Do You Remember A West Virginia Old Picture Essay
The Gazette recalls mid-phrase memories of timber era life with a group photo from Allingdale. It lists workers and friends including Mrs Filward Weer, Mrs Patrick Pasar, Emmett Shaver, L Shaver, Beriley Synen, M McCallister, Sho Perkins, Douglas Feller, Bo M Weaver, Sores O'Dell, Frank Berdjamin, Charles Milam, Clitton Rap, and Leland Rader. It notes the Roan Lumber company financed the photo and invites readers to submit old pictures, cautioning about safe return. Also recaps 1919 burglary at Potterfield's drug store, a Charleston Elks service in a Capitol Theater 14 years earlier, and a 1919 state veterinarians meeting. It mentions naming a U S vessel MacCorkle in Kanawha county for liberty loan services and the old South Side bridge incident with a mule, eating grass then dying days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allingdale
Nicholas
Filward Weer
Patrick Pasar
Emmett Shaver
L. €. Shaver
Beriley Synen
M. McCallister
Sho Perkins
Douglas Feller
Bo M. Weaver
Sores O'Dell
Frank Berdjamin
Charles Milam
Clitton Rap
Leland Rader
Thurman Bram
Roan Lumber Company
Ty Thisle
Gazette
Conical
West Virginia
Pirates Ahoy! A tale of Duncan Birberx’s sea life and rise
Charles B. Dunwall recounts Duncan Birberx born at Tower Hill England educated at St Pauls school and raised for the ministry. He becomes a captain at 21 of the Toby, voyages profitable, but faces smuggling arrest at Tilbury Fort. A jailer stabbing leads to a daring escape and a swift sea flight to a French port with profitable cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Dunwall
Duncan Birberx
Tower Hill
London
St. Paul's School
Duncan
Askwith
Birbeck
West Indies
Toby
Feebeck
Tilbury Fort
Trewder
Hirbeck
Stamps and Stories of Piracy and War at Madrid Expo
A lengthy history note reviews global stamp issues, including Spain's Madrid philatelic expo with an imperforate four-stamp pane and a separate Bulgarian style overprint. It also recounts Captain Birbeck’s piracy during the Invincible Armada era, his capture of English ships, Harwich ransom, and royal acknowledgment as Count Rivera after dramatic exploits at Cadiz and Sunderland.
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Europe
United States
Spain
Madrid
Sweden
Stockholm
Sweran
Bulgaria
Qafrstotinki
Caplan Berbeck
Queen Elizabeth
Lady Burleigh
Pete Ronal
Birbeck
Lord Burleigh
Burleigh
Sun
Arate
Cadiz
British Isles
Cacia Iichor
Prise
Birbeexs
Great Britain
Treaton
Pilat
Sindemania
Teedike
Toby
Arrmada
Duke of Sundermania
Sant
Frances Dr
Birbers
Harwichs
Vicin Harwich
Birpeck
Count Rivera
Ragheh Lowe
Tyne
Gaunt Rivera Vidle
Rivero
Tie Royal Navy
Naval Sips
Cadi Harbor
Count Rivera Piracy Saga Amid Siege and Loot of Shields
An aged chronicle narrates Count Rivera’s brutal piratical career across Berwick-upon-Tweed, Cadiz, and Limerick. He seized ships, raided towns, and paid ransoms while pursuing domestic life, ultimately clashing with Sir Francis Drake. The account blends glory and violence in a late era of maritime raiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Rivera
London
Spain
Leith
Seth
Sir Frances Drake
Drake
Green Mountains to Sierras and Beards Bold Discussion
The piece reviews Zephine Humphrey and Christopher Humphrey travel memoir Green Mountains to Sierras, noting their impulsive cross‑country trip and quirky encounters. It then discusses Charles A Beard’s The Discussion of Human Affairs, praising its aim to examine what counts as genuine discussion and the sources of opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Selby
Green Mountains
Sierras
Zephine Humphrey
Dullen
Humphrey
Christopher
Humphreys
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Ternessee
Arkansas
Oklalooma
Texas Pan- Wandle
Great Southwest
California
Painted Desert
Alehuuerggne
N. M
Charles A. Beard
Macyamillan
Wet Et Hus
Beard
Best Sellers May year top titles across 68 cities
Publishers Weekly reports the May best sellers list from 3 bookstores in 68 cities. Fiction includes Sparkenbroke by Charles Morgan and It Can t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis among others. Nonfiction features The Way of the Transgressor by Negley Farson and Wake Up and Live by Dorothea Brande.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Publishers’ Weekly
Sparkenbroke
Charles Morgan
George Sankayat
Rebecca West
Charlen Nordholt
James Norman Hall
South Riding
Winifred Holtby
Jamaica Lon
Daphne du Maurier
Sing the Woods
Trygve Gulbranssen
Sinclair Lewis
Agnes Sih ‘Turnbull
Rosamond Lehmann
Negley Farson
Dorothea Brande
Alex da Carrel
Orient
Ance Morten Lindbergh
World
Patience, Richard and
John Abbe
Europe
John Gunther
Father
Clark Dar
Quiet New Year wedding plans in family dispute
Frances Sherman defies her mother Sue-Marie to marry Bill Bond, an railroad office worker, choosing a quiet ceremony at home or a nearby retreat after conflict over lavish plans. Bill insists Frances live on his salary, rejecting her father’s allowance, and the couple weighs parents’ objections, possible elopement, and a brief, discreet wedding as invitations are prepared for New Year’s Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Sherman
Bill Bond
Bill
Frances
Wally
Sue-Marie
Frantes
Toni
Tomore Townight
Excelsior Springs
Frames
Park
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Billie Richardson
Potterfield
John Britton
Charleston
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Capitol Theater
Summers Street
Order
Quarrier Street
Elks Band
Elks Orchestra
Beethoven
Elks Quartet
Robert W. Lilly
The
Christian Church
Spohr
H. C. Ogden
Wheeling
Stuart F. Reed
Washington, D. C
Lilly. Tee
Kanawha Hotel
G. W. Kinsey
J. H. Norton
Warfield
8. E. Hershey
Kanawha County
Washington
W. A. MacCorkle
Liberty Loan Committee
MacCorkle
Old South Side
Kanawha Street
Pirates
Ment Rfa
Count Rivere
Washworth
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Her Majesty
Calvary
Tweed
Royal Calvary
Ireland
Limerick
Shannon
Lord Ivers
the Literary Guidepost
Burr
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