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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1929

Page

13

Raleigh County Health Unit funding decision due in August

The Raleigh County Health Unit established last July 1 faces a possible second year run, depending on the county court’s August decision on a levy for maintenance. Officials note per capita costs and describe past funding shares from state, Rockefeller Foundation, and U S Public Health Service, with the unit providing vaccines, quarantine actions, school health work, nurse home visits, and free medical services to prisoners and others.

Raleigh County Rockefeller Foundation United State Public Health Service Maxwell Raleigh United States Public Health Service Joseph Maxwell Health Office Health Department West Virginia

Mystery at Sewell Manor Ends in Mirror Reveal

Inspector Marx probes the Sewell case as a second woman emerges from a hidden alcove behind a mirror. A dining scene turns fatal. the unknown occupant vanished after Sewell’s murder, leaving the widow and doctor chasing clues in a suspenseful, era-tinged noir setting.

Marx Sewell Mrs. Edison

To Be Continued Tomorrow Feature Note

The fragment appears as a 1928 copyright notice from the Macaulay Company, mentioning featured content and rights. It is incomplete and lacks clear event, people, or place details to form a full news item.

The Macaulay Co

Bronte Merchant Signals Quitting Time With Plowshare

Bronte Texas merchant uses a nightly ritual at 5 45 to signal closing near. At 6 00 another strike marks official closing time for all business houses. Gettysburg Elks Lodge in Pennsylvania received a medal from the Guggenheim Foundation for aviation guidance work.

Bronte Tex Gettysburg Elks Lodge Guggenheim Foundation

May Head Lions Ray L. Riley Leads California Choice

Ray L. Riley state comptroller of California was the only avowed candidate for Lions International presidency before the annual convention in Louisville set for June 18.

Ray L. Riley California Lions International Louisville

Wheeling Lad Wins Edison Scholarship Contest

Edward Beck Morris, 17, son of Mr and Mrs A B Morris of Wheeling, was chosen as West Virginia’s entrant in the Thomas A Edison scholarship contest. Rowland Hansford, 17, of Elkins, was named alternate after a two day exam process reducing 34 entrants to six. Morris, a Warwood High School graduate, earned selection for the national contest next month to represent the state in the effort to identify the best successor to Edison. His father works at the Wheeling post office. The item about Williams families appears as an unrelated note.

Edison Marx Sewell Associated Press Charleston Edward Beck Morris A. BR. Morris Wheeling West Virginia Thomas A. Edison Rowland €. Hansford Elkins Morris Warwood High School

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