Pioneer Mining Plants Continue
The Tierney Mining company near McDowell county blends rugged terrain with coal era enterprise. Dr L H Clark survives as secretary while L E Tierney Jr leads policy focused on worker welfare and fair credit. The Thomas Coal & Coke company in Crane Creek Mercer county began 1901 under W H Thomas with Nos 1 and 2 pits still active employing about 250 workers and led by John J Fox as secretary treasurer and manager.
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McDowell County
Mingo
Tierney Mining Company
Mohawk Coal & Coke Company
L. B. Tierney
L. H. Clark
Pp. W. Strother
Eyven
Colonel Tierney
Clark
L. EB. Tierney Jr
J. L. Tierney
L. E. Tierney
J. L. Huddleston
L. E. Tierney Jr
Thomas Coal & Coke Company
Crane Creek
Mercer County
W. H. Thomas
William Beary Sr
L. C. Hansborough
Salem
Thomas
Crystal
West Virginia
G. H. Patton
William Beary Jr
John J. Fox
Associated
Colonel Thomas
Fox
Senator Johnson Pledges Support of Administration
Washington December 13 Senator Hiram Johnson the California independent senator said he would back the Roosevelt administration’s program. He warned the nation faces dire economic peril if the policy is not pursued and described a realigning social revolution that elevates merit and dethrones 1929 captains of industry with labor gaining influence.
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Washington
Hiram Johnson
Capitol
Johnson
Mother's Guiding Life Shaped Wynekoop Daughter's Path
In this memoir fragment Dr Catherine Wynekoop recounts her mother's steady influence during her education and start in medicine. The piece covers early longing for school, family support, letters from home, Christmas and Thanksgiving memories, and the push toward a medical career amid dance and romance.
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Catherine Lindsay Wynekoop
Catherine Wynekoop
Walker's Marriage and a Doctor Path in Chicago
The excerpt centers on Walker's marriage during his freshman year at the University of Chicago, the narrator's vow to pursue a medical career, and the influence of St Katharine's cloistered setting. Mother urges Mary and the narrator to have a profession to support themselves, as they join the Chicago Children's Players with Walk and Earle.
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Walker
Earle
St. Alban’s
Sycamore
Ill
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Dad
Oak Park
St. Katharine’s
Nenport
Davenport
Mary
University of Chicago
St. Katharine
Walk
The
Chicago Children’s Players
Talent for Dancing Shared by Mary and Mother
Mary McPherson and her mother developed a dancing talent admired by friends. The writer reflects on skill, memory, and the lingering question of how good they truly were. The piece presents a personal reminiscence of family artistry.
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Mpherd
Mary
Mother
Charleston approves charter bill expanding town council appointments
Charleston West Virginia December 18 legislative action approves amending the Charles Town charter to let the town council appoint certain officials. The senate, under suspended rules, adopted the measure already passed by the house and made it effective immediately.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charles Town
Senate
House
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