Cupid’s Real Name is Clara Lane
Clara Lane, known as Cupid in America, runs 17 Friendship centers across major cities from Chicago to Atlantic City, charging men 50 dollars and women up to 200 to introduce compatible partners. She reports about 50,000 marriages from her service with a 75 percent marriage rate and under 1 percent divorce, arguing her method builds lasting companionship on shared culture and values.
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Chicago
Cupid
America
Clara
New York
Philadelphia
Miami
Washington
Phoenix
Denver
San Diego
Long Beach
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Fresno
Sacramento
San Francisco
Newark
Atlantic City
Windy City
Clara's
Joe
Joan
Ireland
New Plymouth
Standish
Kid Buckaroo Pleads For Indians For Christmas
Seven year old George Harold Sanders nicknamed Kid Buckaroo asks Santa for real fighting Indians. His parents fear the request and discard the letter. A series of mishaps sends the note to the sidewalk and into the hands of Mortimer Moonface, a brown ie by the bakery curb, as the strange tale unfolds.
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Georgie
George Harold Sanders
Buckaroo
Santa
Bucky
Santa Claus
Mortimer Moonface
Mortimer
Mayflower Advent in New Plymouth Ends in Harsh Suffering
The Plymouth voyage narrative recalls December 1620 landing at New Plymouth New England. Dorothy Bradford is dead. Christopher Jones assists settlers after Priscilla Mullins offers herself in return for aid. Gilbert Winslow records brutal conditions as disease mortality rises. Bradford tends ailing crew, revealing quiet tenderness amid hardship.
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New Plymouth
New England
William Bradford
Dorothy
Gilbert Winslow
Christopher Jones
Priscilla Mullins
Jones
North America
Mortimer Moonface Meets Tiny City Folk
Mortimer Moonface finds a crumpled note near his farm and wraps it around a tiny loaf of bread. Elves and wee people inhabit the city, making a living alongside humans. He pockets the paper and continues on, encountering the unexpected in his ordinary day.
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Mortimer Moonface
Indians in the Woods and Santa Land Meet Kid Buckaroo
A fragment from a serialized tale depicts Stephen Hopkins tracking a group of tall bowmen in a forest as Miles Standish and others react to rumors of savage strangers. In Santa Land, Mortimer Moonface and Mrs Moonface discover a note urging Kid Buckaroo to help Santa against real live Indians, prompting Buckaroo to rush to the rescue.
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William
Dorothy
Gilbert
Stephen Hopkins
Stephen
Big City
Kid Buckaroo
Bucky
Buckaroo
Santa
Santa Land
Mortimer Moonface
Snow Bird
Rennies announce arrival of son at McMillan Hospital
The Rev and Mrs Melvin Rennie report the birth of a son on November 27 at McMillan Hospital.
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Register
Colcord
Melvin Rennie
McMillan Hospital
Coal Traffic Drives 30 Percent of U S Railroad Jobs
Report notes that coal traffic accounts for 30 percent of the nation s 1 100 000 railroad jobs, highlighting the sector s scale and dependency on coal shipments for employment and freight activity.
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United States
Radio Program Network Schedule Note
The document lists time zones and adjustments for Eastern Central and Mountain standards. It explains that some stations shift relay times to suit local schedules and notes that last minute changes cannot be included.
Evening TV and radio schedule snapshot
A dense listing of 1940s era broadcasts across networks CBS NBC ABC and Dumont including news moves sports talk dramas comedies variety and primitive game shows with alternating hosts such as Beulah Milton Berle Bob Hope and Buck Rogers plus early television offerings on WETA and Dumont stations.
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Abo
Cbs
Abc-Mbs-East
Abe
Nbo
Nbo Beulah
Cbs News
Mbs
Abe Jack Smith
Cbs Daily
Cbs Armstrong
SBS
Abe Gabriel Heatter
Cbs Evening
Monte Cristo
Fanny Brice
Abe Mr
Mrs. North
Cbs Opera
Abc
Bob Hope
Luigi
Cbs Town Meeting
Abe John Steele
Treasury
Abe Dollar
Abe Ben Pollack
News
All Weta
Beulah
Milton Berle
Dumont
Buck Rogers
Fireside
Abe Vaughn Monroe
Billy Rose
Lien suit against Kidd and Lambert Lumber in Beckley
In Raleigh County circuit court a cause titled D O Means dba Means Lumber Co v Kidd Lambert Lumber Corp seeks to enforce a mechanic s lien on Lot 5 and part of Lot 4 in Oakland Addition Beckley to secure 2079 66 dollars plus costs. E E Lambert non resident must appear within one month after first publication to protect interests.
