Women Join the American Legion Women Join the American Legion
In a July meeting at Mrs. J. H. McGinnis residence the Raleigh County Post auxiliary organized with Mrs. McGinnis as president and Edith Bailey as vice president. Eligibles, including wives and daughters of Legion members, may enroll as charter members. Dues are one dollar. The group plans to support a community memorial building. Also published is a proclamation and notice of election to establish a high school in Slab Fork District Raleigh County West Virginia with a proposed cost of 245,800 dollars and an August 3 1929 special election date.
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J. H. McGinnis
Raleigh
American Legion
McGinnis
Edith Bailey
Baptist Church
Slab Fork
West Virginia
Virginia
Larrissa
Board of Education
C.ee Ee
Zid
Peres
State of West Virginia
Wat
Saul High Ao
Election notices and levy requests across West Virginia in 1920
Public notices reveal a July 1920 election in Slab Fork District to canvass votes on a local levy for the district council and a separate August 1920 vote in Town District Raleigh County on a 20 cent teachers fund levy. The documents detail the legal basis, publication requirements, ballot captions, and counting procedures, with names of officials and applicants for pistol licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Board of Education
Town District
Board of Education of
New Argo-Phosphate Method Promises Quick Complexion Rescue
A sensational 1900s style advertisement touts 5-Grain Argo-Phosphate tablets as a miracle cure for blemishes, red spots, and pimples, claiming rapid weight gain and enhanced figure. It promises harmless use and recommends pairing with tosEtone for bust development, dispensed by Beckley Drug Co.
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Beckley Drug Co
Ruffner Brothers Clerk R S Allen Noted Resident
R S Allen shipping clerk for Ruffner Brothers and resident of Mabscott West Virginia 722 R 8S identified in the notice as a local local resident connected to the company.
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R. S. Allen
Ruffner Brothers
Mabscott
W. Va
Circuit Court
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Allen
Hilton G Thurman Telephone Construction Foreman
Hilton G Thurman a Beckley West Virginia resident is identified as a telephone construction foreman with the stated address 729 Hilton G Thurman.
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The
Auxiliary
Ene
Rexall Store
Beckley, W. VA
Beckley National Bank
Beckley
J. G. Shrewsberry
H. H. Lilly
Vo Toe
I. L. Kidd
A. Ray Fink
M. J. Meadows
Eckley
W. V
M.f.noel
M. F. Noel
G. F. Trump
Surveyor
Hilton G. Thurman
Raleigh County Bank
United States
Banking House
G. C. Hedrick
Geo. W. Warren
T. J. McGinnis, W. H. Bardin, R. T. Bair
Hoover
Electric Shop
M. B. Smith
G. W. Willis
W. E. Moorefield
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