Pocahontas Socials and Fires Highlight Town News
The Pocahontas German Club hosted a Friday gathering at the Pocahontas Inn honoring Mr. and Mrs. George Vaughan of Bluefield with a large attendance. A fire Thursday morning at 6 am partially destroyed a double tenement at 157 Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries on Railroad and Smith. The article also notes gunfire alarms should stop to avoid endangering residents and mentions the F O I installation in Bluefield and souvenir postcard trends.
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Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company
Railroad Avenue
Smith Streets
Pany
Pennsyvania
Pocahontas Band
Bluefield
Christmas Display Draws Merchants Into Busy Season
Shops show ornate decorations as Christmas goods go on display and shopping begins. Merchants report strong business across the city amid festive storefronts and seasonal sales.
Schedule Change Leaves Pocahontas Travelers Stranded
The new timetable, effective the 24th, runs only one through train to Pocahontas causing long waits at Bluestone Junction for westbound No. 3 or eastbound No. 16. Local merchants plan a trip to Roanoke to press for a better arrangement.
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Pocahontas
East
Bluestone Junction
Roanoke
Reverend Lloyd Visits Stone Gap To Seek Pocahém tas Pastor
Rev. John J. Lloyd of Stone Gap Virginia arrives to locate a minister for Pocahém tas and Graham churches. The Clark school house will be repaired for the minister family residence and Mrs. Lloyd accompanies him. Services by Rev Squires in Bristol today and Rev Cartwright in Methodist. High Mass at 10 p.m. in Catholic church with English and Slavish sermons by Rev Father Gregory.
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John J. Lloyd
Stone Gap
Mo Cartwright
Nemedy
Father Gregory
Local Social Notes Review Intriguing Guests
Miss Essie Jones returns home after visits in Radford Roanoke and Richmond. Prof and Mrs Byrom hosted Miss May of Tazewell Bluefield. Messrs Pendleton and Crockett of Tazewell visited. Mrs Henson of Pearisburg stayed with Mrs Lawford. Umberger visited Welch. Dr F J Demchoek of Keystone and Mary Wyegall of Welch attended local hosts. Edward Koontz and family guests of Col J S Browning in Salem. Mrs FE Ware indisposed on Water street. I T Johnston returned from visits in Philadelphia Baltimore and Richmond. Treasurer W S Wood of the Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Co.
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Floyd Black
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Inn
George Vaughan
Bluefield
Vaughan
L. Stump
G. L. Byrom
S. Baash
Miss Bracy
Mr. Thompson
Minter
M. Carey
Freeman
Weird
Simonton
Dennen
Essie Jones
Radford
Roanoke
Richmond
Miss Jones
Byrom
Miss May
Tazewell
J. W. Easley
Messrs
M. S. Pendleton
R. A. Crockett
Mrs. Henson
Salem
J. 8. Browning
FE. J. Ware
Water Street
T. Johnston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
W. 8. Wood
Pocahontas Consolidated Colieries
A Long Drive The Expert Lumbermen In Canada Rivers
A London Tit-Bits account describes expert lumbermen guiding log drives on Canadian rivers. It highlights athletes riding logs through rapids balancing with pikes, jumping between logs, steering channels, and freeing jams with calm precision amid dangerous, heaving water.
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Canada
London
The King Falls to Fever After Refusing Duty
The king ordered him to claim the feast but he excused himself claiming etiquette forbids such a function. The Duke of Usseda was to be called but he was away. The king endured the fire rather than yield dignity. His blood heated and a violent fever followed, leading to his death in his twenty fourth year.
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Fes
Duc d Usseda
London Standard
Eight year old loses pedal on first horseback ride
An eight year old New York boy spent his life in the city with toys like roller skates and tricycles. On a Sunday he rode a horse for the first time in a barnyard. While his father led the horse the boy asked to run. He then cried out that he had lost a pedal, a humorous note from the New York Sun.
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New York Sun
A Royal Martyr to Etiquette in Spain
A historical note recalls Spanish royal etiquette that nearly suffocated King Philip III as heat from an overlarge fire filled the chamber. Courtiers refused to rise or permit entry, until Marquis de Totat finally intervened to relieve the monarch.
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Spain
Philip Ili
Marquis de Totat
Protecting His Magazines
A man recalls finding a magazine at a doctor's office stamped with his name on nearly every page. He fears someone will claim the magazine as their own, insisting it would be gone soon if left in the waiting area. The remark appears in the New York Press.
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Olm
New York Press
Advertising minded businessmen seek modern job seekers
Businessmen favor progressive hiring methods and prefer using the want column to find workers. They avoid old pull or influence tactics and pursue straightforward employment requests.
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