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Monthly Archives: October 2017

Halloween Poem (1916)

31 Tuesday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Poetry, Women's History

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C.C. Fraser, Christina Catherine Fraser, Fraser Tytler, Halloween, Huntington Advertiser, Mrs. Edward Liddell, poems, poetry, writers, writing

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Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 31 October 1916. For more about the author, follow this link: http://fannycornforth.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-other-fraser-tytler-girl.html

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Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 31 October 1916.

Life and History of Mother Jones (1913)

31 Tuesday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Coal

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Appalachia, Boomer, Chicago, coal, Cork, Fred Bobbin, history, Ireland, Kansas City, Logan, Logan Banner, Maine, Mary Harris, Mother Jones, Mucklow, New England, Omaha, Oyster Bay, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Teddy Roosevelt, West Virginia

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From the Logan Banner of Logan, WV, comes this story dated February 14, 1913:

Life and History of “Mother” Jones

The woman who would lead West Virginia’s miners, and their wives and children to “Liberty” and “Freedom” (?) The woman who receives $5.00 a day and expenses to stir up strife among “unorganized” laborers.

Mary Harris, born in Cork, Ireland, 60 years ago, of respectable parentage and good antecedents; brought to New England at an early age, people settled in Maine; educated in common schools, taught a country school for several years. Married a prosperous farmer, and when widowed immediately allied herself with a labor movement then attracting attention in the East, claiming she wanted to elevate the laboring classes, educationally and socially. She began to associate with labor leaders and reformers at the time of the A.R.U. strike of 1894, since when she has kept pretty busy stirring things up. Has a record of never advocating peace nor arbitration, but being for strife and war. Was particularly prominent in the Pittsburg strike of 1895, Miners’ strike of ’97, Central Penn strike ’99 and ’00, the Coal strike in Philadelphia. During the latter strike she placed herself at the head of one hundred men, women and children and started with them on a march to Oyster Bay to interview President Roosevelt and demand his intervention in behalf of the strikers. She held daily meetings along the route, solicited subscriptions for the maintenance of her party, and finally land at Oyster Bay with a handful of her followers, but she did not see the President and the expedition ended there.

That is the record, so far as the labor movement is concerned, of the woman known from Maine to California as “Mother” Jones, labor agitator and leader. “Mother” Jones who is always to the front when there is strife, with her battle cry: “We’d rather fight than work,” “Mother” Jones who gets $5.00 per day and expenses so long as there is trouble brewing; who, since 1900 has received a salary from the mine workers’ organization, and who is said to be worth any five men as an agitator. But down in the —– office there is another record, one that reaches back to 1891, when “Mother” Jones was a well-known character, not only in the “red-light” district of Denver, but in Omaha, Kansas City, Chicago, and far-off San Francisco. That record covers many pages, but a few FACTS are all that are necessary to show the character of this petticoated reformer. They say of her:

A vulgar, heartless, vicious creature, with a fiery temper and a cold-blooded brutality rare even in the slums. An inmate of Jennie… [cropped]

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Now what do you think of “Mother” Jones? The Banner printed her history four months ago–the only paper in the U.S. that dared print it. The Banner for first news.

Emancipation Celebration at Holden, WV (1913)

31 Tuesday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in African American History, Holden

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Appalachia, baseball, boxing, Cuban Tigers, Emancipation Celebration, Fairmont, history, Holden, Holden Giants, Logan Banner, Logan County, Roanoke, Virginia, Walter Brown, West Virginia, William Jones, William Smith

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Logan (WV) Banner, 28 March 1913.

Logan, WV (1913)

31 Tuesday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Cemeteries, Guyandotte River, Logan

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Decoration Day, Dingess Run, Foley Cemetery, Guyandotte River, history, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, mayor, Order of Owls, Robert Bland, Stollings, Stratton Street, West Virginia

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Logan (WV) Banner, 9 May 1913.

From the Logan Banner of Logan, WV, comes this story dated May 23, 1913:

The Call to Arms

Ladies of Logan, we need you, and ask your unfailing support against filth and flies. With your full assistance we expect to make the men “help the women do the work.” We want you to help us develop the pride and civic duty which promotes cleanliness. Enlist the whole household in this crusade against filth and flies–breeders of disease.

