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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1920
Page
7
Australian fruit growers long fought fruit-eating bats with little success. Prof Moseley recounts dense bush scenes where thousands of bats cluster on trees and evade shooters. In Malaya, fruit bats are a delicacy, cooked with spices and said to resemble hare. Flying fox name noted for fox-like head, and Calcutta has observed single-file flights.
Reports from the Raleigh County Sunday School Association recount visits to Prince Union and Negro Baptist schools, a Tokyo convention trip, and talks at Beckley churches. New superintendent John A. Brackman leads a weekly plan assigning duties, while enrollment aims for 10 090 by April 1 1921 amid broader national declines.
Mrs. Alice Beaver of Wellsburg West Virginia says twenty years of sickness including lung trouble rheumatism and bronchitis disappeared after using Earle's Hypo-Cod. She reports regained appetite energy and strength and notes the tonic is the best she has tried. The ad urges readers to buy a bottle tonight and try it.
W P Tams Jr president of Gulf Coal Gulf Smokeless Coal Wyoming Coal Morris Smokeless Coal and GM of Guyan Collieries will sail from New York City on Saturday December 11 for South America to explore export prospects and coal developments.
In Goitre news from Sharon West Virginia a local resident Mrs Geo Coleman credits Sorbol Quadruple with avoiding surgery. She reports nightly smothering spells eased and claims regular use would have cured the goitre. The ad promotes Sorbol Quadruple bottles and Beckley Drug Co information.
Miss Lucy Bowling and Mr. Chas H. Riggs of Beckley were married in Huntington last Saturday afternoon. The groom traveled from Beckley on Thursday and was joined by the bride and Mrs. W T Lilly on Saturday. The bride worked for Lilly Land Company and her charm drew many friends. The groom is E L Riggs’s son from Oakwood Avenue and a worker at Carper Foundry. Residents extend wishes for joy.
Notice sets a 5 p m meeting in Beckley WV on December 1 1920 to vote on increasing authorized capital stock from 1500 shares at 100 each to 10000 shares raising total capital from 150000 to 1000000. Signed by H Mead president on December 3 1920.
At the Ingram Branch Coal Company offices in Beckley West Virginia a meeting was held at 4 p m on December 18. A resolution was passed to increase the authorized capital stock from 4000 shares of 100 dollars par value to 10000 shares. This change raises the corporation capital from four hundred thousand dollars to one million dollars.
The fragment shows a dated note stating payment amounts of 400 900 dollars and 1 000 000 dollars under the hand on the 3rd day of a presidential or official signatory. The source mentions a coal company named Ingram Branch, indicating a financial instrument or settlement context.
Notice announces a special meeting of Milami Fork Smokeless Coal Land Company stockholders at the company offices Beckley West Virginia at 3 p m on December 18 1920 to vote on a resolution regarding authorized capital and related corporate actions.
Land Company increases capital by boosting shares from 3 000 at 50 to 5 000 at 100, lifting total stock from 150 000 to 500 000 dollars. President H MEAD signs the resolution.
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