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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1934

Page

5

Classified ad rates and sample listings from Sentinel

Classified advertising rules set pricing per word with two cents for the first insertion and one cent for subsequent insertions. Minimum charge 45 cents. Examples show FOR SALE OR RENT notices including 6 room house on Route 60, 5 room cottage, 10 room house, and musical instruments. Also listings for Dahlias and a WANTED-PAINT SALESMAN seeking hardware and roof paint distributors. commission basis. Listings include addresses and contact names or phone numbers.

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Teachers of Barbour County Schools Named

The Barbour County school board lists numerous teachers and principals by district or school including Bolton Helen G Hughes Id Aufhaus Lenore Hillyard Ili R Ware Edna Roger Dennis and John Rosenberger with site leaders like Ratcliffe Kathleen Edwards Vivian Corder Jessie Etranderman Jessie Haddix Pauline Woodford and many others. The board re employed W. D. Gall Jr as district county superintendent for the coming year and notes janitors drivers and other staff will be announced in July.

Dickenson Lillian Jackson Arden Ersel Glenn Murphy Edna Snodgrass Pelton Elizabeth Stemple Meadowville Martha Gainer Digman Clyde Phillips Normal School Carl Burner Sand Ridge Wayne Phillips Pleasant Hill Irene L. Moore White Oaks Grover C. Harris Corley Edith Wilmoth Hunter's Fork Lulu Valentine Shawkey Warren Phillips Helen Barre the View Carl Gainer Mountain View Blair Jones Ten Mile Alma Shockey Ethel Harris Stringtown Lillian Rosenberger Hoffman Fred Shaw West Point Joe Coffman Garner Valley Howard Dugan Valley Furnace Alea Howdeshelt Nestorville Gay Marsh Mount Morris Samuel Shingleton Locust Grove Lindseyvolle Middle Hil James Wilson Meatsville Eva Oling Georgia Shaffer Danville Gail Shroyer Wood Stouts Stone Coal Dallas Long Spawlick Jessie Hedrick Ebenezer M. Wood Stewart Overfield Pauline Stalnaker Volga Paul Martin Opal Bartlett Peel Tree Jos Corder Crites Sue Morrison Upper Indian Fork Brill Strader Wood Coral Mae Geulentz Ha’ Leslie F. McGee Chestnut Grove Georgia Lantz Chestnut Ridge Betsel Harris West Virginia Barbour County

Virginia farmer Bloxom champions fair wages and cash payments

The article profiles Virginia farmer Tom Bloxom urging fair wages for farm labor and cash-only purchases. It details his plan to ensure workers share profits, criticisms as radical, and his practices of paying tenants $1 to $1.50 a day, provisioning a year-round kitchen garden, and organizing a community hog kill while discouraging store debt.

Tom Bloxom

Puzzle theme and word list from Saturday’s cross word

A scanned cross word page fragment lists clues and answers, including references to an ancient race Viper, city in Nevada, Greek letter, body bones, and terms like wings and marches. The jumble shows numbered across and down clues, with many garbled letters and partial phrases from a 20th century puzzle page.

Viper Vatervalles Shereen Nevada Cote Jand Pehrearane Monte Ele Renal

New Deal wage talk prompts rural home pay case

Mr. Bloxom comments on urban return to work and the need for higher wages at home to ensure a fair share under the New Deal. The piece references rural product demand and the necessity of paying better wages locally for mutual prosperity, with delegates named from Taylor County and Grafton context.

Mr. Bloxom Taylor County R. Eskew St. Paul's E. Church C. Fe Grafton W. U He” Flesher Letha Stoops Myrtle Bartlett Pruntytown

Charges Called Irregular Hearings In Treasury Case

The proceedings were irregular and no hearing was given before charges were publicized. H. H. Dumbauld of Uniontown, U.S. district attorney for western Pennsylvania, presented the case to grand jurors. Melton said he was in the dark about charges while Atty. Gen. Cummings asserted he knows the basis for the treasury's additional assessment.

Treasury H. 8. Dumbauld Uniontown United States Western Pennsylvania Melton Gen. Cummings Treasury Department

Girl Breaks Wrist In Fall From Swing

Dolores Price, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Price of Maple avenue, bruised nose and face and broke a wrist after falling from a tire swing at home last evening. She was swinging with Peggy Warder, 13, when she fell onto her face and arm. The fracture was reduced and Dolores is resting well today.

Dolores Price Leland Price Maple Avenue Peggy Warder Anna Warder

Three Race Horses Shipped From This City

Three young race horses bred by John Anderson of Lexington Kentucky were loaded onto a Baltimore and Ohio train today bound for Belmont Park in New York for initial speed tests. Two fillies and one gelding traveled under two trainers who planned to move the horses on to New York unless a sore or kick halted the trip.

John Anderson Ofington Baltimore and Ohio Mont Park N. Y New York Dhar Sant Chicago John Dillinger Desperado Liberty Little Bohemia

Dillinger Gang Chased By Police Broadcast Over Radio

Chicago May 6 police radio reported John Dillinger and members of his outlaw gang were chased by detectives on a Side street during this afternoon chase.

Chicago John Dillinger

Food Market Advice on Budget Cookery and Seasonal Produce

Budget cookery centers on tougher cuts, long braising, and slow cooking to tenderize meats from forequarters. Spring seafood, onions, carrots, celery, peas, green beans, asparagus, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, and fresh fruits like cherries and melons appear plentiful and affordable. Seasonal dinner menus feature braised Chuck Roast with mashed potatoes, onions, radishes, rhubarb, strawberries, coffee.

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