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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1920
Page
4
The Raleigh Register published weekly in Beckley West Virginia is entered as second class mail matter. The notice notes ongoing publication status and mailing details.
A holiday message urges gifting lasting savings rather than brief pleasures. It promotes Thrift Stamps, Savings Stamps, and Treasury Savings Certificates from 25 cents to 1000 dollars as meaningful gifts that foster future independence, with sales at all post offices throughout 1921.
A Huntington architect proposes a comprehensive Raleigh county war memorial building combining utility and lasting tribute to the soldiers who died in World War I. The plan requires a large fundraising campaign run by a committee to solicit voluntary contributions from all citizens, with a strong organization and careful planning to ensure success. The article urges Raleigh county residents to support a final, enduring memorial for future generations.
The current condition of Beckey streets recalls pre paving days and prompts a push to clear and repair them ahead of the holiday season. Local officials urge residents to participate in cleanup efforts and municipal crews to prioritize street maintenance.
A compact note urging readers to consult shopping advertisements as a guide to progressive stores that can serve them best. It emphasizes using the ads as an index to find store options and values for smart purchasing.
The Raleigh Register makes an ideal holiday gift for distant relatives or friends who formerly lived here, offering a year of hometown updates and connection.
Farmers' Week at the state university will run from January 17 through January 21. All sessions take place in Ogleby Hall, the new agricultural college building on campus. Authorities hope every county in the state will be represented by attending farmers.
Neighborhood youngsters staged a home circus in a vacant lot. The trapeze broke mid swing sending the performer toward his 8 year old sister and his girl. He suffered a cut lip a ruined sash and a lacerated pride as onlookers helped him down.
Detroit News notes that David Davis of Illinois missed the presidency in 1872 due to Horace Greeley and B. Gratz Brown forming a ticket at Cincinnati. Davis, a former Democrat turned Lincoln Republican, would have likely drawn Lincoln and Democratic backing if nominated, but Greeley and Brown prevailed, complicating Davis’s chances against Grant. The piece cites distrust of Grant’s administration and a Democratic congressional landslide in 1874 as evidence of party unpopularity.
A description of a Polish child suffering hunger and disease, saved by American relief efforts. Eight leading American relief organizations coordinate a joint appeal to aid Europe’s suffering children as another harsh winter approaches.
Doctors in France link postwar nerves from warfare to a surge of girl babies. Data show 60 percent of offspring from war profiteers and unfit men are girls, while 65 percent of soldiers' babies were boys during conflict. Sociologists predict a growing female birth trend could alter future marriage patterns.
Vienna faces a rickets crisis among children due to under feeding with 380000 estimated sufferers. The European Relief Council urges an $88000000 appeal to aid 3.5 million destitute European children with food clothing and medical care.
Rimer reveals his new poem, titled Sonnet to But One, to an amused Humph. The witty reply suggests a misnaming, quipping that it should be called Owed tos Pvershedy. The exchange hints at literary playful banter.
Seaweed yields beneficent preparations such as iodine biocide hydriodic acid and iodides used in photography and medicine. The material also creates coloring matters volatile oils and serves as packing material for glassware furniture and bedding. It acts as a heat insulator in refrigerators and as a sound barrier between walls and floors. Demand has grown with large scale gathering by Prince Edward Island farmers and fishermen for shipment to the United States.
Seven and a half million Polish children require medical aid as hunger and want devastates Europe. The European Relief Council asks Americans to donate 82 million dollars to continue relief work for stricken Europe.
Local social items list Miss Eva Buckner visitor in Hinton and Mrs W D Lowery moving to Beckley with her children. visits from Mrs George Reynolds and Geo Jr of Ronceverte. second hand typewriters advertised. D Howe Johnston and J E McCreery in Bluefield. Mrs W G Gleason from Thurmond. Hallie Harper off for Huntington. R G Meador wintering in St Petersburg. school program praised. fruit sale December 23 at Mabscott Confectionery. Mrs Wm Harrison and daughter back from Huntington. Miss Thelma Combs to Cincinnati for shopping and attend Elizabeth Evendelle wedding. Franklin Robertson returns from Charlestown. Miss Emma Wolfe in Beckley. J S Counts promotes services. Willard Fleming moving to Detroit. newborn C A Zimmerman weighed twelve pounds. more ads for typewriters and photos at Williams Studio. Merrill Smith back in Charleston preparing to resume work. Mr and Mrs Joseph F Wright visit. B H White and Zola White in town. W A Flannigan and John Flannigan visit mother. Mrs J B Hoeback returns to Radford. Mrs C W Heuser ill with grippe. Beckley Office Equipment Co promotes second hand machines. W Hatcher and Wm Macdougall in Philadelphia. Mrs W H Bardin returning to Ripley.
J W Kidd chief of police for South Charleston died Wednesday night December 1 of heart failure. He was about 48 and survived by his wife and several children. The family had lived in Beckley and Fayette County before moving to Charleston and then South Charleston.
The family expresses sincere gratitude to friends for sympathy and acts of kindness during the illness and death of their mother Mrs. Nannie R. Withrow.
The Ladies Mission Circle of the Baptist church realized more than 4100 dollars from their bazaar and food sale held last Saturday afternoon in the dining room of the Beckley Hotel.
The accounts of E S Brown Administrator of Nelson Farley deceased and J P T Holzmer Administrator of Mary Clapla estate and J P T Holemer Guardian of Elsie and Genevive Tulak infants and J P T Holamer Guardian of Leopold Gurka Frank Gurka and Stanislaw Ciapla are in my hands for settlement.
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