West Virginia Flag to Mark 30th Anniversary
The West Virginia State Flag celebrates 30 years since the 1929 Legislature resolution set its specifications. The article traces its flags from Civil War regiments to 1904 display designs, 1907 James Town Exposition changes, and a 1913 Wheeling ceremony showing a wreath around the state seal. It notes ongoing state and local government costs, funding sources, and debates like legalizing off-track betting and sales tax adoption.
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West Virginia
Charleston
Jackson
Vicksburg
Mission Ridge
St. Louis
James‘town Exposition
Wheeling
United States
West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission
Unwise Fears Of Children Corrected Early
Dr George W Crane discusses correcting a three year old boys fear of the dark. He advises reassurance that ghosts are imaginary and that darkness serves protection. The method uses gradual exposure with lights on then off, and comforting toys, culminating in self hiding in dark closets. He notes conditioning can help both children and animals and suggests sending for tests for good parents.
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Tommy R
Dr. Crane
Tommy
Daddy
Glove Auction Sparks Laughs at Beckley Club Benefit
Bug Dust recounts a Beckley Woman's Club Fine Arts benefit to aid Camp Galahad where gloves and a case of glasses went missing amid an auction of white elephants. A playful scene unfolds as Nelle McKenzie rescues her gloves after a shopper is refunded twenty five cents. The column also notes Beckley ties to Phoenix dinner guests and a celebrated Golden Wedding anniversary for W B Shannon and Hattie Hurt in Clermont Florida.
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Beckley Woman’s Club
Lucy
Fred) Hays
Emily
T. A.) Vermillion
Nelle
John E
Beckley
Phoenix
Ariz
Mickey
Mrs
Albert) Holmes
Crewe
Julia Maples
Charles
Kathryn Ashley
McLean
Holmeses
W. B. Shannon
Clermont
Fla
Hattie Hurt
Raleigh
Wyoming
Red
Rhoda
Ritchie L
Military Families Welcomed Home And Overseas News
Sgt 1 C Henry A Sonak at Fort Ord learns his fourth child, Debra Lynn, was born as Maj Gen Fritchie and Under Secretary Milton arrive to report the birth. Airman Arnold Sonak, discharged in Beckley, re enlists in California. Meantime Gene Wickline. Sgt Aubry Meadows in Korea. Airman Dennis Lester assigned to Pope AFB.
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Army
Henry A. Sonak
Fort Ord
Fritchie
Milton
Brenda Sue
Terry Lee
David Lance
Debra Lynn
Palm Ave
Seaside
Calif
Henry Son
California
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Sonak
Korea
L C
Aubry K. Meadows
James P, Meadows
Crab Orchard
Ordnance
Corps
Set
Meadows
Fort McClellan
Ala
United States
4Th Ordnance Company
Jane Goetz
James R
Paso Robles
Pope Air Force Base
N. C
464Th Air Base
Dennis R. Lester
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Alaska
Bonnie Braff
Max- Well Hill Road
Suzanne P. Curtis
David Curtis
Julie Ann
Local newspaper subscription and delivery rates
The notice outlines home delivery options by carrier or distributor with daily and Sunday editions. It lists subscription terms, prices, and tax details, emphasizing that carriers are independent contractors and the paper cannot guarantee advance payments to vendors.
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West Virginia
Ios
Beckley News
Capers Corporation
Who is spoiling the younger generation today
Hal Boyle discusses the age old charge of corrupting youth and asks who today would deserve a hemlock cup for causing young people to think for themselves. He notes Socrates in Athens faced the same accusation and uses this ancient frame to question contemporary figures and trends.
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New York
Socrates
Athens
Alice In Wonderland Cards Coloring and Childhood Debates
Juvenile quiz question deserts historical cards and a moral essay on parenting. The piece notes origins of playing cards in China or Hindustan, cites a French 16th century deck with four suits, and recalls colonial Puritans labeling cards sinful. It features a color task for Alice, then a long critique of middle class parenting and reducing hardship for children, with a bevy of anecdotes.
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China
Hindustan
France
America
Kaly
Massachusetts
Alice
Factograph Hermando Cortez Begins Mexican Conquest in 1519
Hermando Cortez launched his campaign against the Aztec realm in 1519, signaling the start of a major Spanish conquest in Mexico. The expedition allied with indigenous allies and aimed to topple the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, reshaping regional power dynamics and colonial history.
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Hermando Cortez
Mexico
Celebrities Tour Cairo to Paris in Laughing Fashion
Earl Wilson recounts a whirlwind celeb caravan flying 16,000 miles in 10 days from Cairo to Paris with stars like Martha Hyer Van Johnson Ann Miller and more. Along the way they tour the Nile Hilton Parthenon and Acropolis scenes joke at Warner Bros sets and gossip about splurges and mishaps from Egypt to Orly Field.
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Cairo
Athens
Paris
Gander -To
N.Y
Martha Hyer
Parthenon
Northwestern
Martha
van Johnson
Warner Bros
Nile Hilton
Athens Hilton
Vesuvius
Rome
Alps
Orly Field
Hugh O'Brian
Jeanne Crain
Linda Cristal
Jane Russell
Lauritz Melchior
Bob Sterlings
Conrad Hilton
Farouk
The
Nile
Robert Cummings
Real estate transfers tied to Cranberry interests
Fifty years back in 1909 Raleigh Register items note Cranberry Land Co and Cranberry Fuel Co transferring tracts to Piney River and Paint Creek Railroad Co for right of way valued at 12 000 and other sums. Clayton Scott and C M Rogers sell 121 12 acres in Shady Springs district for 1 825. Hinton Independent Herald mocks Old Bill Dawson’s China duties and a pensioning, warning of potential conflict.
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Cranberry Land Co
Cranberry Fuel Co
Piney River and
Paint Creek
Clayton Scott
C. M. Rogers
Shady Springs
Hinton Independent Herald
Bill Dawson
Roosevelt
China
Dawson
West Virginia
1934 Raleigh Register item on local justice of peace appointment
J Robert Miller named by county court to serve as justice of the peace until the next general election. Jesse Livermore known as the boy Plunger announces bankruptcy with liabilities of 2 259 212 and assets of 184 900 including 150 000 life insurance. Postmaster General Farley says postal workers must take one day of payless furlough each month for four months to meet budget needs.
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J. Robert Miller
John Anderson
Jesse L. Livermore
Wall Street
the Boy
Farley
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Amen
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Egypt
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Shepherd King
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