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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1937

Page

10

Notice of Judicial Sale in Raleigh County West Virginia

Special Commissioner Floyd M. Sayre and Clerk I Van Hunter announce a judicial sale under a 1937 decree in the case M W Powers et al v Maggie L Barwood et al. The sale of Lots 6 7 and 8 Oakley Heights Town District Raleigh County will occur July 30 1937 at 1:00 PM at the Raleigh County Courthouse front door. Cash only.

Circuit Court Raleigh County West Virginia M. W. Powers Gene L. Earwood Court House Memorial Building Oakley Heights Floyd M. Sayre I. van Hunter Maggie L. Barwood

Daily Cross Word Puzzle No. 1 Across and Down

Puzzle clues list across and down five letter words with answers forming a crossword grid. The page notes the solution will be revealed tomorrow and provides numbered hints for several clues across and down.

Daily Cross

Seventy T two Kind s of Women sermon tonight at Ebenezer

Dr. W R Ashburn of Richmond traveling evangelist and lecturer will deliver his lecture Seventy Two Kinds of Women at Ebenezer Baptist Church tonight at 730 He has spoken over two thousand times to large audiences.

W. R. Ashburn Richmond Virginia Ebenezer Baptist Church

Divorce Granted to Opera Singer Mary McCormic in Chicago

Mary McCormic an opera singer was granted a divorce from Homer V Johannsen an attorney in Chicago. She hinted at contemplating a fourth marriage. The report lists visiting relatives and local society notes including Patterson minor grandparents and several social visits.

Mary McCormic Homer V. Johannsen Chicago Central Press Calum Patterson Jackson Minor Marie Sherman Affinity Pete Jasper Rosa Randolph Alfred Burrowell Homestead Pennsylvania Randolph Nat Logan

Negro Held in Slaying Probe

Constable Leonard Floyd, a negro, is jailed for investigation into the death of Louise Brown, a negro, at Sophia on February 24, 1935. The prisoner used the nickname Hambone. the accused man was named Wilbert Williams, 29, a coal miner. State police Corporal Scalise said Williams shot at the front door of the Robinson home, Miss Brown was struck by bullets from Williams, and another witness saw Williams firing twice. A preliminary hearing before Magistrate J. P. Meadows is set for tomorrow night.

Leonard Floyd Louise Brown Sophia Hambone Wilbert Williams Floyd Grady Robinson Alex Moore Robinson Williams Preston Hughes Miss Brown Scalise J. P. Meadows

Summer courses to train motor car driver educators

Twelve universities and colleges in scattered states and four Indian service schools will offer summer courses to qualify teachers as instructors in motor car driver education, according to the American Automobile Association.

American Automobile Association

White elephant abroad and Oregon flag tale in odd report

A garbled item claims Adam Forepaugh sent a white elephant to Siam, noting elephants’ sacred status and a black paint workaround. It mentions Bartholomew Diaz sighting a marker on a promontory, and oddly links to the Oregon state flag creation as a dated note.

Adam Forepaugh Siam Oregon

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