Whitesville Bank Robbers Loot Whitesville Bank of $1550
Four men identified as Jack Bell Cecil Hightower Charles Phelps and John Tetrick were captured after the Whitesville Bank robbery where 1550 dollars were stolen from cashier N M Henderson and assistant John Barber. The gang wore masks and fled toward Madison jail after a noon Thursday heist.
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Whitesville
B. B. Junction
Jack Bell
Cecil Hightower
Charles Phelps
John Tetrick
Boone County
Big Coal River
Madison
N. M. Henderson
John Barber
Henderson
John J. Jarrell
Pine
Real Estate Transfers in Beckley and Surrounding Districts
A long list of real estate transfers shows numerous buyers including E E Elison George Barfield J E Jarvis L H Dugger A J Fletcher W H Bardin J S Sweeney F E Roberts J M Dunn W Emery Quesenberry A J Brown Lilly Land Company and others purchasing lots and tracts in Beckley Town and surrounding districts through various trustees special commissioners and companies with consideration ranging from 1 to 3420 dollars. Properties include Beckley town lots Robertson and Rhodell areas Clear Fork Trap Hill Shady Spring Marsh Fork Raleigh Court Lincoln additions and Town districts with appurtenances and tracts valued modestly.
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E. E. Elison
Margaret L. Williams
Beckley
George Barfield
Grant Maynor
Clear Ford
J. E. Jarvis
A. C. Sutpin
Hedrick-Walker-Carter
L. H. Dugger
Silas Moore
Trap Hill
A. J. Fletcher
A. L. Garley
Rhodell
W. H. Bennett
D. E. Lilly
Shady Spring
J. W. Maynor
Minnie J. Maynor
Paint Creek
R. L. Reardon
Annie Combs
T. E. Combs
W. H. Bardin
W. Emery Quesenberry
D. B. Walls
Bill Taraczko
M. F. Jessup
A. B. Maxwell
A. J. Brown
Marsh Fork Coal Company
Marsh Fork
Jas. A. Robertson
W. E.roberts
Robertson Addition
J. L. Teel
Wm. P. Robertson
A. W. Roberts
Ross & Bowling Land Company
Lilly Land Company
John F. Martin
Raleigh Court
W. FB. Parker
Lincoln Addition
Recruiting party to visit Beckley for army enlistment
A recruiting party will be in Beckley October 16, 17 and 18 to accept men for all branches of the United States army for a one year enlistment. Those without education can enlist and attend a government school. For details, write to the recruiting office at Hinton.
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Beckley
United States Army
War Department
Hinton
Duncan Joins Hub Film Exchange Incorporators
N G Duncan formerly of Beckley is among Hub Film Exchange incorporators with Charleston as place of business. The company is incorporated with capital stock of 25000 dollars.
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Duncan
White Sulphur hosts highway boosters meeting
At White Sulphur Springs the Trans-Allegheny Good Roads Association notes Raleigh county credit for progress on hard surfaced roads from Flat Top to the Fayette line, with about 14 miles completed and 24 more under construction, plus 14 miles of improved earth roads. Next year brings a state bond vote for a 50 million dollar roads program. contractor delays were noted and farmers now back road bond issues. Jumping Branch district, Summers?
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E. E. White
Raleigh County
Raleigh
J. L. Bumgardner
Bumgardner
Fayette Line
Richmond
Clear Fork
Jumping Branch
County bonds push limits on main road to Raleigh county
A county burdened by poverty could not bond beyond 20000 dollars yet approved bonds and pressed ahead on the principal road from Hinton to Raleigh county, striving to improve the key route amid financial strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
Raleigh County
Visitor Sgt. Chambers Returns Home to Cameron
Sgt. B. B. Chambers, famed for France and Belgium letters in The Register, visited Beckley on Monday after returning to Cameron two months ago, greeted by friends glad for his safe return from the war in Germany.
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B. B. Chambers
France
Belgium
Register
Cameron
Beckley
Germany
Strikers Resume Work at Gauley Mountain Coat Plant
About 200 miners returning to work at the Gauley Mountain Coat Company after a strike action. Officials reported a resumed production pace as negotiations with the strikers continued and a settlement appeared likely.
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The
Gauley Mountain Coat Company
Jodie WV Workers Return From Six Week Strike
Workers in Jodie West Virginia in the New River field have returned to work after a strike lasting roughly six weeks, resuming duties and operations as negotiations or agreements remain unsettled.
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Jodie
W. Va
New River
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Beckley Drug Company
Court House
U. S
Foster Hardware Company
Allen & Pack’s
West Virginia
Trans-Allegheny Good Roads Association
White Sulphur Springs
Sgt. Chambers
Ross & Bowling Land CO
Bell Phone
Blankenship
Beckley, W. VA
Keystone
Keystone Lubricating Company
Philadelphia
Beckley Hardware & Supply Co., Inc
Heber Street
Glen
Cole
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