Sixth District American Legion Convention Opens at Shawnee
Sixth West Virginia district Legionaries meet at Lake Shawnee July 12 for a business session to elect a new district commander and delegates to departmental and national conventions. A picnic dinner will precede the session, drawing 1427 ex service men and their families. Delegates will be chosen to attend the WV and national conventions in Huntington and Cleveland.
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Clarksburg
Asured Feller
Edward W. McGrail
Charleston
L. M. Withrow
Lewisburg
Ed Blake
Roncevertesher
L. O. Gastineau
Leston
National Employment Service
Shawnee
West Virginia
Det
Huntington
National Convention of the American Legion
Cleveland
Large Company Store Remodeled in West Virginia
Glen Rogers reports the large company store in southern West Virginia has been repainted inside and the Raleigh Wyoming Mining Company offices redone. E D Webb, Beckley, supervised the project under contract and, due to high patronage, most work occurred at night. The six department store includes grocery, meats, dry goods and shoes, hardware and furniture, drugs and soda fountain, and a poolroom.
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Glen Rogers
Raleigh Wyoming Mining Company
West Virginia
E. D. Webb
Beckley
Webb
G. L. Campbell
Slab Fork Wall Protects Mullens City
Construction of 1,400 yards of stone wall along Slab Fork creek at Mullens protects the city from overflows. The wall runs 1,000 yards on one side and 400 on the other, rising four to twenty five feet, built with WPA labor at a cost of 11000 dollars.
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Mullens
Slab Fork Creek
Lewis Furniture firm buys building and plans refit
Mullens June 26 The Lewis Furniture company has purchased a building on Howard avenue from the Central Trust company Charleston receiver for the Wyoming County bank. The store moves from First street near the Guyan river bridge to the Howard avenue site. price paid not disclosed.
Corn and feed items listed for sale or trade
Catalog entry notes Whole Corn 100 lbs, Cracked Corn 100 lbs, Wheat Middlings, Horse Feed, and Red Dog feeds. No dates or seller details provided, but items indicate livestock nutrition supply.
Fishing Planned For First Day In Pineville
On June 26 four Wyoming County sportsmen led by Dr. Robert Shumate of Mullens and three Pineville residents plan a midnight trot-line setup on the Guyan River to claim the first fish once the season opens Sunday. The party includes Dr. C. H. Blakely Pineville druggist Dr. Tonnie Morgan and Babe Morgan.
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Pineville
Guyan
Wyoming County
Robert Shumate
Mullens
Shumate
Mullens Men See New York Fight
Three boxing enthusiasts from Mullens traveled to New York for the Schmeling Louis bout. Dr. Ward Wylie, WV boxing commissioner secretary, flew from Charleston, while Mayor Holroyd and George Lanton drove to the city. Holroyd praised the fight as the best he had seen and said they met champions including Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey.
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Mullens
New York
Ward Wylie
West Virginia Boxing Commission
Charleston
William M. Holroyd
George Lanton
Holroyd
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Local Building Sold To Rehouse Furniture Business
The sale, worth $9,500 per attorney William Holroyd for the purchaser, targets a building now housing a shooting gallery the Smoke house and the United Trading company. It will be reorganized to accommodate a furniture business with G. L. Mays as local manager for Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Holroyd
United Trading Company
G. L. Mays
Lewis
Man with Brick in Stomach Finds Quick Relief
Beckley resident reports ten years of feeling a brick like lump in his stomach. After taking WHITE SWALLOW a double acting stomach alkalizer he says the symptom vanished the first day and headaches, bloating, and weariness faded. The ad claims immediate relief, non habit forming action, low cost, and urges purchase at Watkins Drug Store.
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Beckley
Grocer to Quit Beer Business in Glen Fork
Glen Fork June 26 F C Pizzino groceryman and father of 13 living children said he will sell no more beer after June 30 when his license expires. He says beer retailing tends to deter customers especially women from patronizing his store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Fork
F. C. Pizzino
Dempsey Questioned About Logan County at Dinner
At Jack Dempsey's restaurant the evening before the fight Mickie Walker Jim Braddock Tony Canzoneri and Sixto Escobar gathered. Dempsey asked Holroyd specifically about Logan county where Dempsey's mother has relatives.
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Mickie Walker
Jim Braddock
Tony Canzoneri
Sixto Escobar
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Holroyd
Logan County
Rela
Dempsey's Restaurant Ties to Madison Square Garden Events
The article notes Dempsey's restaurant spans a city block with a bar, banquet hall, and dance area, owned by Max Waxman. Under an agreement, Dempsey must be present at Madison Square Garden events, with his name on menus and wine lists and a large picture of Dempsey and Tunney from the famous Chicago bout. Mayor Holroyd also recalls boxing ties and Olympic wrestling tryouts in 1924 at New York.
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Dempsey
Max Waxman
Holroyd
Madison Square Garden
Gene Tunney
Chicago
Tunney
West Virginia University
New York
WPA Building Auto Guard Wall Mullens
A WPA stone wall project on France street is under way with $6,000 allocated for completion. The barrier will shield motorists from unguarded street edges and prevent dirt and debris from collecting on the road.
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Tae
Ae Lebade
Kentucky
Nations
Louisville
Brown-Forman Distillery Co
Slab Fork
Hurt’s Feed
Ballard
Guyan River
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Watkins Drug Store
Tives
WPA
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Ee Inc
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