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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1929

Page

2

Mother Goose and home spun tales for the very young

The piece contrasts Mother Goose with home made stories for infants, arguing that familiar daily life themes suit children under four. It notes legible benefits of simple farm, train, and grocery store tales, with lively repetition and imitative sounds to invite participation, then lists a long radio schedule ending with Guilford firemen testing hydrants exhausting town water.

Mohter Goose Mother Goose Lansilage Jack and Jill Tommy Tucker Georgie Porgy

Radio Schedule Highlights Eastern Standard Time

Program listings show WEA F New York and stations with times from 4:00 PM to 1:00 AM. Features include Half Hour of Dinner Music, Baseball Scores, The Steppers, The New Ireland, World Today, Choristers and Orchestra, Gypsies Orchestra, John Philip Sousa and His Band, Empire Builders, National Grand Opera Halka, and Phil Spitafelis Orchestra.

WJZ New York South Sea Islanders Roxy and His Gang Roxy Bil Scotte Orch Steppers the New Ireland Michael MacWhite Frances Paperte Vaughn de Leath Gypsies John Philip Sousa Marjorie Moody Empire Builders National Grand Opera Halka Ferdynand Kowalik Phil Spitafny

Adlerika stomach relief praised by Mary Decies

An advertisement claims Adlerika relieves gas from the stomach and removes old waste matter. It features Mary Decies testimony about living on malted milk due to stomach distress and states the product helps meals and sleep. Central Drug Store is listed as a point of sale.

Adlerika Mary Central Drug Store

Plane crashes and disasters across cities and nations

A fragmented dispatch lists numerous incidents including a plane crash in Muskegon Michigan with two killed and a lieutenant injured, a government inspector killed in Fort Worth Texas with another man seriously injured, and a fatal collision in Detroit where six from one family die after a train strike. Other items note a refueling endurance test in Fort Worth, critical injuries from a Cleveland clinic explosion, a two day bride killed aboard the Statue of Liberty boat in New York, and various international events from France to Mexico City reflecting wartime and political upheaval.

London Stocks Rally and Slump in Turbulent Day

New York May 20 The stock market swung hot and cold with a downward bias evident as general list rallies drew heavy selling. Higher rediscount rate talks and looming rights purchases kept broad optimism in check while rail stocks advanced on a favorable court ruling in the St Louis and O Fallon valuation suit. Total sales about 3.5 million shares.

New York Chicago Federal Reserve du Pont Warner Bros. Pictures Everest Court St. Louis & O'Fallon Chesapeake & Ohio Norfolk& Western Rose New York Central Union Pacific Rock Island St. Louis San Francisco Delaware & Hudson Atchison and Erie

First Settlers Led by Capt Booth Reach West Virginia

A historical account traces Capt James Booth as the leading figure of the initial settlers pushing from Buckhannon and Boothsville along the West Fork. It notes land claims through Boothsville and nearby creeks, with Booth commanding scouts as the region opened in 1770s. Additional early settlers, including the Pringles, Hacker, Nutter, and Lowther parties, established homes along the West Fork and Tygart Valley by 1772.

James Booth West Virginia Westmoreland County Old Virginia Buckhannon River Pringles Buckhannen Booth West Fork River Booth’s Creek Boothsville Thomas Booths West Fork Morgantown Zachwell Mrogan David Marion County Alexander Withers John Simpson Haymond Harrison County Samuel Pringle John Hacker Tater Hacker's Creek Graselfi Clarksburg Weston Tygart’s Randolph County Thomas Nutter Nutter Bingamon Hreak William Lowther Jesse Hughes Hooker's Creek Gol Hboner Zane Wheeling Weat Fork Tygart's Valley Benjamin Wilson Harrison Virginia

Overnight News Snags Hoover With Leaders On Reparations

A disrupted overnight dispatch reports President Hoover conferring with White House and Senate leaders about reparations. In New York a deadly crowd surge at Yankee Stadium injures many as rain drives people to flee. Galveston dispatch mentions a corporal.

Washington Hoover Trom White House Senate New York Yankee Stadium

Fine Program Continued From Page One

American Revolution Reno Post No. 7 Grand Army of the Republic aid Camp No. 14 Spanish War Veterans AM business houses stores and banks will be closed during the entire day according to the plans and several surprise features will be announced later

Reno Grand Army of the Repubiic Legionnaires

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