Five Join Army and local church revival noted
First Lieutenant Edwin J. Bracken visited Bluefield for infantry examinations. Ernest Gilpin George Brown Charles Jones Elbert Gilliam and Charley Blivins were accepted and sent to Columbus Ohio. A Grace church revival praised by Pastor Ramsey with a new choir and two large electric fans easing the hot nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin J. Bracken
Bluefield
Ernest K. Gilpin
Damascus
George Brown
Manning, Va
Charles Jones
Norton
Elbert Gilliam
Wise
Charley Blivins
Columbus
Ohio
Brown
Sweden
Bowen
United States Circuit Court
Southern District
West Virginia
Grace Church
Ramsey
Eagles Picnic At St Clair Brightens Bluefield Community
Bluefield residents attend a large St Clair Eagles picnic with over 400 people traveling by special train. The event featured baseball, music from the Pocahontas Eagles Band, a fine dinner, and a park ball at night. Families from Bluefield coalfield and the city joined the daylong celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Aerie of Eagles
St. Clair
Coalfield
Pocahontas Eagles
Bluefield Aerie
Eagles
Bluefield
First Baptist
Christian
Graham
Park
Falls Mills
Negroes Driven From Mining Camp Near Jellico
In Knoxville on August 18 a white mob cleared a mining camp near Jellico and warned all black residents within thirty miles to leave within three days. Reports say a cabin was burned and six Negroes were cremated. By midnight the Jellico area appeared quiet as Sheriff Hughes arrested five alleged band leaders in Claybourne Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Jellico
Lafollette
Hughes
Claybourne
Bryan as pallbearer in Lincoln funeral
In Fairview Nebraska Bryan, preparing speeches for a ten day trip to Indianapolis and Topeka, serves as pall bearer for an old friend in Lincoln. His political paper reports over 5600 dollars raised for the Democratic national campaign fund from individual and group subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Indianapolis
Topeka
Iiryan
Democratic National Campaign Fund
William J. Bryan
Dread Investigation Weighs on Fort Hamilton Officers
New York Aug 18 officers at Fort Hamilton fear a coroner's in vestigation into the killing of William KE Annis by Capt Peter C Hains. The tragedy follows exposure of conditions at the post and concerns that Annis knew his fate was sealed by his actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William KE. Annis
Peter C. Hains
Fort Hamilton
Army Post
Aunis
Houghton
Hains
Personal notices from the region record visits and travel
W McAllister chief of police of Kimball is in the city. J J Giles returned from Carroll county Virginia. Mrs H O Spangler visits friends in Russell county Virginia. Va Thaxton of Keystone at Iron Lithia Springs Tip Top. J A Griffith and his young son left yesterday for Richmond called by a relative's serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. Holbrook
Augusta County
Miller
Miss Blanche
South Bluefield
Keystone
W. McAllister
Kimball
City
Mrs. H. O. Spangler
Russell County
Mrs. W. A. Thomas
Iron Lithia Springs
Tip Top, Va
J. A. Griffith
Little Son
Richmond
Say Sauer's. Say it plain. Get it and have no other.
A compact sales line notes Sauer's brand grocers stock all flavors at 10¢ and 2he, urging customers to choose Sauer's with a simple, no extra option message.
Book Sale at Flat Top Book and Stationery
Summer reading bargains at Flat Top Book and Stationery Company with many titles discounted. Visit 19 Saint Street for reduced prices on popular books and school supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Top Book and Stationery Co
Bluefield Book and Stationery Co
Flat Top Book and Stationery Company
Post Cards of Lynching Bodies Barred in Kentucky
Hopkinsville August 18 The postmaster says mail cards sent from Hopkinsville and nearby towns that showed four black bodies lynched at Russellville on August 1 were not permitted to pass through the system. The cards were genuine reproductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinsville
Russellville
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. S. Pedigo
Princeton Avenue
Everett
Gampanari
Campanari
Ford Music Co
Bluefield, W. Va
Invest In
Princeton
Princeton Real Estate Agency
the Star Agenc Thornton
Bowling le Brown
W. VA
WM. T. Jenkins
Sposesien
Princeton Ave
Abecribe
The
Daily Telegraph
BEC. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Georgia
C. N. Cornell
Roding
Grace Church Revival
UST
Sanford
White Pharmacy
Schumachers
Bluefield Feed Co
Pocahontas
H Bluefield
Ray Evans
Metropolitan
Bluefield Book and Stationery Company
Ness of
Mr. Griffith
A. Griffith
J. Frank Maynard
Beckley
Don Steele
Squire Chambers
Oakvale
Squire Biggs
Harry Finley
Huntington
Geo. W. Moss
Burke's Garden
Bradley
Radford
Rosa Jacobs
Lynchburg
B. M. Cohen
Monroe Street
Douthat
Mountain Lake
S. J. Finley
Detroit
Port Stanley
Mich
Engineer Compton
Sam Compton
Tug River
Crockett’s Undertaking Establishment
Kile
Lindsay
No. 16
Hebrew Aid Society
Steele's Hall
George Mann
Concord
Lola Gearhart
Mabel Davis
Ernest Freeman
Bramwell
R. M. Garrett, Jr
Roanoke
Mrs. Williams
Richlands
Hoge Mason
Ed Easley
W. J. Kilgore
Williamson
S. H. Graham
Nemours
L. Magrill
Joe Matz
Max Greenberg
Baseball
Norfolk
Danville
Portsmouth
Pittsburg
Boston
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Washington
St. Louis
Savoy Shirt
Metropolitan Men's Furnishing CO
Elks’ Building
Gost
M. G. Whitlow Hdw. Co
Samuel Turk
Princeton ‘Avenue
West Va
Follansbee
Bland Street
William Annis
J. J. Giles
Carroll County
Thaxton
Sauer’s
Melcher Paint & Paper Co
Union Bank & Trust Company
G. R. Reese
Raven Red Ash Coal
Shumate Clothing Go
Edwin Clapp
Manhattan
Dunlap
Alfred Benjamin
Schloss Bros
Lampeck Guaranteed
Shumate Clothing
Princeton Avenu
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