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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1919
Page
8
A recruiting pitch urges readers to join for two years to become physically and mentally tuned for life success. It directs to a nearby Recruiting Station and notes postmasters can provide location details.
The Raleigh County Sunday School Association, led by J Wm Eldredge, announces a Young People’s Conference November 5-6 in Beckley West Virginia. Attendance is limited to 200 with registration required in advance including a $1 fee. Two boys and two girls per school aged 16 to 22 plus one adult leader per school may register.
A public health adverts urges avoiding crowded rooms, sleeping with windows open, and using gargles. It promotes Blacko Tablets as a gentle laxative to cleanse the system, explaining influenza germs enter via nose or mouth and travel to the intestine. recommends doses for adults and children and notes the product costs 24 cents per box.
Winding Gulf WV local notes describe travel on Virginian No 5 linking Beckley Harper Deep Water and Charleston with four hour connections. Also mentions No 2 C&C to Beckley and Fayette for returns. Community events include sermons by Rev Henry Clay, business trips by Supt E C Berkeley, visits by Mrs C C Kirkwood and others, school contract awards for Slab Fork district, theatre crowds for Bolshevism on Trial and nightly specials.
The United States court at Richmond affirms I. K. Dye’s sentence of a $1000 fine and six months in Braxton county jail. Dye, former manager of the Coal and Coke railroad, was convicted for unfair distribution of coal cars during a nationwide car shortage. His appeal failed and the lower court sentence stands.
In 879, Charles II of Germany reportedly adopted the dating phrase year of our Lord. The note highlights a medieval shift in how years were counted, reflecting a churchly influence on reckoning time and official records.
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