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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1936
Page
8
Fragmentary report notes Mary Dugan College students to return next year amid discussion of party lines and student powers in Kanawha. Mentions several names and ongoing studies, with unclear details due to damaged OCR.
An obituary notice lists Wilbir Jones and several others with service details. Funeral services are scheduled near two o'clock noon at Pishe church with Reverend Hodson officiating. Additional survivors include Mrs Laura Sinus Pyiewe and Mrs Ida A., among others, with burial arrangements pending and a hospital connection noted.
Fragmentary OCR notes show names such as Wyeogks and Waldo Gut at a business event. Mentions Indigo, Kelly Age, and Trat Ula with references to a Hedin Fuk and Hae company and a local business gathering. Unclear details and dates remain.
Fragmented OCR text indicates a coal company issuing orders for barges and transport of coal or ore. Several garbled place names and numbers appear, with references to a company at Prost and Wisner. The readable parts suggest logistical actions and local details without coherent dates or figures.
A plan to install nine foot peg barges in the Kanawha river project is discussed. Miller states the Ice Winfield camp should be completed within a year and the company can use steel parges immediately once light and passage through Heiver al stage. The fleet includes four steamers to assist passage when the river opens and loaded capacity is available.
A daughter Persy Jean was born to Mr and Mrs R J Isbell at South Charleston May 26. Mr and Mrs F N Leavitt of Spencer Street South Charleston are the parents of a son Alfred Norton born May 30. A daughter Eleanor Marie was born to Mr and Mrs Manuel Pritt at Spring Hill May 26.
Independence Rock in Wyoming earned the nickname Registry of the Desert for the many pioneers who carved their names on its granite surface marking a historic trail landmark and memory of westward journeys.
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