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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1936
Page
3
Alderson Joe Morrison of Montgomery was accidentally shot by his Uncle Ware of Montgomery during a hunt near Welf Creek. Morrison was struck by 25 to 30 shots in the right arm and leg, treated by Dr. C F Mahood, and taken home to Montgomery.
East Bank U S Senator M M Neely urged party supporters to vote for Franklin D Roosevelt and elect the entire Democratic ticket. He contrasted Roosevelt policies with Hoover era and claimed business, industry and agriculture advanced under Roosevelt, noting miners gained more advantages in four years. Talbott and O'Brien spoke in Summersville.
Minden Jon Turley, a 69 year old mail carrier, delivered mail today on a two mile route between Minden and Sanger on horseback as he has for nine years. He recalls riding since childhood in the Kanawha valley and notes 1936 marks the horse and saddle era amid horseless carriages.
Six year old Cozeloa McTaggart died after a motorcycle struck her as she moved from behind a tractor. Thomas Joseph of Oak Hill faced manslaughter charges claiming the girl darted into the path of his cycle. Witness Leo Rule and onlooker Howard Styers supported his claim of unavoidable impact.
Wayne sburg, Pa. Fifty five years after W R Jennings carved his initials and the date June 6 1881 on a turtle its shell was rediscovered by his nephew on the same farm.
A concise prompt verses toward Metropolitan Life Insurance Company highlighting a branding cue. The line plays on association between personal identity and the brand’s name, implying the company’s prominence in insurance. The wording resembles a nostalgic advertisement capsule from a historic period.
Emma A Kutis 40 and Henry Nemsgren 29 were sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge John Bartine after pleading guilty to the murder of Mrs Kutis husband Thomas on their farm. The pair were described as a mother of five and a farm hand.
Alexandria Minn Fifty one years of fruit production is the record of an apple tree planted by Mrs Julia Nelson of Salem township in 1873 still bearing fruit and continuing ad one story notes the longevity of the tree and its owner.
Huntington business men on a three day goodwill tour halted in Oak Hill yesterday. Rev C S Donnelly greeted the visitors and Mayor Martin V Chapman of Huntington gave a short response. The Oak Hill high school band serenaded the guests before they continued to Fayetteville Montgomery and Hamlin.
Friends of the Rev and Mrs J F Paschal gathered at the home of Mrs Bunyon Janney to honor their silver wedding anniversary in Weirwood. The event marked a milestone in the couple's marriage with a small party hosted by family and friends.
Long Branch reports hard luck for the R. F. Britt family as R. F. Britt was rushed to Coal Valley hospital yesterday with a sudden appendicitis attack. A month earlier his infant daughter died, a month after the death of her twin.
Long Branch Doctor A L Hunter of Pax attended the Fayette County Medical Society meeting at White Oak Country Club on Tuesday. J C Holley foreman of the No 2 Koppers mine is vacationing with relatives in Virginia. Mrs Clara Williams and daughter Margaret along with Mrs Grace Williams and Mrs Martha Wingrove attended a quilting bee at Mrs Leona Lively's home. J W Warden former superintendent now living in Mt Hope was a business visitor on Tuesday.
Houston attorney John E. Ca hoon resolved to stop hip firing when a demonstration went wrong. The gun discharged, the bullet traveled downward and exited near his knee, leaving him wounded.
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