100 Years Ago

Thursday, February 19, 1925 Lock McNeill brought this office a freak in the way of a big egg. The measurements...

Thursday, February 12, 1925 Sheriff W. H. Barlow and Constable Hambrick got a fine still on Williams River near the...

Thursday, February 5, 1925 THE BIG MEETING Larger and larger are the congregations which gather each night to hear Evangelist...

Thursday, January 29, 1925 Mostly about West Virginia: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, and the wall...

Thursday, January 22, 1925 The number of words found in old English literature does not exceed 30,000, while the new...

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...