Deputy Brammer of McDowell County Dies in Welch
Everett C. Brammer, 45, a well known McDowell County deputy sheriff, died at Welch hospital at 4:30 p m after a three week illness attributed to pneumonia. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p m at the Athens Baptist church with burial at Athens. He was survived by his widow Valeria Sue Lilly and four children, plus three sisters. Brammer had earlier worked for Baldwin Felts and has long served in public life in Southern West Virginia.
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Everett C. Brammer
Carretta
McDowell County
Welch Hospital
Athens
Athens Baptist Church
Te Renner
Beckley
County
Geome
Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency
Bluefield
Valeria Sue Lilly
Flat Top
Mercer County
H. W. Straley
Princeton
Mise Gladys Brammer
Athene
Orley Brammer
Edmond Johnson
War
Donzie Lilly
Uriah Vermillion
A. BE. McGuire
J. M. Cook
L. C. Thornton
Ed Vin
Sam Holroyd
J. A. Gibson
W. G. Mason
Coalwood
T. L. Felts
James Caffee
W. L. Peck
Sam Lambert
G. R. Jennings
H. C. Fulton
F. K. Day
H. M. Valley
J. L. Martin
FE. C. Nester
L. L. Tineley
Henry Falin
P. P. Kerr
Sayers Harman
R. D. Clark
EF. P. Wolf
Elmer Dickens
George Dickens
W. W. Jones
F. T. Jarrett
John Weddie
J. M. Doteen
R. Y. Henley
C. H. Kirby
Tom Maynard
M. K. Murphy
Albert Hatfield
J. L. Runyan
D. D. Hatfield
A. L. Wickline
William Norris Jr
K. K. Rand
H. Wyeong
Shepherd Carver
Robert E. Reeves
One-Time Explorer Barred From Rooms
Robert Everard a 31 year old explorer with ties to Detroit and a Field Museum expedition in Africa was charged by his wife with forcing her from their Fifth Avenue apartment in night attire. Magistrate Edward Weil found him guilty of disorderly conduct and suspended sentence pending his move out and separation from his wife.
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New York
Robert Everard
Detroit
Africa
Field Museum of Chicago
Fifth Avenue
Edward Weil
Buchanan officer captures Adams after Bluefield slaying
Arnold Adams a 4 carpenter was arrested near Hurley Virginia by Buchanan county authorities on a charge of killing Clarence Johnson a 20 year old brakeman with the Big Sandy and Cumberland railroad. Johnson died after a quarrel with Adams and Gray and Stacy were wounded. The body of Johnson was taken to Crumpler to await funeral arrangements.
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Arnold Adams
Carpenter
Buchanan County
Clarence Johnson
Bluefield
Hurley
Johnson
Big Sandy and Cumberland Railroad
Devon
W. Va
Adams
Grayan Stacy
Stacy
D. T. Johnson
Russell Street
Crumpler
Entrants Grow for Elecs Christmas Lighting Contest
Sixteen days remain to enter the Elec’s Christmas Lighting Contest sponsored by Appalachian Electric Power. Entries close December 24 at 5 p.m. with judging after Christmas. Prizes range from a vacuum cleaner to a deer of lighting sets, toaster, and savings accounts across four classifications.
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Elec
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Station Whis
Chamber of Commerce
W. R. Blake
Hamister-Beech Vacuum Cleaner
Bluefield Supply Company
Westinghouse Waffle Iron
McVeigh Electric Company
Thompson
Westinghouse Adjustomatic Tron
Superior Supply Company
Kresge
Woolworth’s
Weatinghouse Unn
Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Armstrong Table Stove
Burges Electric Company
Navy Secretary Rejects All Bids for Mayflower
Secretary Adams rejected all bids received for the former presidential yacht Mayflower after the second advertisement for offers. The decision followed a government sale process in Washington on December 7.
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NAVY
Washington
Adams
al Bide
Warlick’s Fibre and Overstuffed Suites For Holiday Comfort
Warlick’s promotes fibre suites from $35 with cushion seats at $45 and overstuffed styles from $115, plus mohair options at $235, all on terms. Calendar distributions announced.
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Warlick’s
P. S
Parrot and Invention Plot Unfolds in Rhodes House Tale
Daisy Shepherd testifies about a man named Mr Wheeler who pursued a patent funded by her savings. She recalls a model of a machine, a vanished prototype, and threatening letters from Chicago. The scene mixes drama with accusations of debt and deception at the Rhodes House.
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Daisy
Dr. Price
Sundee
Herbert S. Magnus
Diverse Local Ads Promote Plans and Events in Bluefield
Bluefield area ads promote a permanent savings plan from Bluefield Building and Loan Assn, with other notices for Ideal Beauty Shoppe, West Virginia Business College, Midway Services church event, dance bands Edwards Collegians and Lemkuhl-Shepherd, and Bluefield Shrine Club dance. Also listed are Decker's hams, cleaning services, coal products, and a jeweler's bench for sale, with Merry Christmas promotions and orchestra bookings through December 1929.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Building and Loan Assn
Coal and Coke Building
Unidentified Man Killed by Train in Princeton
A mutilated male body was found on Virginian railway tracks in Princeton early Saturday. Sheriff J Otis Bowling ruled the death accidental after investigation and the body was taken to Gott Undertaking for identification. If unnamed, it will be buried at county expense after Monday.
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Princeton
Mullens
J. Otis Bowling
Gott Undertaking Company
Sheriff Bowling
Bowling
Engagement Rumor Ties to Murder Hint in Cora Barker Case
The fragment suggests Bert's engagement rumor inflamed tensions on the eve of a murder involving Cora Barker. The text hints at a continuing story, with no further details on witnesses or conclusions provided.
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Bert
Cora Barker
Cigarette and Match Makers to Meet in Washington
Representative Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts secured Secretary Lamon’s commitment to invite cigarette and match manufacturers to Washington for a conference on fireproofing cigars? and matches and safer water-glass methods. The bureau of standards findings would be shared, while firms reported testing their own protective measures and sending samples to Rogers.
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Washington
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
Lamon
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Welch
Wife
Buchanan
Eaton Crane Pike Christ
Mas
Parker—Shaeffer— Waterman
OFFIC
RTOS
Warlick
Parrot
Anne Austin
Xmas Savings Club
Eugenie
Bonat
Frederick
West Virginian Hotel
West Virginia Business College
Honaker Bridge
McKinley
Edwards Collegians
Dayton
Howard Abbott
Mineral Street
Midway
W. M. Jones
Ronceverte
Midway Christian Church
Encyelopedia Britannica
Te. Lemkuhl-Shepherd Company
Bluefield Business College
Bluefield Avenue
W. H. Cunningham
Decker
Golden Glow Cleaners
R. B. Dillon
Causena Coal and Supply Co
Anderson
Grey Stone
Ohio
Columbus
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Inquirer
Our
Easley-Penn Drug Store
Shrine Club
Bluefield Shrine Club
Mark Goff
Masonic Temple
Masons
Simmons Street
City
TOR
K Gould
Southea
West Virginia
1.S. Compton
Raleigh Street
Rialto
DR. Karr
Spiritland
Donna
Tion
Lila Lee
The
Cheat
Collegians
George Lewis
Hayden Stevenson
Dorothy Gulliver
America
Ek, B. Carr
Bluefield, W. Va
Elgins
Bulovas
Hamiltons
Emerada
India
J. W. Waters CO
505
Federal Street
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