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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1921
Page
3
Notice asks subscribers and readers across Raleigh County to share news items and tips by phone mail or in person to help the Raleigh Register become the best paper in the Beckley area. The editors request reporting on events such as weddings departures parties or other neighborhood happenings.
The 1921 West Virginia legislature reconvened in Charleston in the Kanawha county court house. Desks chairs and filing cabinets were installed to outfit both houses. The senate uses the south upstairs circuit court room while the house operates from the north intermediate court room, with walls moved to create office space. All bills from the first session have been printed and prepared for consideration.
The piece links human and animal history from primitive hunting to migration and climate effects. It notes land bridges and early tribes defending against megafauna, then advancing warfare with simple tools. It highlights Asia’s paleontological gaps and the China Tientsin fossil trade known as dragon bones with medicinal lore.
Cincinnati Record notes public reaction to Marie Henry on a platform slogan To Hell With Prohibition, predicting strong support may surge for his cause and turnout.
The AsamayaMa area in Japan features hot sulphur and cold mineral springs. A wooden bathing hall holds three to four tanks with a surrounding platform and storage for dress. Attendants regulate bath duration precisely as 150 to 200 half litre scoops of hot sulphur water are poured over bathers’ heads.
A caller to William F. Cleary, clerk of the board of public works, pleads for immediate service to kill lizards in a basement and a snake found in the front yard, seeking rapid municipal assistance.
A report states Mr. Cleary urged the board of public safety to deploy a standard policeman rather than a morals squad to exterminate snakes observed by residents. The remark reflects a debate on how to handle the reptiles seen by people.
The International Institute of Agriculture bulletin reports the northern hemisphere wheat and rye total at 62.4 million metric tons, up from 61.7 million last year. Barley up 8 percent, oats up 21 percent, maize in southern Europe and America up 10 percent, beet sugar yields favorable, and British India urged to export 400,000 tons of wheat.
On Wednesday evening March 28 at the Christian church the Woman's Missionary Society marks the Week of Prayer with a special program. Miss Etta Nunn of Richmond Virginia will speak. she is a member of the International Board of World Missions. Beckley women are urged to attend at 7 30.
Mr and Mrs E M Merrill of Charleston were called to Columbus Ohio last week by the death of Mr Merrill s mother which occurred suddenly from heart failure on Saturday March 5 Mrs Merrill was well known to many friends here having visited her son and family several times when they lived in Beckley
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