Flu Epidemic Hits City Says Hedrick
City health officer Dr Farland H Hedrick reports approximately 250 to 300 flu cases in town though officials have not logged official counts. Jail outbreak nearly over with most prisoners recovering. Numerous individuals including state troopers, local residents and public staff listed as ill with flu, while several have recovered or remain affected at homes and workplaces. Public health center operations near halt due to illness.
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Farland H. Hedrick
Joe Verduce
South Fayette Street
Verduce
Joe Jr
Mary
Geneva
Billie
Jo Ann
Grove Avenue
van Hunter
Hunter
Patricia Ann
Eugene
Robert
Pettry Street
J. H Crouch
Helen Howell
Gilbert Kelso
Ritchie Ware
Ann
J. Q. Hutchinson
Harold Ridenour
White Cross
Price Calfee Jr
Dorothy Calfee
Harper Road
Jack Hedrick
G. C. Hedrick
Park Avenue
Arbutus McCoy
Virginia Scott
South Kanawha Street
Leonard Bennett
Beckley
T. N. Thurman
Miss Harold III At Her Hospital
Miss Mary Frances Harold, a nurse who induces anesthesia for surgeries, is herself a patient at the hospital with influenza possibly pneumonia and very ill per Dr Ward Wylie the anesthetist.
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Miss Harold III
Ister
Ptullen
Mary Frances Harold
Aera
Ward Wylie
Colie Minter to Run Brass Rail
Colie Minter of Tommy Creek accepts the manager position at the Brass Rail owned by E. C. Minter. Minter previously worked at the E. C. Minter coal company store in Tommy Creek. Doyle Minter, former Brass Rail manager, will take over the Tommy Creek store.
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Colie Minter
Buster
DELI
Tommy Creek
The
Brass Rail
E. C. Minter
Minter
E. C. Minner Coal Company
Doyle Minter
Students Debate Utilities Today
Woodrow Wilson High School debate club members faced off with Bluefield and Matoaka teams on whether electric utilities should be government owned. Beckley proponents argued private ownership yields cheaper, more efficient operation.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Bluefield
Matoaka
Bill Covey
Silea Cappellari
Beckley
Irvin Maddy
Mark Twain
Woodrow Wilson
Mary Dickenson
James Farris
Reese Boone
Raymond Haler
Canning Skill Buys Profit for Osage City Woman
Mrs. Clement Verna, known as the Osage City pickle woman, canned 402 quarts this fall and had demand for over 1,000 quarts. She plans a basement-scale pickle business, using her own recipe, to operate commercially.
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Associated Press
Osage City
Kas
Clement Verna
Curiosity Traps Cat Near Misses Its Rescue
Springfield report tells of a cat that stuck its head in a small can while hunting for food and became trapped. A man aided the animal’s release, uncovering three baby mice in the can.
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Springfield
Better Teacher Pay May Make Jobs Permanent
Kermit Locke, attorney, discussed school legislation at the Lincoln school PTA meeting. He noted a pending bill to raise teacher wages and make teaching a lifelong profession, plus a proposal to secure school funding to prevent February cutoffs. He opposed free text books, favoring ownership by students. Isaac E. McKinney presided. Mrs. James M. Hayes performed. About 100 members attended.
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Kermit Locke
Lincoln School
PTA
Locke
Isaac E. McKinney
James M. Hayes
Reduce Safely At Watkins Box Of Rock A Water Tablets
A sales pitch urges readers to visit Watkins to buy a box of Rock A Water tablets claiming a ten pound loss in eleven days. It promises a thirty day treatment for two thousand dollars with a guarantee to shed fat without dieting.
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Watkins
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L. L. Willeford
Evan Hall
Geneva Johnson
Flint
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General Motors
Kermit
Chevrolet Plant No. 4
Bluefield and
Ministers of Fund, Okla
P.T.A
Chuck Roast
Armour
Roberts’ Sweetmeat
Armour’s Star
Florida
Virginia
Kale
New Texas
California
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Gulf
Gulfpride
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