Coalwood residents face injuries and jail in county incidents
Sandy Bates faces a $50 fine after an assault charge and remains jailed. Injured in a passenger train collision were H C Keller with internal injuries and his son Jesse with a broken pelvis and other relatives treated at Welch hospital. A finger amputation occurred to Alex Carrington after catching a motor at a coal company facility. A marriage license was issued for J Bo Brewet and Amanda Stanley.
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J. Bo Brewet
Ee Amanda Stanley
Coalwood
H. C. Keller
Grace Hospital
Welch
Clay Keller
Charles
Jease
H. C
Jesse Keller
Bartley
Pondreek Pocahontas Coal Company
Frank Keller
S C Grose Named to Memorial Committee
S C Grose former Brown's Creek high school principal Welch and summer term teacher at Concord State normal Athens was named to the West Virginia university alumni memorial committee for the coming year William Hogg Williamson joins the committee Carl C Sanders Beckley was named to the publications committee The church fund at year end October 6 1928 stood 18755 91 with donations for missions and charities 7525 58 totaling more than twice the 3000 capital TRUE FEMININE SCRAP Hair pulling contests occur in Waukesha Wisconsin Mrs Harriet Grube wins but loses 20 dollars while Leora Weise a teacher is accused of unfairness and awarded 20 damages against Grube
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C. Grose
Brown's Creek District High School
Welch
Concord State Normal
Athens
West Virginia University
William Hogg
Williamson
Carl C Sanders
Beckley
Waukesha
Wis
Harriet Grube
Leora Weise
Grube
Coalwood Team Heads to Fairmont Tests in Rescue Meet
Five competitors from Coalwood mine 251 of Consolidation Coal win division at Coalwood meet with 799 points 99.871-2 percent. Team led by captain A B Price includes J Miller Ray Todd W M Bleyina J R Littoral MM Simones West Robinson Jeff Rigorie Samson. Trained by P D Turner and R G Thornburs, they enter Fairmont contests with six divisions.
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Consolidation Coal Company
Coalwood
Fairmont
Fairmonts
Allos
Thev
W. Vadent
van Lear
Somerset, Pa
Frostburg
Kansas City
Charleston
Coslwood
A. RB. Price
J. Miller
Ray Todd
W. M. Bleyina
J. RR. Littoral
MM. Simones
West Robinson
Jeff Rigorie
Amson
P. D. Turner
R. G. Thornburs
Welch Briefs Mixed Local News From Camp To Chautauqua
Co. and Puckett seek help locating his wife Mrs Willie May Puckett after he lost his right hand in an Canebrake accident last Friday. Ninety McDowell County Girl Scouts return home from Camp Miriam Houston near Kimball with director Miss Bess Badgett and eight instructors. Chautauqua program set for Temple Theatre with Geisha Girls quartet, lecture on foreign affairs, and Tamaki Miura performances. Mrs L B Wrenn hosts a bridge party in Welch before moving to Richmond Virginia. green and pink color scheme noted. Miss Hazel Daniel and Mrs E K Wilkinson win the top prizes.
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McDowell County
Miriam Houston
Kimbs'l
Bess Badgett
Oretha Boone
Bernice Payne
Thelma Johnson
Virginia Partlow
Mary Katherine Richter
F.C. Cook
Lulu Witt
Lioyd
Temple Theatre
McDowell Effert
Geisha Girls Quartet
Tamaki Miura
L. KB. Wrenn
Welch
Richmond
T. Jackson
James Ries
Hazel Daniel
EK. M Wilkinson
Kruschen Diet Ads and Local Notices in Patchy Record
A fragmentary newspaper page shows an advertising pitch for Kruschen salts claiming fat loss and health benefits. The remainder records local society notes, prize events, and multiple names, with a court sentence for a bad check and personnel moves in business in Welch, Kimball, and surrounding towns.
Miner Al Ward Dies From Injuries At Koppers Coal Mine
Al Ward, 24, colored, of Keystone, died at Grace hospital from internal injuries suffered Wednesday afternoon when he was struck by a motor in the Koppers Coal company mine where he worked. He was taken to the hospital for an operation in serious condition. He was single and funeral plans were not made. The body was sent to Pation Undertaking, Keystone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Ward
Keystone
Grace Hospital
Koppers Coal Company
Pation Undertaking Establishment
Evidence Complete in Keller Damage Suit
At the county circuit court adjournment the case of Lena Keller versus Norfolk and Western railway remained undecided with all evidence in. The suit seeks $10,000 for the death of her husband in an April 1 accident at a private crossing on Flat Top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Keller
H. C. Keller
Norfolk and Western Railway
Father of Local Man Dies in Newport Virginia
Word reached Welch that R. Y. Payne 40 father of W. C. Payne of this city died at his Newport Virginia home at 5 a m Thursday. He is survived by four sons and two daughters Services were set for 2 p m today with interment to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
R. Y. Payne
W. C. Payne
Newport
Mia. Payne
Georgia Shepherd Held on Government Forgery Charge
Georgia Shepherd residing in Gary ia has been in the county jail awaiting transfer by a deputy marshal from Elizabeth ton Tenn to face trial on a government forgery charge. She is accused of forging a government check. arraignment occurred yesterday before Hoagland French after being traced to the county by a U S marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Shepherd
Gary
Elizabethton
Tenn
Church Financing Plan Grows Elizabeth Gresham Brown Fund
The Elizbeth Gresham-Brown fund at Ponce de Leon Avenue Baptist Church, started by George M. Brown in 1906 with a $200 principal, has grown to $18 755.91 as a model of benevolent capital for future pensions for ex church workers and others.
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Atlanta
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Elizabeth Gresham-Brown
George M. Brown
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S. C. Grose
Welch Briefs
Girl Scouts
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J. C. Inn
H. BE. Payne
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Ben Gay
George Sutcliff
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J. W. Slack
T. F Henritze
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M. Burgess
Mies
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Huntington
Bob Farris
J. T. Hicks
E. G. Gibson
C. W. St. Clair
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G. T. Carter
Harry Walker
Joe Joyce
New York
W. C. Crook«hanks
John W. Child
Gill
Harold K. Cline
First National Bank
F. H. Kirchner
Co- Riley
Pont L. A. Riley
Welch Clarence Saunders
Comet Rice
West Virginia
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Virginia
Kip” Riley
Comat Ice
John Crenshaw
Kimball
King Coa! Company
Howard L. Smith
Dry Fork River
Keller
Newport, VA
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