Subscription Rates and Fatal Hunting Mishap Details
Carrier deliveries cost 30 cents weekly while mail rates in advance run 9 dollars per year six months seven eighty and three ninety for three months outside Virginia and West Virginia 15.60 yearly. A shooting accident killed a minister and a hunter in separate woods incidents described with details of injuries and death alongside notes on Congressional funding delays for the 1950 military budget.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Mounts Wanders After Being Shot In Blood Trail Tale
An unsettling account unfolds from a blood trail as authorities recount Mounts wandering after a shooting. Mingo County Deputy Sheriff Joe Hatfield leads the investigation with details unclear from the fragment.
Congress faces sexiest funding squeeze in 81st history
Congress discussion on crop insurance public works planning and hospital aid highlights a record appropriation jam cited by Wherry as the worst in congressional history.
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Wherry
81St
Congress
Elizabeth's Will Sparks Family Tensions at Boston Home
In a Victorian New England setting Proctor Harlow mediates a tense family moment over Elizabeth Barlow Coomes's will. Marvell Coomes disputes Proctor's claims as executor while Ben tangles with Proctor about Katherine’s future, leading to a planned contested filing and a possible move to New York. The chapter ends with Marvell preparing to depart and Proctor silent and wary.
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New England
Proctor Harlow
Slater
Elizabeth
Katherine
Proctor
Quinany
Torlure
Marvell
Nushing
Barlow House
Bad’ Huter
Wenai
Ben
Fanny
Eliizabeth
Emily
Proctor's
Rip
Mar- Vell
New York
Dod
Proce ‘Tor
Elizabeth Barlow Coomes
Marvell Coomes
Benjamin Hall
Barlow
Marvel
Barlow Trust
Barlows
Boston
Bar Harbor House
Kit
King Features Syndicate
Pieck Elected President of East German Republic
Wilhelm Pieck aged 73 was chosen as president of the newly formed East German Democratic Republic during an inauguration in Berlin lit by flickering torches. Russian authorities signaled that the new Communist government would govern the German Red zone.
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Wilhelm Pieck
East German Democratic Republic
Berlin
Feud Turns Deadly As Wilcox Household Involved
The feud's first fatality is Samuel David Wilcox, 26, with Parker kin tied to a faction leader serving 18 months in Kentucky for illegal whiskey transport. Ongoing investigations touch senate five percenters and Navy Air Force differences amid MOONSHINE tab inquiries.
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Senate
House
Tabs
Parker
Theodore
Pap) Parker
Kentucky
Samuel David Wilcox
Radio and TV Tonight Summary List
NBC-8 offers Gordon Macrae music show at 3 30 and Exio Pinza at 9 10 Screen Directors Playhouse. CBS-8 features Inner Sanctum at 8 30 Godfrey Talent Scouts 10 My Friend Irma. ABC-7 30 Lone Ranger 8 30 Buddy Weed Trio 10 Kate Smith Show. NBC-1 30 Morton Downey 10 Quiz Kids. CBS8-8 Conrad Nagel Theater 10 Studio One The Storm. ABC-1 30 Author Meets Grile s 9 30 Chicago Barn Dance. Dumont-8 30 Al Morgan Show.
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NBC
Gordon Macrae
Howard Barlow
Exio Pinza
Don Voorhees
Screen Directors Playhouse
CBS
Friend Irma
ABC
Buddy Weed
Kate Smith
MBS
Straight Arrow
Morton Downey
CBS8
Conrad Nagel
Studio One
Dumont
al Morgan
Mrs Ellen Leathee obituary service at Knotts
Mrs Ellen Leathee dies with funeral service on Tuesday at 2 p m at Knotts Funeral Home officiated by Reverend M J Hannon burial follows at Bluemont cemetery friends may call at Knotts Funeral Home
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Ellen Leathee
Unbeaten Teams See Ranks Depleted As Season Plays Out
The ranks of the major unbeaten and untied teams will be depleted this season. Notre Dame and Tulane are among 18 major programs with perfect records as college football moves forward.
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Notre Dame
Tulane
Japan
Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company Adopts Winding Up Resolution
At an October 10 1949 stockholders meeting in Grafton West Virginia the Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company unanimously adopted a resolution to discontinue business and surrender its charter to the state The second resolution assigns debts and assets to Alice B Holt who will convert remaining property to cash pay all debts and distribute the balance pro rata to stockholders after certain conditions The third resolution requires publication of the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in Grafton and certification to the West Virginia Secretary of State.