With the homes, the yards and the streets clean, screened receptacles for kitchen waste, which we will remove without expense, the free use of lime daily, our city will be respectable and commendable.

Lend us your aid and imbibe the slogan, “Cleaner, Healthier and Better Logan.”

Respectfully,

ROBERT BLAND, Mayor

By order of the Common Council

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From the Logan Banner of Logan, WV, comes this story dated August 22, 1913:

Spreading Their Tracks

What has become of the city cow-bell ordinance? If it can’t be enforced, why not repeal it and substitute one demanding that each animal provide itself with a portable bathroom with regulation sewer connection–or, to use plain every-day English, a slop-bucket securely tied to its tail. One “special privilege” lady cow has been roaming the streets at night with a bell that makes you think the ice man is coming, but that ain’t him at all. It’s the milk maid patting along up the walk! Yes, right up the front steps and rings the bell! This particular lady cow is not satisfied with brick pavements and macadam roads, she prefers cement sidewalks. A blind man could tell you which way she went and where she stopped–in fact she don’t stop at all. If she did, there would be no occasion to write this article. She plods along all night, leaving her trail behind her. We don’t know who owns this madam bovine and we don’t care Adam. We have told her “past and present” just as we might have told of “John Brown’s Raid”–up the Guyan–the “raid that made the Chafins famous!” But we leave that also for the “city papers” to dope out. Good night!

Anderson Blair

29 Sunday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Civil War, Lincoln County Feud, Pecks Mill, Warren, Whirlwind

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10th Kentucky Cavalry, Anderson Blair, Appalachia, Aracoma, Barbara Kovach Morris, cemeteries, Chapmanville District, civil war, Confederate Army, Dingess Cemetery, Harts Creek, history, John Blair, John S. Blair, Logan, Logan County, Logan County Banner, Pecks Mill, photos, Polly Blair, Pop Dingess, Tommy Isaacs, Upper Hart, West Virginia

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Anderson Blair, son of John S. and Polly (Baisden) Blair. Photo posted online by Barbara Kovach Morris.

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Logan County Banner (Logan, WV), 9 January 1890. During the Lincoln County Feud, Anderson Blair was a justice of the peace in Chapmanville District, Logan County, WV. His district included Upper Hart.

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Logan County Banner (Logan, WV), 14 August 1895.

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Logan County Banner (Logan, WV), 17 April 1902.

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Dingess Cemetery, Pecks Mill, Logan County, WV. June 2016. John Blair and Tommy Isaacs installed the military headstone in May of 2014.

Henry Clay Ragland is Recalled (1913)

29 Sunday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Civil War, Logan

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Appalachia, Chillicothe, civil war, Confederate Army, genealogy, history, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Logan Wildcats, Lucille Bradshaw, Main Street, Ohio, Tabernacle Baptist Church, W.S. Bradshaw, West Virginia, Winnifred Bradshaw

From the Logan Banner of Logan, WV, comes this story dated August 15, 1913:

Rev. W.S. Bradshaw, Pastor of the Baptist Church, and his wife, are now housed in the historic and stately Ragland property on Main street. Their two charming daughters, the Misses Winnifred and Lucile, are due to arrive in Logan tonight from a stay-over at Ironton and Huntington, since the departure of their parents from Chillicothe, O., where the Rev. was pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church. In this acquisition Logan has gained another estimable family, whose field of usefulness is bounded only by their ability and willingness. Pastoral work in Logan, however, is, in many respects, far different than in the Buckeye State, and it will take a few weeks to acquire our set ways and methods, and then a few weeks to get “down to the real business.” The Baptist congregation, usually the largest in Logan, has not had regular services since Rev. Richardson’s resignation several months ago, and the membership has become somewhat scattered. It is up to Rev. Bradshaw to bring the congregation up to its standard. He comes highly recommended by the Chillicothe press and public, whose loss of a good man and family is Logan’s gain. Their dwelling house here–the familiar old landmark formerly occupied by the reverend, aged couple Major and “Grandma” Ragland–has been remodeled, painted, and decorated. Major Ragland, in years gone by, was one of the founders and editors of The Banner, and was admired, beloved, and reverenced by everybody in Logan county, young and old alike. We have at this office a few old photo prints of the late Major Ragland, taken in front of the home a short time before his death. Those desiring them will be supplied gratis while the limited supply lasts. Major Ragland was leader of the famous “Logan Wildcats” of Civil War times, and the more we say of him, the more sacred his name and memory becomes, as it takes us back into those historic days bathed in blood and bitter strife. Rev. Bradshaw and family are indeed fortunate to secure this sacred homestead, and to mingle with the memories of those historic events, centered about the mortal life and career of the now immortal Major Ragland.

