December 1929 Reflections On The Year And Hoover's Revival
The piece muses on December ending like a lamb and predicts a stronger 1930 economy under Hoover. It notes 1929 stock-market shock, less distress than 1907, and faith in a rebound. It cites business leaders, employment, and hopes for prosperity with sound judgment and cautious growth.
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Florida
California
Hoover
Watch Your Frail Puny Child Grow Strong
An advertisement touts Kieffer's Tonic Tablets with Yeast Iron and Cod Liver Oil as a tasteless weight gain treatment for frail children. It claims rapid weight gain, replacement for cod liver oil, and a 30 day money back guarantee from The Love Drug Company with H. L. Potts, Mer. Adv.
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Kieffer
Love Drug Company
H. L. Potts
Mer
Prohibition era crime and lawlessness grip nation
Analysis notes a newspaper page dominated by gangland outrages and murders tied to liquor and narcotics enforcement. It argues crime has surged since prohibition, forming a vast network of lawlessness. calls for new methods beyond force to restore order and address evolving criminal activity.
Inefficiency prompts warning on 1930 license tags
The West Virginia state road commission warns that arrests or fines will follow after January 1 for failing to display 1930 license tags. Centralized tag distribution at Charleston has sparked delays and near riots, with enforcement urged to show leniency for citizens who paid fees but face late tag arrival. Local officers urged to use good judgment to avoid punishing compliant residents.
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State Road Commission
Automobile Division
Charleston
West Virginia
Associated Press
Bureau
Othe
Charles
Aire
Clarksburg
Romaney
Slayar
Walter Crabtree
Adrian
Dana Blas
Basil Childers
State Penitentiary
Cabello County
G. K. Kump
Hampshire County
Romney
West Virginia Power and Transmission Company
Public Service
Commission
Iin
Wheat River
John Garland Pettitt
Williams County News Highlights and Sports Update
Continued on page two with a powder blast in a mine near Williamson. W V University football coach Ira Rodgers won the state amateur golf tournament at White Sulphur Springs. Three prisoners escaped from the Buckhannon county jail.
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Williamson
Iira Rodgers
W. Va. University
White Sulphur Springs
Buckhannon
West Virginia Year in News Ledger Extract
A sweeping list of events from West Virginia including deaths of Henry Mines and Harry Burnside, river and coal industry incidents, banks and embezzlement cases, political shifts in Buckhannon and Charleston, rail and road work, education policy, and notable fires and accidents across the state during the year. The chronology notes trials, executions, jury disputes, and statewide public works alongside cultural events and public notices.
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Henry Mines
Spencer
Sheriffs of State
Parkersburg
Harry F. Burnside
Point Pleasant
Moundaville
Irona
Bluefield
Mallawing
Hinton
A. V. Rush
People’s Bank
Elkins
Moundsville
Peoples’ Bank of
West Virginia
Buckhannon
Kump
America Grant Baldwin
Grant
St. Albans
Charleston
Conference of Financial Secretaries of State
Road Commission
Wheeling Steel Corp
Roy Reger
Secretary of State Board of Control
H. C. Johnson
Randolph County
West Virginia National Guardsmen
Camp Conley
Leroy Clemens
Legislative
Frederick Snyder
Morgantown
National Guard
Caddell
Bibbswood
Ag - Trains
American Legion
Huntington
Conley
C. M. Jones
Mt. Hope
Ralph Combs
Wellsburg
Panhandle
West
National Guardsmen
Camp Dawson
Kingwood
Mra
D. R.hendrick
Son
Wheeling
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Labor Day
Malden
Scott Hall
Grant County
