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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1936
Page
7
Coal City sees rapid construction as three homes finish and two more rise including a four room cottage by Jack Reeves of Princewick adjoining J. Q. Cooper residence. A garage and coal shed near completion, with house work to start soon. A separate kidnapping case mentions a farmer ransom of 1500 dollars in nearby coverage.
Local colored community notices: anniversary service led by Rev W E Clapp at Tams Chapel with Conference Night music by No 2 choir of New Salem. Other items include Missionary Society meeting, revival at First Baptist, Thomas Campbell wedding, travel to Virginia for illness, and Bluefield State college updates.
A business meeting of the First Baptist Church Narvia will be held this evening at 7:00. The pastor Rev T S Jennings requests every member to be present.
Mrs. W. G. Funderburk, wife of a prominent farmer in Lufkin Texas, says she received a letter claiming her husband was held by two men demanding 1500 for his release. The missive, in her husband’s handwriting and postmarked Shreveport Louisiana, prompted police inquiry as her husband had left for Lufkin and was due back by noon. The disappearance was reported yesterday.
A distressed woman claims two disguised men abducted her after assaulting her, took her money, and tore her clothes. She says they demanded $1,500 and threatened to transport her to Texarkana that night, starving if not paid, and she cannot sign her name. Her husband is mentioned in the note.
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