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Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company
West Virginia
G. W. Ford
Loar
Grafton
Taylor County
Grafton Sentinel’ Publishing Company
Jendees
Sail
Alice B. Holt
Aid
Alice B. « Holt
Gratton Sentinel Publishing Company
West ‘Virginia
Alice B Holt
Grafton’ Sentinel Publishing Company
Classified Ads Summary of Small Items for Sale and Services
Classified notices list items for sale including baby carriage fur coats and a 1947 Mercury Club Coupe with radio and heater. Also offers coal and Pittsburgh coal with delivery and contact numbers. Includes a reward for a billfold, and a rose bushes offer by McClung Bros. Rose Nursery Tyler Texas. Advertisements emphasize cash in advance and pricing per word with minimum charges.
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Don’ Shoemaker
Willie Nestor
Notice of Sale of Land Tracts in Taylor County WV
Decree of the Circuit Court of Taylor County WV issued October 13 1949 in State v Line Heirs et al No 36 directs sale of numerous land tracts and coal and O G interests listed by parcel in Booths Creek Lost Run Pleasant Creek and other districts. Sale at courthouse steps Monday November 7 1949 at 9 00 AM standard time to highest bidder for cash unless redeemed with deeds conveying various owners and heirs named in the notice.
Feud Violence Ends In New Gunfire Toll
Reports describe Jim Sunbush and George Trutley dying from rifle and shotgun fire after a Daisy Mountain feud resurfaced last year. Several houses a restaurant and a car were shot at but no injuries. Parker’s slaying followed a brief quiet period as tensions flared again.
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Jim Sunbush
Daisy Mountain
George Trutley
Parker
In Memoriam for John Shields Sr Tribute Card
A family memorial for John Shields Sr who died a year ago on October 16. The verse honors a beloved father and husband with memories and love that endure, asking angels to watch over him while family members express ongoing sorrow and affection.
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Orear
John Shields
Sale of Delinquent Lands in Taylor County West Virginia
Notices state that by order of the court Mary E. Brown et al No 31 the delinquent lands in Woodford Court House District assessed to Grafton Industrial Company will be sold for cash to the highest bidder at the Taylor County Court House on Monday November 7 1949 at 9 o clock A M Lots 7 8 12 to 23 inclusive of Block 28 and Lots 6 7 8 Block 38 described as deserted lands with interests thereto to be sold unless redeemed Deputy Commissioner of For for Taylor County 10/17-24
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Circuit Court
Taylor County
West Virginia
State
C. E. Galliher Helrs
O&g
Booths Creek
Goodwin
Mary Handsmaker
A. Mineral
L. A
Gus J. Lambert
N. Culfry
Sarah Linn
River Run
Florence & J
Hustead Fork
Benjamin C. Riley
Rose Riley
Enogh
Wom L
Eugh Riley
O& G
Zella C
Williams
Hustead
John
W. N. Wilkon
Pleasant Creek
Valley River
Gbutt
Eogabeth
Court Virein- Morgan
Woodford
Court House
S. A. Shackelford& Son
Circuit Court of
Mary E. Brown
Said County
Grafton Industrial’ Company
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Grafton Publishing Company, ‘Inc
Latrobe Street
W. Va
B. MacLeod
Eldora M. Bolyard
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National Representatives Inland Newspaper Representatives, Inc
East 42Nd Street
Eas
Field
Hatfield
Mounts
Justice
Greenbrier Creek
McDowell Country
Senator Doolittle
Uri
Hunter, Beatrisnt
Charleston
Big Otter Creek
Clay County
Cel
Orion Chamberlain
A, Mead & Company
Knotts Funeral Home
The
Sentinel
Lincoln St.p
West Main Street
Pittsburgh
Newburg
Chester Miranda
W. P
East Knotts Avenue
Mate
Wilford Street
Bath
Main Street
Fort Pitt
Charles J. Fregoe
Myersville
Wayne School For Practical Nursing
Dunbar's
Sanford
Fla
McClung Bros
Rose Nursery
Tyler
Texas
Nannie E. Line
B. R. Court House
Nannie E. Sine
Wendel
Nannnie E. Sine
D. Parcél
R. W
Shelby 'Run
Sturm Coal ‘Co
W. O. Sturm
Snider Coal’ Co
Shelby Run
Sturm Coal Co
Snider Coal Co
Ulysses Troy Worring
W. O
Flemington
Delmar Coal Company
A. Simpsons
A. S
Odal
L. Bk
Delmar
Delaney
Fetterman
Samuel M. Elder
John B. Glenn
Three Fork
Fetter ‘Man
Laurel Run
James Haymond
Vailey River
Harry Friedman
John Walther
Flrst
N.Y
INO
Fairmont
Gene Dalkiness
Mr Bigck
Memoriam
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