Beckley Cooking School Promises Thrift Healthy Living
The Beckley newspapers announce the second annual cooking school in the Memorial building, led by Mrs. Lantz. The event promotes thrift and health amid economic strain, with guidance from federal agencies and nutrition experts, plus practical demonstrations on nourishing, affordable foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srecord
Beckley
Emily M. Lautz
United States Bureau of Home Economics
Washington
American Child Health Association
American Red Cross
Henry C. Sherman
Columbia University
Lantz
New River Wage Cut Hits Smokeless Coal Region
The New River district faces further mine wage reductions to take effect tomorrow. Some firms plan to delay cuts, but overall conditions remain hard for operators amid shrinking coal prices to consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
West Virginia
Raleigh Coal & Coke Company
Black Knight Products
R. F.C
New River
New River District
Reassessment debate shapes state tax reform aims
The piece criticizes Governor Cousey and calls for a bipartisan tax commission to ensure fair property reassessment and equalization. It argues higher assessments would burden homeowners and urges alternative revenue sources while noting Governor-elect Kump will not reverse current policies. It closes with a jab about female control and household dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jevy Limutation
Cousey
Kump
Charleston
Hind
Column of comments on money, politics, and society
A century of age divorce quip, tax and deficit musings, jokes about women in politics, and remarks on money as a measure rather than precious metal. A Beckley tale exposes counterfeit schemes and advocates local currency and honest wealth creation in a practical, realist voice.
Beckley Growth Plans Spur Trade and Development
Platform highlights include expanding summer resort potential, boosting Beckley merchants and distributors across a wide trade area, city planning and a building code for future growth, promotion of dairying trucking and poultry in Raleigh county, school administration reorganization, legislative reapportionment, national coal advertising tax of one cent per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Raleigh County
Plain of School Administration
West Virginia
Public Forum COUNTY CURRENCY Five dollar check backed by real money
The piece discusses a five dollar check that allegedly paid out 375 dollars and could have funded millions, noting it was supposed to be backed by five dollars in cash when redeemed. A Clarksburg salesman checked into Beckley Hotel and asked the night clerk to place a hundred dollar bill in the safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Maples Garage
Maples
Beckley Hardware Company
Earl Bibb
Clarksburg
Miller
Henry
Beckley
Shyre
Bnt
Fast Spring
Register
Henry Miller
Betting on New York bookies stirs city street scene
In a Newark byline, Jan 14 report describes Broadway to Sixth Avenue Forty-seventh Street as a hub for sidewalk bookmakers offering bets from one dollar to thousands. The piece portrays a diverse crowd, including gamblers, addicts, and former elites, and asks if New York is tiring of wisecracks once sparked by Mayor Walker and actors like Nathan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gaines
Newark
New York
Broadway
Sixth Avenue
Forty-seventh
Metropolitan Tracks
James J. Walker
Jimmie
Fes
Main Street
Nation
George Jean Nathan
Barbara Handles Farrell's Demands Amid London Move
Barbara confronts Farrell Armitage while tidying Judy Lodely and Mark Armitage's rooms in Kings Barn, packing trunks and questioning why Farrell funds medical hopes for Mark. She delays a London trip, writes back she is unavailable, and gears up for an evening move to Toxeter.
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Farrell Armitage
Lodely
Hasloes
Mark
Gella
Barrell
Farrell
Arbara Quentin
Toxeter
Barbara
Upper Mallard Hill
Lodelys
Judy
Shae
Mrs. Kidd
Kings
Mrs. Lodaly
Kings Bary
Mrs. Ridd
London
Litte
Barrbara
Farrell — Armitage
Glen
Julia Cleft-Addartsy
Barbara and the cat rescue in New York tale
A woman halts a domestic dispute and helps a policeman locate the fruit vendor through the phone book. The dealer lives in the Bronx and travels to free a cat, ending with public relief. A Madrid beauty contest labels Alicia Martinez Arellano as the girl with the prettiest back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx
New Yorke
Senorita
Alicia Martinez Arellano
Spain
Madrid
Subtle hunger in humor and Broadway wit noted
On a bleak Sunday afternoon a crowd gathered before a Third Avenue fruit store window. A small black kitten, left inside, pawed at the glass as it was closed by a rear door, drawing curious onlookers.
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Gotham
Third Avenue
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Europe
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J. F, Houchins
Sam
Tag JR
King Feansn 5
Barbarane
Julia Cleft-Addams
Ocea
Cane
K. K. Rand
New Cully
Murphys Main Street
Gackley
W. Va
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