City Coalfield Bride and Groom Return from Philadelphia
The marriage of William Conway and Miss Ethel Monroe in the city is followed by their return home from Philadelphia to Elk Meeting. notices cover Elks delegates, Red Cross Christmas seals drive with venue spots, and local civic notices including removals, theater ads, and property sales in Hale Addition with terms and incentives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Conway
Bride
Ethel Monroe
Conway
Philadelphia
Hale
Bluefield
Graham Station
Hale Land Company
Kelly & Moyer Building
Rivefield
W. Vaady
Pocahontas Church Services And Marriage Surprise
The Pocahontas Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist churches list morning and evening services with topics Christ the Hope of the World and Watch, Bible school times, and invitations to all. A marriage surprise involves Miss Helen Poster, long employed at the central telephone office, returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
W. R. Rickman
B. B. Scott
Presbyterian
J. S. Montgomery
C. K. Wingo
F. B. Davis
Helen Poster
W. W. Poster
Central Telephone Office
Pocahontas Merges Personal News With Local Listings
Pocahontas bride J C Peddicord wed Saturday. couple to live in Sydney Pa. Boissevain School closes for week. Miss Deaton resigns to take a better post at Maybeury. New grocery store, Pocahontas Cash Store, opens in Rees building on Church street. Various local residents visit, travel, or conduct business. Rural letter carrier exam held. three pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Pharmacy
Dre. Fox & St. Clair
O. Hare
J. PD. McCue
C. M Scott
Pocahontas
J. C. Peddicord
Pocahontas Big Vein Coal Co
Boissevain
Bertha Deaton
Maybeury
Miss Dupuy
W. M. Mister, Jr
Chas. FE. McNew
Pocahontas Cash Store
Rees Building
Church Street
Tabor & McCluer
Ellett & Frazier
Tabor
A. J. King
Charleston
Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Co
B. C. Howell
New York
William H. Morris
Johnston
Edward T. Boswell
Baltimore
Jas. S. Browning
Roanoke
Earl V. Garrett
Graham
Mont. Harman
Landgraff
John Sowers
J. B. Kirk
Elkhorn
Edward J. McQuail
Ennis
E. E. King
Cincinnati
B. Moore
S. P. Mustard
Mayor of Welch Claimed by Death
Word came from Culpepper, Virginia, that Welch Mayor William O. Perry died at 9 this morning after a four month illness. He was about 38, survived by wife Nannie Tate and a two year old son, served 18 years in Welch, educated as a lawyer at the University of West Virginia, and was mayor before illness prevented him from duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culpeper
William O. Perry
Welch
Perry
Nannie Tate
Greenville
John Tate
University of West Virginia
Law Frail
Flanigan & Perry
C. M. Kyle
Kyle
Culpeper Masons honor longtime resident after death
A prominent Culpeper resident dies after a period of illness in Virginia. Masons and Shriners from Welch attend the funeral and burial held in Culpeper. Mrs. Perry and their son Billy plan to reside with Mrs. Rice in Welch pending arrangements.
New Industry for the Clinch Valley
The development of coke oven bottom tile from local clays marks a new brick industry in the Clinch Valley. Richlands produced these fire resistant, water-impervious tiles over a year ago, proving superior durability and heat retention compared with imports from Ohio Kentucky Georgia and Alabama. The tiles resist water absorption, aiding coke burning by reducing cold bottoms and preventing rapid quenching damage to paving tiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Kentucky
Georgia
Alabama
Richlands
Panther Young Men In Demand In Notorious Town
A Panther article alleges the town has become a matrimonial center with many eligible women marrying young. Letters from Chicago and elsewhere seek information on local bachelors aged twenty to thirty who are sober, hardworking, and honest. Names and addresses are withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panther
Daily Telegraph
Chicago
Plas
Florence and
Moly
Florence
Mollie
Salvation Army Plans Christmas Toy Drive for Peor Children
Salvation Army workers prepare to visit homes of the city’s poor children and deliver Christmas toys and meals so many underprivileged youngsters may meet Santa Claus. The drive aims to ensure cheerful cheer despite poverty this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Peor
Santa Claus
Santa
Salva tion Army Christmas pots fund dinner for needy
