Do You Remember Charleston Gazette 1950 reminiscences
Do you remember when the Charleston Chamber of Commerce moved in 1904 into the old Kanawha Banking and Trust Co. building and opened to members. recollections include William Burdette’s Courier editor era, John Newhouse as a policeman, 1898 patrols, 1892 floods at Mayor Thomas’s home, and 1870s ice dealers on Elk River with horse drawn delivery.
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Charleston Chamber of Ommerce
Kanawha St
Kanawha Banking and Trust If Co
Capitol and
Quarter Sts
Dolyou
William Burdette
Courier
Charleston
John’ Vickers
Capitol St
Kanawha
Virginia Sts
Burdette
State Senate
John Newhouse
Don Murphy
Patrick Nugent
John Cavin
William Walker
Armor Given
Bill” Nutter
Warner Young
F. Forsythe
Officer Thomas
West Side
John C. Thomas
H. L. Wehrle
Wilson and
Morris Sts
Mr. Brace
Brace
Hol
Donnally St
Elk River
Philip Morgan
Marcus Morgan
Clarence Gebhart
Remember This Scene Old Picture Contest Winning Description
Mrs. Lillian Hull of Cedar Grove won the Old Picture Contest last Sunday for the best description and listing of people in a 1897 scene. The description details the first Charleston to Cuyahoga Falls telephone line and the early office on Kanawha Street now Boulevard.
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Gazette
Gazetta
Lillian Hull
Cedar Grove
Ruffner
Kanawha St
Charleston
Cuyahoga Falls
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Columbus
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Horringer Residents Complain of Orange Water Color
A Horringer delegation told the city council that the water looks like marmalade and turns baths orange. City engineer S. M. Casson said the color comes from high iron content but the water remains bacteriologically and chemically pure. he is working on a fix.
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Horringer
Eng
S. M. Casson
Poca GOP Club Session to Hear Charleston Attorney
The Poca District Republican Club meets at 7 30 p m tomorrow in Squire C A Vandine's Grapevine Re near Sissonville. Charleston attorney Duane Hill will give the highlighted address. Refreshments follow a brief business meeting.
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Poca District Republican Club
Squire C. A.vandine
Grapevine Re
Sissonville
Duane Hill
Charleston
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Virginia Tech
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H. §. Henry
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E. A. Reid
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Rideau Hotel
ON the Boardwalk
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