Grafton Sentinel Publishing Details and Rates
Grafton Sentinel published weekdays in Grafton West Virginia. Publisher is H. Holt with offices at 102 Latrobe Street. Subscription prices listed: daily by carrier 1 month, daily by mail six dollars per year, daily by carrier eight dollars forty cents per year, daily six months by mail three dollars, daily single copy three cents, daily three months by mail one dollar fifty. Also notes Associated Press affiliation and submission guidelines for letters and classifieds.
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Grafton Sentinel
IG Company
Grafton
W. VA
Howard H. Holt
Latrobe Street
Grafton Printing Co
Mail
Associated Press
Daper
Decoration Day plans and cemetery improvements debated
A community debate in Grafton weighs plans for a broader Decoration Day observance, funding the Bluemont Cemetery project, and building a concrete road to the cemetery. Residents urged timely payments, while the Weston State Hospital controversy and Clyde Beale murder case draw local attention amid calls for accountability and prudent justice.
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Grafton
Bluemont
Knotts Ave
Christiana Street
Elvic
Potatoes and Fruit Suffer From Frost in West Virginia
Coffman May 23 Frost damaged crops along the region back from the river. Potatoes killed or scorched as vines turned brown and black. Lewis Phillips had hoeing done earlier and anticipated a strong start before frost ended the gains. Fruit crops suffered severely in several sections with some killed entirely.
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Coffman
W. Va
Lewis Phillips
Frult
Champion Orator Notes Fruit Abundance In District
The Champion Orator reports James McCue with many cherry trees sees all but one tree killed while one bears plentiful fruit. Corn pushes through cold damp ground and roses bloom, signaling the region is not far behind in growth.
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James McCue
Boy Kills Playmate Over Iron Dispute Trial Granted
Mrs. Fitzpatrick testified that a Mihan boy threatened to shoot Cecil over iron, a chair toppled a shotgun from a wall, a gun fired wounding Cecil who died later. The defense sought a jury trial fearing reform school, jury selected. Cecil died after being taken to hospital.
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Cecil
Reform School
Vanhouse
Carl
Multimillionairess Dies In Chicago May 23
Mrs Julius Rosenwald wife of the Chicago mail order executive and philanthropist dies after an extended illness.
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Chicago
Julius Rosenwald
New York Fed Keeps Rediscount Rate at 6 Percent
The New York Federal Reserve Bank announced no change to its rediscount rate, leaving it at 6 percent, as of May 23. The decision maintains the key borrowing cost for banks and signals monetary policy stance amid market conditions.
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New York
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Small Child on Trial for Murder in Kentucky
Paintsville Kentucky May 23 A jury found Carl Newton Mahan six and a half year old son of John Mahan railroad fireman guilty of manslaughter in the killing of his playmate Cecil Vanhouse after an altercation over a scrap iron piece. Carl said the older boy took the iron from him and he shot in a struggle.
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Beale
State Supreme Court
R. D. Bailey
Williamson
Circuit Bench
West Virginia
Damron of Huntington
Conley
Clyde Beale
Wheeling
Intelligencer
Paintsville, Ky
Carl Newton Mahan
John Mahan
Cecil Vanhouse
Carl
Cecil
State Medicos Name W E West West Virginia Officers
Martinsburg West Virginia May 1920 Dr W B West Huntington councillor of the Southern Medical Association was elected president of the West Virginia State Medical Association at the close of the association's thirteenth day meeting White Sulphur Springs was chosen for the 1920 convention Other officers elected include Dr A Bruce Eagle Martinsburg first vice president Dr R V Shamb lin Gary second vice president Dr F F Scanlon Morgantown third vice president Dr T M Barber Charleston re elected treasurer
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Martinsburg
W. Va
May
W. B. West
Huntieton
Southern Medical Association
West Virginia State Medical Association
Gary
Morgantown
T. M. Barber
Charleston
Capture of prisoners ends Upshur jail escape
Buckhannon May 23 three of the eight prisoners who escaped from Upshur county jail on May 19 were taken into custody today at Wheeling, according to word received here. Only two remain at large after three had been captured earlier.
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Buckhannon
Nidh
Upshur
Wheeling
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