Salvation Army collectors placed pots on street corners and in hotels to gather nickels and dimes for a Christmas tree and meals for the poor. Bells rang yesterday and will continue until Christmas Eve when funds are used for the holiday efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Miner Hoskins Killed By Eastbound Freight At Hiawatha
Lewis Hoskins a 20 year old white miner and Smokeless Coal Company employee was run over and killed at Hiawatha yesterday at 1 o clock while alighting from an eastbound extra freight. He resided in Oliver Springs Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Hoskins
Hiawatha
Smokeless Coal Company
Hoskins
Oliver Springs
Tenn
Paris widowers resume life quickly after bereavement
The article cites Emerson and reports French marriage statistics showing 148 of 2,270 widowers remarry within one year, rising to 628 relapses in the second year and only 37 remaining widowers after three. Widows show even more rapid remarriage after legal delays end, with 18 months seeing four of 1,907 not remarry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Watch guarantee ends with pig trough mishap
Paddy Dolan bought a watch with a 12 month guarantee. It stopped after six months and the jeweler noted an accident. Dolan says the pig caused the damage when the watch fell into the trough while feeding the pig. the pig was only killed yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paddy Dolan
Paddy
London Telegraph
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Offers Reward
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case with Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes testimonials from Walding Kinnan Marvin and notes Hall's Cure is taken internally. Price per bottle and other products are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
PF. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Norfolk and Western Schedule Change May 26 1912
Train timetable outlines May 26 1912 services for Norfolk and Western on Shenandoah Division. It lists departure times from Roanoke and Bluemerg to New York Philadelphia Richmond Lynchburg and Norfolk with Pullman sleepers dining and cafe cars and connections to Columbus Cincinnati and Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Nor
Shenandoah
Pullman
New York
Hagerstown
Pullman Pshor
Richmond
Norfolk
Pullman Sleeper
Parior
Roanok
Jaeger
Alermediate
Lynebourg
Shenandoah Valley
Philadelphia
Gary
Lynchburg
Cafe Car
Bluemerg
Kenova
Columbus
All Points West
Northwest
Cincinnati
Cafe Cars
Bluefield
Columbus Cafe
Tazewell
Norton
Clinch Valley Division
Welch
Williamsos
Norfolk and Western Railway
W. B. Bevill
W. C. Saunders
Pasar
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Ver
Tiel
Manel
Elk Meeting
John Kee
Parkersburg
Tee
The
Elks
Litz Home
Lite
Mr. Litz
W. 8. Patterson
Bottom Creek Coal and Coke Company
Presbyterian Church of Pocahontas
Jairus Collins
Collins
Litz
Greenbrier Coal and Coke Co
Louisville Coal and Coke Co
M. Turner
C. M. Turner
Montgomery County
W. L. Turner
Southern Express Co
Christiansburg
W. M. Richardson
St. Luke's Hospital
Boone Street
Swisher and
Meems
Pathe
Vitagraph
Egypt
Kalem
Fidelity Bank
Hyman
Matz Hotel
Chas. St. Clair
Bluefield Gas A Power Company
Advent
First National Bank
L. A. Hooper
Ady
Bluefield Baking Co
Adh
Wosu Ady
Hale Land Co
Kelly & Moyer
W. Va
Atv
Bluefield Raking Co
Bluefield Raking Company
Tazewell Street
Union Bank & Trust Co
Came Street
Edwin M. Bailey
Ice
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company
Telephone
Bland Street
Emerson
Stieff
Shaw
Whayer
Chas. M. Stieff
Main Street
Lynchburg, Va
Cc. W. Whitmore
Mgr
Bluefield Contractors
Richlands Brick
Richlands, VA
Twin City Boiler Works
Bristol, Tenn
Twin City
Pickardland
China
E. F. Randolph & Go. Silversmiths & Jewelers
Huyler
Eastman Kodaks Victrolas
Victor Talking Machines
South Side Drug Store
Pocahontas Pickings
Church News
Culpepper, Va
Ness
Culpepper
Lera Tate Ice
Ellen Tate
James A
George Fr
Nea Strother
W. B. Payne
J. W. Edwards
W. W. Johnson
Ivanhoe
W. W. Henritze
W. Barbtidse Payne
Masonic Lodge
W. C. Hall
Frank Johnson
B. J. F. Strother
J. W. Luther
Clinch Valley
Triumph
Mien
Cubbedge & Hicks
Miner
Emerson the Mighty
Charles ST. Clair
Fidelity Banking & Trust Company
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. Va
Hawkins
A. L. Hawkins
L. J, Holland
J. A. Donohue
A. Donohue
Thornton Building
Blaefield
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