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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1954
Page
7
In Meriden Connecticut 35 high school girls volunteered as unpaid babysitters to enable parents to participate in civil defense activities. The offer supports the city's defense program and showcases youth civic engagement during a time of heightened preparedness.
In the Circuit Court of Taylor County West Virginia Jacob Mayle is commanded to appear before Judge W Merle Watkins in Grafton at ten o'clock AM on June 3 1954 to show cause why a peremptory writ of mandamus should not be issued against William T Flanagan Assessor to compel listing 18 acres worked out coal for Floyd A Sturm and Ethel R Sturm on the Taylor County Land Books. Dated May 12 1954 by W Merle Bailey Taylor County Circuit Clerk.
Sale of household furniture set for Saturday June 5 at 2:00 p.m. Includes beds dressers a round dining table burnside stove kitchen range and other items from the former home of the late John and Dora Miller Wion Ridge.
Bargain time clearance at Thomas Furniture offers discounts on doors living room suites beds tables stoves refrigerators and more. Located at 301 Barrett South Side the sale features new rugs and various household items with everything must go.
Fragmented crossword style item plus a humor anecdote about a sleepy New England village old codger who moves next door. The piece mixes clues with a joke about a husband on a business trip and a saloon room problem.
The text notes Dr Charles Mayo from Rochester cites blood pressure rising during Army McCarthy hearings. It mocks public sentiment, mentions a Viking horn of six quarts for seafaring pirates, and jests about banana prices after a New York dock strike. It also notes London birthday jokes and a tally of 902 wars in 2,500 years.
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