Honor 18 At Stake In Postwar Employment For Veterans
An editorial laments veterans returning from France finding old jobs filled or wages cut, while many face illness from gas exposure. It praises those who secured work and pensions but notes thousands received no aid, leaving families to suffer. It urges support for the dependents and insists the nation owes fair treatment to the war heroes.
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France
Haut
Hindenberg
Flanders Fiotde
American Lation
Legionnaires
Bluefield
Bluesfield
Ofesa
Antis
Congress
Twenty Years Ago Today in Bluefield Memory Actions
A collage of local items recalls tragedies and community efforts. A man died by dynamite in Tazewell county. An engineer perished in a freight wreck near Grant Street. A plea from American Legion Endowment Fund Week urges Bluefield residents to donate to widows, orphans, and veterans.
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Peory Farmer
Tazewell County
Norfolk and Western Railroad
D. M. Deverle
George W. Ewald
Tark Plreet
Grant Street
Jim Hereford
Bluefield City Board Election Set For June Primary
Three months remain before Bluefield voters choose a city board for four years. A June primary on the ninth will nominate two candidates per district and the five districts are Northside West End East End South Bluefield Coast. Petition rules require 25 to 40 signers and a candidate must file acceptance ten days before the primary. The top two from each district advance to the July seventh election held citywide.
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Hmits
West End
Bland Street
Gravelly Ridge
Eud
South Bluefield
Mmita
Memorial tribute to West Virginia leader George Atkinson
The Charleston Mail praises George Westley Atkinson for his public service as U S marshal congressman governor and federal judge. It lauds his deep faith, sociability, and dedication to West Virginia, noting his lifelong work for the state and lasting influence on its history and public life.
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George Wesley Atkinson
West Virginia
Xona
Attte
United States Marshal
Congress
United States Court of Claims
George Westley Atkinson
West
Atkinson
Kieneti
Wes’ Atkinson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Allinson
Jim
Bill
Billi
Wea Atkinson
Govor Gor Atkinson
Governor Atkinson
Federal Court of Claims
Washington
Pnthliic
Lfe
Charleston
Parade plan to divert rivers to split Manhattan
A public proclamation claims Parade Francia X Buasman plans to divert the Madson River into the Harlem and East River to make Manhattan no longer an island and ease subway issues. Other floated aims include Mary Pickford announcing Mojave Desert reclamation and various speculative, unclear schemes amid reflections on crime and public interest.
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Francia X. Buasman
Madson River
Harlem
East River
Manhattan
Mary Pickford
Mojave Desart
Rome
Washington Day in Court and Labor Tensions Rise
Secretary Jardine heard arguments defending the proposed Wilson Armour merger. Employers ultimatum escalates painte rs and paper-hangers strike. March post offices report higher receipts. District supreme court extended order until April 25. Countess Karniyt in Pacific Mall injunction case seeks to speak on political questions at the state apartment.
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Jardine
Wilson and Armour Packing
District Supreme Com
Last Night's Mail on London and European high society
A London theatre critique mocks American plays as pretentious while noting British drama's glow of society satire. Germany draws winter resort crowds, led by counts and nobility, with Italy and France offering sharp observations on public figures and policy.
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Ondon
London
America
Hite
Courts Society
Prince Learns to Smooth Way with People
A London style overview discusses the modern prince's role in diplomacy through travel and contact, noting his education and the need to smooth relations. It traces a lineage to historic diplomats and argues that travel equips him for future kingship amid a precarious world. It also touches on economic policy debates and parliamentary procedure surrounding reform and Prohibition era issues.
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Prince of Wales
Lightrow
Flrat Diplomata
Europe
Tim
SHORT CUTS From Exchanges
A collage of brief quips from various papers critiquing politics, society, and daily life. Items touch on olive branches in Europe, boredom in public figures, the Nolan congressional term without speeches, media dispatches on mortgage status, honesty in income taxes, streetcar questions, Fleischmann yeast, bootlegger risk, and court clemency. Named papers include Providence Journal, Passaic Herald, Charleston Evening Post, Yonkers Herald, Asheville Times, Danville Bee, South Bend Tribune, Tom. Times, Columbus Dispatch.
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Danville
Bea
South Bend Tribune
Fleischmann
Toma Times
Fragmented Column Jumbles Global Happenings and Puzzles
A garbled page notes varied items from travel and politics to entertainment. It references Chicago, Oklahoma, Germany, Russia, and the Prince of Wales amid jumbled sentences about taxes, elections, and broadcasts. Names and events are unclear, yielding a mosaic of historical chatter.
Cleverness and Conflicts Aboard The Local Cable Caper
A quirky collection of snippets features witty exchanges about love and aging, a brigand leader joking with a detained wife, and a Los Angeles eclipse rain joke. Two Indian women, Grace Cries For a War and Hada Blueback, faced fighting and disturbing the peace charges. Cries For a War was fined 15 while Blueback was dismissed by Judge James Hutchison.
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Los Angeles
Polper
Grace Cries
Hada Blueback
James Hutchison
Fellowship of Prayer at Bethany The Day Before Easter
A devotional note on Jesus dining at Bethany six days before Passover. It reflects on hospitality as Christian service, urging homes to offer gracious companionship and prayerful blessing for families and guests. The piece cites Jesus seeking refreshment in prayer and fellowship with Mary Martha and Lazarus, urging hospitality as a spiritual virtue.
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Jesus
Bethany
Azarus
Jegna
Mary
Martha
Lazarus
Christ
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Trengraph Printing CO
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Atchi
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Noiwich Grandque
Callecin
Couzens
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Earn
Hon
Wee
Maly
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All Welle
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Davon
St. Moritz
Montresina
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Count Reventlow
Count Grote
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Fance
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Association Against the Prohibition
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Commission On Evangelism of
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