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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1930
Page
4
Readers are informed that communications to the editor should not exceed 500 words and that anonymous messages will not be paid. Advertising rates are available at the business office. First insertion costs two certified words. subsequent words are a cent each. Same day insertions must be in by 9:00 a.m. An extra 5 cents per inch applies for after 9:00 a.m. composition. Removal notices must be submitted by 6:00 p.m. the evening prior.
A faith driven appeal urges residents to sign petitions for a county hospital levy while praising the old site’s years of service and arguing a new, well equipped facility would greatly improve care for sick and injured. readers are urged to support a modest tax increase as public benefit.
A diarist recalls a Daytona Beach morning from sunrise on the pier to chats with fishermen, a Detroit couple, and locals in Florida. The narrative blends travel scenes, hotel glimpses, and seaside outings with snapshots of estates, gardens, and social notes across Daytona and Ormond Beach.
Opinion argues public funds for a new county hospital are justified by the jail’s example and the need for order. It urges citizens to sign petitions to county court, ensuring a life saving, enduring, public hospital for all time.
Geneva May 13 France and Italy discussed naval problems with Britain observing and aiding. Aristide Briand hosted a luncheon for Dino Grandi Italian foreign minister while Arthur Henderson British foreign secretary offered good offices. Observers hoped a compromise formula would emerge before the preparatory disarmament commission meets November 3.
The ceremony at Quincy Massachusetts marks the keel laying of the first of two luxurious Matson Navigation Company liners built at Bethlehem Steel Fors River yard. Gov Frank G Allen attends as the event highlights the 300th anniversary of the Old Bay Colony with the old custom of cere moni I laying revived. The 632 foot, 17500 gross ton ships will reach 20 knots, include swimming pools, talking motion pictures, and are the largest ships built in an Eastern yard for Pacific service.
An advertisement extols Orange Brand tonic and Golden Nuggets as a cure for indigestion and constipation, featuring Harry Hoffman of Wheeling West Virginia recounting years of stomach misery overcome after using the remedy. It promotes local availability at Grafton Drug and Chemical Co and other drugstores. The second fragment describes travel plans and a trip toward Miami with a continuation promised tomorrow.
Des Moines authorities press on in a continued search for Evelyn Lee's slayer after her body was found near a wooded area on Des Moines outskirts. Police focus on a unidentified suspect who has molested local school children in Des Moines over the past month and has been missing since the previous Friday.
The administratrix of W L Young will sell May 24 1930 at 228 West Washington Street items including stoves a trunk rug folding day bed cooking set and a Chevrolet car with cash terms. A separate chancery sale offers a real estate parcel near Flemington West Virginia fronting 80 feet on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with terms of one third cash and two deferred payments. Both notices name W L Young and John L Hechmer as special commissioner.
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