Garden projects aid poverty relief urged by editor
A letter highlights Salvation Army garden plots for poor families to grow food with support from local charities. It argues such a program could cut county aid needs, while noting a state supreme court ruling upholds the state bridge commission act enabling bonds and tolls to finance road bridges.
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Fee Grafton
Salvation Army
Clarksburg
State Supreme Court
State Bridge Commission
Hospital needs drive county and state debate
The question of adequate hospital facilities for the insane and mentally ill dominates county and state affairs. Overcrowded state hospitals strain resources while prohibition-era conditions worsen care. calls grow for substantial additions and a new hospital serving southern counties, possibly at Lewisburg or Alderson, to relieve the Kanawha region and improve humane care statewide.
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State Board of Control
Alma
Andy Dogs
Treasury
Drog
State Hospital For
Huntington
Kanawha River
Spencer
Self aid charity urged to emulate from Starksburg
A brief note in the Starksburg paper yesterday highlights a practical inexpensive self aid program in use there. The item suggests adopting the approach locally as a model of low cost charitable effort.
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Starksburg
Reimagining Toll Bridges to Fund Local Roadways
The piece argues debt financing for bridge building, envisioning a Park View structure funded by tolls. It proposes a state or private toll bridge with coin-operated gates and turnstiles to eliminate toll collectors, enabling rapid construction and feeding traffic revenue, especially on less populated roads.
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Park View
Bridge Commission
Letters to the Editor on Student Conduct in Grafton
A Grafton West Virginia reader criticizes high school boys for mocking an elderly, ill man on the street. The letter, dated May 12, 1930, urges harsher punishment for train riders who are seeking work and advocates kindness and politeness from youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Sentinel
Grafton
W.va
Florida Winter Road Trip Through Citrus Towns Reefed By Roadside Views
A traveler describes a Sunday drive from Reynolds toward Miami via Daytona Beach Cocoa Rockledge and Melbourne. The narrative notes Florida citrus groves roadside appeals and small resort towns like Titusville Horse Creek and Oak Hill, mentions buying fruit from a local grower Henry Campbell and reflects on tourism costs, winter patterns, and highway scenery along the Indian River coast.
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Reynolds
Florida
Fort
Miami
Pierce
Orlando
Sanford
Deland
State
Daytona Beach
Daytona
Cocoa
Rose Bay
Rockledge
New Smyrna
Oak Hill
Florida “For the Win House
Melbourne
Henry
Campbell
Mims P. D
Northland
Wesern
Titusville
River City
Indiana River
Floridafternoon
Inent
Indian River Territory
United States
California
Bonafede
Wholegis
Indian River Oranges
Horse Creek
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Grafton Daily Sentinel
Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company
W. VA
Howard H. Holt
Pic
Latrobe Street
Grafton Printing Co
Baty
Associated Press
Femelle
Carters
Jersey
Wakefield
Copenhagen
Jewel
Ruby
King
Harris Larry
B. F. Poe
Alaha
Hag
Ydo
Caral Street
Cad Bennesley
Ingrid Desmoulins
Howard B. Holt
Var
Texas State Highway Department
Grafton Sentinel Publishing CO
West Virginia
Etrapt
W. Main Street
Walter Ve
Maple Avenue
Hanway's
Blaney
Ulueville
D.D. Slade
Poultry Dept. State University
D.D
Kentucky Hatchery
W. 4Th St
Lexington
Lloyd Baby
Walnut Street
Gene de Jersey
Tubes Shroyer
Cecil
Mary Wood
W. Wali Saiit
Gale
R. C. McDade
Maple Ave
Knottaville Pike
Hoefery
Good’ Commission
Cyeis
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