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Hellraisers Journal – Sunday December 26, 1920
Mingo County, West Virginia – Relief Workers Bring Cheer to Tent Colonies
From The Washington Post of December 25, 1920:
CHRISTMAS CHEER FOR MINGO TENTS
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Relief Workers Give Fruits and Toys
to Strikers’ FamiliesWilliamson, W. Va., Dec. 24 (By the Associated Press).-Relief workers who have been employed during the last week in distributing Christmas cheer to the striking miners and their families in the Tug River coal field, reported to union headquarters here tonight that their task was completed. Two carloads of goods have been assigned to the tent colonists throughout the district, and strikers who reside in houses have been provided with seasonal necessities.
Besides the candies, fruits and toys, nearly 2,000 hams were distributed for those who may not be able to have turkeys. The big community Christmas tree erected in the courthouse yard in Williamson was lighted for the first time tonight with scores of colored electric bulbs. There will be no formal ceremony about the tree, which was intended for the soldiers on strike duty in the coal fields as well as the residents, until tomorrow night. All civic clubs have joined in an effort to make tomorrows celebration the most successful ever held in this community…..
[Photograph and emphasis added.]
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SOURCE
Quote Fred Mooney, Mingo Co Gunthugs, UMWJ p15, Dec 1, 1920
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=2hg5AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.RA23-PA14
The Washington Post
(Washington, District of Columbia)
-Dec 25, 1920
https://www.newspapers.com/image/28805453/
IMAGE
Mingo County WV, Lxgtn KY Hld p11, Dec 12, 1920
https://www.newspapers.com/image/681369604/
See also:
Tag: Mingo County Coal Miners Strike of 1920-1922
https://weneverforget.org/tag/mingo-county-coal-miners-strike-of-1920-1922/
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