Considerable Criticism of Raleigh County Court
The Raleigh county court faces strong criticism following a disputed recount after a West Virginia Supreme Court ruling. Democrats gained seats in state senate sheriff and house races, while Beckley minister Ritchie Ware was upset. Joe L. Smith won state senator by eight votes, and Juddy Meadows became county clerk. Tensions rise as ballots linger with Democrats in control of the county court.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court of Appeals
Beckley Divine
Ritchie Ware
House of Delegates
Mike Matheny
Ware
Supreme Court of West Virginia
Joe L. Smith
A. W. Holmes
Smith
Preacher Ware
Mercer
Monroe
Summers
Cottle
Monte Phillips
Juddy Meadows
J. Tom Daniel
Tragic Railroad Death of 16 Year Old Tom Hall
A 16 year old boy, Tom Hall, was killed beside the tracks near Delorme yesterday morning. His mother, accompanying him, witnessed the horror as both trains passed. Hall died from crushing injuries after rushing to shield his mother from the oncoming engine. The family, living near Alnwick, faced a bereaved Christmas as they prepared to bury him. The accident occurred when Engineer 296 could not stop in time as two trains passed simultaneously.
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Tom Hall
Delorme
Hall
Alnwick
Thacker
Williamson
Thacker Station
Dynamite Blast Kills Two Workers in Lincoln County
A 50 pound dynamite case was moved near a fire to warm for blasting rock when it exploded injuring three laborers. Shelton Blake and Ennis Johson, subcontractors, were blown apart and parts of their bodies found up to a hundred yards away.
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Shelton Blake
Ennis Johson
Lincoln County
The Southern Art of Conversation
A reflection on Southern conversational culture versus Northern life. The piece emphasizes hospitable gatherings around fireside chats, village stores, and local papers as spaces for witty, vivid discourse free from hustle. It links conversation to leisure, Cavalier tradition, and regional climate and social habit.
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KE. G. Murphy
South
Sour Milk Cow Tale Tricks Gullible Visitor
A newcomer to the country visits a farm where a farmer regales her with a joke about a sour milk cow. He claims they cut a cow’s tail to keep milk sour, insisting the sun’s heat on the udder turns milk sour, a tale the woman doubts.
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New York
Burial Alive Myths Debunked by Funeral Directors
Dr Woods Hutchinson notes in American Magazine that the danger of being buried alive is exceedingly slight. He cites undertakers who call such reports myths and claims investigations found past cases to be fakes.
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Woods Hutchinson
American Magazine
National Funeral Directors’ Association
Legs and the Alps Limerick in Swiss Hotel Visitors Book
A traveler records a witty limerick in a Swiss hotel visitors book about dashing young tourists with knee length trousers. It riffs that covering the calf would be better, noting the humorous sight of mountain climbing costumes and their scrawny legs.
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Alps
Nuts as Food and the Advantage of Purity
Nuts offer a clear advantage as food due to their freedom from adulteration. Purchases in-shell remain clean, ensuring consumers know exactly what they are getting.
Light and Hope Amid Dark Clouds of Evil
A reflective quotation by Channing on finding rays of light and hope within suffering and temptation. It speaks to wisdom and love shaping the sublimest purposes even in evil. The lines emphasize perseverance, moral insight, and faith guiding through hardship.
At His Expense
She Jack states the hospital was built entirely at his expense while his uncle cut him off with a hundred dollars and left the rest to fund the hospital. The exchange prompts reflection on virtue vs intent and the remedies people pursue for past wrongs.
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Jack
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days By Paso Ointment
Cured in 6 to 14 days or money back Paso Ointment promises relief for itching bleeding or protruding piles with guaranteed results.
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Raleigh Cort
Carlyle
Whistler
Glasgow Corporation
Eliot
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Pedigo’s
E. S. Pedigo
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
A. Va
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