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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1925
Page
10
West Virginia health officials report whooping cough killed 326 children last year, exceeding deaths from smallpox measles scarlet fever and diphtheria combined. The disease is most fatal for under fives and remains highly infectious throughout the year, often causing suffocation or bronchial pneumonia.
A health official warns parents about whooping cough illness in children and urges early physician contact and isolation after diagnosis. Separately, a shootout with moonshiners near Wenonah leaves Deputy Crumpecker overcoat damaged, moonshiner Fred Shrewsbury fatally wounded, and two captured men Basil Shrewsbury and PF Stewart identified amid a fugitive escape.
A moonshine raid near Shrewsbury left one moonshiner seriously wounded while Sheriff G H Crumpecker of Mercer County escaped death as officers charged a crowded moonshine party. The Mercer Recorder reports the dramatic burst of gunfire and a rushed pursuit through the rural area.
Miss Mary V. Conway has purchased the building on Nevelle Street from C. C. Rose. The structure is being remodeled and redecorated and will become the new home of Miss Conway's millinery establishment. She plans to move in soon after the first of the year.
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