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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1930
Page
7
A job seeker writes that they have not had a job and are willing and able to work in housekeeping cleaning trimming shrubbery and all related tasks. The notice asks readers to fill out a form and bring it to the Employment Editor for confidential consideration with no cost.
An elderly Roanoke man testifies to Orange Brand Tonic for 72 year old strength. After four bottles, he reports improved appetite nerves stability and energy. He credits tonics and nuggets with regular bowel and liver function aiding sleep and mood. Ad promotes local Grafton Drug and Chemical Co and Yost drug stores with date May 27 28.
Federal Judge Francis G. Caffey ruled that Jamaica ginger extract containing 81 percent alcohol is intoxicating liquor in an appeal by the government against Nomel Products Company Inc. The decision affects a nationwide issue on illicit spirits and their legal status. Separately, the University of Alabama student talent pool produced Hugh Starling a right handed pitcher now signed by Atlanta in the Southern League.
Esra by Alice Judson Peale argues that mothers overly dramatize daily events and reading aloud, creating tense, nervous children. She advocates a calm, even cheerful home and relaxed adults to support proper play, companionship, and growth for youngsters.
A Columbus flour company sales manager used a telephone to reach a Roanoke customer and sold ten carloads worth 17500 in under four minutes. The cost was 2.10. A Baltimore rubber house salesman made 22 out-of-town calls, landed 12 orders totaling 2500 with 7.50 in call costs.
West Virginia coal mine fatalities totaled 36 in April, nine fewer than March. Roof falls and coal falls caused 21 deaths. haulage seven. electricity three. gas dust explosion one. mining machines one. Fatalities spread across 15 counties led by McDowell with eight deaths, followed by Logan four and Fayette, Marion, Raleigh with three each.
Charleston May 28 report from State Fire Marshal C C Stahlmann shows April yielded no fires in Brooks Calhoun Clay Hancock Hardy Jackson Mason Mineral Monongalia Pleasants Pocahontas Preston Putnam Summers Taylor Tyler Tucker Webster Wirt Wyoming counties. The star Arcturus radiates to earth one ten millionth of the heat of one candle at one meter.
The article notes that over two thirds of the world’s telephones are privately owned, with the United States leading in total lines and a density of 16.3 phones per 100 people. It highlights Canada as the only nation nearing US density, at 13.7, followed by New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, and others with lower figures. It also states Germany ranks second in absolute numbers but has only 4.6 phones per 100 population.
A historic note advises the Employment Editor to set appointment dates to the most prospective employees at least three days after an offer. The guidance emphasizes timely communication and formal scheduling practices to secure candidates.
A 1920 overview states 1 to 3 telephones per 100 people in Japan and South Africa lead their continents, while U S rural areas average 12.6 per 100. Canada and Europe trail. It lists 25 countries connected by Bell systems as of April 3 1920 and notes rising cross border conversations.
Chicago architect Frank Lloyd Wright promotes glass walls for skyscrapers and plans to display a model with the Architectural League of New York. Reports note music hopes in Philadelphia, Stokowski experimenting with television, and aviation landing-field ideas via television. Hazel Forbes blond and Neva Lynn brunette appear in a Ziegfeld show. Forbes divorces Judson while Lynn plans to marry him. Edinburgh clergy object to royalty golf and Sabbath impact.
Fragmentary OCR recalls a Civil War era clash with General Pickett and Union lines under heavy fire. Numbers appear garbled but reference a large assault and significant casualties among officers and enlisted men.
J D James of Weston West Virginia credits World’s Tonic with restoring his health after years of stomach trouble and catarrh. He reports better sleep, appetite, and energy after three bottles, calling it a God send to working people who dig for their daily bread. Sold by Macy, Union Drug, and other local druggists.
Warner Brothers presents John Barrymore in The Man From Blankley’s a first talking comedy adaptation of N Austeyl. The English farce features strong cast led by Young with Albert Gran William Austin Emily Fitzroy Dick Henderson and others under Alfred Green directing. The plot centers on a chaotic Tidmarsh dinner and a beleaguered uncle amid witty lines and human humor.
Washington May 28 A 13 year old girl from Cornell Bluffs Washington De en Jensen won the $2 gold first prize in the national spelling bee Ruth Des Jardin 18 Detroit took second after erring on alms and 350 third prize went to Mildred Froning 12 Sol Bend Ind missing goals flagration The event was sponsored by two papers in cooperation with NBC.
The article recalls the Battle of Gettysburg with three brigadiers killed and ten others wounded, noting 8 747 Union graves at the national cemetery spanning 25 000 acres. It describes the battlefield as a national park since 1895 with five steel observatories, rifle pits, and hundreds of monuments, including Lincoln's 1863 dedicatory address.
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