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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1936
Page
6
Buc Dust Jim Bob Deck shares a clipping from a county weekly titled Thirty Years Ago. It recalls life in 1895 with prices for eggs butter milk and beer, labor hours, fashion, and social norms, contrasting past manners with present views while noting Beckley’s shifting strategic role and railroad travel lore.
Raymond Blankenship, of Welch West Virginia, was severely injured when he fell while crossing railroad tracks in rain. Physicians were forced to amputate his right leg. The incident occurred on February 29.
Three Democrats filed notices of candidacy with Circuit Clerk Van Hunter. Beckley constable Frank Lemon seeks Justice of the Peace in Town district. D C Flint of McClure Street, a Chesapeake and Ohio conductor, seeks a House of Delegates seat from Raleigh County. CS Phillips of Stolesbury Mining also seeks nomination.
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