Source: “Rev. Bradshaw and Ragland Memories,” Logan (WV) Banner, 15 August 1913.

Patton Thompson Indenture (1852)

29 Sunday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek

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Anthony Lawson, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, James Lawson, Logan County, Marsh Fork, Patton Thompson, Virginia, West Virginia, William Straton, William Thompson

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Deed Book C, page 272, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. Patton Thompson is my great-great-great-grandfather.

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Deed Book C, page 273, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV.

History of Coal (1927)

29 Sunday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in American Revolutionary War, Coal

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Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Appalachia, Chicago Journal of Commerce, coal, Coalport, history, Illinois, Illinois River, Indiana, John Fremont, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Malcolm MacFarlane, Montana, New Orleans, New York Central Lines, Ohio, Ohio River, Ottawa, Pomeroy, Pomeroy Bend, Richmond, Robert de La Salle, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming

From the Logan Banner of Logan, WV, comes this story dated April 5, 1927:

The greatest antiquity of the Aryan race historically established runs back to from four to five thousand years ago. The language of the Aryans was Sanskrit, and from this language comes the word coal, from the original word “jual” meaning “to burn.” In the Bible coal or coals means the embers of charred or reddened burnt or burning wood. Our present day bituminous and anthracite coal was unknown to the ancients, at least as a fuel, says the Chicago Journal of Commerce.

The general fuel inspector of the New York Central Lines, Malcolm MacFarlane, has been doing research work in the history of bituminous and anthracite coal. While it seems probable that coal came into limited use in the Iron Age about 1000 B.C. the earliest authentic record show that it was used in Greece in 300 B.C. In England it was in use in A.D. 852. Mr. MacFarlane says: “Our ancestors of that day were very suspicious of this new fuel, with heavy black smoke and pungent odors. Fears prevailed that the public health was affected, and so widespread did these become that the English King prohibited the mining of coal entirely. The same condition obtained in France, and it was the middle of the thirteenth century before coal came into general use in Paris.”

First coal discovery in this country came from the town of Ottawa on the Illinois River in 1679, with mining operations beginning seventy years later twelve miles above Richmond, Va. Coal was in general use there twenty-five years later in 1775, and was used in making guns for the patriot army of the Revolutionary War. Later, coal showings were found along the Ohio River in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. In the Northwest, General Fremont reported coal in Wyoming in 1843. In 1879 coal was uncovered in Montana. In the Pomeroy Bend, coal had been mined for more than a hundred years. A coal bank was opened there in 1819. In 1808 at Coalport in the above bend of the river attempts were made to export coal, but were unsuccessful. In 1832 a thousand bushels of Pomeroy coal was shipped in ___ on a flatboat to New Orleans. The field has been a great producer ever since.

Anthracite was discovered in America in 1763, but was not burned ____ to a ____ until 1803.

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ever up to that time been placed under the governorship of one man.

Cadillac and LaSalle were both possessed of that spirit which fights against seemingly insurmountable odds. They were leaders. Both visioned the establishment of a vast empire in the West. Their achievements formed the backbone of American development. They were dreamers, and then, with never-ending zeal, strove to realize their dreams.

LaSalle was more the restless discoverer, constantly venturing into some new hazardous undertaking. Cadillac was the colonizer, with a practical and commercial mind. His business and trading ability made the settlement at Detroit a financial success.

Source: “New Data on the History of Coal is Uncovered by MacFarlane, Research Worker,” Logan (WV) Banner, 5 April 1927.

Note: For more information about Pomeroy coal, follow this link: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/OHMEIGS/2006-07/1152225240

Peter Mullins Deed to Barney Carter (1853)

28 Saturday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Whirlwind

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Appalachia, Barney Carter, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Hoover Fork, James H. Ferguson, Jane Mullins, John Workman, Logan County, Peter Mullins, Virginia, Wesley Vance, West Virginia, William Straton

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Deed Book C, page ___, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV.

