American Woman Hands Charm Beaton Finds Utility
AP Feature Service interviews Cecil Beaton who, after years in the United States, concedes American women have pretty hands though lacking English charm and refined heads. Peggy Sage offers care tips for hands and nails, including grooming, nail shaping, cuticle care, and suggested exercises to improve circulation and dexterity.
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Cecil Beaton
United States
Waldorf Towers
America
Mr. Beaton
Peggy Sage
Six Real Estate Sales Recorded
Six real estate transfers appear in today’s county records. W G Lowe bought an Oakwood avenue lot from A C and da Sutphin. G E and I W Davis sold a Glen Daniel lot to B J Daniel. W G and Thelma Lowe conveyed a Burgess street lot to Purity Baking Co for about 1500 dollars with revenue stamps shown. Virgie Agee sold James A Farley one acre on Mitchells Ridge. Raleigh Realty and Construction Co transferred a Pemberton Beckley road lot to Clara Breeden. Martha Rowe bought a Crab Orchard lot from Lilly Land Co for 450 dollars.
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W.G. Lowe
Oakwood Avenue
A. C
da Sutphin
G. E
I. W. Davis
B. J. Daniel
Glen Daniel
W. G
Thelma Lowe
Burgess Street
Purity Baking Company
Virgie Agee
James A. Farley
Acid And Chair Have Some Effect
Coal City report details D B Peters caused two wardrobe mishaps by sitting on a bucket of battery acid and a child's chair in a restaurant. The incidents left holes in the seat of his trousers, prompting Peters to vow greater care in the future.
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Peters
Chief Tried For Killing Prisoner
WINFIELD The state neared the end of its case after witnesses at the trial of Chief Ote Bias, 60, of the Hurricane police department, testified that Tom Lucas, 22, was fatally wounded in a scuffle for a gun. Harold Hunter and George Mc Gee said they watched from a window as Bias and Lucas, whom he had arrested, struggled in the Putman county jail on August 1. Lucas pushed Bias toward a door just as the gun fired.
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Winfield
Ote Bias
Hurricane Police Department
Tom Lucas
Harold Hunter
George McGee
Lucas
Putman
Bias
How to Treat Cream Stains on Fabrics
A practical guide advises rubbing the stained area with cold water and soap, then rinsing thoroughly in cold water to remove cream stains from garments or linens.
Mark Twain junior earns praise for schoolwork and achievements
Reece R. Boone, a fifteen year old Mark Twain High student, juggles football track band journalism and student leadership while boasting straight A and B averages with little studied. Born in Troutdale Virginia he helped design a school addition and writes a popular column while participating in drum and bugle corps and debating.
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Reece R. Boone
Mark Twain
Mark Twain High School
Troutdale
Stotesbury
Reece
West Virginia Univesity
Koppers’ Grill
Board of Education
Harry Davis
Sons of the Legion
Beckley
Concord Scholastic Press
MIT
Reduce Safely Fat Loss Pill Ad Promises Quick Results
An advertisement touts a product named Rock-A-Water Tablets with a claim to reduce ten pounds in ten days. It promises a 30 day treatment for two dollars and guarantees fat loss without dieting. The wording targets readers seeking rapid weight loss through a suggested authority figure and Watkins reference.
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Watkins
Macaulay’s essay targets a sham in twelve editions
Lord Macaulay wrote an essay tearing down a book that had reached twelve editions yet was meritless and warned against similar frauds on the public.
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Lord Macaulay
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W. G. Lowe
Oakwood
Sutphin
Register
Coal City
D. B. Peters
The
Raleigh County Press Association
He's Too
Good
Mullens
Quill and Scroll
Kodak Club
Kanawha St
Ruxton Rye
Liberty Distributors Inc
Dundalk, MD
VEAL
T-Bone
Hamburger
Chuck
Crescent Grocery
Neville ST
Court House
Raleigh County
Smokeless
A. H. Store
Virginia Street
Charleston
West VA
Appalachian
Electric Power Co
Ate Ea Sa Ane
Aw Aes
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