Community Cards Boost Tourist Comfort Through Signage
Beckley readers discuss roadside “cards” for notable residents and origin points to aid travelers. The piece urges towns across Raleigh County to fund small signboards marking county lines and notable locations, noting benefits for tourism, timekeeping, and map reference as drivers pass through Bluefield Princeton and beyond.
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Wi. G. MacAdoo
Beckley
Raleigh
Standard Oil Company
Fayette-Raleigh
Mount Hope Road
Mercer
New
Princeton
Bluefield
Canton Faces Indictment in Publisher Murder Case
Canton Ohio prepares for a major case as former police chief S A Lengel is indicted and jailed for complicity in the murder of journalist Don Mellett. Four co conspirators are already serving life terms, with Lengel and another ally likely to follow in a six person tally.
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Canton
Ohio
S.A Lengel
Don Mellett
Lengel
Ohio State
Penitentiary Doors Open for Broadway Producer Earl Carroll
Reporters note the Atlanta penitentiary has opened to Earl Carroll, producer of salacious Broadway plays, amid long-standing calls for accountability for his perceived moral failings.
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Atlanta
Earl Carrol
Ireland’s Labor Party on Industry and England
The Irish Labor party says Ireland will not become industrial under England and objects to being viewed as England’s farmyard. The remark contrasts Ireland’s ambition with its status within the United Kingdom and hints at nationalist unease.
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Irish Labor Party
Ireland
England
Big Issues Face West Virginia Legislature This Term
The legislature meets after recess with debate over water power regulation and tax reform as the two core aims. Strong belief that, if water resources are allowed to develop, public revenue will grow both directly and via industry growth. Critics warn against nuisance taxes and bond issues, urging fair burden on all taxpayers and responsible governance. Wheeling Intelligencer.
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West Virginia
Gore
Capitol
Home Paper Celebrates Record Circulation Gain
The Register marks forty seven years of growth as its circulation reaches a record high. Carl Withrow dominates on Sprague’s mound Sunday, earning jokes he could play major league ball, while pursuing printing as his trade.
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Register
Carl Withrow
Sprague
Carl
Morgantown Show Gains With Roy Johnson In Cast
The Registerings column notes a planned improvement this week as Roy Johnson joins the commencement show in Morgantown. The staff is reported to have drawn content from other newspapers, signaling a busy, perhaps contentious, production period.
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Registerings
Roy Johnson
Morgantowns
Humorous musings and social quips from a past column
A jittery column riffs on flying machines, card games with spouses, a deadly joke about trumping aces, wardrobe slang, and social observations. It mentions Ned Hawkins’s display of bathing suits, men whistling at work, a liberal mother in law, microbes from lipstick, wage theories, and a playful warning about missing on Saturdays.
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Ned Hawkins
Monteval History Shows Rise From Timber Age to Modern Town
A detailed history of Monteval traces the town from its primitive mountain origins to a modern community. It covers railroad construction from Cabin Creek to Jarrolds Valley, early timber and salt industries, the Bowman Lumber and Rowland Land companies, and the 1901 1917 railroad and coal developments. By 1927 Montcoal boasts schools, a Y M C A, roads, and a growing population, with pride in a thriving, organized town ahead of broader progress.
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Cabin Creek
Jarrolds Valley
Monteval
Home Guards
Marmet
Brownstown
Charleston
Kanawha
Coal River
Coals Mouth
St. Albans
Marsh Fork
Hutter
Etting
Bowman Lumber Company
Williamsport
Susquehanna River
Boone
Raleigh
West Virginia
Boone County
Logan County
Raleigh County
Grangers
Clear Fork
Marsh
Edwight
Dorothy
Pittsburgh
Rowland Land Company
Four States
Carl Colcord
Gene Colcord
W . H. Pettus
John Rutherford
Hazy
Colcord Coal Company
Pettus
Little Marsh
Montcoal
Jarrolds Valleys
Dry Creek
Montroal
Stickney
Monteval and
Monteval-Stickney
Montecoal
State Road Commission
Beckley
Stile Road Commission
Cameron
G. E. Reaugh
Coal Company
United States
Williams Land & Timber Company
W. Va
Raleigh Register
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Eagle
Alphonso
Fred Willfong
Price Caffee
B.C
J. Hockett
Chilhowle
Vapor
Ah Bay
STAR
Co- Operative Building and Loan
Association of
Robert and
Estelle Hudson
Southanawha Street
Harper
Pole
Wright, Dairy Co
Joe Fr. Wright
Prosperity
Va. Pols
L. M. Spangler
Pees
W. B. Svangler
Ek. F. Coover
Said Corporation
Chas. Hodel
Pivitt
OF the Home Tailoring Inc
Tome Tailoring Inc
Riley Junge
THI Hoslke Tailoring Inc
Virginia
J. W. Givens
F. C. Givens
Worrell Mine Tie Manufacturing Company
Worell Mine Tie Manufacturing Company
Floyd M. Sayre
Workell Mine Tie Manufacturing Company
J. G. Durant, Sr
J. G. Durant, Jr
Jelenhbown By
Sophia
Baker
Arcadia Farm
Mabscott
FINI
L’aris
Acc
Beckley School OF Music
Ben Lowe
Kanawha Street
Pilz
J. M. Ferguson
Pote
Care Raleigh Register
KOR
Herman Price
McCreery
Ww. Va
Pwo
East Park
Apply
L. Brown
Washington St
C. S. Calfee
J. R. Walker
Remington
K. J. Klaus
McQuay-Norris
King Bee
Champion
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Rhodes Supplies
2Nd Street
3Rd Avenue
Wonder Department
Neville St
American Legion Automobile Show
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