Sons of Italy Organized in Logan, WV (1927)

28 Saturday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Italian American History, Logan

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Albert Ferolio, Alex Defobio, Antonio Iaquinto, Appalachia, Caio Duilio, Caio Duilio Lodge, Charles Bennett, Dante Belladonna, David Ferzacca, Fairmont, Frank Vinci, genealogy, Gentile Varzza, history, J.C. Gates, John Caldarazzo, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, merchant, New York City, Patsy Ferzacca, Patsy Veltri, Petro Defobio, Petro Toriano, Sons of Italy, Vincinzo Procobio, West Virginia

From the Logan Banner of Logan, WV, comes this story about the Sons of Italy dated January 14, 1927:

Local Italians, led by Vincinzo Procobio, president of all the lodges of West Virginia, organized a local lodge of Sons of Italy at Logan, Saturday night, January 8th. Seventy-six charter members enrolled on the night of the organization, and prospects are good for a large local lodge.

The following officers were duly elected and installed: J.C. Gates, president; Frank Vinci, vice-president; Patsy Ferzacca, treasurer; Gentile Varzza, corresponding secretary; David Ferzacca, secretary of finance; Charles Bennett, orator; Petro Defobio, Petro Toriano, Antonio Iaquinto, John Caldarazzo, Dante Belladonna, trustees.

J.C. Gates made an excellent speech in which he emphasized the importance of unity among the members of the Italian race resident in Logan county, for the purpose of fostering a brotherhood among Italian people. Mr. Gates has the distinction of being instrumental in bringing the organizers to this county. He also eulogized the newly elected officers, and spoke of the well known the objects of the order of Sons of the other officers of the lodge, for their qualifications and special fitness for the offices to which they were elected.

The objects and purposes of the lodge of the Sons of Italy are as follows: To become a volunteer, secret, beneficiary organization, operating by the lodge system, with a representative form of government to perpetuate the objects of the order of Sons of Italy of America as shown by the constitution and laws of the order; To unite fraternally all persons of Italian birth or blood who are of good moral character and sound bodily health, and between such ages as may from time to time be designated; To give all possible moral and material aid to its members and those dependent upon them; To provide relief in event of sickness or distress among its members; To promote the moral, material, and intellectual betterment of its members; and To respect without distinction, whatsoever religious, philosophic, or political beliefs its members may respectfully entertain; To encourage and assist its members in obtaining American citizenship.

Patsy Veltri is the grand deputy of the lodge. He also took a very active part in organizing the local lodge. The local lodge is named for a famous Italian–Caio Duilio–and will be called the Caio Duilio Lodge of Logan.

The headquarters of this order is at Fairmont, West Virginia, and the Supreme Office is in New York City.

Albert Ferolio, local merchant, asked today what he thought of the prospects of the local lodge, was very enthusiastic in speaking of the plans for it. Mr. Ferolio says the Italians intend to organize all of their people, and that it will bring his people closer together in a social way. It will be a material help to them in learning the English language and in the work of preparing them for citizenship. Alex Defobio is also enthusiastic in his support of the enterprise.

Source: Logan (WV) Banner, 14 January 1927.

Fourth of July Parade in Logan, WV (1912)

28 Saturday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Logan

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4th of July, Appalachia, Frank P. Hurst, history, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Logan Hardware, photos, West Virginia

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Logan (WV) Banner, 16 May 1913.

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Logan (WV) Banner, 23 May 1913.

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Logan (WV) Banner, 6 June 1913.

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Logan (WV) Banner, 23 May 1913.

Chapmanville News 11.30.1926

28 Saturday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Chapmanville, Huntington

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Appalachia, Bernice Ward, Beulah Ballard, Callie Ferrell, Carrie Raines, Chapmanville, Dr. J.T. Ferrell, Fay Turner, genealogy, Grace Workman, Helen Fitzpatrick, history, Huntington, Logan Banner, Logan County, O.C. Winters, Paul Winters, Ruth Carter, Stewart Nelson, Thanksgiving, Vanzel Bentley, Walter Ferrell, Ward Ferrell, West Virginia, Wetzel Raines

An unknown correspondent from Chapmanville in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on November 30, 1926:

Just a little news from Chapmanville to let the people know it is still on the map; yes, and deep in the mud.

We hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. It seems that everyone in town had turkey for dinner. I mean all but me; I had a few burnt beans seasoned with groundhog grease. Wasn’t that fine?

Stewart Nelson from Huntington has been visiting in our town for the past week.

Everyone seemed to enjoy going to the show, as it was the first one in our town for some time.

Someone was mistaken when they thought Dr. J.T. Ferrell was the colored actor.

Walter Ferrell was calling on Miss Carrie Raines Sunday.

Miss Grace Workman was the most popular girl in our town. She received a beautiful chinaware set.

Paul Winters, who is attending high school at Huntington, spent Thanksgiving with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.C. Winters of this place.

Miss Fay Turner, who is attending school at Huntington, was with her mother for Thanksgiving.

Ward Ferrell and Miss Bernice Ward seem to be enjoying themselves now days.

Vanzel Bentley escorted Miss Beulah Ballard home from the show Saturday night.

Mrs. Helen Fitzpatrick from Huntington was the weekend guest of her mother, Mrs. Ruth Carter.

I guess the girls broke Bill’s kodak and that is the reason why he hasn’t taken any more pictures.

Wetzel Raines was calling on Miss Callie Ferrell Sunday.

Good luck and best wishes to the Banner and its readers.

Barboursville, WV

27 Friday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Barboursville, Lincoln County Feud

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Appalachia, Barboursville, Barboursville College, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Kirk, Cabell County, Daughters of the American Revolution, Davis Creek, Eastman Community College, George A. Proffitt, ghosts, Guyandotte River, history, Hollena Brumfield, Huntington Advertiser, James I. Kuhn Presbyterian Church, James River-Kanawha Turnkpike, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County Banner, Logan Democrat, Mary G. Moss, Morris Harvey College, Old Toll House, photos, Phyllis Kirk, R.A. Alderman, Robert W. Douthat, S.V. Matthews, Virginus R. Moss, West Virginia

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Old Toll House, built 1837, Barboursville, Cabell County, WV. 15 February 2015. For more, follow this link: http://www.wvdar.org/Barboursville/

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Old Toll House Historical Marker. 15 February 2015. For more, follow this link: https://www.theclio.com/web/entry?id=6682

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Barboursville College, 1889. Photo by S.V. Matthews. For more, visit here: https://www.theclio.com/web/entry?id=11606

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Logan County Banner (Logan, WV), 8 September 1892.

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Davis Creek Ghost, Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 4 December 1899.

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Logan (WV) Democrat, 10 August 1911. For more, visit here: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/276

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Dr. Virginus R. Moss treated Hollena Brumfield after she had been shot in the face during the Lincoln County Feud. 5 May 2017. Photo by Mom. For more, follow this link: https://www.amazon.com/Blood-West-Virginia-Brumfield-McCoy/dp/1455619183

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James I. Kuhn Memorial Presbyterian Church. 5 May 2017. Photo by Mom. For more, follow this link: http://www.herald-dispatch.com/features_entertainment/kuhn-memorial-presbyterian-church-to-celebrate-its-centennial/article_15f4d296-b5fb-505a-830d-1d6935babe87.html

Logan Banner Items (1913)

27 Friday Oct 2017

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From the Logan Banner of Logan, WV, we find the following items of interest pertaining to the Banner for 1913-1914:

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Logan (WV) Banner, 26 June 1914.

LAST 4TH

The Banner office was open all day. Many of our delinquent subscribers spent the day in Logan, but none of them came near this office. Perhaps they think we are running this paper just for fun. Even so, fun costs money, and you all who are taking The Banner from the postoffice week after week, and never paying a red cent for it, ought to be “supremely proud” of the surplus stock of gall stored away in your anatomy and soon realize that it costs something to turn out newspapers. Please remember, also, that campaign money is not paying Dean’s expenses, as the case was with former Banner editors. Dean is trying to pay his way as he goes, and every subscriber who owes 50 cents or a dollar ought to realize that he has had value for it, and pay it without further delay.

The Banner office will be open half a day this 4th and we hope some of our delinquents will pay up then.

