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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1924
Page
7
Fractically every man of the nearly national guard assembled at Camp Kanawha for rifle instruction enters the regimental test for the Eubank Trophy. The best marksman among the seventeen rifle teams representing national guard companies will be awarded the prize after the school.
A garbled ad profile promotes a tonic claiming to cure stomach troubles permanently. It cites Dr. A. Pottarfield of Potterfield Drug Co and a Weely Drive distributor offering refunds if the product fails to help, urging readers to try the remedy for indigestion and related pains.
The state rifle camp opened with rain giving way to sun as lines of guardsmen began draft- level practice. Major Barbour, Captain Brockshank, and Adjutant-General Charnock led rifle instruction for divisions forming into war-time company units. The Bubank Trophy prize and honors for standout squads were promised by Colonel Woo Bubank.
New York laboratories offer Cod Liver Oil tablets for health and weight gain. Advertisers claim men can gain pounds in weeks with refunds if not satisfied.
Huntington attorney John H. Holt joins Fayetteville and other party members to place West Virginia’s John W. Davis’s name before the Democratic convention. Davis has not consented to active candidacy. delegates and speakers from Huntington and state committees organize support at the New York gathering.
Fragmented OCR outlines party positions on immigration, military maintenance, and national guard strength. It notes a claimed push toward assimilation of foreign born citizens and a call for education reform while criticizing Philippine independence and foreign policy elements.
The Wheel oime Steel plant explosion near Benwood killed 147 and the state approved monthly workers compensation payments for widows and dependents. Mary Tohinsky of Renwood and Ka Marco of Wheeling were granted $43 and $89 monthly, respectively, with other victims’ families receiving varying weekly stipends. Additional cases included injuries at Interstate Window Glass, Stove Mining, Island Creek Coal, Stover Coal, Gadby By-Products Coal, and more, reflecting a broad reorganization and ongoing compensation deliberations.
Freckle remedy offers an ounce of Othine double strength with a money back guarantee. If it removes freckles, complexions improve easily, with rare cases needing only one ounce. Credit goes to the druggist and the guaranteed assurance.
Overview lists multiple workers from Lillybrook, Hines and Son, United States Coal and Coke, Excelsior Pocahontas, Loup Creek Colliers, Ashley Coal and Coke, and Penn Table in Huntington area. Payments include weekly wages from $15 to $60 monthly benefits, durations ranging from 32 to 142 weeks. Fatality noted: Claude M. King of Beards Fork died in a fall. widows and children awarded monthly benefits.
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