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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1929
Page
4
A scattered collage of magazine snippets notes humor among women illustrators gaining demand in Woman's Home Companion. It contrasts thrift as a virtue in men with social pride and resentment, cites Six Cylinder Men in autos shaping impressions, and jokes about a St Louis man arrested for tossing concrete to cement friendship.
Secretary Lyman Wilbur argues education should stay state controlled while praising federal services to education. A Chicago foot specialist criticizes narrow fashionable shoe trends as harmful to women’s feet, likening them to ancient bound feet. The city announces official clean up week with plans to manage household refuse.
Pursuant to a Taylor County West Virginia circuit court decree in two consolidated cases, the Harrison Coal Company properties including 67.56 acres near Rosemont Flemington District and multiple Beards Run and Simpson Creek tracts will be sold at the Taylor County courthouse front door on Monday May 20 1929 at 1 pm to the highest bidder. Real and personal estate including Pittsburgh vein coal rights, mining tools, rails and plant equipment are described with deeds dated 1907 and recorded in Deed Book 45 and 46. Terms: one third cash, balance with interest and security within two years, with legal title retained as security. Bidder to comply with publication and filing requirements as ordered by court.
World awards honor twenty of sixty two aviators with the epochal feat of The Question Mark. Womat's Home Company leads the recognition, highlighting pioneering aviation achievement and notable performances by air crews.
A citywide clean up is urged with rubbish collected for city truckers to haul away. Residents are called to tidy private properties and streets, promising improved looks and spirit. The piece also notes Paris peace talks inching toward a compromise acceptable to the major powers. It highlights Mexican President Gil promoting temperance via persuasion and education, not new prohibitions, while closing vice centers.
A Canadian rim-runner sunk by a US patrol boat sparked official complaints but prompted calm. Both governments chose arbitration. Dominions accepts, US backs action. Public reaction stays restrained as readers anticipate a future decision. Long-range weather forecasting also discussed as a separate topic.
Georges Nestler, after years in the country, criticizes small towns for haphazard growth and monotony. He argues waterfronts are often neglected, towns blur into sameness like cars and garments, and urges cities to foster individuality through planning and localized enterprise to attract visitors over time.
Pittsburgh May 6 Carnegie Tech star quarterback Howard Harpster has signed a two year contract to coach at Shadyside Academy. Capt W A Palmer director of athletics notes negative selling cuts profits, signaling a shift in local sports leadership.
A quote from Woman's Home Companion notes two household tasks electricity cannot perform: making the beds and dressing the children. This reflects early 20th century views on household technology and labor.
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