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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1937
Page
12
Used toy trains fuBor overcoats stoves and skates advertised with Want Ads. An 81 foot lot for sale on Austin Avenue with a 50 foot front is priced at $250 and offers flexible terms. Powers-Watkins Company can be reached by phone at 988.
Beckley West Virginia ad lists multiple used car deals from 1934 to 1937 models including 1937 Chevrolet Town at 550, 1936 Chevrolet DeLuxe Town Sedan 475, 1936 Ford DeLuxe 450, and 1985 Ford DeLuxe Coupe 350. Also seeks clean cotton bags for sale and wants to buy newspapers. Local address: 805 Fast Main St. Beckley.
A list of 1930s to 1955 used cars including Buick Ford Nash Chevrolet Plymouth and Packard models offered by Mountain Motors in Beckley. The ad promises reconditioned cars in good condition with prices and terms. It emphasizes Christmas savings and urges customers to visit before buying.
Puzzle clues mix across and down entries with several garbled phrases and partial words, listing numbers and jumbled hints for a standalone crossword page from a newspaper. The readable items include clues for words like thus expression action, luster or coat, and various cryptic fragments.
A clipped note records a combined entry of Scott's Scrap Book with the material titled Solder The Melting Post 156 at 356 degrees. It references Latvian Semi Postage for the White, Cross, or Temperance League and mentions a physician attending a meeting.
Native of He Island is described making a banjo from a cheese box with a goat skin head and violin strings. He attaches a handle and christens the instrument banjo after the island name. This vignette captures early inventive music making amid local materials.
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