West Virginia Capitol Shifts eight times in 91 years
West Virginia has moved its State Capitol eight times in 91 years, with the current 86 ton marble columns and 300 foot dome serving as the final home. The journey began in Wheeling at Washington Hall, moved to the Linsley Institute, then to Charleston in 1869, with later shifts between Wheeling and Charleston and back as lawmakers debated the permanent site.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Capitol
Wheeling
Washington Hall
Virginia
Alleghanies
Francis Pierpont
Linsley Institute
Arthur I. Boreman
James T. McClaskey
House of Delegates
Charleston-on-the-Kanawha
House
Senate
Charleston-on-the- Kanawha
Mountain Bay
William E. Stevens
U. S. Artillery
Jonathan M. Bennett
Supreme Court
Martinsburg
Clarksburg
Mrs Mildred Davison Foils Burglar In Seven Furnaces
Mrs Mildred Davison, postmistress, confronted a burglar at the Seven Fountains post office and general store. She flashed a beam from a flashlight, ordered him to walk to her home across the street, and her father took charge. She noted the burglar appeared more frightened than she was, unsure if she had a gun.
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Fountains
Mildred Davison
West Virginia Capitol History Through Fires and Rebuilds
The article traces the state capitol's journey from a new 1885 building with steam heat to its 1921 destruction by fire, then a 1927 pasteboard version, and finally the current magnificent Capitol. It notes its dome surpassing the national Capitol and its acclaimed marble columns and interior.
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West
Literary Guidepost Lehmann-Haupt Left Europe in 29
Hellmut Lehmann Haupt, Berlin born author of Art Under a Dictatorship, came to this country in 1929 with a Ph.D. from Vienna Berlin and Frankfurt. His book, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, argues modern art opposes totalitarian control and examines painting sculpture and architecture under Hitler with comparisons to Russia and America.
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Lehmann-Haupt
Europe
Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt
Berlinborn
Vienna
Berlin
Frankfurt
Smith College
Columbia
New School
AMG
Rockfeller
Hellmut Lehmann
Haupt
Oxford
Hitler
Russia
America
U. S
Lehmann- Haupt
Daumier
Cezanne
Prichett and Woodham-Smith in Anglo Spanish Literary Scene
The AP captures reactions to Primo de Rivera and current writing in England and Spain. Praised author Prichett returns to England with The Spanish Temper, while Mrs. Cecil Woodham-Smith gains attention for Florence Nightingale and her Crimean War study The Reason Why. The spry author, on her second U S visit, notes drama ambitions and evolving projects.
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Primo de Rivera
Prichett
England
Knopf
Spain
Florence Nightingale
McGraw- Hill
Light Brigade
Authorities List Vast Rose Species And Varieties
Authorities catalog up to 250 true rose species with hundreds of named varieties. The record notes extensive horticultural diversity and ongoing classification efforts by scholars and botanical institutions.
England Fast Trains Carry Slip Coaches At Stations
Some fast trains in England carry slip coaches that are dropped off at stations where the trains do not stop to permit passengers to get off.
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England
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Park & Tilford Pedigree
Park & Tilford
Park & Tilford Distillers OF Kentucky, Inc
Louisville, KY
Westinghouse
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Westinghouse Studio One
Superior Sterling CO
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Beckley
All General Dept. Stores
H. L. Bailey
Clear Fork
J. D. Bailey
Baileysville
C. J. Barrett
Whitesville
Besoco Mercantile Co
Besoco
Blevins & Lusk Allen Junction
Bradley’s Hardware & Bldg. Co. Bradley
Corinne
Clarks General Store
A. W. Cox Dept
Hinton
Clear Creek Coal Co
Clearco
Clear Fork Hone. & Bldg
Supply Oceana
Fairlea Electric & Refrig. Co
Fairlea
Hines Cash Store
Hines
Bluefield
Pat King’s Appliance Shop
White Suplhur Springs
F. G. Lobban Co. Alderson
MacAlpin Coal Co
MacAlpin Neville Maytag & Furniture Co
Pagoda Super Market
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Itmann
Rakes Hardware Co
Beaver
Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Co
Senaca Hardware & Sheet Metal
Lewisburg
Shumate Furniture Store
Coal City
Shady Spring General Store
Shady Spring
Stone’s Electric Service
Mullens
the Valley Co
Wyoming Refrigeration Co
Pineville
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