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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1929
Page
2
A reflection on how exposing children to personal remarks and public attention harms their self respect. The piece argues that adults wander into children’s privacy without noticing and that such behavior damages a child’s sense of self, potentially shaping them into wary or stunted adults. It urges respect, privacy, and protective boundaries for young ones.
The page lists radio schedules for New York Cleveland and other cities with programs across stations like WJZ WABC WEAF and WBAL. It notes host lineups including Rudy Vallee George Olsen and the Metropolitan Symphony and announces a new Radio Institute at West Virginia University with lecture by physics professor Robert C Colwell.
A science demonstration uses olive oil and water to reveal a permanent acid film that stops a toy boat. The presenter explains how such films support the idea that invisible matter has definite shapes, akin to bullets or people, and discusses implications for education. The show prompts praise from D W Griffith who noted the moment as unforgettable.
A fragmented report describes censor ship blocking details from the French frontier. In London Hyde Park, police rescued about twenty students amid a May Day confrontation with Communist members. Antwerp saw clashes between Stalin and Trotsky factions with arrests. The piece also recalls 1904 rail ambitions of George Gould and the Pittsburgh & West Virginia line expansion by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The text reports on a bridge plan by the Pittsburgh & West Virginia to complete a trans continental link, mentions the Gould system’s dismemberment, and cites court outcomes for Folsom convicts. It also covers varied items from a Beverly Hills attack to a bank hold up in Annapolis and a prohibition violation involving a Chicago club hostess.
The Kiwanis Club continues with a speech by Mr White affiliated with Jane Sheppard College Normal and a prominent state Kiwanis official. He tours the state visiting Kiwanians in this district urging action on a thermometer sales as summer approaches.
London dispatchs May Day reports claim a revolutionary plot was discovered in Barcelona. Widespread arrests followed as troops were confined to barracks and several demonstrators were wounded. The exchange telegraph from Perpignan, southwestern France, cites the discovery and cautions measures across the continent.
Br W. E. Snyder, editor of the Religious Telescope official organ of the United Brethren, notes that his predecessor Dr. J. M. Philippi, who served twenty five years, has departed the post. Ian Hoosier is named in relation to the transition.
A vintage prose poem celebrates infant serenity and maternal care with imagery of soft warmth and dreamlike quiet. The author Frances Falk Miller likens a sleeping baby to spring’s bud and birds, while recalling Home Life magazine style soothing reflections.
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