C&O Officials Tour Winding Gulf Area Amid Shutdown Plans
C&O officials led by R. S. Rockwell and J. W. Davin surveyed Winding Gulf and Stone Coal areas, noting shop closures across the system with about half the shop workforce laid off since year start. Huntington shops normally employ 1,600. Winding Gulf District holds ~30% of normal. Coal demand seen rising in months, while Tidewater tonnage improves. U.S. Coal & Coke reduces Gary output from 2,575 to 675 cars weekly. N&W stock shifts in Central Pocahontas. new Browns Creek shaft planned near Welch. N&W reporting January 1 to now: 111 wagon mines served down to none.
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R. S. Rockwell
New River Division
J. W. Davin
Car
Gulf
Stone
Huntington
Tidewater
Norfolk and Western
U. S. Coal & Coke Co
Gary
W. Va
Pocahontas
Howard Eavenson
Wm. C. Atwater & Co
Browns Creek
Welch
Norfolk and Western Railway
Mayor Peters Spends Night Incognito at Shelter
A tired Boston mayor Andrew J. Peters sought to study unemployment conditions and shelter services by spending the night at Wayfarers Lodge. In a room with forty homeless, he slept about four hours after a 5 am wake up, then returned to City Hall for breakfast.
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Boston
City Hall
Andrew J. Peters
Wayfarers’ Lodge
Land Transfers Featuring Beckley and Raleigh County Lots
A series of property transfers mostly in Beckley and Raleigh County with numerous grantees including Polly F. McKinney heirs, J. R. McKinney heirs, Raleigh Realty & Construction Co., Santo Italiano, H. B. Craighead, D. A. Blanken sharp, T. E. Combs, Valley Williams, R. L. Crews, Hazard Bragg, Alia E. Stover, Lewis Jones, W. T. Lilly, Marsh Fork Railway Company, Mid-City Land Company, John Lonker, J. L. Wiley, J. W. Gray, O. C. Harvey, W. C. Thompson, Annie Stewart, Thomas H. Wickham, Lilly Land Company, Harry E. Weber, P. M. Lilly, Henry S. Cook, Lilly Land Company, and others, with sale amounts ranging from $5 to $105,137.87. Transactions cover lots and tracts in Beckley Town and Central additions, Town and Trap Hill districts, Ury, Shady Spring, Marsh Fork districts, and various other Raleigh County areas. Most transfers list $1 or nominal sums.
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Polly F. McKinney
Slab Fork
Raleigh County
J. R. McKinney
J. R
Raleigh Realty & Construction Co
W. D. McMillion
S. E. McMillion
Beckley
John Mereddu
H. B. Craighead
D. A. Blankenship
A. Missas
T. E. Combs
J. F. Lilly
Valley Williams
George Stover
C. C. Karnes
W. T. Lilly
L. Collinsworth
R. E. Mullins
Marsh Fork Railway Company
W. P. Tolley
Raleigh
Co. W. King
Mid-City Land Company
L. Berman
Louis
Trap Hill
Joe L. Smith Et al
J. B
Nina Hines
O. C. Harvey
James Halstead
H. E. Stansbury
J. E. Scott
Shady Spring
W. C. Thompson
J. E. King
Beck
Thomas H. Wickham
George’s Creek
The Colonel as a Symbol of Rank and Reverence
The London Opinion notes how the late Czar Nicholas I revered his father by never accepting a rank higher than colonel, a filial display that impressed no one in military circles. The nickname the colonel became a quizzical badge of mockery and disdain among officers.
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Nicholas
London
Single Speech Hamilton in Irish politics
A historical note contrasts women’s rise in politics with William Gerard Hamilton known as Single Speech Hamilton. It recalls his 13 November 1775 speech that electrified the Irish House of Commons and his subsequent silence, as discussed by K. R. R.
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William Gerard Hamilton
Ireland
Hamilton
Gude's Pepto Mang an spring tonic ad urges blood boost
A 30 year standby physician endorsed tonic promotes Gude's Pepto Mangan as a spring remedy for tiredness and poor complexion. The ad highlights rich red blood as the basis of health, warns of spring fever, and urges buyers to choose the genuine Gude's Pepto Mangan in liquid or tablet form.
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Gude
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Winding Gulf
Mayor
Wayfarer’s Lodge
Lilly Land Company
W. G. McMillion
Beckley Court
Mary Thornton
Central Addition
M. S. Kirtley
Lilly Heights
Co. P. Burnard
Cora Burnard
Amigo
Helen
Tams
Sophia
R. D. Wood
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Co
Ballou Plumbing Co
Healing & Oe
Raleigh Register
B. Elliott Tolbert
Beckley, W. Va
United States
Eurne
Lipari
Nevile Street
Avalon
South
Roanoke Coffee & Spice CO
Roanoke, Virginia
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