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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1927
Page
4
The article argues that West Virginia Smokeless Coal should emulate Anthracite by highlighting superior quality rather than competing on price. It stresses a clear regional definition and targeted advertising to educate buyers, moving the product beyond price competition and into a distinct, premium class.
The platform calls for a new Raleigh county court house and roads expansion on West Neville parallel street and North and South Kanawha streets. It advocates capital punishment for first degree murderers, boosts small-acre farming, truck gardening, poultry and dairying, disbars lawyers who oppose enforcement of law, and supports more roads with fewer but better schools.
The text argues for a market mechanism that sets prices based on merit and creates a demand that yields a fair return to the operator and a fair wage to the mine worker. It emphasizes a self-regulating system to secure equitable compensation and operating profitability.
The statement says William Gibbs McAdoo will not seek the 1928 Democratic nomination. It notes Al Smith’s stronger 1927 position, hints Smith might withdraw if needed, and argues party unity favors choosing a candidate acceptable to both factions to avoid a repeat of the 1924 deadlock.
Opinion argues compulsory auto liability insurance fails to protect all injured. Many hurt through their own fault cannot collect damages, and laws may insulate bad risks. Authors urge addressing root causes to reduce traffic fatalities rather than broad insurance mandates.
The Wheeling Intelligencer reports Germany focuses on safe civilian aviation rather than spectacle. The 1927 budget allocates 10.5 million dollars for civil aviation organization and subsidies, with Luft Hansa supported by towns, and ticket prices reflecting heavy government and municipal gifts. The program includes passenger life insurance up to 6,000 dollars and weekly indemnity for injury.
Henry Ford is said to have bought about 1.2 million acres in Para state Brazil for a large rubber plantation with options on additional tracts. The report notes Ford’s plan to develop mining and timber enterprises alongside the plantation, tying future investment to regional growth and labor conditions.
The report claims Ford will expand rubber production, with Liberia plantations already yielding modest output. The text notes Firestone's similar move in West Africa and says other manufacturers seek global rubber sources to counter scarcity, potentially lowering tire costs for motorists.
Gere Tunney and Jack Dempsey prepare for a $2,000,000 Chicago crowd in a bout seen as supreme showmanship by Tex Rickard. The piece laments boxing brutality and notes former champion Wolgast in an asylum, arguing sport harms minds despite spectacle and profits.
Parkerburg News cites Cordie Harvey of Rhodell Raleigh County as robbed in a New York Martinique hotel. The paper mocks West Virginia defenders for irony and suggests a rustic response if she were truly West Virginian, noting moonshine and a mountaineer’s pistol.
The piece notes John Murray offered two thousand guineas for the copyright of Lalla Rookh before writing. Longman claimed the £3,000 paid to Scott for Rokeby was the highest, but Moore refused a perusal before signing. The poem’s length and sales later proved the bargain good.
A discussion notes that Murray's dictionary links Jehu’s furious driving to English words, but a critic argues Jehu was deliberate in his driving. The debate may influence future editions to mark potential misreadings of his name. Veterans en route to the Paris World War II Legion convention monitor ships for life rafts bearing Old Glory.
A humorous roundup of assorted quips and jests about current events and figures. The column touches on Tex Rickard, politics, Prohibition, and social trends with playful asides about Cal Coolidge, Lita Grey Chaplin, and public figures, mingling light satire and local color.
The Woolworth company reported August sales of 21,400,398 dollars, up from 19,126,77 dollars in August 1926.
Notice is given that by deed of trust dated October 22, 19 27, recorded in Raleigh County West Virginia a 50 acre tract on Laurel Branch Shady Spring District will be sold at public auction at the courthouse front door to the highest bidder. The sale to satisfy the deed of trust held by BK Wilkinson and Grace J Wilkinson, with Herbert Stansbury as trustee, and the property previously conveyed by A C Poole and wife on April 11 1964. The sale date is set for 1 PM on a date to be announced.
The 26th Annual Kiwanis Convention in Martinsburg will draw the largest West Virginia turnout with Beckley delegates including J. Q. Hutchinson and H. A. Dunn. Motorcade tours will visit apple harvest and Civil War sites. events span Sunday reception at Shenandoah hotel, presidents breakfast, secretary's meeting, a Fulkerson address, and the Governor's Ball Tuesday.
A careful survey shows an extensive network of subterranean streams in Yorkshire carboniferous limestone. Many emerge miles from sinks where surface water enters rocks. Similar global phenomena exist, and ocean bottom studies reveal rivers entering seas beneath the surface.
Central Trust Company of Charleston announces a trustee sale on November 3 1927 at 1:00 PM at the Raleigh County Courthouse front door Beckley WV. The sale covers a Beckley land parcel described as a lot with 7500 square feet tied to a trust deed securing second lien notes from P R Meadows and a primary note from D R Meadows. Terms are cash in hand.
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