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State OF
West Virginia
Circuit Court
Raleigh County
Pauline Dickens
Plaintiff
IN Chancery
Sidney Troy Dickens
van Hunter
P. W. Hendricks
Ember
D. O. Means
Means Lumber Company
G. G. Kidd
E. E. Lambert
J. W. Lambert Lumber Corporation
Oakland
Beckley
B. c. Callaway
Kermit A. Locke
Funeral notices for Stover and Smody families
Mrs Joe L Stover aged 84 of Prosperity dies at home Monday December 4 with services at 2 PM Wednesday December 6 at residence officiated by Rev James H Neal and Rev Charles Dodd burial in Prosperity cemetery grandsons pallbearers and granddaughters flowerbearers arranged by Caffee Funeral Home. Mrs Elizabeth Smody aged 70 of 1330 Harper Road dies Saturday December 2 at a local hospital services Tuesday December 5 at St Francis de Sales Catholic Church at 9 AM Father John Halpin officiating burial in Sunset Memorial Park Rosary at home Monday 8 PM active pallbearers listed and honorary pallbearers named. Calfee Funeral Home.
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Stover Stover
Joe L
Prosperity
Caffee
James H. Neal
Charles Dodd
Caffee Funeral Home
Victor Kovach
Steve Holash
Joe Balla
Frank Nagy
John Bero
Michael Kuhn
French Lucas
E. B. Wray
Price H. Calfee, Sr
John Y. Morgan
N. H. Hatcher
W. C. Mullins
Edwin Ratcliffe
Isadore Katzen
W. D. Hawley
Calfee Funeral Home
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Clara Lane
Lucia Perrigo
Central Press
Davenport
Clara Lake
U. S
Iowa
Madison Avenue
New York City
Plymouth Adventure
Chapter
Oceana
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Hobart Maggard
Marianna
Bob Wallace
Guyan
Minnie Pendry
Glenfork
Beatrice Station
Bridie Hyatt
Hatcher
Donald Gene Miller
Wyoming
Virginia Ann Huffman
Fannock
Austin Bibb
Hassell Blackburn
Cape Cod
Bradford
Sam Fuller
Ernest Gebler
Miles Standish
Southern Soil Conservation District
The
Beckley Newspapers Corp
WCFC
Electric Machine
Singer Sewing Center
South Kanawha St
Maytag Square
Maytag Square Alum
Maytag
Maytag Automatic
Raleigh Glass
Mirror
City Avenue
Dia
Beckley Ice Cream G
L. Fette
Mgr
Reche
J. C. Gingrich
North Fayette St
Dial
White Cross Pharmacy
AEO
Westinghouse
Juice King
Corey Coffee
Universal Electric
Westinghouse Twin Waffle
Hamilton Beach
Dormeyer
Sunbeam
Henry Conway Hardware
Neville St. Dial
Myers WA Pte
Crab Orchard
Seth Thomas
Beckley Jewelry Store
South Heber St
Foster Hardware
Main St
Modern Furniture Co
Neville St
Pen Inns
Fostoria
S. Fayette _ St
XMAS
Virgil's
AO CL TC
Hermes
Royal Doulton
England
Galperin Music CO
Prince St
Anne
Ben’s Army
Neville St. Beckley
W. Va
Watkins Drug Store
Lady Hamilton
Bulova
ELGIN
Helene of Hollywood
Cody
Paris
C&l
Kroger
PLEO
Main Street
Cavalier
Clark Stores, Inc
Astein
EATON
Buxton
Beckley Printery
Eric
Parker and Sheaffer
Eric’s Jewelry
Neville St Dial
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