Bug Dust and a Bevy of Beckley News
Local items describe Billy the dog visiting a Garten mailbox to fetch the Sunday Register covering Beckley and surrounding towns. Readers hear about weather, fashion braces, rail transit, and a Chicago trip to the Century of Progress Exposition with multiple Beckley travelers and new residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday Register
W. M. Davis
Garten
Fayette County
Beckley
Lilly
Chicago
J. Ballard Earley
George Foy
Ladies Aid Meeting in Helen West Virginia
The Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Stanley Seletyn s home in Helen with a business session and refreshments for members H L Robinson S M Blackwell Steve Weijkel Ralph Blake J W Marrs Fred Robinson J W Davidson H H Pruett Joe Laturce Kenneth Marrs Willie Robinson B W Zones L M Hopkins W L Green Starvey Pruett J A Lowe Mollie Wheeler Ethel Blackwell Rev and Mrs K C Pling The next meeting will be at Mrs Q D Weikel s home. Nat B Sewell notes Kentucky state departments cut expenditures about one third since 1931.
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Ladies Aid
Stanley Seletyn
Mesdames H
First Raleigh County Fair 1901 Program Revealed
The Register publishes a copy of the 1901 Raleigh County Fair program from September 19 and 20, held by the Farmers Institute with John W. McCreery as president. Speakers included J W Ball A P Farley and T L Cooper. exhibits and a baby show drew crowds, and court room areas served as reception spaces under Mrs. J I Burgess Grubb.
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H. B. Waddell
Glen Hedrick
Raleigh
Frank M. Foote
Farmers’ Institute
John W. McCreery
D. W. Scott
J. C. Earnest
I. C. Prince
J. C. Bullitt
J. A. Ewart
J. W. Ball
A. P. Farley
T. L. Cooper
Samuel Carper
W. H. McGinnis
N. F. Matheny
Rev
R. G. Backus
Beckley Seminary
Senator McCreery
A. A. Lilly
James Lemon
Geo. W. Callaway
W. J. Sweeney
William Daniel
John L. Jarrell
William Robertson
Samuel Scott
John ‘Bailey
John R. Callaway
Woman
Wirt A.french
Annie Hull
Court House
J. I. Burgess
Grubb
Beckley
Visitor from Montgomery Guests with Spencer Family
A guest from Montgomery stays for two weeks with her brother Billy Spencer. Her mother Mrs. GL Spencer returned home Thursday after a brief visit. Ma and Mrs. Bill Harris visited Mr. and Mrs. A. Phipps Friday.
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Mary and Maude Bragg
May Shobb
Pierson
Huntington
J. Lee Davis
Beckley
Ray Patten
Rosie Short
Lee Kidd
Short
Joe Kidd
Greenbrier County
Anna Lee Bailey
Chester
Penn
Walter Palten
Cooper
Metalion
Edna May James
Meghensville
Virginia
R. T. Armentrout
G. F. Stover
Deni /Yal Lee
R. Lee Davis
J. P. Marlin
P. G. Hun
D. B. Stover
Charlie Cooper
Donna Akers
Skelton
William James
Charles William, Jr
Frank Oscar
Ann Elizabeth Lively
Bobbie Bragg
Billie and
Harrie Wharns
Willie Bragg
Jack Milbee
Back Mountain
N. C
Billy Spencer
Montgomery
GL Spencer
Bill Harris
A. Phipps
Carlos Tucker to be taken to Weston for care
Carlos H. Tucker, son of Tr. J. Tucker of Mabscott West Virginia, who has lost his mind, will be taken to Weston soon. Despite precautions to keep him at home his condition requires removal for treatment.
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Densil Bryant
Mt. Hope
McKendree Hospital
Carlos Tucker
Weston
Carlos H. Tucker
Tr. J. Tucker
Mabscott
West Virginia
War Library in Stuttgart Expands Literature Collection
Stuttgart Germany June 22 The Work War Library founded in 1918 by Dr Richard Franck expands to include literature on the cause and results of the conflict. It already houses 85 000 books magazines and newspapers published in belligerent countries during the war years.
