100 Years Ago

Thursday, January 15, 1925 The parents of some of the pupils in E. D. H. S. have been wondering why...

Thursday, January 8, 1925 Word has been received that the venerable Gatewood Potts is in a hospital in Elkins for...

Thursday, January 2, 1925 Dr. U. H. Hannah was in Marlinton on Wednesday closing up the business of his term...

Thursday, December 25, 1924 I can very well remember when the height of my ambition was to own a covered...

Thursday, December 18, 1924 James Loury, of Huntersville, was in our village the latter part of last week seeing some...

Thursday, December 11, 1924 Rev. W. T. Hogsett has perfected a music book holder and has applied for a patent...

Thursday, December 4, 1924 Quoad hoc taurum jaclo! As this account is to be about the University, I thought that...

Thursday, November 27, 1924 Mrs. Sheldon Hannah was terribly injured in a runaway accident at her home on Elk last...

The comment about the present-day styles reminded grandmother of the time about 30 years ago when young men first began...

Thursday, November 13, 1924 On last Tuesday evening about the time it became apparent that there had been a Republican...

Thursday, November 6, 1924 A big forest fire in the West Union neighborhood Sunday did great damage. A lot of...

Thursday, November 2, 1924 Boil your drinking water. Owing to the drouth, it has been necessary to pull river water...

Thursday, October 23, 1924 COUNTRY LIFE CONFERENCE Last Saturday, the second Annual Country Life Conference was held for the people...

Thursday, October 16, 1924 We had our first frost of the season last night to do any damage. A lot...

Thursday, October 9, 1924 ...An empire that ruled the world sank into nothingness when the government, instead of stressing the...

Thursday, October 2, 1924 Did you ever think that the farmer’s art lies exposed to the critic’s eye? Either a...

Thursday, September 25, 1924 A political editorial has been called for, and how I do dread it. It was a...

Thursday, September 18, 1924 TINY McCOY HUNG “May God bless us all and take us to Heaven on the Day...

Thursday, September 11, 1924 Today, the voice of the county is friendly and assured. And I know of no county...

Thursday, September 4, 1924 Thomas Gray did some strong thinking along the line of country life. He was a teacher...