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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
14
A detailed description shows two pretty sewing or darning sets meant to hang on a wall or from a bedroom piece. One side features an embroidery hoop wrapped with narrow satin ribbon, bows, a thimble, thread, and a kitten motif with needles and pins. The other side uses heart shaped pockets of satin with spools, scissors, a thimble, glove darner, and safety pins attached by ribbon.
The census bureau notes a persistent tendency for respondents to state ages ending in five or zero. Efforts are underway to reduce this bias and improve accuracy in age data collection across all surveys.
Stotesbury West Virginia hosts annual E E White Coal Co dinner at Beckley hotel drawing about 350 guests. The gala culminates with a balking contest. Ledger items list real estate transfers including properties in Shady Spring and Beckley with prices ranging from $1 to $109,700, detailing multiple deeds to Beckley Development Co, Piney Coking Coal, and others.
The foundation is laid for Mr. Rowe’s new house and work will move quickly to completion, with likely New Year’s celebration in the new home. Miss Loving returns to duties after a severe cold, and Gulf rains caused washouts, undermining Dr. Fisher’s office but with no serious damage. C. R. Stahl visited White Sulphur and announced a Dec 1 wage increase, the largest in some time, pleasing all workers. Herbert Stahl leaves his post for East Gulf Coal Co., Helen, as night foreman. Citizens near Stotesbury are invited to help solve the mystery “Who Moved Johnson?” with information at the club house dining room.
A string of transfers list appurtenances and dozens of Beckley lots and tracts with prices from $1 to $16,005.83. Transactions include Beaver Coal Co to Cooper Carbon Land Co, Home Land & Development, and various individuals buying parcels in Beckley Town district, North Beckley, Trap Hill, and Shady Spring districts with dates unspecified. Names include Richard Smith, Eliza Ellison, I W Hutchinson, A D Preston, C M Rogers, Wiley Huff, John Hollandsworth Jr, J S Ryan, Bettie Campbell, B J Shumate, Minnie Phillips, Bank of Raleigh, James B McGinnis, Pocahontas Coal Co, and others. Several tracts lie along Guyandot River, Cabin Creek, and Pines Creek with multiple trustees and two-lot Home Addition purchases.
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