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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1929
Page
2
A reader notes the value of hands on crafts to keep children engaged during long vacations. It suggests affordable activities like copper and metal work weaving pottery and block printing, with guidance from the school crafts teacher.
A dense listing of radio broadcasts across stations WEAF W4Z WOR WJZ and others detailing orchestras programs and hosts through the evening plus a notice asking All Boy Scouts of Troop 4 to attend a meeting Friday May 24, 1929 at 7 30 p.m with reminders to arrive by 7 20 for a scheduled 30th of May planning session.
Notes show the Democratic executive committee’s opinion on primary laws and voter eligibility. Three gubernatorial hopefuls Pollard Mapp and Page stump Virginia, while anti Smith Democrats loom as an unknown factor. The GOP contends three Republican congressmen were elected in 1928.
The report covers a domestic dispute with Johnson allegedly striking his wife on July 4 triggering her departure. He faces desertion-related suit while a separate residence-relocation note hints at cost-saving measures and ongoing tensions within their household.
The report details an endurance test where damage to the fuselage fabric was repaired midair by Jensen as he claimed, Clarke withdrawing after Airman Jensen demanded full flight control. Card, one inventor of the refueling device, planned another demonstration while air traffic since 1919 surged from 691 to 60,000.
East Grafton presents a page of graduation program items including recitations, songs, and salutatory acts. Notable names such as Loridean Himelrick Bertie Drennan Anne Bright and Anna Howna Olgas Will are listed alongside the class roll and colors Green and White.
The fragment mentions Richard Nash Burrows linked to Chicago figures and a claim by police about killing Jack Martin in Mesa with a reference to Aziz a salesman. Details are unclear, names incomplete, and event context missing.
A historic recipe outlines fat and sugar creamed together, then beaten eggs, vanilla, lemon extract, mace, salt, milk, flour and baking powder folded in. Nuts added. batter spooned into greased muffin pans and baked slowly about twenty minutes for moist results.
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