Source: Logan (WV) Banner, 4 July 1913

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TO SUBSCRIBERS

Most all readers of newspapers know when they are in arrears–especially when they have not paid a dollar in two or three years. If a few delinquents on our list will dig up a dollar each, we are sure their conscience will allow them to get one good night’s rest. The only honorable and honest way to stop a newspaper is to step into the office and pay up all arrearage, get a receipt, and have your name taken off the list. To fire your paper back at the publisher marked “refused” when you owe six months or a year and never go near the office is not only disreputable but superlatively dishonest as well. We can not discontinue your paper until all arrearages are paid. Don’t ask us. Don’t say: “Stop my paper until I get what I owe paid up.” In no case can we do this. It is a general rule we have to use to protect ourselves. When you do not want the paper any longer, pay up and stop it.

Source: Logan (WV) Banner, 18 July 1913

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This is the “silver anniversary” of The Logan Banner, the last number in the 25th volume. Roll in a dollar, please. Next issue will be our 26th birthday number, and with it the subscription price goes to $1.50 a year IN ADVANCE. With next week also will appear the “Comic Section” which we have decided to serve to CASH subscribers, as a part of The Banner. Send in your subscription NOW, and if you owe anything in arrears, please pay, and a dollar in advance for another year, if received at this office before July first. It will be to your interest, as well as ours, to pay up and not miss an issue.

Source: Logan (WV) Banner, 26 June 1914

Busy Bee Restaurant in Logan, WV (1913)

27 Friday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in African American History, Logan

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Appalachia, Aracoma, Busy Bee, history, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Straton Street, West Virginia

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Logan (WV) Banner, 10 January 1913.

Chapmanville News 01.23.1926

27 Friday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Chapmanville

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Appalachia, Chapmanville, Chapmanville School, Curry, E.P. Stowers, genealogy, Glenna Stowers, Hazel Conley, Helena Pauley, history, Logan Banner, Logan County, Mabel Stowers, Mildred Cobley, Ruth Beckett, West Virginia

An unknown correspondent from Chapmanville in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on January 23, 1926:

Here we come again from the little town of Chapmanville.

Miss Helena Pauley of Curry is visiting the town of Chapmanville these days.

Misses Glenna and Mabel Stowers and Ruth Beckett of Chapmanville were visiting Mr. E.P. Stowers Saturday and Sunday of last week.

Misses Hazel Conley and Mildred Cobley are going to the post office a sight these days. What’s the reason, girls?

Miss Mildred Cobley looks pleased these days. Guess she has got a fellow.

The autos are not running very much these days as the roads are too bad.

We are going to have a Thanksgiving program at Chapmanville school Friday and wish all would come.

Daily happenings: Mr. McCutcheon and his paddle; Mildred and her old slouchy hat; Hazel and her spit curl; Mabel and her new slippers; Rupert and his new sweater; Blake and his smiles; Ruth and her coat; Clyde and his book; Virginia and her pencil; Thomas and his sweater; Glenna and her tablet; Lillian and her new hat; Manna and his new bucket.

Harve Smith Appraisal (1927)

26 Thursday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Whirlwind

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Appalachia, Chapmanville District, Daniel McCloud, Elias Workman, Frank Curry, genealogy, Harts Creek, Harve Smith, history, justice of the peace, Logan County, Luke Curry, West Virginia, Whirlwind

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Miscellaneous Record Book 1, page 13, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV.

Chapmanville News 11.16.1926

26 Thursday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Chapmanville, Huntington

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Agnes Whitman, Andy Lunsford, Appalachia, Bernice Ward, Callie Ferrell, Carlos Ferrell, Carrie Raines, Chapmanville, Clinton Ferrell, Connie Bentley, Dr. Ferrell, Ella Jane Toney, Emmett Raines, genealogy, Gladys Lowe, Hazel Conley, history, Huntington, J.D. Turner, J.H. Vickers, John Whitman, Kennie Perry, Lizzie Crislip, Logan Banner, Logan County, Lyle Swan, Marea Lowe, Margaret Ballard, Minnie Ferrell, Ossie Workman, Preston Cooper, Raleigh County, Sara Ferrell, Stollings, typhoid fever, Vivian Ferrell, Walter Crislip, Walter Ferrell, Walter Workman, West Virginia, Wetzel Raines, Willa Lowe

An unknown correspondent from Chapmanville in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on January 16, 1926:

We are having some nice weather now. As the election is over some of the folks are well pleased because J.H. Vickers was elected as commissioner of the county court.

