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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
6
The Raleigh Register is published weekly by The Raleigh R. Inc. and filed in Beckley West Virginia as class mail matter. Editor and Manager year and month figures are listed with two month term indicators.
A 1919 Senate exchange lists fourteen pointed questions asking which administration yielded the best results for farmers laborers business bankers profits prosperity shipbuilding taxation finance and national power. It frames the inquiry as a reply to Senator Sherman and seeks Republican readers to answer which presidency achieved these records.
A French surgeon claims grafting certain glands from young monkeys into old men can renew vitality and potentially halt aging. He suggests this could mark a fountain of perpetual youth, making death from old age avoidable through the procedure.
Hon David R Francis former ambassador to Russia asserts Bolshevists when they seized Russia forced bank officials to cable code messages to American bankers to move deposits to Russian bankers. The transfers, he says, funded Bolshevik agents in the United States and fueled the rapid strike wave nationwide.
Testimony details threats against key witnesses and evidence from the Glen White trial. Officers protected a witness, while a deputy sheriff described eight piles of shell casings and multiple shooters.
Lucas accuses Stafford of organizing an assault on the Glen White mine tipple to compel miners to join the strike. McGinnis corroborates that rifles and pistols were supplied from Lucas’s home and used as workers left the shaft at quitting time. Witnesses place Stafford and an Italian organizer in charge. nine men are seen after the shooting. A jury of farmers, mostly from local farms, is seated for the verdict.
Beary president and T L Lewis secretary of the New River Operators' Association traveled to Washington to attend a National Coal Association meeting. The delegation's aim was to discuss industry issues and coordinate on policy matters affecting coal operations.
Ropes made from provincial women's hair used to haul timbers for a temple in North Japan. A timber measured 17 inches thick and 1,400 feet long, highlighting the extraordinary method described in the account.
From the first winter of the war a sanitary commission aided Serbia. After the US entered the conflict a full 1917 August commission expanded relief, establishing hospitals feeding clothing and medical care for refugees, supplying the army with dental care farm tools and seeds, and aiding refugee children amid the nation’s torment. A photograph shows a little Serbian girl in ragged clothing symbolizing the plight before aid.
A historical note confirms aluminum can conduct electricity, highlighting its practical use in electrical systems. The finding emphasizes aluminum’s role as a viable conductor alongside traditional materials.
A Beckley West Virginia post office list names unclaimed letters to be sent to the dead letter office if not collected by October 14 1919. The roster includes men Frank Hanon Roy Cave Frank R Cebard Will Thomas R H Whitlock and women Miss Mae Brammer Mrs H R Broughman Miss Hattie Watson Mrs Mary Toney Miss Ruth Monroe Mrs Credar Richards Mrs Lucy Watkins. Postmaster M J Meadows notes collectors should say advertised and give the date.
Sunday school and preaching services at the M. E. church South will be held at the usual times. Rev A E Odell will deliver the sermon during Rev Reid’s service.
The Woman's Club will meet Friday afternoon in the auditorium of the new school building with Mrs. A G Cook, Miss Winnie Cook, and Miss Hallie Harper as hostesses. Miss Thelma Beane is visiting relatives and friends in Charleston this week.
Houston Post columnist Elbow Grease Old Man Bailey argues money loses value without production. He quotes that only elbow grease plow and mule can feed people, warning underproduction makes money worthless. The Bluefield Telegraph echoes the point on economy and exchange value.
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