Memorial Elks service honors departed Bluefield brothers
Bluefield Lodge No. 269 B P O E held its memorial at the Elks Opera House with about two hundred members and public in attendance. Reverend speakers and musical selections framed the service, followed by a Bryant Thanatopsis quotation and a benediction. A supper and social later concluded the gathering.
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Bluefield Lodge No
Elks Opera House
J. M. Sanders
J. F. Maynard
R. W. Trapnell
Vincent Vaoliello
T. 8
Gillespie
Joses of Nazareth
Bryant
Turkey Gap's Record: Only Three Men Killed in 4.5 Million Tons Mined
Ennis visitors William MecQuail James McQuail and William McQuail Jr. said Turkey Gap mines have produced 4,500,000 tons of coal with only three fatalities. Mines run busy daily with over forty cars of coal and about ten cars of coke, supplying Seaboard Air Line under contract.
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William MecQuail
James McQuail
William McQuail
Ennis
MecQuail
Turkey Gap
Tan Tan fair lauded for gifts and crafts show
Society notes praise the Tan Tan fair as guests from Canton Ohio and Seven Mile Ford Virginia attended a box party with Miss Mattie Becker hosting at her home. Guests enjoyed embroidery, fancy work, baked goods, and a theatre production followed by a supper after the play at the Becker home.
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Gayety
Jolly
W. 8. Becker
Flannagan
Jenkins
Mayme Malone
Mattie Becker
Hazel Becker
Rucker Jenkins
Norwood Davis
York Coleman
Kyle Butsler
Canton
Gladys Jenkins
Seven Mile Ford
Virginia
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E. S. Pedigo
Bluefield
Princeton Avenue
West Virginia
Armas
Reemmen
White Pharmacy Fresh Cut
Xmas Haulers
Elks Building
Reems
Relly & Moyer Building
Goat of the Hour
Ladies
Children’s
Hawley
Is Loney
ELKS
EB. S. Becker
Roa
F. L. King
Belle Strother
Rappahannock
J. H. Hoge
Mary Martin
DeWitt
Turkey
GAP
Wool and Dent
Metropolitan Men’s Furnishing CO
Bland Street
The
Baltimore
Fortright
Schloss Bros & CO
New York
Shumate Clothing CO
W. VA
Aaa and
Ane
Cloth&g
Hopkins & Allen Rifles
M. G. Whitlow How. Co
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. Va
A. G. Wood
W.va
Thornton Bldg
Thomas E. Peery
N. & W. Railway
Samuel Bluefield
Turk, West Va
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