100 Years Ago

Thursday, September 30, 1926 Levi Baxter, of Onoto, gave his Sunday School class a picnic last Sunday. They motored to...

Thursday, September 23, 1926 Agriculture was the first pursuit of man, and throughout all ages has been the basis for...

Thursday, September 16, 1926 AN HOUR IN THE HOUSE OF A FRIEND Every Saturday, businessmen of Richmond buy a page...

Thursday, September 9, 1926 Marlinton Kiwanis Club had as their guests last Friday night the young ladies and gentlemen who...

Thursday, September 2, 1926 Robert Oleson, aged about 20 years, was before Squire Smith Tuesday morning, on a charge of...

Thursday, August 26, 1926 The 1926 Pocahontas County Fair was the best ever. For four days it rained, but it...

Thursday, August 19, 1926 On Saturday evening, July 31st, as train No. 144 was traveling between Clover Lick and Stony...

Thursday, August 12, 1926 The opportunity to appear once more before the Scotch clan of the Waughs is very much...

Thursday, August 5, 1926 In Daniel Webster’s day and time, about 90 percent of the nation were farmers, and he...

Thursday, July 29, 1926 Bass fishing is the order of the day. Order of the day is a literary expression...

Thursday, July 18, 1926 Probably the oldest voter registered in Pocahontas County this year is Jacob Loudermilk, in the Swago...

Thursday, July 8, 1926 THE FOURTH The big Fourth at the Pocahontas Fairgrounds last Saturday was interfered with somewhat by...

Thursday, July 1, 1926 Sheriff W. H. Barlow and officers Hamrick and Butler assisted by State and Federal and officers...

Thursday, June 24, 1926 Mineral waters affect me differently. The absorption of natural tonics inclines me to dance, hunt, fish,...

Thursday, June 17, 1926 Harken unto the battle of Duncan’s Lane. The story of that battle has never been printed...

Thursday, June 10, 1926 Geo. W. Ginger, of Huntersville, is in the Marlinton Hospital recovering from severe injuries received Thursday...

Thursday, June 3, 1926 The men worry about the boys until the boys grow up and then some fine morning,...

Thursday, May 27, 1926 A woman, who was too economical to subscribe for her home paper sent her little son...

Thursday, May 21, 1926 A WAR TIME LETTER Graphic highlights and scenes of the Battle of Chancellorsville reference which appeal...

Thursday, May 14, 1926 The Allegheny Club House has been bought by H. R. Wylie, of Huntington. This property consists...