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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1933
Page
4
The Vermont legislature votes two to one to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment, becoming the 256th state to endorse the liquor trade shift. The month long drive toward repeal accelerates as other states inch toward the historic change before Christmas. A doctor reportedly identifies a virus linked to sleeping sickness in the central Southwest amid growing epidemic concerns.
The article lauds a female physician’s discovery as a milestone in medicine while noting society’s anxiety about women in high level science. It contrasts her achievement with sensational crimes by educated women and recalls recent storms and economic shifts impacting the era, including Ford’s wage move and Cuban politics.
The Clarksburg Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously against the West Fork river flood control dam near West Milford, Harrison County, saying it would flood half the county’s best farmland. The editorial urges regional focus on local resource development and warns of repeated neglect of West Virginia’s mountain wealth.
Col. M. L. Crimmins began a lecture on snake bites but was bitten by a water moccasin. The talk was paused yet served to illustrate his theory that snakebite deaths stem from fear rather than venom. The piece cites the New York Herald Tribune on rattlesnake bites and notes that courage may influence outcomes, while whiskey is not a remedy.
Eastern botanists launch a expedition to the mountains of West Virginia and the Carolinas to locate rare American wildflowers scarcely known to science. The plants are familiar to mountain locals but little seen by the wider public, highlighting the region's unexplored wonders.
A West Virginian reprints Fairmont Times items on drunkenness arrests to argue 3 2 beer is intoxicating. The pieces show no link to beverage causing intoxication and compare other papers that dispute the claim. The editorial effort fails to prove 3 2 beer intoxication.
By order of the Taylor County Circuit Court trustee John K Burdett will sell at public auction on September 30, 1933 at 1:30 PM the two acre tract with dwelling fronting the Grafton road near Knottsville District. The sale is cash and is for property once conveyed to Ida E Jacoby and R Barr by deed of April 23 1917. Balance of terms set by the court.
Eight persons are reported ill with sleeping sickness in Ohio as the state health department seeks funds and intensifies efforts to arrest drunks to enforce fines. Tests of 3.2 intoxicating powers have failed to yield any reaction. The snippet notes ongoing health concerns and police pressure amid the illnesses.
Writer Colin Hewitt infiltrates the Mosk underworld in search of crook Clarkie Laws. He gains entry to the Mask's gang and its Wine Presa headquarters. Buck O Mara assists in a plan to dispose of a Canadian rum runner who hijacked the Mosk’s river counterfeiting operation.
Colin resists fear as he joins Buck O Mara and Benny Malone for a risky night aboard Dollaire s schooner. He ponders Lazarre’s fate and the Mask s power while Buck and crew prepare a deadly confrontation with Dollaire and his men.
Dr. Finley Van leads efforts in the communicable diseases division while Dr. Harold J. Knapp, Cleveland health commissioner, announces five new cases and two deaths in five days. Additional cases are reported in Painesville, St Clairsville, Cincinnati, Toledo and Unity. A patchwork quilt measuring 11,280 pes in size is described as crafted by Mrs. A. H. Elliston of Hereford, Texas.
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