Is There a Santa Claus from the Mountaineer
A long quoted reminiscence from a September 1397 letter to the editorial of the New York Sun. Pharcellus Church pens the famous Virginia O’Hanlon Santa Claus reply in 1897, arguing belief in Santa persists beyond proof and that imagination, love, and generosity give life its meaning.
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The
Mountaineer
New York Sun
Santa Claus
Pharcellus Chdrch
Church
Rochester
N. Y
Columbia College
the Sun
Virginia O'Hanion
Ieee
Papa
Santa Claug
Virginia O'Hanlon
West 59Th Street
Virginia
Farles Danc
The Lambs and the occult gang in London
Dave, a youth entangled with the Lambs gang led by Tottie, flees and schemes to rescue Madge Lay and Inez as a fire alarm distracts the underworld crew. A fire captain and police rescue ends Tottie's hold, while Dave saves Inez from capture and tightens his stand against the gang.
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Gay
Calor
Eee
Dave
Pu Inez
J Mb
Tollie
London
Madge
Tom
Burma
Layton Home
Tottie
Leinstershire
Inez
Sdatanetia
Rure
Jiggsy
Muggsy
Hadge
Ae Lane
Simly
Ines
Gio Oy
Tottiane
Tottio
Madoc
Lawful Larceny at the Opera House with Thomson and Daniels
Kenneth Thomson Bebe Daniels and Lowell Sherman star in Lawful Larceny at the Opera House tonight and Saturday. The all-timing drama adapts a New York stage hit with Daniels in a new wife role pursuing her husband from another woman. Sherman and Olive Tell support a lively, ironic tale of victims and a cunning rival.
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Kenneth Thomson
Bebe Daniels and
Lowell Sherman
Opera House
Lawrence Larceny
Radio Picures
Bebe Daniels
Olive Tell
Par
Misa Daniels
Thanksgiving for Yuletide Reflections on Faith and Gratitude
A reflective prose piece praising faith, wonder, and American roots. The author extols unseen truths, Santa Claus, providential government, wise state schooling, and national resilience despite drought and depression, closing with gratitude for Bethlehem's Nazarene birth and modern prosperity.
Betty Plesher and the Hallway Endeavor Teachings
An obscure note references Betty Plesher in a fragment describing a man’s upbringing and a hallway effort to propagate teachings. The text hints at parental hardship, a search for lodging, and a rightward birch image, but details remain uncertain.
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Betty Plesher
West Virginia Briefs Chronicle State Expenditures and Local Matters
West Virginia budget commission continues receiving estimates for the next biennial period. Parkersburg committee opposes a constitutional commission, says at least two justices per county. Middlebourne James Dunn case sent for trial in slaying Garlan Bayless, held overnight. Charleston $15,000 verdict in breath of promise suit for Vera Adams Akron against Fred Gray Rathelle. Mountain State Utilities seeks water rate hike for Philipps. hearing January 16. Adjutant General promotes Captain H. H. Thompson to major in ordnance. Kingwood Ouster case against Preston county Commissioner L O White dismissed for lack of sustaining evidence. Wheeling agents report two stills and large quantities of mash and liquor. Tony Cichiazza and Joe Ballari charged. Moundsville Rev Horace E. Brown accepts Trinity Episcopal post. duties begin January 18 with monthly wages to offset unemployment.
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Charleston
Vera Adams
Akron
Fred Gray
Rathelle
Greenbrier County
Wisconsin Republican bills to end federal support for high school military training
Representative Browne of Wisconsin sponsors a bill to withdraw federal support from military training in high schools, while leaving ROTC in colleges and military academies intact. He argues to remove war department influence from public education, citing long standing traditions. Wisconsin traded potatoes to 27 states and Cuba in 1929 30 season.
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Washington
Browne
Wisconsin
Reserve Officers Training Corps
War Department
Cuba
Steeg's Saree Is 'ettering In France
Paris December 19 The leftist ministry won a confidence vote in the chamber of deputies by a narrow seven vote margin amid a dispute over a ballot box stuffing. The vote stood 291 to 284 with Socialists supporting the ministry after a caucus, and opposition vowing to oust the government after holidays. More than 1,000 ballots were found in a chamber with about 600 members voting.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Oppositon
Chamber
Negro Held After Girl's Slaying Near Coal Plant
A Black girl was found slain near the coal supply area with clothing torn. H. T. Thompson, her guardian, reported her missing when she did not return from school. The following day a posse of national guard troops and officers joined citizens in a large search for the assailant.
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H. T. Thompson
National Guard
Elkins Plant to Resume Full Capacity Operations
Officials of the West Virginia Flooring Corporation announced the Elkins plant will resume operations at full capacity in the near future. The facility employs 76 men.
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Elkins Plant
Elkins
W. Va
West Virginia Flooring Corporation
Rollinclark Dies Suddenly in Charleston W Va
Rollin Clark Montelius 65 retired coal operator died at home in Charleston from heart disease. Native of Pennsylvania. moved to Charleston 19 years ago with Berwind-White and New River Pocahontas Coal Co. Survived by widow son daughter two brothers a sister. Funeral tomorrow with burial in Mifflinburg Pa. Also note: Great Lakes grain shipments in 1930 expected to fall well short of 100 million bushels.
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Charleston
W. Va
Rollin' Clark Montelius
Bia
Montelius
Pennsylvania
Berwind-White
Naw River Pocahontas Coal Companies
Mt. Carmel
Dickenson Seminary
Williamsport
Easton
R. C. Monteliue, Jr
Ethel Dorothy Montelus
University of Wisconsin
Frank 8. Montellus
Philadelphia
Walton Montelius
New York
Daniel Hinkel
Wil Hamsport
Mifflinburg
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Lamb Ephillics Oppenheim
Columbia Pictures
Lemater
Nell Pratt
Bethlehem
West Va
Charleston—Budget Commission
Parkersburg
Legislative Committee of
West Virginia
Justices and Constables Association
Constitutional Commission
Middlebourne
James Dunn
Garlan Bayless
Charleston — Mountain State Utilities Corporation
Philipps
Public Service ‘Commission
C. &. Pierce
H. H. Thompson
Huntington
State National Guard
Xingwood
Preston County
L. O. White
Wheeling
Tony Cichiazza
Joe Ballari
Moundsville
Horace E. Brown
Trinity Hpiscopal Church
Steeg’s Saree
Ettering
France
Rollinclark
Great Lakes
Duluth
Superior
Bath
Fee Street
Reasonal
Bobo
Saar Rana
H. L. Baker
Electric Co
W. F. Stanley
Webster and
Gratton
Webster Cash Feed Store
Howard
Blueville
Emon
Curve Bivolte
Arthur Keaner
General Livery
Grafton
Surance
J.T. McColloughy
West Boyd Street
Sentinel
Gloria
By Julien Oliendorff
O.K
Ton Yell
Ome Eer
Vai
Scorchy Smith
Beer
Carson
Mar. Smith
John C. Terry
Sar Hie
Stu Nar
Jerry
Spud
Pthornlen
Belgium
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