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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1950
Page
11
The readable lines show a scattered word puzzle with numbers and fragmented clues. Terms like surface, wading bird, pronoun, and historic battleship appear among disjointed entries, suggesting a garbled crossword style from a newspaper page.
Mrs Hazel Douglas Upshaw and Miss Elizabeth Douglas visited family and friends in Virginia and West Virginia over the weekend. Guests included Mrs Myma Clark in Berry Street and Mrs Pauline Douglas in Bluefield. Several other relatives traveled from New York City and Long Island to visit Waverly Craft's family. The Rev T M Tuggle of Louisville is visiting his son and daughter in law William Hall. Eva Ritchle returned from Rahkin to Mt Hope while her husband studies embalming in Pittsburgh. Essie Morrison visited Chicago and returned with Mrs Mary Marshall. Nancy Greens conducts a revival at Lynch's Chapel Carlisle, closing September 3. Clarence Nall and Angeline Morehead remain patients at Beckley Hospital.
Baltimore livestock markets report mixed bids with cattle mostly steady to higher and hog prices uneven. Calves and hogs show variable strength by weight, while sheep are thinly tested. a separate public notice disclaims debt responsibility by Kenneth E. Hebb of 315 Temple St. Also notes the death of Priscilla Lilly, six, in Athens and a public partition notice.
Fragmentary OCR shows a daily radio schedule with time blocks for sports music talk and news commentary. Repeats and unclear segments mention a silent hour and various program labels including News and Commentary with names such as Jack Smith.
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