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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1934
Page
4
A brief publication note outlines advertising rates and submission rules. It mentions word limits for anonymous letters, rates per word for first insertions, and deadlines for same day ads. It also notes removal notices and standard publication practices.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a widow with four children threatened with eviction while others in the county lack basic necessities. The text railingly contrasts neglect by officials with supposed public benefactors, lamenting a perceived great day of inequality.
A woman was found linked to an assault near an underpass where tailor worker Delmonico, aged 62, was killed. The report notes heavy heels and a battering incident, with references to license plates and upcoming plate changes set for June 1.
A diary entry describes a morning walk to the park cottages, noting spring growth, park improvements at Grafton Park, and calls for enhanced upper parking plus more benches and picnicking facilities. It urges immediate West side road upgrades toward the dam site, including grading, widening, and tarvia surfacing, to withstand floods and future traffic. The writer also visits Bert Clelland and Roy Kiger’s Maplewood Golf Course, praising recent work on the seven hole course and progress on the eighth and ninth holes.
An article lauds the Maplewood golf course near Grafton West Virginia offering season paid-up memberships and advance green fees at a low rate. It urges local support to improve the course and highlights a plan to finish aging infrastructure and press for road surface upgrades along the Marion county line.
In Wheeling Intelligencer a witty column weighs Governor Kump and Senator Henshaw as likely 1934 humor contenders for the Ballads. It notes Henshaw’s plea to aid railroads via tax relief and praises Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio for strong finances during hard times.
A garbled voter solicitation lists numerous individuals with titles and addresses, including Gawthrop Mrs Pearl Foley Virginia Leamon Catherine Washington Mauller Selah ML Boyd Mahaffey Sarah Lila R Miller Chauncey Newcome Bertha Richmond Mary F Bruntytown Russie Ruth Welch Wilrale Ave. A sweeping call to win big prizes circulates amid scattered place names and stray numbers.
Teron sale notice from the department of Family Mutual Benefit Association in Phoenix Arizona promoting a non profit life protection program. It details a $1500 mutual benefit policy with annual 318.00 per year for non medical coverage ages 5 to 15 across all races and invites inquiries for particulars.
Notice from Commissioner of Accounts L J Loar executor of Week Loar deceased and Meéata Folio administrator of Tresa Fillo deceased for final settlements. Dates given May 7 1984 and May 1 1934 with other executors and committees named and declared by William P Samples and John E Burdett.
Rates set at two cents per word for first insertion and one cent for each additional insertion. Increases must be consecutive and in regular column style. Minimum charge is 48 cents. Each initial number counts as a word. Example 521 counts as three words. Advertisements limited to proper classifications. Errors reported immediately. The Sentinel not responsible for more than one incorrect insertion.
State Beles reveals 3 129 000 loaned to West Virginia farmers by the National Farm Loan Association up to May. A secretary treasurer says the loans help farmers pay debts and obligations under the Federal Land Bank in Baltimore. Huntington politician William P. Lioy ina announces Democratic bid for U S representative in the Fourth district, backing Roosevelt, relief for farmers and labor, opposing war debt cancellation. Prosecuting Attorney J Blackburn Watts and Kanawha County staff win a medal for outstanding law enforcement in 1939. In Wheeling, John Wills alias Clark is sentenced to death for first degree murder. execution set for Friday, August 17, with removal to Moundsville prison. Wills protests innocence.
Huntington reports Dr. M. P. Shawkey announces Louis A. Johnson of Clarksburg, former national commander of the American Legion, as the commencement speaker for Marshall College. The graduation ceremony is set for June 4.
Ivan Wolford of Washington DC sues Harley Dixon and Edna Dixon of Piedmont for 20000 dollars alleging his wife was injured May 27 1933 when Mrs Dixon's car collided with another on Martins Mountain east of Cumberland. Attorney H G Shores represents the plaintiff.
A 10-year-old boy, Charles Maynard, is critically wounded in a woods shooting near the Kenner McCoy Coal Company mine. The gun discharged by a 15-year-old playmate last Saturday, sending the boy to a hospital in critical condition.
Charleston expects 4000 tax delinquent land tracts to be redeemed in May with 6000 to 8000 more in June. The uptick follows a legislative act lifting penalties on redemptions before June 30, according to Charles E. Barnett of the auditor’s land department.
Fragmented crossword clues read across with many garbled words and partial phrases. Names and terms are jumbled, making it unclear which clues or solutions are correct. The readable portions hint at puzzle entries but lack coherent structure or complete answers.
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