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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1921
Page
6
The County Sealer of Weights and Measures found several scales that didn’t weigh properly and relegated them to the junk heap. The office’s work protects the people and their money, and the public deserves honest measure and weight. If any scales remain out of compliance, the conditions should be corrected and dishonest practices halted.
The piece laments gun violence in Raleigh County noting 22 murders in 42 days and praising court actions. It argues moonshine and reckless weapon use fuel killings, cites a busy jail and a 30 of 39 conviction rate, urging harsher punishment to curb lawlessness.
S. T. Vermillion of Athens is visiting at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. M. French. Miss Ethel McGuire returned last week from a visit with her sister, Mrs. C. A. Ferren of Lawton.
An old style notice seeks a bold person to invest two thousand dollars in a small coal or mineral mine. Age is requested to be the same as the investor. Reply with BOX 283 at St. Albans, West Virginia.
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