Pardon for Hubbard Cited as Charleston Case
The Charleston dispatch notes Robert Hubbard, colored, received a conditional pardon from the governor for a 1916 Raleigh county first degree murder. Prosecution in 1916 was led by John Quincy Hutchinson. A mine rescue tale recalls Officer S. L. Dillon guiding Hubbard out of a dark coal mine with a flashlight, no shots fired. The column also shares humidty contrasts among Roanoke, Huntington, Charleston, and Beckley, plus reminiscences on oil, watermelons, and old-time food preferences.
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Charleston
Robert Hubbard
F. B. Wyatt
Raleigh County
John Quincy Hutchinson
Hubbard
S. L. Dillon
Hutchinson
Eccles Wa Va Church Services Change and Conference
The cottage prayer service moves to Friday at 8 PM at Mr and Mrs Wm Patton home from Thursday. The fourth quarterly Methodist conference met in the church last Sunday with two sermons delivered by the superintendent.
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Wm. Patton
Methodist Church
Scott's Scrapbook notes and open seasons in West Virginia
The column records a church service, bridge club social, and multiple personal notices. It lists travel plans, visits, and gatherings, followed by a long detailed listing of 1935 1936 hunting seasons and bag limits in West Virginia, including counties with open and closed seasons, special restrictions, and license requirements.
Visitors Pop In For Week From region
This week to visit Mrs. Minor's mother in Virginia. Mrs. W. H. Harless and a son Douglass of Beckley were visiting Mrs. Harless' daughter Mrs. E. L. Bowman Thursday. Mrs. O. D. Bostic and Mrs. R. M. McNabb were business visitors Beckley Thursday. Mrs. Henry Boggs is visiting her mother at Long Branch this week. She will return home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kay have as their guests this week. Mrs. John Kay and children of Charleston, Mr. and Mrs. George McMillen of Glen White, were guests in the home of Ina Daniel, Friday.
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W. B. Ballard
Freddie Wiseman
H. P. Stone
Indian Creek
Wm. Patton
R. D. Holt
Mr. Patton
John Patton
Metalton
W. G. Burleson
Fayetteville Hospital
Mae Peck
Mary Ann Fleshman
Anderson Garland
Peterstown
Monroe County
Miss Peck
Bill Caudill
Helen
Betty Samuels
Charleston
Sally Ann Wetzel
New York City
A. H. Taylor
Montpelier
Ohio
Mr. Taylor
John Kay
George McMillen
Glen White
Ina Daniel
Train Death in Cairo Details Tragedy
Gayford Cunningham, 24, was killed in Cairo when he was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train. Coroner T. W. Keith suggested Cunningham sat on the tracks and fell asleep.
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Associated Press
Cairo
W. Va
Gayford Cunnigham
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
T. W. Keith
Cunningham
Local Births and Visits in Skelton and Nearby Areas
Mr and Mrs Hubert Garner welcomed a baby boy born Sunday August 4 in Skelton W Va both mother and child healthy. Another birth noted for Edgar Dehart a baby boy born Friday August 9 with congratulations. Several visits reported including Mrs Hager Jones and children in Detroit then Tennessee, Mr and Mrs Roscoe Bailey with Prosperity relatives, and Mr and Mrs C O Lilly with children visiting Hinton.
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Hubert Garner
Lee Bailey
Dry Hill
Roscoe Bailey
Carl and
Lillian Walker
Lanark
Herbert Biggs
Edith
Ralph Brennen
Norfolk
M. E. Gillespie
A. Douglas
Harold Hancock
James
Marvin Hancock
Greenbrier River
Eleanor Davidson
Margaret Reynolds
Edgar Dehart
Hager Jones
Detroit
Michigan
Tennessee
Mildred Toney
Beckley
Wm. Gaylor
Prosperity
C. O. Lilly
Hinton
Double Murder Hunt Ends As Clothing Ties Dwarf and Woman
Clarksburg West Virginia August 12 excitement over a possible double murder faded after bloodstained clothing found in an abandoned barn was identified as belonging to Bernard Talkington a dwarf and Hazel Quinn both of Cecil State and county police said the two told investigators the stains were remarks truncated at source
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
W. Va
Bernard Talkington
Hazel Quinn
Cecil
Man Dies In Barn Accident On Hitchhiking Trip
A man on a hitchhiking journey was killed when he was involved in an incident near a barn adjacent to an abandoned coal pit last March. Authorities described the event as an accidental death with no foul play suspected.
Attempt to Kill Cardenas Claimed in Mexico
Authorities planned swift prosecution of seven men seized in an alleged assassination plot against President Lazaro Cardenas. Five arrested in Mexico City and two in Patzcuaro as officials kept silence about the case of Mexico's youngest president.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Patzcuaro
Cardenas
Mexico
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