Clinton Ferrell and family from Stollings were visiting homefolks Saturday and Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Kennie Perry and Walter Crislip motored to Huntington Sunday.

We are sorry to say Andy Lunsford is very ill with typhoid fever.

Miss Ella Jane Toney seemed to be enjoying herself Sunday. Wonder where Marea was?

Lyle Swan escorted Miss Connie Bentley home Saturday night.

There was a large bunch of girls and boys seen out kodaking Sunday. Did they break your kodak, Bill?

Emmett Raines escorted Miss Willa Lowe home from church Saturday night.

Preston Cooper is seen on our streets almost every day.

Walter Ferrell was calling on Miss Carrie Raines Sunday.

Miss Marea Lowe and Mrs. Lizzie Crislip made a flying trip to Huntington Monday.

Misses Vivian Ferrell, Callie Ferrell, and Wetzel Raines were seen out walking Sunday evening.

Walter Workman seems very sad these days. Cheer up, Walter. Hazel still loves you.

John Whitman was calling on Miss Hazel Conley Sunday.

Osie workman was calling on Miss Agnes Whitman Sunday.

Mrs. J.D. Turner is visiting friends in Raleigh county the week end.

Misses Gladys Lowe, Bernice Ward, Margaret Ballard, Ella Jane Toney, and Carlos and Walter Ferrell were seen out walking Sunday.

Dr. Ferrell delivered a very nice speech to the junior high school Friday which we appreciated very much.

Misses Minnie and Sara Ferrell were seen out walking Sunday evening.

Wishing all the good luck to The Banner. We are hoping to see the news from our little town again.

Daily happenings: Grace and Jim going to milk; Carrie going to the post office; Gladys and Minnie going to school; Carlos going up the road; Kyle going to see Inas; Ruth and Julius going to church; Miss Click teaching school.

Douglas Branch (2017)

26 Thursday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Boone County, Cemeteries, Ferrellsburg, Giles County, Green Shoal, Lincoln County Feud, Women's History

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Douglas Branch, located in present-day Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County, WV, was named for Jacob Douglas, husband of Sallie Fry, who settled in the area by 1829-30 from Giles County, Virginia. Mr. Douglas, born about 1804, appears in the 1830 Logan County Census. In 1850, he lived in Boone County. He died in 1855 in Gilmer County.

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Enos “Jake” and Leticia “Lettie” McKibbon (Toney) Adkins were early residents of Douglas Branch. Following the Haley-McCoy murders at the mouth of Green Shoal in 1889, Al Brumfield rode up this hollow and spent the night under a beech tree. In the early 1920s, my great-great-grandfather Emery Mullins just up this hollow and to the left.

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Emma Jane (Hager) Adkins was the daughter of Philip and Elizabeth Jane (Dalton) Hager. On July 14, 1888, she married Albert G. Adkins, a son of Jake and Lettie Adkins. Adkins-Davis Family Cemetery, Douglas Branch, Lincoln County, WV. 21 October 2017. Photo by Mom.

Whirlwind News 01.18.1927

25 Wednesday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Chapmanville, Logan, Queens Ridge, Whirlwind

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An unknown correspondent from Whirlwind in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on January 18, 1927:

The Trace Sunday school is progressing nicely. A large crowd attended Sunday.

Anthony Adams of Logan was visiting relatives on Harts Creek Saturday.

Viola Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Adams, died of appendicitis Monday. Funeral services were held at the Mullins cemetery.

Burl Adams of Chapmanville was visiting relatives on Harts Creek Sunday.

Cole Baisden made a business trip to Logan Monday.

David Dingess…

Rev. I.M. Nelson and R.G. Short are going to hold a revival at the Christian church on Trace, beginning January 16.

R.L. Dingess of Whirlwind spent Saturday with his parents at Queen’s Ridge.

Some of the daily acts: Grover and his dogs; Phillip collecting the news; Charley and his kodak; Pearly looking for Burl; Carl cold trailing and Clinton carrying the news.

Howard Adams was seen going through town Saturday. Guess he was out on business.

Elias Workman has been on the sick list for the past two weeks.

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