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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
9
Officials listed include G. W. Oakes for Richmond District and L. Eye for Clear Fork District with Emmett McGinnis at Marsh Fork District and Floyd Farley overseeing Colored Schools in the Raleigh County system planning department roles across districts.
West Virginia Education Association held in Fairmont November 27 28 29 1919 drawing over 3000 teachers. Proceedings opened with state superintendent M P Shawkey and addressed by Rabbi Israel Bettan and others. Leaders included Otis W Caldwell and A W Jessup with receptions, music, and campus tours. Officers elected for 1920 were Virginia Foulk W Walter Barnes W W Trent S S Jacobs and W J Stayman.
A fragment describes relocation to southern West Virginia known as the Black Belt and recalls assurances that even if residents lived in the belt their jails would not overflow with Bolsheviks. The text emphasizes social fears and political rhetoric of the era.
State and federal funds totaling about 1.5 million dollars are apportioned to 55 counties for road construction in 1920. Raleigh County will get 32 320 based on 101 miles of Class A roads, with nearby counties listed by miles and allocations.
Two robberies occurred in Hinton last Thursday. Thieves entered the Dolin store and carried away about 500 dollars worth of silk shirts hosiery traveling bags suits and other merchandise. Earlier that morning the C O ticket office was burglarized while the clerk was away at lunch and 318 dollars in cash was taken.
Toledo resumes street car service after four weeks of idleness as the city council revokes the ouster ordinance that had shut down the street railway system. The move restores urban transit amid ongoing local concerns.
Advertisement urging enlistment and health gains through Pepto Mangan tonic. Claims to produce red blood in liquid and tablet forms sold by local druggists. Uses wartime rhetoric and promotes the brand name Gude on packaging as Pepto Mangan.
The adv notes that red-blooded, two-fisted people endure strain and achieve big successes. It argues that truly ambitious individuals attract more friends and are better human beings than thin-blooded counterparts who are grouchy and irritable.
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