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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1919
Page
4
An essay arguing county governments are multi headed and weak by design. It describes how elect officials owe loyalty to the people, producing a tangled structure nicknamed Jungle. It explains bosses organize tickets to centralize power, giving rise to an informal centralized, irresponsible authority.
Hayes escaped from Rev. A H Matheny acting as special deputy at Prince station by twisting handcuffs and boarding a passing express train. He had been sentenced in Kanawha county for violating the Johnson pistol law to six months in jail and was wanted in Beckley for murder. Matheny continued to Pruntytown and returned to Beckley Friday.
A coal pile against the furnace overheated and ignited last Monday night at Beckley National Bank. The smoldering fire was quickly discovered and extinguished, with only smoke causing discomfort inside the building.
Prof. William S. Knowlton of Monson Maine aged 80 is in his fiftieth year as principal of Abbott High School marking a long career in education and leadership.
The Carnegie Peace Endowment estimates World War cost at 337 billion dollars via Ernest L. Bogert. The study cites 9,998,771 known dead with Russia leading in fatalities and calculates per person economic worth by country, plus a total land loss of 29.96 billion and notes Ira Cole, 90, as the oldest active GPO pressman.
C A McKee mine superintendent of McKell Coal and Coke Company at Tamroy West Virginia will apply to the Circuit Court of Raleigh County on Monday December 1 1919 for a license to carry a pistol or other weapon under Section 7 Chapter 148 of the Code of West Virginia.
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