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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1920
Page
5
On Main Street prospects build for a great white way with a modern hotel and other business houses. Local businessmen predict a business boom in Graham next year, surpassing twenty years of prior activity, as outlined in yesterday's Daily Telegraph.
A Tazewell county jury ruled Fielden Combs was mentally capable when he willed his Russell county farm to son Frank, despite claims by other heirs that a prior stroke left him unfit. Bedford lawyer Lambert pleaded with tears for Mrs. McNeer, yet the court found no lack of mental balance in the testator.
Graham tonight draws attention as many notable school boys and girls visit the town. The mail service between Graham and Bluefield shows improvement with only two Graham letters lost last week. Loyal Gleaners of Graham Christian church elect officers led by Claudine Lane and Lelie Sprinkle. Woman's Missionary society to meet Thursday at 2 pm to elect officers. J R Anderson visits Strasburg and Salem relatives. N C Peters of Coalwood visits Graham. Graham high basketball lacks a court and may cancel games due to no practice facility.
Russell county lawyers dominated the case as a Tazewell jury returned a negative verdict. Mrs McNeer and her siblings face an open court of appeals while Fielden Combs and his widow's blended family end years of litigation over the estate.
The Bluestone Valley reports E T Scott’s hog weighing five hundred seventy five pounds as top prize in Tazewell county. Monroe county’s Bobbitt brothers reportedly raised hogs over five hundred pounds in 1890. Dave Spracher may gain notice if he matches Graham Daily News standards. Marion Belt, once of Nemours, died in a South Dakota incident. The Roanoke Glee Club, twenty men and two young women, performs at the high school auditorium tonight.
Train bulletin shows departures from Biluefield at 7:45 for East Radford with connections to Bristol Roanoke and the east. 9:30 a m offers sleeper and dining car options via Roanoke and El town. Additional services list connections to Kenova Portsmouth Columbus and other points with various stopovers.
An advertisement claims a proprietary Indian hair remedy cures baldness and dandruff with potent ingredients including beer. It touts $900 guarantor and impressive cases, urging readers to mail 10 silver or visit for a brochure with proof from J H L Brittain Inc New York.
The will of Margaret Gordon, a 48 word document, leaves all she owns to her sister Jane. It mentions jewels in Hudson Trust Safe Deposits money in Union Dime Savings and California Standard Oil. Margaret McCann holds these items in her safe deposit.
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