Beckley's Grand Independence Day Celebration
Beckley led a statewide salute in Beckley and Raleigh county with a monster parade through main streets, a park festival, free meals for veterans, a Beckley Eccles baseball win, First Division Band concerts, a large fireworks show, and a citywide dance. Officials report about 6,000 to 7,000 visitors, a $2,000 cost, and strong police presence with no major incidents.
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Beckley
Glen White
Winding Gulf
Raleigh
Raleigh County
America
First Division
New City Park
Firt
Camp Taylor
Lousisville
Zimmerman
State
Indictments Return Against Sid Hatfield and 22 Others
Seven indictments charging murder and other crimes were returned by a Mingo county grand jury against Sid Hatfield, 22 others including many United Mine Workers members, and several Baldwin-Felts operatives. The cases arise from the Matewan battle of May 19, with charges including murders of Bald win-Felts agents, larceny from Felts, and malicious wounding. Additional counts cover unlawful eviction and weapons violations.
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Sid Hatfield
Watewan
United Mine Workers of America
Mingo County
Matewan
Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency
Albert C. Felts
Lee Felts
J. W. Ferguson
A. J. S00her
O. E. Powell
C. B. Cunningham
T. Higgins
Baldwin-Felts
Hatfield
Reece Chambers
William Bowman
Clair Overstreet
Dug Mounts
Jess Boyd
Isaac Brewer
Charlie Kiser
Hallie Chambers
N. H. Atwoon
William Starr
Ben Mounts
Wm. B
A. €. Felts
Charlie Keiser
Fred Burgraft
John Mays
R. C. Buchanan
G. W. Anderson
J. B. Anderson
John McDowell
Oscar Bennett
G. D. Helbrand
C. €. Testerman
Otto Kingsley
Sam Artis
Wm. Rhoever
W. N. Cummings
Artis
Charleston Report Shows Voters Punish S Suffrage Supporters
Announcements from Charleston say every West Virginia state senator who backed woman suffrage and sought renomination was defeated. Delegate W S John of Morgantown led ratification in the House but lost the Republican bid for Congress in the 2d District. Senator Fred Fox of Sutton, a fierce suffrage opponent, also lost his primary bid.
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Charleston
West Virginia
W. S. John
Morgantown
Congress
Fred Fox
Sutton
First National Bank Declares 14 Percent Labor Dividend
Directors of the First National Bank of Gary Indiana vote a 14 percent dividend on capital stock and a 14 percent return on the salary of all bank employees as a labor dividend. It is noted as the first such plan tried in America.
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First National Bank
Gary
Ind
America
Move For More Road Bond Issues In Four Districts
A Friday afternoon meeting of the Advisory Committee and the County Court concluded with a plan to launch another bond election in all four central districts to fund the road program. Engineers will survey costs before final figures, with committees led by J. L. Bumgardner and Judge T. J. McGinnis tasked with petitioning the court.
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Advisory Committee
County’ Court
Court House
J. L. Bumgardner
E. &. White
M. L. Painter
Ashton Fife
HW. R. Anderson
Col. McClartn
McDowell County
Col. McClaren
United States
Mrs Farley Severely Injured In Fall From Chair
Mrs. A. P. Farley, long bedridden and wheelchair bound, broke a leg Monday after slipping from her chair while trying to move herself at home.
Octogenarian Bettie Basham Dies at 80 in Blue Jay
Mrs. Bettie Basham of Blue Jay died at home on June 27 after infirmities of old age. She was eighty years old and survived by her son W. L. Basham of Mt. View. Burial was at Beaver on Sunday.
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Bettie Basham
Blue Jay
W. L. Basham
Mt. View
Beaver Sunday
Cox and Roosevelt Lead Democratic Ticket to Victory
The Democratic national convention in San Francisco nominated Ohio Governor James M. Cox for president on the forty fourth ballot and, on Tuesday, Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York was named by acclamation for vice president. Cox’s long deadlock era ended as delegates backed him openly after months of balloting among Cox McAdoo and Palmer. Roosevelt, a former assistant secretary of the navy, rose from New York politics to national prominence, with roots in Hyde Park and ties to notable families.
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United States of America
James M. Cox
Ohio
San Francisco
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Cox
McAdoo
Palmer
John W. Davis
West Virginia
Homer S. Cummings
Republican
Wilson
White House
Murphy
Brennan
Taggart
Marsh
Cox Frankwo
Tammany
Mllinois
New Jersey Macchine
Iowa
Harding
The
News
Dayton
Middletown
Congress
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
John F. Schlosser
Beacon
John A. Dix
Navy
State Senate
William F. Sheehan
United States Senate
James A. O’gorman
Mr. Roosevelt
Hyde Pork
James
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
Astor
Wrecker of Home Shot in Princeton
Mort Hale of East Princeton was fatally shot by Bill Smith in Smith's home about 4 30 Sunday morning. Hale’s friend is found with Smith’s wife. Smith surrendered to the county jail after the shot. An inquest found Hale died from a single pistol shot. rocks and a knife were found on Hale.
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Mort Hale
Lewis H. Hale
Princeton
Bill Smith
Smith
Hale
Yayor Hastings
Mayor Hastings
Farmer Plight Warns of Looming Famine Amid Scarcity
A speaker warns that after war and pestilence, scarcity and high labor costs threaten a famine. He notes reduced acreage by one third, widespread farmer injustice, and crops showing shortness with planting nearly complete.
Musical Service At Baptist Church Sunday Evening
A musical program under Prof. J. M. Smith will be given at the Baptist church Sunday at 8 o clock, replacing the regular service. The program includes anthems solos quartets and duets and is open to all.
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Prof
J. M. Smith
The
Baptist Church
Giant Song Root Found on Thorny Creek Mountain
The Pocahontas Times reports a huge root unearthed on Thorny Creek Mountain. The 16 inch dry root weighed a quarter pound and showed 33 rings indicating 33 years of age. Estimated value was about $2.25.
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Pocahontas Times
Thorny Creek Mountain
Death of Mrs Eliza Robinson at Glen White
Aged colored woman Mrs Eliza Robinson died at her Glen White home Friday afternoon at about 2 o clock from kidney trouble and complications. She was 85 and survived by one daughter Lula Lewis of Glen White. The remains were shipped to Simmons for burial.
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Eliza Robinson
Glen White
Lula Lewis
Simmons
Mrs. Sarah Moye Returns from Cincinnati with Niece
Mrs. Sarah Moye and her niece Miss Pearl Sweeney traveled from Cincinnati to Oxley in two days driving a new car for Dee Sweeney. They reported no trouble during the trip and noted the journey as a smooth return home.
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Sarah Moye
Oxley
Cincinnati
Miss Pearl Sweeney
Dee Sweeney
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Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Grand Jury
Gen White
Virginian
Stotesbury
E. E. White Coal Company
Geo. I. Neal
Huntington
Brown W. Payne
Neal
Russia
Washington
Jefferson
Adams
Lincoln
Mr. Payne
Rooosevelt
Wrecker of
Man
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