Adel Turner
Iia
Granttown
New England Fuel and, Transportation Co
United Mine Workers of America
Osage
D. J. F. Strother
Welch
West Var
White Sulphur Springs
Bar Association
West Virginia Motor Transportation Association
Walter E.willmot
Millard F. Morrison
New Jersey
Frank Bowen
Willmot
Morrison
Conley Manns
United Brethren Church Conference
Fairmont
State Board of Control
State Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
United Fuel Gas Company
Huntington Brick & Tile Company
H. R. Wyllie Ching Company
Grafton Prebytery
A. J. Coffey
West Virginia Churches of Christ
Mannact
C. Fred Edwards
Giga
Harold Blake
Glen Jean
Beckley
Joe Harvey
Mike
Keyser
Cab
Nancy Hawke
Nathaniel B. Dial
South Carolina
Orville Liskey
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Keyser Court
William @. Cook
A. R. Kuntz
Grafton
West Vite
Einfa Fox Hunters ’Association
Granteville
Henry Johnson
Boomer
Lep Ott
Casa Gilbert
State-Capitol
State House
Harry Durbin
Cameron
John Dowler
Calais
Wobr
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HOLT
Beare
Yeaden
W Ve
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Adv
State board of _ education
West Virginia University Council of Administration
Community Savings and Loan Co
Cabin Creek
Sam Neel
Pocahontas County
Hackson’s Mil
Arthur Blcarter
Elm Grove
Legionnaires
West Virginia Federation of Labor
Governor Conley
James A. Duff
Martinsburg
Thomas H. Neal
West Wa
Eliza Edwards
Abraham Lincoln
Edward Schumaker
Hancock County
Patrick Costello
Weirton
0. M. Pullen
Anti-Saloon League
H. D. Hatfield
Hatfield
I. A. Cohen
Marshall
T Pat
Methodist Tohopal Church
W. H. Newcomb
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
W.H.W. White
John Roscoe Turner
West Virginia University
Hattie Taylor Thompson, Keyser
Order of the Eastern Star
Webster Springs
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Norfolk & Western
Gilbert
Wharncliffe
Mingo County
P.smith
Royal Arch Masons
Lawre G. Kineheloe
Odd Fellows
R. B. Majson
Odd ‘Fellows Grand Lodge
Metsch Refractories Co
Newell
A. P. Jones
W. R. Toler
Mullens
P. L. Bruce
French Creek Presbyterian Church
Westie
Ohio River
Huntingtons River
Irving
Abe) Cohen
Je W.graham
Maranats
Siegel Workman
U. 5
Monroe County
West Virginia High School Athletic Association
Nadine Warren
Princeton
Fred Jontoula
Brushford
Beckley- Princeton
Oregon Aggies
Chicago
State Water Commission
W. D Fletcher
Methodial Episcopal Womens' Missionary Society
W. §. Hallanan
Kanawhy
State Code Committee
John C. Bond
U. S
Frederick Steiner
Oregon
Goff
Cabell County Memorial
Felker
Self
Tom Carte
R. A. Douglass
Chester
West Virginia League of Building and Loan Associations
Mandeville Parley
Farmer
Robert Tipton
Dayle Pitas
Damron
Fund For
Senate
Rointnest
N.C. Scrogeins
M. County
Ton
Clarkeburg
Newton Montgomery
Department of Americanizas
Nual
Benwood
Hatfeld
Valley Association
Ohio
Nawha River
James Curtis Orr
Triadelphia
Evelyn Miller
Carl Eggleston
Chilleston
Supreme Court
Marshall County
Herndon
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Mingo
McDowell
West Virginia Forestry Association
John Raine
Rashelle
H. A. Abbott
Bank of Monongahelly Valley
Morgans
Town
Leroy Clemans
Continental Coal Company
Casavile
West, Virginia
Otis and Company
Cleveland
Thayer M. McIntyre
Parkeeraburg
Wild Life League of
J. McClaren
West Virginia Road Builders Association
Byrd
Ray
Automobile Division of Road Commission
Walton
Stat
Ira L. Swiger
Harrich County
James S. Lakin
H. N. Bradley
Jefferson County
John Gann
Newport
William D. Lewis
Hubbard Grocery Company
O. A. Lynch
Marion County
Clement L. Shaver
Consolidation Coal Company
J. A. Paiserley
Max Schmeling
German Asociation of Sports Writers
Sentinel’s Gift Club
Inc. Daily Sentinel
P. O
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