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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1939
Page
4
Eleanor, a 38 year old narrator, returns home to Phil returning from vacation. A Christmas eve scene unfolds with gifts from family and a felt sense of growing intimacy. The couple exchange gestures and plan a future as a domesticated duo.
The West Virginia Agriculture Department merits praise for publishing a vivid map of the state. It highlights highways, cities, forests, parks and scenic points, and shows distances to eastern population centers. Properly distributed, the map could become the state’s best promotional tool.
The Morgantown Post discusses the New York World's Fair opening and the theme show of today’s achievements shaping tomorrow. It notes initial skepticism but fact finds the fair a potential eyeopener, with exhibitions illustrating what is now available though not yet widely used.
The Cumberland Times urges people to raise flowers and vegetables for joy health and home food. It notes some fail to thrive due to unsuitable spots pests blights and poor location choices despite following standard advice.
RCA Victor introduces 44 extra value features for 1930s radios led by improved silent automatic electric tuning. The feature promises instant accurate station tuning at a push of a button and is available across most models sold locally by Lear Jewelry on West Main Street. It also highlights Magic Brain and Magic Eye for better station capture, cross modulation suppression, and silent tuning, plus combination Victrola and radio units and new elegant cabinets.
John S. Burdett led Taylor County's first 1850 census listing 4834 residents, 168 slaves and 69 free people. The survey recorded 818 dwellings, 833 families, 219 single men and 68 orphans, with extensive surname tallies and birth origins across Ireland England Germany and more.
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