Grafton Sentinel Public Notices and Editorial Excerpt
The Grafton Sentinel lists publishing details and editorial notices. The text includes subscription rates, imprint information, and a scattered excerpt urging honest work and national defense measures. It references communications, Associated Press use, and war industry remarks by unidentified sources.
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Grafton Sentinel
Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company
Latrobe Street
Grafton
W. Va
Grafton Printing Co
Unity and public welfare in West Virginia politics
Contending Democratic factions in West Virginia face a major question about the statehouse's future if Lewis and Neely-backed forces gain November power. The Charleston Mail questions whether a sitting United States Senator, accused of seeking dictatorship, should be elected to the highest state office. The piece notes past clashes between Statehouse allies and Governor Holt, warning that West Virginia voters must decide if Holt and his associates will avert or invite calamity.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Democratic
Virginia
Statehouse
Lewis-Neely
Charleston Mail
United States
Holt
Parwar
Byohn L. Lewis
West Virginia
eyBer Holt
Wyglp
Radio address urges calm and clear defense plan
Morgantown Post reports Henry Publisher defends levelheaded reaction to European war. He criticizes panic and urges thinking rather than frantic action. He cites President Roosevelt’s weaknesses on defense, noting reliance on competent advisers and the need to enlist industry, planes, tanks, ships, and trained personnel built in American factories.
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Morgantown Post
Henry
Life
Fortune
Ab Lie
Velt
Congress
Jbyce
Benen
Ini
Preparedness Means Sacrifice in National Program
A stark wartime editorial argues the United States must ramp up military preparedness after decades of small armed forces and reliance on others. It warns defense spending will cut living standards, require higher taxes, and demand shared sacrifice from all citizens as production and workers' protections face new pressures.
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Sliaws
Inter-Mountain
United States
Europe
Switzerland
Germany
Scarifire
Sam
Commerce Department
Kentucky
Treasury
Allied Force Advances Reported From German Front
Reports from Berlin claim encirclement of Calais and potential capture of the strategic Vimy Heights. The German southern bulge into France saw an important hillside strong point near Sedan taken and held amid aerial successes as Allied forces estimate rising prisoner numbers and war booty.
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Calais
Straits of Dover
England
Berlin
Vimy
Vimy Ridge
Sedan
Bulge
France
Gold as Money and the Kentucky Hoard Dilemma
Stewart quotes a World War era cartoon and notes the Treasury and Fed hinting that gold may lose its value as money. Townsend and Goldenweiser weigh the risk of vast gold reserves, while McCoy suggests oversupply would push society toward paper or barter if a stable standard collapses.
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Doe McCoy
Joseph 8. McCoy
Treasury
Joe
Obituary of Adolphus Armstrong Highlights Grafton Politics
Adolphus Armstrong, a colorful and wealthy Taylor county figure who shaped local politics, died February 7 1907 in his Blen Avon Hotel apartment. Born 1823 he served as clerk of the courts for 28 years, opposed the Pruntytown to Grafton county seat move, and left a contested estate. His funeral proceeded to Pruntytown. The episode is followed by a packed Opera House bill of February 1907 events featuring Billy Kersands and George F Hall with proceeds aiding veterans and theater patrons.
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Adolphus Armstrong
Magbel County
Blen Avon Hotel
Foundling
Abraham Smith
Pruntytown
Taylor County
Charles W. Newton
John S. S. Herr
Grafton
Armstrong
Tygart Valley
Main Street
Smith Cemetery
Billy Kersands
Opera House
Edian
Richards and Pringle
John McClung
Veterans’ Band
George F. Hall
On-Kee
West Main Street
Thomas Deveney
James Keenan
Latrobe Street
Sylvanus Warthen
Tom Waters
Laughland
Nancy Barnes
Fi Seaon
East Washington Street
Barrett Street
South
Charles F. W. Kunst
Sait
Drama student meets improvised stage kiss in Merrifield mansion
Jeremy Tucker a 23 year old archeology student and Merrifield grandson is roped into a springtime comedy rehearsal by Bill Bailey and Gayle Dixon. Onlookers include Benjamin Merrifield and Mr Weems as Jeremy nervously acts with Gayle in a staged embrace that turns into a real kiss under coaching. To be continued.
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Benjamin Merrifield
Gayle Dixon
Jeremy Tucker
Jeremy
Gayle
Bill
Benjamin W. Merrifield
Merrifield Copper Millions
Tempese
Juderemy
Mr. Weems
Bill Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Jhara
Mr. Merrifield
Fifth Column Extended Moves to Investigate Subversives
Senate leaders proposed a resolution to report to all government agencies on aliens they employ and to hold hearings on creating a national industrial defense corps of citizen volunteers. In the House a bill to purge the army’s civilian staff of fifth column suspects cleared to the Senate. Dies requested $100000 more for un American Activities investigations as foreign observers denied hidden air fields in Mexico.
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Senate
Reynolds
D.-N.c
He ‘d
D.-Tex
National Industrial Defense Corps
House
Secretary of War
Committee On un-American Activities
Dies
Mex Ico
Mexico
United States
Half Million Germans Die In Last Ten Days
A London short wave broadcast reported by NBC said at least five hundred thousand German soldiers were lost in the last ten days. The Paris estimate cited English circles claims the German advance from Frankfurt on the Oder was repulsed with heavy losses amid attacks on the Aisne.
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New York
London
NBC
Paris
Frankfort
Oder
Aisne
Central prose notes and oddities echo nation’s mood
A quirky jumble references presidents stamps nylon hosiery and spring in wartime era prose. It highlights media whimsy and public fascination with fame and fashion amid changing times, while a stray line mentions vitamins and odd food pairings. The fragmentary text hints at modern weaponry contrasted with dated map imagery.
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James F. Hoyt
Johns. Palmer
Associated Press
Publicat Secal
National Advertisida
E. Clayden, Inc
Thessalonis
Lexington Avenue
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
War Industries Board
Luce
Stewart
Charles P. Stewart
Uncle Sam
John Bull
Uncle Samuel
Bull
Bull Io
John G. Townsend
Delaware
Townsend
New Deal Administration
E. A. Goldenweiser
Federal Reserve System
Henry Morgenthau
Charles B. Brinkman
Dolph Armstrong
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