Money and Bonds Await 23 People in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Red Cross home service chair E E Bibb seeks help locating twenty three individuals with unclaimed government vouchers for soldiers pay and liberty bonds. Amounts range from modest sums to over a hundred dollars and will be delivered when found. A list of names and last addresses includes Franklin Crab Orchard. Darney Meane. Willie Stover Beckley. Etta May Blackwell Beckley. Hattie Currey Sylvia. Hancy Oliver Raleigh. Maie Luna Pemberton. Millie Mae Chiera Stotesbury. Elsie Freeman Beckley. Betty Boyd Raleigh. Mattie Shannon Beckley. Garrie Hampton Price Eccles. Williams Tams. Tillie Huggins Terry. Rosa Williams Tams. Nancy Good Brown Warden. Mary Campbell Vanwood. Blanch Hatton Cecil Slab Fork. Mary Belle Chambers Raleigh. Rebecca Lockhart Lillybrook. Cinda Gardine Mitchell Killarney.
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Igh County
Home Service Section
Raleigh County
Red Cross Chapter
E E. Bibb
War Department
Bibb
Papuise Franklin
Crab Orchard
Meane Darney
Willie Stover
Beckley
Etta May Blackwell
Hattie B. Currey
Sylvia
Hancy Oliver
Raleigh Aladys
Maie Luna
Pemberton
Millie Mae Chiera
Stotesbury
Elsie Lee Freeman
Betty Boyd
Raleigh
Mattie Shannon
Garrie Hampton Price
Ecclesenn Williams
Tams
Tillie Huggins
Terry
Rosa Williams
Ancy Good Brown
Warden
Mary Campbell
Vanwood
Blanch Hatton Cecil
Slab Fork
Mary Belle Chambers
Rebecca Lockhart
Lillybrook
Cinda Gardine Mitchell
Killarney
Local 2247 Carpenters Meet Fridays at Odd Fellows Hall
Local Union No 2247 United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America will meet every Friday night at 7 30 in the Odd Fellows hall in Rose and Turner Co building. J J WARDEN Recording Secretary p1218.
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United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Odd Fellows Hall
Rose & Turner Co
J. J. Warden
Czepinskys Sell Sprague Grocery Store to G E King
Mr and Mrs L Czepinsky of Sprague sold their stock and property to G E King of Hinton. King will move his family to Sprague by early spring after building a home. The Czepinskys have not decided where to locate.
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Czepinskys
L. Czepinsky
Sprague
G. E. King
Hinton
Shooting at Sandstone Ends in Wounds and Arrest
Jesse McKinney of Sandstone was shot in the head at his home by his brother in law Lundy McKinney. He was taken to a hospital in Hinton with serious injuries but may recover. The motive involved domestic trouble and a family rift as the wife left her husband for her father. Lundy McKinney was arrested Sunday and bound over to the grand jury on a $2000 bond. The two men are cousins in addition to being brothers in law.
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Jesse McKinney
Lundy McKinney
Hinton
Jesse MccKinney
Jesse
Lundy
Pemmican Recipe Tied to Arctic Explorers
Pemmican, the staple food of arctic explorers, is prepared from the flesh and fat of bisons. The item highlights how explorers rely on this durable sustenance for long journeys and harsh conditions.
Notice of Trustee's Sale Becomes Beckley Public Auction
A 1919 deed of trust by B B Gunnoe to trustee Herbert Stansbury triggers a public sale of a Beckley land parcel in Raleigh County West Virginia. The 16 425 square foot lot will be sold cash on December 27 1919 at 1 00 PM at the Raleigh County Courthouse front door. The trust is secured by the noted property described in the deed and recorded in Trust Deed Book N at page 268.
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B. B. Gunnoe
Herbert Stansbury
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Richard Snuffer
Court House
Beckley
Shumate seeks pistol license in Raleigh County
Azel Shumate store manager for Raleigh Coal and Coke Co. of Raleigh West Virginia announces he will apply to the Circuit Court of Raleigh County on Thursday December 4 1919 for a license to carry a pistol or other weapon as provided by section 7 chapter 148 of the West Virginia code.
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Azel Shumate
Raleigh Coal & Coke Co
Raleigh
W. Va
Circuit Court
Raleigh County
Code of West Virginia
Mabscott Council Adopts Street Ordinance in 1919 Meeting
The Mabscott Common Council met November 20 1919 with Mayor N S Allen and councilors present to adopt an ordinance aimed at the street through the town from the county road near where the road crosses White Stick Creek by the Beckley Electric. The action was taken after adjournment on November 3 1919 and addresses citizen comfort convenience and welfare.
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State of
West Virginia
Raleigh
Mabscott
Town of
N.S. Allen
M. Thomas
M. S. Bower
J. F. Brown
H. E. Melton
Common Council
White Stick Creek
Beckley
Mabscott to Bond 30 Thousand for White Stick Avenue Upgrade
Mabscott Common Council approves issuing serial bonds of 30000 dollars dated Jan 1 1920 to grade drain and permanently improve White Stick Avenue using brick asphaltum concrete macadam or block. A special election on Dec 9 1919 will decide ratification and a 40 cent maximum levy to cover interest and sinking fund over 30 years.
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Common Council
Mabscott
Bank of Raleigh
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Odd Fellow’s
White Stick Avenue
Town of
Raleigh
Odd Fellow’s Hall
I. N. S. Allen
Mabscott Certifies True Copy From Town Records
Town of Mabscott certifies that the foregoing is a true copy from the records of ordinance book of said Town.
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Mabscott
M. Thomas
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Beckley, W. Va
N. S. Allen
I. M. Thomas
the Said
Postoffice
Clearante
Mackinaws
Misses and Childrens Shoes
Mens
Misses, Childrens and Boys Union
Ladies Union
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