City visitors and residents noted in brief social items
A string of short mentions lists Cr. J. French from Narrows T. R. Smoot from Tip Top and many others in Bluefield and surrounding towns. The notes record visits to the city, business calls, illnesses including typhoid and appendicitis, and guests staying with friends on Bedford and Giles streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cr. J. French
Narrows
The
City
T. R. Smoot
Tip Top
Jno
A. Douglass
Aya
Hopkins
Princeton
Welch
Pearisburg
J B Williams Cleaning and Altering Services Notice
Notice advertises cleaning pressing altering and repairing services in year five of steady business. Offers dyeing trade for worn hats and shoes at reasonable price and prompts customers to visit at 20 Higginbotham Avenue with contact via phone 232. Also mentions Virginia country cured hams at Dudley and Frazier's in Graham Virginia for one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Williams
Higginbotham Avenue
Virginia
Dudley & Frazier’s
Graham, Va
Baseball Results and Standings Across Leagues
Virginia League results include Danville 4 Portsmouth 2 and Roanoke 3 Norfolk 2 with Lynchburg 0 Richmond 3. National League notes Pittsburg Boston wet grounds and several games called due to rain or darkness. Exhibition shows Fairmont over Brooklyn in a West Virginia Pennsylvanian league setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Portsmouth
Roanoke
Norfolk
Lynchburg
Richmond
Pittsburg
Boston
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Fairmont
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Brooklyn
Drowned Engineer Fatally Dips in Tug River Alnwick
Engineer Sam Compton, long employed by Norfolk & Western and resident of Falls Mills, drowned while swimming in the Tug River at Alnwick last night. He left Williamson earlier, helped clear a wreck at Panther, then went to Alnwick to rest. the body had not been recovered by nightfall. He was unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tug River
Alnwick
Sam Compton
Compton
Williamson
Panther
The
Norfolk & Western
Falls Milles
Walter Broster Arrest by Nine Men After Windsor Hotel Incident
Bristol man Walter Broster was hauled to the city jail after an altercation at the Windsor Hotel. He reportedly overpowered Charlie Mustard, broke the Windsor front door, and required nine men to transfer him to custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor Hotel
City
Walter Broster
Bristol
Charlie Mustard
Windsor
Walter Bruster's drunken spree ends in bar brawl
Walter Bruster caused a disturbance after multiple refusals for more whiskey. He broke free from handcuffs, attempted to drink at Windsor bar then other bars, prompting a melee. Joe Crockett vows to tame him this morning as authorities recount Bruster's attempt to “paint the town red.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Joe Crockett
Walter Bruster
Relief Promised for Wider Region by Weather Bureau
Weather bureau forecasts cooler weather for the next two or three days from the Mississippi valley to the Atlantic coast. In Atlantic states cooler conditions expected to begin by Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic States
Washington
Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Full Day Ticket 19 Named in McDowell County Prohibitionists
The McDowell County Prohibitionists held their county convention at Crumpler and named a slate for the county offices. The ticket includes E J Faulkner and Joseph Keiser for House of Delegates, D L G Lambert as Sheriff, B B Scott as Circuit Clerk, E R Price as County Clerk, J M Bailey as Assessor, T L Robinson as Commissioner, Everett Lambert as Surveyor, plus Perry Bailey and David Patrick for Justices of the Peace, G B Johnson and Wheeler Bailey as Constables, and T K Lambert for Board of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell
McDowell County
Crumpler
House of Delegates
E. J. Faulkner
Kimball
Joseph Keiser
Sherif
D. L. G. Lambert
J. M. Bailey
T. L. Robinson
Berwind
Everett Lambert
Northfork
Perry Bailey
David Patrick
G. 8. Johnson and
Wheeler Bailey
Board of Education
T. K. Lambert
Great oil fire in Sangeranimo district burns since July 4
Five million barrels of oil valued at a dollar each have been lost in a massive blaze at Tampaco Mex. The inferno in the Sangeranimo district has raged continuously since July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampaco
Mex
Sangeranimo
Dozen Lives Lost in Leelanau Lake Explosion
Petoskey Michigan reports the excursion steamer Leelanau blew up on Carp Lake early today and about a dozen lives are believed lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leelanau
Carp Lake
Petosky. Mich
Morning street fight leaves man with gash near Bland Street
Ernest Wilson and Ed Goodwin fought near Hawley's store on Bland Street at about 1 30 this morning. Goodwin sustained a long ugly gash under the left shoulder blade and was treated by Dr. Scott. Wilson had not been captured at press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Wilson
Ed Goodwin
Hawley’s
Bland Street
Goodman
Scott
Wilson
Hereford Cathedral Guards Vast Chain Book Collection
The Hereford England cathedral houses about 2,000 volumes in five cases, with at least 1,500 chained three to four feet long and each chain featuring a swivel at the center. The note ends with a witty line about lovers and letters read to a jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hereford
England
Fencing With Umbrellas Captures Parisian Twist
A French print shows American girls fencing with umbrellas, parrying attacks with a simple gesture. It notes the sport did not originate in America and that Mme Guillemot in Paris taught umbrella play for hygiene and self defense, long before U S adopters. The piece calls the idea piquant and contrasts it with American claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
France
Mme. Guillemot
Will leaves brain to hospital acknowledged
Cartoon caption notes Briggs asking if authorities were pleased by a will leaving his brain to the hospital. Griggs replies they said every little helps in a humorous Illustrated Bits item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briggs
Griggs
Kodol Promises Relief for Stomach Disorders
An advertisement extols Kodol as a reliable aid for stomach troubles and urges immediate use for complete relief. It notes the product is sold by all druggists.
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E. Ss
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
Everett
Campanari
Jeverett
Ford Music Co
Bluefield, W.va
Invest In
EAL Estate Agency
Rinton, ‘Sending and Brown
Princeton, W. VA
WM. T. Jenkins
Princeton Ave
Sblacseld, W. Ya
Daily Telegraph
E. C. DeWitt & Co
Georgia
N. Cornell
Roding
T. A. Little
Switchback
C. C. Jenkins
Oakvale
Bedford Street
Will Henry
Keystone
W. Levering
Bramwell
Holcomb McCue
Bland County
Ray Newkirk
Bluefield Avenue
J. Powell Royall
Tazewell
Dowdy
Western Union
H.S. White
Matewan
R. L. Spangler
Ingleside
J. O. Deadman
New Bingham Hotel
Etta Webb
Boone’s Mills
J. P Campbell
Stuart, Va
Mrs
B. F. Hall
Giles Street
Horace Wyatt
Joseph Wyatt
East Radford
H. J. Basham
Athens
Dr. Kelly
First State Bank of
Ollie Mae Compton
M. W. Franklin
Springville
J. M. Ayers
W. L. Ayers
Lebanon
G. W. Merrell
Joe Norris
Anderson, D. C
Claude P. Stephens
H. L. Stephens
UST
Sanford
White Pharmacy
Baseball
Virginia League
National
Detroit
Cleveland
Savoy Shirt
Metropolitan Men’s Furnishing CO
Elks’ Building
B. B. Scott
E. R. Price
Puck
Chaucer
Wordsworth
Montreal
Cost and Carriage
M. G. Whitlow Hdw. Co
Samuel Turk
West Va
Follansbee
Empire
Empire Coal & Goke Company
Landgraff, W. VA
Shumate Clothing Go
Bluefield, W. Va
Edwin Clapp
Manhattan
Alfred Benjamin
Schloss Bros
Shumate
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