City and Coalfield notes from the region
General Chairman A. M. Cousins visited the city for talks with General Superintendent Johnson. A Busy week includes a Cake and Candy Sale by local lodge No. 448, a Methodist Church sale in Bland Street, and a meeting of the Woman's Home Mission Society. New directors join Pocahontas Fuel Co. and mine safety orders are issued. The Darlington area hosts performances by Sissieretta Jones and Jolly John Larkin. Local court and funeral notices, a medical case, and mining institute travel are also reported along with various city updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Cousins
Johnson
Bland Street
Woman's Home Mission Society of
Bland Street Methodist Church
Railroad to Rocky Gap to Be Christmas Gift
The New River, Holston and Western Railway plans to complete its Rocky Gap extension by Christmas with trains possibly by year’s start. The line near Narrows climbs the mountain and will open a timber country including Narrows area holdings of Narrows Tanning Co and reach Round Mountain with notable iron deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River
Holston
Round Mountain
Police Commissioner Orders Patrols and Lieutenants Assigned
Police Commissioner Peters issues orders changing day and night patrols with two day men F. E. Stafford and A. M. Jones. Night shifts assign G. M. Calloway E. R. Peterman J. L. Booth and H. E. Howell. An earlier directive names A. A. Mc Donald as night lieutenant. The chief follows the commissioner's orders, making him responsible for unlawful city conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peters
F. E. Stafford
A. M. Jones
G. M. Calloway
E. R. Peterman
J. L. Booth
H. E. Howell
Personal Paragraphs Note Visitors From Several Towns
Dr Thornhill of Mullens visited the city Sunday. J A Huddleston of Jaeger came in Sunday night. W M Ritter passed through last night en route to Coli bug. W B Honaker of Montcalm was here yesterday on business. Mrs Claude P Stephens of Roanok guest of Mr and Mrs Harry L Stephens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazon Lacey
Northfork
Martin
Ted
Indian Ridge
McDowell
Thornhill
Mullens
J. A. Huddleston
Jaeger
W. M. Ritter
Coli Bug
W. B. Honaker
Montcalm
Claude P. Stephens
Roanok
Harry L. Stephens
Local Notables Visit and Illness Reported in City
S. T. Lambert of Matewan passed through the city en route to Princeton. Miss Nona Zink remains home on Rogers Street with typhoid fever. EB. R. Boyd, banker of Grundy, appeared in the city en route to Richmond. Mrs. D. C. Power of Franklin Junction visits sister Mrs. W. P. Payne on Raleigh Street. Mrs. Morris Rosenberg and children depart for New York to join her husband in wholesale suit business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. R. Boyd
Grundy
City
Richmond
D. C. Power
Franklin Junction, Va
Mrs. W. P. Payne
Raleigh Street
Morris Rosenberg
New York
Rosenberg
Sample booth idea for bazaar displays and sales
A sample booth at a bazaar uses a hollow half square to expand space and decorate goods. Volunteers solicit donations from firms and take orders with commissions for charity. Emphasizes advance payment, careful record keeping, varied moderately priced items, and attractive display with quilts and labeled samples.
Ragamuffin Bands Spread Thanksgiving Cheer in New York
On Thanksgiving Day New York City hosts numerous ragamuffin bands marching through residential streets. Predominantly recruited from poorer neighborhoods, children in colorful costumes parade as the city awakens, presenting a merry and humorous scene to onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Thanksgiving Day Masked Ragamuffins Parade
The ragamuffins rove streets on Thanksgiving, blowing horns and stopping pedestrians for pennies. They ring doorbells and demand a mite from the door opening, an old custom reportedly begun among city children in foreign quarters and now an established annual practice.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Soid
Ferrell Mercantile
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
West Va
Arney M. Cohen
Altamont Hotel
W. Va
THE
Keeley Institute
N. Dennison Ave
Columbus, Ohio
Hawley Moise
Whitlow Paint & Paper Co
Pulaski Street
G. Louis Boissevain
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Nicholson
A. J. Doss
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company
A. J. King
Mr. King
Black Patti
Africa
Elks Opera House
Sissieretta Jones
T. J. Griffith
Clint Trent
Russell County
Dante
H. A. Routh
Commonwealth
Fairbank
Princeton
St. Clair Vs. Williams
J. W. Gearheart
Carolina Avenue
S. H. Thompson
First Baptist Caurch
Walnut Grove
Pearl Nash
Virgie Gearheart
Harry
Walter and
Claude Gearheart
R. P. Wollwine
R. P. Woolwine
F. L. Woowine
S. R.woolwine
Bell Arnold
Mountain City
Tenn
H. ©. Crews
Graham
G. C. Hall
This City
Fannie Woolwine
Huntington
J. W. Lindsey
Geo To Mining Institute
Karl Schoen
West Virginia Mining Institute
Mr. Sechoen
Fairmont
Wheeling
City Hall
Graham Shriners
Recorder’s
Recorder’s Court
Daily Telegraph
W. T. Morris
Matting-Opp Company
Cincinnati
Altemont Hotel
Gowan
Bluefield Tea & Cotte Go
Sublet & Barnes
Rocky Gap
Western
S. T. Lambert
Matewan
Eingarten Bros
BraaGwes, NM
Santa Claus
Columbia
Mary Jiane
Buster Brown
HAS Lilly & CO
Huyler
Huyler’s
the White Pharmacy
Princeton Ave
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