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Associated Prose
Stuttgart
Germany
Work! War Library
Richard Franck
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H. E. Carmichael
Fairmont
Evelyn Bowles
Aragon Pall-House
Aragon
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Esquire
Crawford Street
W. Va
Foy
Amigo
Mr. Farley
Mr. Calloway
Pioneer Hotel
Mr. Walker
Mount Sope
Rufus Kent
Jesse White
John Watts
James Snokes
Andrew Scott
Fanny Ashe
Lillian Ashe
Williams
Fred Lockett
Bernard Parker
C. L. Greathouse
Pemberton
G. R. Jones
L. D. Farley
Affinity
J. F. Farley
Nickietic Walker
Tracy Blankenship
Eegeria
D. A. Farley
Estle Mills
Mullens
Phyllis
Regina Robertson
J. W. Fritz
Glen .Morgan
E. C. Robertson
W. M Wardup
Raymond Farley
J. A. Parley
E. E. Fritz
Glen Morgan
BR. G. Beggs
Raleigh Compton
Ashland
J. A. Farley
Sophia
Numa Farley
Alma_ Farley
Frankie Hayden
Sullivan
C. J. Alderman
Abney
Weiner
Wondpeck
L. H. Hood
Anna Thomas
Alma Farley
Elgin Hood
Clinton Alderman
S. W. Underwood
Barnett
Fowler
Sperry
J. Hf, Davis
E. J. Starling
Thomas
Underwood
Martin
John
Phyllis Robertson
Igene Jones
Pauline Marlin
Glenna Proffitt
Water Lilly
Carl Jones
Roy Thomas
Ray Hedrick
Herbert Clark
Murrill Hood
Alfred Barnett
Robert Barnett
John Martin
Sewing Circle
J. H. Davis
G. G. Martin
Gail
Bishop
R. FE. Loflin
B. F. Davis
Clacy Griffith
Ghent
Beatrice
Dorothy Hall
Bluefield
Fred Davis
Hooker
McAlpin
G. M. Lockhard
Harry Lockhard
Princeton
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Parisburg
Maxwell
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Farley
Bert Whitl
Whitt
Otsego
Richardson
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Mamie Wheeler
Pauline Martin
Earl Barnett
G. M. Lockard
George
Ice Jones
Mary Ann Schraeder
John Schroeder
Gordon Davis
Clay Miller
J. M. Blevins
Crab Orchard
R. W. Barnett
J. S
Helen, W. Va
Celestia Martin
Barboursville
W. L. Green
Concord College
A. J. Lowe
Volsereck
Mollie Wheeler
Williamson
J. W. Davidson
J. E. Hand
Baby
Southernland
Tenn
Julius Stafford
Mary Blake
Oscar Riddle
Harry Foglesong
W. W. Lipscomb
Virginia Rule
Milton
Nat B. Sewell
Kentucky
Wade Ijfull
Ter
Columbus
Ohio
J. H. Foster
Hinton
W. G. Bragg
Ed Short
Norwich
D. H. Short
Bill Short
Nellie Dearing
Raleigh General ‘Press
Waddell
Prosperity
George James
CR. T. Armentrout
Megheysville
W. A. Gallermore
Narrows
Jack Mays
Richard Gallermore
Lillian
Logan
Gilbert Smith
Paul
Fayetteville
Lois Dickerson
Ross Stover
E. M. Griffith
D. S.C
Lilly Building
Perry Building
Foster Hdw
Equitable Holding CO
Beckley National Exchange Bank
Federal Reserve District No
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A. Z Lilly
Gowern
Meador
United
Mine Workers of
America
Sophia Merchants
Stanaford Transit Company
Raleigh @axée
Mabscott, Mac
Ambulance Service
Neville
Gracie
Allen
Burns
George Burns
Roy
Medy
Guy Lombardo
Gracie Allen
Will Rogers
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