Fayette Man Injured When Train Strikes Auto in Minden
Avriter Oak Hill Richard Watkeys a 53 year old miner for New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal at Minden sustained a severe head injury three fractured ribs and a right side injury after his car stalled on a track. He rested fairly well at Oak Hill hospital as physicians awaited further tests. Driver Howard Collier also of Minden said he and his wife escaped from the car as the locomotive moved toward them.
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Avriter
Oak Hill
Richard Watkeys
New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company
Minden
Oak Hill Hospital
Watkeys
Howard Collier
Collier
Personal mentions from Mullens area this week
Register staff writer notes residents visiting and traveling. Mullens McMillan of Detroit is in town on business. Roger Pritchett returns from vacations in Lynchburg New York and Bristol Tennessee. Lloyd Smith weekending in Charlottesville with Mrs. Smith. Grover Underhill and Clara Swope of Blacksburg hosted by the Swope family. Bill Ruby and Louis Jeffries of V P L as weekend guests of their parents. Mrs. George Smith returns from California improved health and rooms at the Wyoming hotel. H S Bond of Charleston and Gordon Stone with Edna Lee visited Bluefield. R A Emberger spent weekend in Bluefield with Mr. Berger. Frank McLiain of Clarksburg is in town on business. F E Goepper of Pulaski also here on business.
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Mullens
James E. McMillan
Detroit
Michigan
Roger Pritchett
Lynchburt
N. Y
Bristol
Tennessee
Lloyd Smith
Charlottesville
Smith
Grover Underhill
Clara Swope
Blacksburg
T. S. Swope
Bill Ruby
Louis Jeffries
V. P
Chambers Child Grows Stronger After Illness
Dry Creek Betty Lou Chambers eight weeks old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Chambers is improving in a Charleston hospital from a serious illness Dr A A Shawkey reported She was admitted Monday after failing to improve at home
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Dry Creek
Betty Lou
George Chambers
Charleston
A. A. Shawkey
Rhode ll People to Hear Speaker at Beckley Meeting
Register staff note Rhodell Mrs Odell Haynes T A Roger Dr T G McConnell Mrs W Wood and Miss Velma Farley are among those expected to attend the Democratic party election officers gathering at Beckley. Thursday night will hear Hon Charles Love assistant U S district attorney an authority on election laws. Richard Himber New York hotel orchestra director urges all orchestra leaders to bar martial music for world peace.
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Saat Rhodell
Odell Haynes
T. A. Roger
T. G. McConnell
W. Wood
Velma Farley
Democratic Party
Beckley
Charles Love
U. S
Richard Himber
New York
Three Generations Use Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A persuasive ad copy describes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound aiding women through life stages. It warns against being a three-quarter wife and promises easier periods of harmony with husbands by toning the system, addressing functional disorders.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Garage in West Virginia Curve Draws Seed Salesman
Duluth seed salesman Rhodelle A. Burke described a hairpin curve at Pickshin where a garage sits in the curve with doors on both ends. He noted drivers can enter from one side and exit to the highway on the other, joking it could serve as a bridge if left open.
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Rhodelle
A. E. Burke
Duluth
Minn
West Virginia
Stonecoat
Pickshin
Raleigh
Egeria School Repairs Needed
Repairs to the Egeria school building are welcomed by pupils from the Barn section who attend the school due to distance. It notes the proximity of Egeria to their homes and recalls last year when several students rode horses up to five miles before taking a school bus.
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Lego
Egeria
Keaton Lad III Home Is Rented
Coal City report states the A. L. Keaton family will not housekeep this winter. Furniture placed in storage and house rented to Leroy Hyatt. Mrs. Keaton to stay in Hinton for her son to receive physician treatment, husband to live with his brother at Princewick.
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Coal City
A. L. Keaton
Leroy Hyatt
Four Men Fined by Magistrate After Fight
Rhodelle Aubrey Coleman and W. H. Palmer paid $13.86 fines each after arrest for fighting. A. Toler and John Tischuch also fined for drunkenness. Arrests were by Constable S. L. Dillon and John McDowell.
