Weather Observer Kept In Beckley For Nation Readings
In Beckley a local resident uses a government furnished shelter on South Kanawha Street to record daily weather data. L A Mauck, titled Cooperative Observer, submits temperatures and rainfall readings to Washington every 30 days. The piece also recalls a Bluefield Daily Telegraph note on the origin of the word news and various local anecdotes.
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Kanawha Street
L. A
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
A Moment's Respite at Doorn Alforso Observation
An observer notes the danger of drawing conclusions from few events and laments the county's idle folk who have never seen a horse race prize fight or movie. They caution against spending money to escape troubles and mock implying no drought because water appears in the Great Lakes.
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Os Alforso
Great Lakes
Numerous Local Guests and Social Visits Reported
A long list of visitors and guests includes Calloway Heights staying with relatives in Edmond, W L Johnson visiting Stamford, Ona Hundley of Beckley at sister A B Holliday in Rainelle, Mary Ashley from Edmond staying with Aunt Arthur Holliday, and many other migrations. Social events cover birthday celebrations, dinners in Forest Hill, and visits to Charleston, Tazewell, Richlands, and Blue Sulphur Springs. A note records hunting licenses issued to 65 977 Georgia sportsmen and 202 non residents, yielding 91 583 dollars in revenue.
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Ona Hundley
Beckley
A. B. Holliday
Messrs
C. F. Williams
Mary Ashley
Edmond
Fayette County
Arthur Holliday
Dallas Radford
Clear Creek
Paris Stover
Coal River
Sunny
Drank Bragg
Blue Sulphur Springs
Hattie Stewart
Mattie Miller
Fayette Station
James Harvey
Welch
Emmett Leach
Tolliver
C. L. Ray
Alice Marie
Charles Lee
Charles Corkrean
Warden
Irvine Floyd
Charleston
M. C. Karnes
Forest Hill
Karnes
Ann Michiel
Rosalie Criddle
Edith
Gladys Karnes
Hinton
Elmer Ashley
Alice Craven
H. R. Neal
Virginia
Mount Hope
C.D. Weikel
C. F. Price
W. L. Green
Bernard
W. C. Porter
B. W. Williams
Bertie Eades
Rainelle
John T. Worsham
Betty Jane
Martha
Richmond
G. A. Worsham
H. H. Pruett
Lou
J. D. Bailey
Tazewell
Walter Branch
Coalwood
C. S. Wills
Gus Wallenhaupt
Logan
S. G. Swim
Ralph
Richlands
Oscar Riddle
Winding Gulf
Charley Crumpley
Georgia
Two English Matinee Idols Storm Broadway Theaters
New York Sept 25 Not since Barrymore has Broadway seen such fan ardor for a matinee idol. English stars Leslie Perrins and Ivor Novello draw crowds with contrasting plays Insult and Symphony in Two Flats. Perrins stars in the Dutch drama Insult with Lydia Sherwood. Novello leads in Symphony in Two Flats, a two apartment tale with tragedy upstairs and hope downstairs.
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New York
John Barrymore
Alfred Lunt
Leslie Howard
Femi
Perrins
Europe
Lydia Sherwood
London
Mr. Novello
Berserk Burlesque in the Downstairs Flat Comedy
A downstairs flat hosts a berserk burlesque family whose comic troubles center on mother and daughter competing for the same man. The piece pairs human comedy with human tragedy to striking effect.
Impressive Novel’s Subtle Romance and Tragedy Shine
The writer praises Novel lo for sophistication, wit, romance, and tragedy. The review lauds his love scenes as delicately handled, contrasting with heavier Anglo-American romances. Novello and the captivating Beni to Hume lead a splendid cast in the work.
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Novello
Benito Hume
Eighteen planes land in Kansas City on air tour
The national air tour touched down in Kansas City after a swift flight from Enid Oklahoma. H L Russell of Detroit leads the efficiency point score as the fleet lands in rapid succession late yesterday.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
National Air Tour
Enid
Okla
H. L. Russell
Detroit
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Boston
Cadillac
General Cadillac
Palmer Farley
Post-Herald
Austin
Woolworth
Harold Kratz
Mr. Kray
Raleigh Register
The
Post- Herald
Nannie E. Campbell
O. B. Phipps
Doorn
Kaiser of
Germany
Holland
Hermine
Calloway Heights
W. L. Johnson
James Kidwell
Stamford
Helen, W. Va
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mr. Lucas
National Exchange Bank
Beckley, W. VA
New Yorker
By Mark Barron
England
Leslie Perrins
Ivor Novello
Ramon Navarro
AIR Tour
SHELL
Bell Oil Products Service
Princeton
Bluefield
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