Falls Mills road project urged for state takeover
A Bluefield area community urges Pulaski and the state highway commission to take over and improve the Falls Mills Pocahontas road via Robinson act funding. The plan links Pocahontas Abbs Valley and Flat Top to Bluefield Bristol highway, serving about a thousand daily travelers and boosting regional access. A community meeting is planned for next Wednesday in Pulaski.
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Virginia Side
Falls Milla- Pocahontas
Falls Mills Road
Virginia State Highway Commission
Pulaski
Palls Mills
Tazewell County
Bluefield
Falls Mills
Pocahontas
Emi
Falla Mills Road
McDowell County
Bristol
Tazewell and
Russell
Abbs Valley
Flat Top
Nemours
Fallsville
Maefield
Tasewell County
Clear Fork
Evangelist prompts prize for his sermon text at Highland Ave church
Rev. A. G. McCown Oklahoma evangelist spoke on Psalms 110 at Highland Avenue Christian Church. He offered a prize to readers who find his sermon text The Ages and quoted Acts Chapter 2 about the church born after Pentecost. He emphasized Christ crowned by enemies and the call to repentance and baptism.
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Melchizedek
Pyramid of
Cheops
Abram
Jeremiah
Egypt
Great Pyramid
Highland Avenue Christian Church
A. G. McCown
Oklahoma
Christ
Acta
Old Jerusalem
Chris
Apostle Peter
Baldwin family moves to Sanford by car amid rail embargo
R. E. Baldwin and Mrs Baldwin drove to Sanford Florida by automobile with household goods blocked from shipment due to embargoes on the Atlantic Coast Line. Emily Featherston, Mrs Baldwin’s sister in law, travels with them while Miss Ma haa and J. D. Brown assist in Sanford real estate. The Baldwins plan to return next spring, and R. F Baldwin hopes to resume local business and civic work.
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R. E. Baldwin
Fatherston
Presbyterian Church
Ma Haa
Baldwin
Ind
J. D. Brown
Sanford
R. F B. Baldwin
Virginia
Bluefield
Whose Largest Family in Greater Bluefield
A fragment discusses the idea of the largest family in the area and mentions a 16 member clan on the Bramwell road. It cites Theodorevelt and references President Roosevelt's advice about big families during the census period.
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Greater
Bluefield
Twin City
Greater Bluefield
Maefield
Daddy
Mammy
Bramwell Road
Theodorevelt
King Solomon
Colonel Roosevelt
Texas highway fund prober known here
Captain P. S. J. Wilson, a government representative, is identified locally as the Texas highway fund probe official sent to Austin to aid Governor Marcuson in examining highway contracts. He previously visited Tazewell County during policy agitation for better roads and spoke at a mass meeting at the county courthouse.
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P. St. J. Wilson
Austin
Texas
Aasslat
Ma Cuson
Tazewell County
Wilson
Virginia Highway Commission
Tazewell County Court House
Indian summer forecasts and revival meetings noted
The column reports views on Indian summer with forecasts by Uncle Hugh Ratcliffe and mentions a dense fog on the Virginia side. It then highlights revival meetings led by Evangelist McCown with a goal of four hundred in Bible school and multiple services. St Marys Episcopal Church and Christ Episcopal Church plan morning and evening services with Rev Edward Hughes presenting.
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Virginia
Hugh
Hugh Ratcliffe
McCown
Bible School
Evangelist McCown
ST. Mary's Episcopal Church
Herbert H. Young
Young Peole
Edward Hughes
Risburg
St. Mary's
Christ Episecopal Church
Pocahontas
Hughes
Ambiguous notice on local property and business terms
Fragmentary OCR describes Mohawk tire lines and a reward involving Peerless Flour and Feed Co. It mentions Shel Heights annexation to Riveneld, a Florida boom in Shelby Heights in February 1926, a 4100 purchase on Greever Wise Dudley and Co Bluefield Virginia, and a sweeping town claim.
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aEiece Motor
Ry Finder
Peerless Flour and Feed Co
Shel Heights
Riveneld
Florida
Shelby Heights
Greever Wise
Dudley and Co
Bluefield
Virginia
Navy witness to army court martial on Mitchell charges
The air board’s recommendations were to be carried out while witnesses for the Navy denied Colonel Mitchell’s charges before the army court martial.
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Jon
Air Board
Navy
Mitchell
Memorial Baptist Church Sunday School Drive Initiated
A six week campaign to enlarge Memorial Baptist Church Sunday school was launched last Sunday and continues for six weeks ending the second Sunday in January. The school splits into "the Rede" and "the Blues" with the defeated side to entertain winters. aims include improved efficiency and attendance.
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Memorial Baptist Church
Rede
Blues
Ferraline Promises Digestion Perfection for Stomach Ailments
Ferraline, a mineral water treatment, claims to perfect digestion and improve appetite and appearance. Sold by druggists with a money back guarantee if not delighted after the first bottle. a ten day supply costs one dollar.
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Addy
Defense meeting closes ASME convention in New York
Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis outlined war department influence on national peace and business in a national defense address at the 40th annual ASME convention closing in New York. Hanford MacNider and General James G. Harbord spoke on similar themes. Manchester Pay-L. H. Marlow developed a phosphorescent police arrow for traffic duty that glows green on the officer’s wrist.
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New York
War Department
Dwight F. Davis
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Hanford MacNider
James G. Harbord
Radio Corporation of America
Manchester
Pay
L. H. Marlow
The Preacher and the Bear Long Tongue Women
A catalog entry lists The Preacher and the Bear Long Tongue Women, alongside items titled Little Birdie Sinking of the Submarine, W. J. Bryan's Last Fight, Old Joe Clark and Jesse James, with archival codes and year references.
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Joe Clark
Jesse James
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Virginia News
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
Monresas
Texas Highway Fund
P. O. Box
Bluefield, VA
Washington
West Virginia
Census Bureau
P. W. Stuphin
Bluefield Virginia
Park
Jamison Store
Jamison’s
Bank
Land O'Lakes
Minnesota
United States
Bellevue
Libby
White Lake Fish
W. Va
Bluefield Avenue
Princeton
Norton
Northfork
War
Bland Street
Appalachia
Welch
Williamson
Princeton Ave
Columbia
New Process Records
D.—Frank Dupree
Sidney Allen
al Craver
Riley Puckett
V. Dalhart
D—W. J. Bryan
Charlie Poole
Rodeheaver
Shenandoah Stone Mountain Memorial
Cal
V. Dalthart
Rewis
Furniture Company
Bluefield, W. Va
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