Ernest Payne, found in the Tug River near Iaeger, had been missing since Wednesday last and is supposed to have been murdered.

Toler Tribune, July 21, 1946

The first fruits of leap year shine forth in the case of Miss Belle Harper of Pucketts Ridge, West Virginia who shot a man because he refused her offer of marriage.

Toler Tribune
February 7, A few years back

This bi-weekly paper edited by one Mr Cumpton Cline - who is Hazel’s husband - is devoted to bringing the latest news and information to the good people of our community, Toler Mountain, West Virginia.

We have correspondents in Pucketts Ridge, Lex and Pike. Birchey Vance also sends us news from Huntington and the Kanawha River Valley. Sometimes.

Our court reporter, namely the unemployed lawyer Virgil Sturgill, spends twelve hours a day at the jail and court house ready to report on local ne’re-do-wells District Attorney King sees fit to bring before Judge Toler and that other judge from Pennsylvania who we don’t yet know the name of. Virgil thinks it’s a kind of Polish name and we will write it here as soon as he tells us how to spell it.

Our hunting and agriculture columnist, Bill Joseph, will once again be seeing us through Sweet November and muzzle loader season.

Ms Mildred Muncy, who has headed the Social Section for over twenty one years, is back from sabbatical and a foot operation. Mildred is taking church bulletin news and says the ladies auxiliary can start submitting recipes for her Thanksgiving Special on Thursday.

The Bailey Sisters will be continuing their Neighbors Column where they report on all the varied things your neighbors do that you ought to know about. Don’t worry. They do not gossip.

Look out for more news clippings re: the town and it’s folk and weekly editorials by Mr Cline himself.

The Toler Tribune Editorial Staff