Help Pay For It Plans For West Virginia Mining First Aid Meet
Message urges funding by state tax money for the biennial West Virginia mining first aid contests at Watt Powell Park Charleston on Sept 29. Officials praise voluntary contributions but call for annual meets and updated mining laws with an interim legislative committee and industry input to improve safety and disaster readiness.
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Watt Powell Park
Charleston
West Virginia
West Virginia Department of Mines
Federal Bureau of Mines
United Mine Workers of America
Arch Alexander
Department of Mines
United Mine Workers
Our Very Real Joe Smith Joins Presidential Campaign Debate
The piece compares a fictional Joe Smith to the political figure Joe L. Smith a former congressman. It discusses the Republican convention in San Francisco at the Cow Palace and insinuates election strategy surrounding Eisenhower Nixon and Kefauver Stevenson. It notes Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver launching a grassroots campaign and references local figure Joe L. Smith Sr. as a real political presence.
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Cow Palace
San Francisco
Dick Nixon
Nixon
California
Eisenhower
Joe Smith
GOP
Estes Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Joe L. Smith
It Is A Major Crime Pistol Carrying Sparks Community Call
The writer laments a policeman’s death caused by illegal gun possession. The piece blames enforcement failures and urges stricter prosecution, tougher sentences, and immediate court action to treat pistol toting as a major crime and deter repeats.
Court Session Schedule in Raleigh County Listings
Court notices show the Circuit Court convening on the fourth Mondays in March June and October with Judge David E Johnston and Clerk John Beckley. The County Court meets on the second Tuesdays in March July September and November with President Tollison Shumate and Clerk John Beckley.
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Circuit Court
David E. Johnston
John Beckley
Tollison Shumate
Fragmented Begging of a Local Newspaper Notice
The readable fragments describe a Raleigh edition published by Beckley Newspapers Corporation and distributed in Beckley West Virginia and Hinton. It notes Associated Press affiliation and lists distribution and subscription details with various city offices and editors.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
AI Departmente
J. McQuade
Associated Press
Associated Preau
AP News
Brooks Finley, Inc
New York
Philadelphia
Chiis
Detroit
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
San Francisco
BIES
Gmridutors
Aubeee Tea
District official listings and trades at Raleigh Courthouse
A long roster lists county officers magistrates attorneys at law barbers blacksmiths boarding houses and butchers with names from Raleigh Courthouse and nearby areas including Green Bailey Jarrold's Valley Clear Creek and Table Rock. The document reads as a directory of local trades and public roles.
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Wilson Sweeney
Jno
Hinton
A. Barrett
Jarrold’s Valley
George W. Cook
Benjamin Ellison
Martin Ellison
P. P. Garland
D. Halley
A. W. Hawley
W. McCreery
J. H. McGinnis
Wm. H. McGinnis
Raleigh
Wm. McKever
John Brady
John Richmond
C. Walker
E. D. Cole
M. M. Cole
John Daniels
E. D. George
William Snuffer
B. H. Thomas
John Henry
John Honaker
G. B. Johnson
Sam’ McGinnis
James Shepherd
Hiram Wills
Clear Creek
Henry Hunt
Jacob Sessler
Soak Creek
G. R. McKinney
Egeria M. Plumley
Table Rock
James Roger
William Shepherd
William Steele
Prosperity
Mat Cole
G. W. Cook
M. A. Ellison
Martha B. Rogers
B. Williams
Flying Bootlegger and Prohibition Jokes Hit the Skies
A San Francisco style column humorously riffs on a proposed "Flying Bootlegger" figure and the airline booze crackdown. It notes Republican conventioneers' frustration with two drink limits and parodies politicos and media figures amid postwar flight culture and headlines from Adlai Stevenson to Liberace and Grace Kelly connections.
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San Francisco
Wilson
P. R
Chauncey D ends indecision in marriage case
In a Worry Clinic note, Chauncey D a bachelor aged around 32 overcomes fear of commitment with guidance from Dr Crane. He marries his partner after years of hesitation, described as a Mammas boy dependency and habit of delaying crucial choices. The piece urges readers to foster decisive behavior in children.
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Chauncey D
Dr. Crane
Chauncey
Chauncer
Schoolteacher’s Wife Causes Literary Stir
Grace Metalious, a New Hampshire schoolteacher’s wife, may become a literary sensation with Peyton Place her first novel. Her husband George lost his principal job amid talk of the book while she pursues writing in Gilmanton and New York publishers take an option.
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New York
Grace Metalious
Gilmanton
N.H
New England
Ernest Hemingway
Kathleen Winsor
Metalious
George
Arpmere
University of New Hampshire
Nhs
Grace
Jacques Chambrun
Somerset Maugham
Philadelphia
Boston
Tong
Manhattan
Columbia Pictures
Two Parties Merge Paths In 1932 And 1982
The piece contrasts shifts in party strategy from 1932 to 1982. It notes Democrats winning on a concise platform promising broad government responsibility, while Republicans faced low mood and fewer fresh ideas. It mentions Hoover vs Roosevelt as a central historical frame of reference.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
A midcentury U S political roundup contrasts two parties
The text weighs Roosevelt's New Deal against Eisenhower era results. It argues both parties now share a broad foundation and pursue safe, incremental policy rather than bold new experiments, framing the era as an end of distinct programs and a move to parallel approaches.
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Roosevelt
United States
Eisenhower
Republians
Prayer Note from Toronto United Church Leader
A prayer attributed to A. A. Scott, former moderator of the United Church of Canada, expresses hope in life after death through faith in Jesus Christ. It emphasizes being saved by hope and readiness for the better life to come.
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Jesus Christ
God
A. A. Scott
Toronto
Ont
United Church of Canada
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