Property Sales Increase with Dozens Recorded in County
Property sales rose with more than a dozen filed in the county clerk’s office. Names and figures include Mrs. M. Sue Lilly paying 7500 dollars for lots 3 and 4 in Section O Ford addition, and multiple transfers involving Piney View Farms Fairview additions Ghent Truck Farms and Judge McGinnis, with prices ranging from 200 to 7500 dollars and taxes noted on some deeds.
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Sue Lilly
Eldon Irwin
Ford Addition
Ben Ferguson
Bessie Smith
Bill Shmosky
Judge McGinnis
Charley B. Smith
Joseph A. Lilly
Houston
William Gill
James Darrar
J. A. Lilly
Glen Morgan
Mary Margaret Turner
Clyde A. Pfordt
Piney View Farms
Clara B. Polk
Leonard J. Fillespie
Polk
Sophia
Akers Street
Henry O. Arnett
Maude I. Campbell
Fairview
C. E. Clapper
Homeseekers Land and Building Company
The
Beckley Building Company
S. A. Farrow
J. R. Halstead
Ghent
O. E. Brogan
H. E. Brammer
Breezmont Heights
Virgie C. McGinnis
Joe Pachuta
E. H. Crouch
Jean M. Crouch
Fourth
Joseph Pettry to Be Buried Saturday
Funeral services for Joseph Pettry of Jumping Branch who died after a three day illness will be held Saturday at 2 PM at Pipestem. Burial in the family cemetery. Born September 6, 1858 in Summers County, son of John and his wife. Survived by second wife Nancy, a son James, three brothers Albert Granville and another named Pettry. He was a Missionary Baptist Church member.
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Joseph Pettry
Jumping Branch
Pipestemn
Pettry
Summers County
John Pettry
Missionary Baptist Church
Nancy Pettry
James Pettry
Glen Morgan
Albert Pettry
Granville
Stonecoal Receives Hard Rain Blessing Farmers Cheer Water Rush
In Coal City residents called the heavy shower a blessing as it ends a drought. Water supply was nearly exhausted with families hauling water for stock and laundry. Crops along Stonecoal should benefit as rainfall replenishes the area's water sources.
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Register
Coal City
Stonecoal
Baby Roberta Tate Has Tooth Extracted Early
By the Associated Press Ardmore Oklahoma baby Roberta Anne Tate did not delay a dentist visit. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Tate noticed a lower tooth at birth and Dr. F P Von Keller extracted the tooth the following day.
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Associated Pressardmore
Okla
Roberta Anne Tate
Ernest W. Tate
Roberta
F. P. von Keller
Beaver Resident John Pettry Dies. Services Planned
John Pettry of Beaver and his spouse each had nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. The body will go to his son James Pettry’s home tomorrow morning and stay there until removal to Pipestem for the funeral services.
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John Pettry
Beaver
James
Pipestem
Mrs R F Martin Reported Better After Illness
Mrs R F Martin is improving from a winter illness described as neuritis. She remains weak and needs help getting about, though her daughter says she is improving considerably.
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R. F. Martin
Yellowstone Lake Largest North American lake by altitude
Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park spans 138 square miles and stands at 7,731 feet elevation, making it the highest large lake on the continent.
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Yellowstone Lake
Yellowstone National Park
North America
Jack White Jr. to Visit Home for Week in July
Jack White Jr will return to his home here for a week's vacation the last of July. He works in Washington D C and attends school there. His studies will take three more years to complete. White was a member of Beckley college’s student body and went to Washington in January.
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Register
Weiler
Gulf
Jack White, Jr
Washington, D. C
White
Beckley College
Washington
Rain Promises Better Crops for Midwest and South
New York reports forecasts of increased rainfall lifting farmer incomes and crop prospects. Wheat futures show potential harvests near 1 billion dollars for growers, with corn cotton and other crops improving. Implements sales boom as planting expands, while railroads and processors anticipate broader economic gains across districts including Pittsburgh and Cleveland.
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Associated Press
New York
Midwest
Southwest
Middle West
Wall Street
Dun & Bradstreet
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Louisville
Iowa
Nebraska
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Beckley
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the Pastry Shop
Polite Baptist Church
Ann Page
Kellogg’s
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Kellogg’s Pep
Texas
A & P Meat Markets
A&p
Will Sanders
Glenmore
Mint Springs
Kentucky
Glenmore Distilleries Co., Incorporated
Owensboro
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