Honeydew and Lillys in Beckley musings and tall tales
A Beckley writer reflects on honeydew found on black oak leaves, recalls Coleridge and Kubla Khan, and muses on nature and conservation. The piece switches to Mrs. Lilly’s family reunion plans at Flat Top, Raleigh Summers and Mercer county Lilly populations, then ponders timekeeping, hotel and bus terminal clocks, and a playful forecast of hourly whistles ending when time shall be no more.
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Samuel Taylor
N. C. Clay
Mr. Clay
Paradise
Jean Porter
Coleridge
Kubla Khan
Nature
W. T. Lilly
Lilly
Flat Top
Lillys
Raleigh
Mercer
Summers
Raleigh County
John Lilly
Isaac Prince
Mary Prince
Philadelphia
Western Union
Mt Hope to host third annual coal safety meet on July 4
Fifty first aid teams from New River and Winding Gulf coal fields will contest for regional honors at Mt Hope on July 4 with 6000 to 7000 attendees. Robert Lilly, district mine inspector, says an extensive program includes speeches by C E Lawall and J V Sullivan, a US Bureau of Mines presence, and a vaudeville act.
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New River
Winding Gulf
Mt. Hope
Robert Lilly
Lilly
Mt. Hope and
Beckley
Fayette County
Gulf Field
C. E. Lawall
School of Mines
West Virginia University
J. V. Sullivan
Charleston
West Virginia Coal Association
United States Bureau of Mines
Hobart Watson
J. S. Mason
P. M. Snyder
C. B. Smokeless Coal Company
Raleigh Coal Output Drops in 1930 West Virginia report
West Virginia mined coal decreased by 16,868,179 tons in 1930 to 122,249,767 tons from 139,297,064 tons in 1929 per R. M. Lambie head of the state mines department. Seven counties produced over 65 percent of output with McDowell Fayette Logan Raleigh Marion and Monongalia leading. Total employment reached 107,832 with 412 fatalities, and 26 companies supplied 42 percent of 1930 tonnage.
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West Virginia
R. M. Lambie
State Department of Mines
Logan County
McDowell
Fayette
Logan
Raveigh
Marion
Monongalia
Island Creek Coal Company
Consolidation Coal Company
West Virginia Coal & Coke Corporation
New River & Pocahontas Consol- Coal Company
United States Coal & Coke Company
Pocahontas Fuel Company, Inc
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
C. C.B. Smokeless Coal Company
Coal Operators oppose city smoke curbs in Clarksburg
The Fairmont Coal Operators Association protests any city ordinance banning bituminous coal for domestic fuel to curb the so called smoke evil. The letter accuses gas interests and others of pushing a ban, argues stoker equipment can fix offenders, and warns against worsening Northern West Virginia employment by government action.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
W. Va
Fairmont Coal Operators Association
West Virginia
Northern
Franchise Granted for Kanawha Mississippi Coal Down Minneapolis Dock
The Kanawha Mississippi Coal company of Minnesota won a city franchise to use the municipal dock, effective midnight last Wednesday, enabling barges and boats to deliver coal to the northwest. President M. L. Garvey of Charleston heads the firm with George Sutherland as VP and Ernest M. Merrill as secretary treasurer. The mayor reportedly withheld signature over monopoly concerns. the company has one year to prepare and aims to cut coal costs vs lake and rail routes by improving delivery conditions.
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Kanawha-Mississippi Coal Company
West Virginia
Minneapolis
Ernest M. Merrill
Great Kanawha Valley Improvement Association
Merrill
Minnesota
M. L. Garvey
Charleston
George F. Sutherland
Mr. Merrill
Garvey
Northwest
LAMBIE URGES SAFETY STEPS AT CARBON FUEL MEETING
Charleston June 30 Special to the Register Robert M Lam ble head of the State Department of Mines urged study of scientific mining methods to improve economics and save lives. He cited pillar mining as far more dangerous than advance mining and noted 40 million tons mined from pillars in 1930, a volume equal to West Virginia's total in 1906. Lam ble highlighted Carbon Fuel Company safety efforts as evidence and warned of explosive gas dangers with 130 million cubic feet emitted daily in the state and 667 million cubic feet of fresh air forced into some mines in a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Decota
Carbon Fuel Company
Robert M. Lambie
State Department of Mines
West Virginia
Lambie
Cabin Creek
Consider Your Adam's Apple Lucky Strike Ad
An old Lucky Strike cigarette advertisement urges readers to consider their Adam's Apple the larynx and voice box warning that harsh irritants in raw tobacco irritate the throat. It promotes Lucky Strike as the only cigarette in America to use a toasting process that expels certain irritants.
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Garden of Eden
Eve
Adam
America
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