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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1930
Page
2
Me SB THORNE recounts a six month stomach illness worsened by sour stomach and bloating. After trying Konjola, two bottles relieved abdominal pain, improved appetite, and boosted strength. The ad claims Konjola heals stomach liver kidneys bowels and rheumatic pains in six to eight bottles, sold at Grafton Drug & Chemical Co and other towns.
Obituaries note Baltimore Thomas B Bond a railroad pioneer engineer and judge. Brattleboro VT Colonel J Gray Estey aged 68 president of the Organ Company. The ages and roles hint at notable industry and civic figures from the era.
A narrative about children boarding a plane for summer holidays with the Little Black Clock guiding them. It promotes air travel and air hotels with health baths, plus a radio schedule listing performances from 6:20 pm to 11:00 pm featuring orchestras, programs, and shows across stations like WABC WBAL WOR WJR WEAF and more.
Eastern Standard time programs from AP list multiple shows and hosts. Wavelengths shown with call letters WEAF and WJZ, including orchestras, vaudeville acts, and comedy segments scheduled in the afternoon and evening.
The Supreme Court held that transporting liquor cannot trigger confiscation under internal revenue laws where prosecution has not begun. Rulings from North Carolina and California require proceeding under prohibition laws before seizing an automobile. Richbourg Motor Company and Davies Motors argued that without conviction under prohibition, seizure under tax law would let financiers recover vehicles. The court’s stance affects lien holders and potential recovery of seized autos.
Rival factions in West Virginia University junior law class elect their own officers after a split vote. Lyle Jones of Bridgeport named class president. Abe Haddad backed by another faction elected vice president. Senior, junior, and sophomore elections also held with officers for 1930-41 to assume duties next September. Names include Thornhill, Zurick, Rogers, Trelogan, Kump, Smith, Latham, Cook, Richard, Messmore, Heed, Kelley, Perryman, and Darnall across Charleston, Monongah, Morgantown, Buckhannon, and other locales.
Ingvald Bing Anderson of Berlin New Hampshire, once eastern ski jumping champion, was hanged in Sydney New South Wales today for the murder of hotel night clerk Dub Lig Rehberg.
Shinnston high school commercial department students excel at Wheeling state typewriting contest. Margaret Joseph won first in the individuals, typing 56 words a minute and earning a gold medal. A second team, Evelyn Curry and Myrtle Tarleton, placed second with a silver medal.
A prominent Unis county farmer credits World's Tonic with curing ten years of catarrh affecting his throat stomach and nerves. He reports improved sleep heart palpitations and foul breath after using several bottles and urges others to get a bottle from Court Pharmacy and druggists.
The complete program for Garrison school's eighth grade graduation exercises was released by Superintendent Harold A. Rice. The services are set for Wednesday evening May 28 at 8 o'clock in Warren Methodist Episcopal Church. Professor J. K. Jefferson of Sumner High School Parkersburg will deliver the address on The Kind of Education That Counts. Five graduates Nellie Reynolds Shater Dabney Leon Lewis Daisy Hall and Falyville Dabney will receive diplomas from Attorney Harry S. Friedman. The program includes chorus invocation address and diploma presentation.
Grafton resident H I McDonald and Clarksburg’s E Harvey celebrate escaping injuries after their Buick sedan and Dodge roadster collided on the Grafton Clarksburg pike near Pedler's run Monday evening. McDonald faces a charge in Squire Wittman’s court. eye witness Roy Sinsel saw the crash. Rosier’s garage wrecker towed the Buick.
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