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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
11
The Cincinnati Reds clinched the world baseball series in eight games finishing 4-4-0 after wins 9-0 4-2 and 5-0 2-0 while Chicago claimed 2-0 5-4 and 4-1 before Cincinnati won 10-5. Gate receipts reached 722,414 with Reds players earning 5207.01 each and Chicago players 3254.36.
War era notice reports children for the Nitro West Virginia munitions plant project were rejected under wartime labor rules. Officials cite safety and age limitations guiding enlistment decisions.
Dentist ad lists Dr Philip Schaffer as a specialist in pyorrhea and mouth hygiene. Office rooms and addresses include Room 303 Kanawha National Bank Building Charleston West Virginia 124 West Virginia. Hours are 8 to 11 and 1 to 5 and 7 to 9. Contact Capitol 4437 at Blankenship Building Beckley West Virginia.
Harris Brothers & Company of New York submitted the highest bid of 5,800,000 for the government property. The official note stated none of the bids would provide the war department an adequate return. The town had cost the government 70,000,000.
The official report for September shows 2,663,790 tons hauled by the Chesapeake and Ohio line. This is 79,000 tons less than the September 1918 peak.
West Virginia apples are forecast at 700000 barrels for this year, down from 1000000 barrels last year and 900000 barrels the year before, according to Charles E Wheeler of the department of agriculture.
Rev. A. E. O'Dell, long associated with Beckley and former pastor in Fayetteville and Oak Hill, moves his family to Beckley from Webster Springs. He has served nine years at Webster Springs and was appointed secretary of educational work for the M. F. South conference to promote church education in eastern Kentucky and this West Virginia section. Beckley residents welcome the return of a pastor with broad experience and many friends.
A wartime style farm pest ad warns rats threaten infants and urges placing a cake of RAT-SNAP around the home. It notes nursing bottles attract rats and promises rat and mouse elimination with three sizes offered for 25 cents 50 cents and one dollar. Raleigh Hardware Co. and Beckley Hardware Supply Co. sell and guarantee the product.
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