Big Circus Trains Arrive Early for Downtown Parade
Circus trains from Radford arrive at 6 AM. wagons unload at the Tk and Western yards. The downtown street parade, claimed as the world’s largest, is slated for 11 AM Monday, traveling principal streets. White’s Bugles promotes Peter Pan in Animal Land with a 2:15 and 6:00 PM show, featuring John Robinson’s big top, 10 000 seats, three rings, and numerous acts led by Captain Ricardo and a host of international talents.
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Radford
White's Bugles
Animal Land
Follo
Peter Pen
John Robinson
Ricardo
Robert Thornton Will
Albert Langdon
Rowena Giles
Morales
Adeline Weaver
Patricia Salmon
Wink Weaver
Circus
Interest in Horses at Dublin Horse Show Sets Records
Entries for the Royal Dublin Society horseshow during the first week of August reach a new high with 916 entries. Despite the automotive era, harness racing shows growing interest. Bloodstock sales attract more than 800 horses entered.
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Dublin
Royal Dublin Society
Alfred Stanley dies at 99 during church service
Alfred Stanley of Hastings England collapsed and died during church services at his local parish aged 99 authorities said.
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Hastings
Eng
Alfred Stanley
Local Social Notes Mention Visits and Moves Around Athens
Several Athens residents are noted for travels and visits including Mrs J A Mace’s stay in Memorial hospital and Cora Matis with Lily Daniels at Athens. Ada Pauley leaves College club house to head Ivy House Bluefield. Mrs Bettie Holroyd and Mrs Scott Thompson hosted Mrs J F Holroyd. Community members attend a chicken supper to support the mess hall.
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Cora Matis
Lily Daniels
Athens
Lily Robinson
J. W. Robinett
Cleo Hetherington
Roanoke
Felix Yanowski
Coffee
St. Peters I Fla
G. Meador
Ada Pauley
College Club House
Remo
Bluefield
Ivy House
Bettie Holroyd
Scott Thompson
J. F. Holroyd
Mary Holroyd Sampson
Monroe County
Snowe Alford
Links Grove
Alice Joe Sampson
Maben
Fair Grounds
Ruth Gore
Captain Ambrose
Jake Brown
Meadow Bird
Sarah Morgan
Caesar Ronconi
John B. dAlly
Adlai Lilly
Richmond, Va
Adlai l Ally
Rose May Richey
W. C. Richey
Adlat
Adlal, Jr
Sugar topic dominates Home Economics club meeting
Athens and Concord College hosts welcomed visitors Mrs Powell Cook of Lorado and Mrs Scott Thompson of Raleigh. The group discussed a county fair project a sand table sketching Athens early days. Staff and students remained on trips as the college hall undergoes renovation.
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Home Economics Club
R.S. Amberger
Lois Neel
J. A. Mace
A. B. Moore
C. W. Gore
Powell Cook
Lorado
Scott Thompson
Raleigh
N. C
Athens
J. Holroyd
Jara Bur
Farm Womens Clubs
Fair Grounds
Pearl valued at fifty thousand found near Gambier Islands
A boy diver recovered a lustrous peacock green pearl off Gambier Islands in the South Pacific. Report says the buyer was offered 50 000 dollars for the gem. The rest of the text shifts to a humorous exchange about a sneeze.
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New York
Gambier Islands
South Pacific Ocean
Gadd Named Assistant to A A Fulwiler in Virginia
H Gadd receives appointment as assistant to A A Fulwiler in the combined West Virginia and Virginia enforcement district based in Roanoke with branch offices in Charleston Princeton and Wheeling His duties include attending federal court sessions and leading special investigations with effect September 1 and reorganization of enforcement work starting in November
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H. Gadd
West Virginia
Fiji Islanders Hear a Radio Talk From States
Aug 22 Save Fiji reports Helen Keller spoke at KGO Oakland California and was heard clearly in Fiji Miss Keller was introduced by Annie Sullivan her lifelong friend and teacher whose instruction helped her communicate The Oakland program was heard in Australia and New Zealand with varying reception reports
German Upholds U-boat War Blaming Blockade
Vice Admiral Hollweg asserts in the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung that the German submarine campaign was not started earlier but pursued ruthlessly. He says American armaments would have been worthless and credits Hindenburg over Wilson for the war's outcome. He calls submarine warfare a God given gift to Germany in self protection against the inhuman blockade.
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Thein
Hollwex
Deutche Allgemeine Zeitung
Hindenburg
Wilson
Germany
America
German Opinion Split Over Unrestricted Submarine War
The writer denies that unrestricted submarine warfare drew the United States into war and rebukes Germans who cling to that view as "poor simple-minded cosmopolitan souls."
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America
Count Bernstorff
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Yanowski
Lida Caperton
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Washington, D. C
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A. A. Fulwiler
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Princeton
W. Va
Fiji
London
Adam
Ayag Sheraton
Duncan Phyfe
Sleigh Berkey & Gay Johnson, Handley & Johnson
Aulsbrook & Jones S. Karpen & Bros
Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Co
Colonial Manufacturing Co
Grand Rapids Chair Co
Stickley Bros
Valentine Seaver
Bluefield Furniture Company
Eton Ave
Glen Heights
Union Street
Wyoming Street
J. S. Hall & Company
Federal Street—Telephone
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