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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1949
Page
13
A garbled OCR style list presents scattered clues and phrases including fruit, spices, emotions, and objects. It appears as a mixed rune of crossword like entries with incomplete spellings and side notes, lacking coherent narrative or answer key to consolidate.
Deaths include Charlie Sims of Grant Street and Alta Cook of Stephenson. Josh Kyles of Stotesbury dies at home. funeral plans pending. Missionary society and church business meetings announced. local visitors and illness noted. Personal mentions include Mr and Mrs James Coletrane and Naomi Turner hosting club meeting.
Local social and family notices list travel for funerals in North Carolina and Ohio, guests visiting Stamford, Beckley, and Affinity, and a pneumonia recovery in Kentucky. Entries mention Bernice Walker’s mother’s death in South Carolina, hospital status for Eddie Gray’s newborn son, and several visits among Hattie Shields, William Morris, and Mrs. Elizabeth Hickman.
Ronald Dew of Beesley has been accepted for admission to Emory University Atlanta Ga in the freshman medical class entering September 1949 Dr Hugh Wood dean of the School of Medicine announced Dew son of James C Dew 411 Valley Drive is among 72 accepted from about 1000 candidates
Baltimore livestock prices stayed steady amid a mixed dairy and hog listing. Cows ranged 17.50 to 18.65, calves 125, hogs trading moderately with varied weights and prices from 16.28 to 25.00, sheep nominal and lambs quoted steady, reflecting modest activity and broad price ranges across cattle hogs and lambs.
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