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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1929
Page
8
An vintage advertisement extols Moone's Emerald Oil as a cure for swollen ankles varicose veins and leg soreness. It claims antiseptic healing for ulcers old sores and broken veins and promotes purchase at Red Cross Pharmacy and other drug stores.
Clyde A. Cole, 49, cashier of the First National Bank of Shinnston, shot himself in the right temple at Jack High's barber shop on Pike Street and was taken to St. Marys hospital in Clarksburg. He had previously been cashier of the Grafton Bank and later the Shinnston bank, with a family long connected to local business. The motive remains unknown as doctors say his condition is serious but improving.
In Shinnston banker Cole shot himself after being found conscious. Mayor Wyatt and Police Chief Carter aided him to St Marys hospital while Dr Russel Coffindaffer followed by ambulance. Bank examiner Charles Green and attorney Hardin Harmer arrived to review Cole's accounts, deemed satisfactory.
Berkeley California police chief August Vollmer is named professor of police administration to head a new department at the University of Chicago. The appointment begins October 1 and follows plans for a similar school at Northwestern University. The department will study crime detection with resources from medicine chemistry physics and anthropology. Criminology studies will be integrated with the new department.
Ten days after shearing is advised as a good time to dip sheep for ticks lice and other skin parasites. The barn interior should be sprayed concurrently to control pests and protect flock health.
Local farmer-poultryman D V Hickman reports a giant egg weighing four ounces and measuring eight and a half by nine and a half inches with another egg inside. He suspects a single hen among twenty owned by his wife laid it, and the case has caused much talk in Grafton as the damaged egg yielded a second egg inside.
Carnegie Tech students faced arrest after a campus clash during the annual senior ducking. About 500 students clashed with police, injuring several before officers and later reinforcements restored order. Arrested were Carlton Pearch 28 Leo Paul 24 and G. A. Rote 24. The incident followed the ducking prank and occurred on the Carnegie campus last night. The American Legion will hold Decoration Day memorial services at Montgomery.
Quillen B. Young aged 78 of Fetterman died of a heart attack at his home Wednesday morning. Retired farmer and French Methodist Church member survived by wife Ollie Sinsell Young, four daughters Margaret Young Adrian Ohio Clarence Lee and others, and four sons James B Cuero Texas F.C. C. A. Young Pittsburgh. Service at home Friday 10 am and at Methodist Protestant Church French Creek with burial in nearby cemetery conducted by Jos Payne of Weston.
Charles Mayle, resident of Tone House section, who attempted death by his own action two weeks ago and was rushed to City Hospital with a slashed neck and a shotgun wound, disappeared last night. Sheriff W. J. Mays said efforts to locate him have been futile as nurses had called police during his illness.
Reports say Mayle rested while hospital staff planned to send him to Weston for mental derangement. A lunacy warrant was obtained then revoked, with county officers ready to exam him after dismissal. His wife was present at the time of the accident, and a planned search with Sheriff Mays focused on the Stone House area where he may be hiding.
An early morning dynamite blast severed the water main supplying Elizabethton Tennessee and the American Bemberg and American Glanzstoff rayon plants. Sheriff J M Moreland identified George Crow as the man who warned of the blast the night before and Crow was arrested. Separately notice announces T Stanton DeMoss will operate DeMoss Gas and Battery Station at 229 Barrett Street Grafton West Virginia with storage by the month and light repair work available to the public.
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