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Rhodelle Aubrey Coleman
W. H. Palmer
Sam Lilly
A. Toler
John Tischuch
S. L. Dillon
John McDowell
Freshmen in Alabama Favor Age Eighteen for College
The text notes that among Alabama freshmen, the age of eighteen is seen as the preferred age to enter college, serving as a general indicator for the intake.
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Alabama
Church Observes Childhood Week at Mullens
Mullens Methodist church opened Childhood Week with Girl Scout Troop members led by Miss Virginia Ruby and Miss Sally Bower in attendance. Rev. Mr. Thomas delivered a sermon themed The Homes, schools, and church highlighting the need for proper training in these institutions.
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Mullens
Methodist Church
Virginia Ruby
Sally Bower
Thomas
Sponge houses forecast first million-dollar sponge trade
Sponge houses at Tarpon Springs Florida predict sales will top one million dollars this year for the first time in the history of the sponge exchange.
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Tarpon Springs
Fla
Sponge Exchange
Shumaker Seeks Nonpartisan School Boards in WV Campaign
Republican state superintendent candidate Shumaker told a Montgomery audience he would keep useful county unit features but expose what he called evils in the system he criticized W W Trent for politicizing school boards since 1933. He vowed to push nonpartisan education board elections and to seek free text books for West Virginia pupils.
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Montgomery
Shumaker
West Virginia
Rural hospitals grow in the South per a government report
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports increasing numbers of rural hospitals across southern states, signaling improved healthcare access in less-populated areas and potential shifts in regional medical infrastructure.
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South
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Local Notes and Visits Highlight Weekend Movements
Mullens and nearby towns report residents confined to home by illness. Mrs. Frank Saunders returns from Roanoke. Mrs. N. A. Thomas and Mrs. Selvey host and visit relatives in Pineville and Princeton. Families and friends travel to Logan county, Glenville, and Beckley for weekend engagements and football games.
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Mullens
Mona Ann Dooley
Roy Dooley
Frank Saunders
Roanoke
N. A. Thomas
Pineville
Selvey
Princeton
Ray Keeley
R. E. Lampton
W. H. Foster
Sam Caldwell
Morrns Avenue
James Doss
Jessie Ramey
Cline McKinney
Robert Keim
Logan County
D. L. Lynch
Dolly Strong
Miss Strong
John Lusk
Lavera Caffee
Itmann
Mrs Ed Thomas Reported Better At Beckley Hospital
Glen Rogers Mrs Ed Thomas of Glen Rogers is very much improved at Beckley hospital physicians say She had been ill for years and was seriously ill when admitted The Thomases lived in Lillybrook previously and have since resided in Glen Rogers and Beckley Paper manufacturing in Pennsylvania today is estimated as a 250000000 dollar business.
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Glen Rogers
Ed Thomas
Beckley Hospital
Thomases
Lillybrook
Beckley
Pennsylvania
Personal mentions From Whitesville and Charleston Notes
Whitesville visitor W Sharpe from Parkersburg made a four day business visit to Whiteville. Miss Mary Zabi spent the weekend in Charleston with Mrs. H Beaver. Rev and Mrs O E Stump visited their son Jack at Morgantown where he studies at the university. Mr and Mrs Conway Presley of Red Dragon announce the birth of a son born yesterday. Mr and Mrs Seibert Smoot announce the birth of a daughter.
Building Cold Pupils Go Home
Rhodell students were sent home yesterday as the school lacked heat after a delay in obtaining furnace grates. The outage left classrooms chilly and disrupted the school day for pupils and staff.
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Rhodell
Election forces change in P T A meeting in Coal City
The general election falls on the P T A meeting day so Coal City school will hold the P T A meeting on November 10 per Principal Olive Ferguson.
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Coal City
Parent-Teacher Association
Olive Ferguson
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