Personal notices from Roanoke visitors fill city scene
Roanoke residents and visitors were in the city yesterday and last night. Included were W T Fishback L Kaufman Captain Davis J B Hurt I F Bohannon M G Whitlow J L Ells K S French Robert Sales E Scott Judge Henson Mrs Mann Mr and Mrs Pendleton Mrs C R Cofer Bond Mrs R B Crabtree J T Beard and child Miss Grace Tarter T Weaver James McFall J2 Paine Emma Greever Moss Geo F Barnett and the Netz Sisters coming and going for visits business and travel with various mentions of destinations and hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Greever
Mrs. Moss
Burkes Garden
May Not Lose Leg as Attorney General Improves
Attorney General Clarke W. May will likely keep both legs for several days more as doctors report notable improvement and defer amputation. He is confined to bed in Hamlin after a buggy accident and a prior sprained ankle in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke W. May
May
Associated Press
Daily Telegraph
General May
Hamlin
Washington
Horrific Fire Fatality at Twin Branch Kitchen
The thirteen year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Luke Hoornbuckle burned to death at their Twin Branch McDowell county home after she lit a stove with gasoline. The can exploded scattering burning liquid over her and her clothing burned away as she screamed outside. She endured five hours of agony before death. Dr Anderson treated her but could not save her. The house caught fire but caused no other material damage.
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Luke Hoornbuckle
Twin Branch
McDowell County
Sad Romance Ends in West Virginia Man’s Death
James E. Eastham of Huntington died yesterday in Welch after an appendectomy. His fiancée Miss Emma Russell of Winchester rushed to Welch and wed him at the bedside last Saturday night. Eastham was popular in southern West Virginia. funeral and remains proceed to Culpeper for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James EK. Eastham
Huntington
Welch
Eastham
Mr Eastham
Emma Russell
Winchester
Mr. Eastham
Centenarian Salyers of Wise County Noted for Longevity
Samuel Salyers, 114, of near Dooley, Wise County, has served as a justice of the peace for 50 years, shaves without a mirror, rides horse with ease, reads without glasses, and shows a rare third set of teeth. His son Logan, age 85, lives in Whiteburg, Kentucky. The feature highlights remarkable age and unique aging traits in a local context.
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Big Stone Gap
Samuel Salyers
Dooley
Salyers
Mr. Salyers
Logan
Whiteburg
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Aaron
Virginia
Clark & GO
Princeton Avenue
Miller Supply Company
W. L. Draper
Studebaker
Geiser
Vulcanite
Bluefield Implement &Machinery Co
Chas. H. Smith
Wall-Paper
Princeton Ave
Mercer St
Pitone
Bluefield Implement & Machinery CO
Bluefield Brewing CO
Bluefield, West Virginia
the Home Furniture Co
Windsor Hotel
Dr. King
Atlantic City, N. J
Ocean
Walter J. Buzby
Prop
W. T. Fishback
Roanoke
L. Kaufman
Northfork
Captain Davis
Glen Lyn
City
J. B. Hurt
Richlands
R. Y. Luther
East Vivian
I. F. Bohannon
Norton
M. G. Whitlow
Cincinnati
J. L. Ells
K. S. French
Narrows
Robert Sales
Bramwell
Janes E. Scott
Pearisburg
Bladfeld
A. Hf. Mann
Fred W. Pendleton
Tazewell
C. R. Cofer
Rocky Mount, Va
T. EK. Cofer
Rogers Street
R. B. Crabtree
Grace Tarter
Wittens Mills
J. L. Crockett
T. Weaver
Whitegate
Rock
James McFall
The
Elks’ Lodge
J. 2. Paine
Kenova
Lynchburg
Max Davis
Pocahontas
New York
Geo. FE. Barnett
Newport News
Clintwood
Mr. Barnett
S. R. Linkenhokeyv
Netz
Rocky Mount
Sublette & Barnes
Austin Nichols
James Eastham
Miner's Hospital
Wise
Dooley, Va
Elnh
Bluefield Pressing Co
Jenks & Land
Charles A. Pearson
Ide
Gineinnatl Tailoring
Chicago
Georgia
Jong
Pr Iver
C. N. Corne
Roding
W. P. Hawley Mase, Co
DeWitt
Kennedy
Piedmont
Perry
Angie
Iloren
Nazareth
W. P. Hawley Merchandise CO
South Bland Street
Princeton
R. R. L. Spea
TSE OF Injurld
S. M. Smith Insurance Agency
L. G. Yoney
Edward Cooper
H. ©. Donaldson
M. Smith
Kelly & Mover Bog
Sluefield
W. VA
Intermont Electric Co
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