City and Goalfield Boys Beat Drummers in Opener
High School boys defeated U C T 22 to 15 on the Tower grounds. George Slicer starred with a sharp double play at third base for the travelers. An infant of Mr and Mrs A J Akers died and was buried in Bland. Norfolk and Western delays persist as No 4 ran over four hours late due to slides near Williamson.
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Tower Grounds
George Slicer
Travelers
A. J. Akers
Bland
Norfolk End
Williamson
Kenova
Princeton Court To Hear 200 Witnesses Over Three Weeks
Princeton will host a three week court session led by Judge Maynard. A grand jury meets and 200 plus witnesses are expected. misdemeanor cases backlog from felony pressure will be heard April 10 and 11. Local cases include Lee Tabor, Jim Burns, Stanley Peters, Rufus Laxton, Harrison Cook, and Hamilton Cook, tied to shootings and robberies.
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Harrison Cook
Bramwell
Hamilton
Laxton
Raleigh Street
Princeton
Maynard
Grand Jury
Lee Tabor
Tabor
Hunt
Francisco
Jim Burns
Burns
Blue Line
Stanley Peters
Rufus Laxton
Hamilton Cook
Giotto
Bluestone River Body Found After Drowning Tragedy
The body of Charles Young, youngest of three men who drowned at Rock Wedness after noon, was found yesterday around 11 am at Tunnel Mill two miles down the Bluestone river. Searches had continued daily since the incident, with river dragging and dynamiting efforts last week.
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Charles Young
Rock
Popular engineer dies of typhoid at 38 in Bluefield
W C Sanders died last night at 7 40 at his Bluefield home after a four week illness from typhoid fever and complications. Born in Leavenworth Kansas he worked as an engineer on the Norfolk and Western Radford division. He lived in Bluefield three years and was a member of Roanoke lodge 201 Elks Grace church and the Grace Methodist church. He was twice married and survived by his son Frederick and his second wife Ettie Long. Funeral Monday at Grace Methodist church at 2 pm with Elks in attendance. interment Maple Park Cemetery. Bluefield Mercantile Company announces spring millinery opening Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.
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W. C. Sanders
Bluefield Avenue
Mr. Sanders
Leavenworth
Kaw
4& Vous
Radford
Norfolk and Western
Bluefield
Roanoke Lodge No
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Elks Lodge
Grace Church
Sanders
Campbell
Abingdon
Frederick
Lurich
Ettie Long
Bessaring
J. D. Long
Grace Methodist Church
Thomas Priddy
Dd. FE. Park
Elks
Maple Park Cemetery
River disaster leaves one body found and two missing
A river tragedy yields the identified body of Charles Young. The corpse is buried under earth and debris with only a protruding hand visible. No trace has been found of W. B. Sanders and Arthur Cassell, both feared lost at the river bottom.
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Charles Young
Rock
W. B. Sanders
Arthur Cassell
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P.M
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Bluefield Book & Stationery
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Order of the Knights of Pythias
Colored Knights of Pythias
Charleston
Board of Supervisors
Manhattan
Metropolitan Men’s Furnishing CO
Elks Building
White Pharmacy
Laster
Bluestone
Bluefield Mercantile Company
Saddlery Sale
M. G. Whitlow Hardware Co
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. VA
Turks
Samuel Turk
West Va
Schloss Bros
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Schloss Bros. & CO
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