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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1929
Page
1
A column recalls local quirks in Beckley. Charles Stansbury spills paint and ropes in a neighborly mishap, grasshoppers swarm a Cincinnati Post, and youths flaunt undershirts. The piece notes telephone manners, Davy tree surgeons, the coming of gas over coal, and a joke on how to press suits without coats.
A romance titled Clisson and Eugenie, written by Napoleon at age 16, has never been rested due to criticism of his writing which is described as flexible in this instance.
The Army Air Corps and partners launch a multi leg endurance flight using a single motor Boeing Hornet to span the continent five times. Capt Baker and Lieut Thompsen plan September 1 takeoff from Oakland with nurse ships and air mail pilots refueling over five city points. The mission uses a 525 horsepower motor and open cockpit pilot arrangement plus special night lighting for refueling and mail transfer.
Local Colored News reports a sermon on immortality at Central St Baptist Church with Rev J L Bennett and lists Sunday school details. The piece also covers multiple church services at Welcome Baptist and Ebenezer Baptist, plus social notices of showers, parties, and visiting relatives in Bluefield and Huntington with numerous names and addresses.
Dr Walter Starkie of Trinity College travels with only a fiddle to Italy seeking funds and notes on the Gypsy clans of southern Europe. He starts in Italy where the clans gather annually to honor their patron saint.
A fragmentary clipping lists several radio stations by call letters and frequencies, with notes about times and connections to networks. Mentions include WBAL Baltimore 1060, WTIC Hartford, WEAF, WABC, WIZ, WGY, and WEAR among others, indicating a schedule or reference map for 30 to 145 minute blocks and cross references to related markets.
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