tyler county or be recalled from Wheeling. A hearing was held and a decision was signed. April 25 report notes the board’s action and rationale.
A preliminary meeting of World War service men will be held in Charleston on May 2 to organize an American Legion chapter in West Virginia. Delegates will be chosen for the St. Louis convention. Eligibility includes service between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, with Lieut Col Jackson Arnold acting as temporary secretary. West Virginia will have 12 delegates, two from each congressional district.
Frank Hinkins of R L Clark Co reports the death of his mother Mrs Lonnie Hinkins at her Strasburg home at 12 30 last night. She was 75 years old after a long paralysis illness and is survived by her husband and four children, all grown. Frank Hinkins travels to attend the funeral. Ernest Hinkins, a nephew, is ill and cannot attend.
Grafton Lodge No. 638 members voted to invest 1000 of lodge funds in Fifth Liberty Loan bonds to start county subscriptions. The lodge, planning a new lodge home on Washington Street, is in prosperous condition and willing to support the government loan drive.
The grand jury, late starting Tuesday and finishing Wednesday, returned two felony indictments, none for misdemeanors. George Smith, colored, charged with forging a check on J B Brydon, and Charles R Durbin, embezzlement in his role as Gratton Bank president. This small batch may set a county record for few indictments in years. Prosecution plans on Durbin trial are unclear and likely not to proceed this term.
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