Mrs Lelia James of Maybeury Dies at 53
Mrs Lelia Long James 53 wife of EB H James died at 2 a m Sunday at her home near Coaldale after a lingering illness. Born in Christiansburg Va May 17 1875 she was twice married and leaves six children Paul Irvin Rachel Opie Billie Isabelle and two stepchildren along with her husband and siblings. Funeral at Maybeury Methodist Church with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Active pallbearers and flower bearers named. cars requested for 10 a m.
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Lelia Long James
BE. H. James
Coaldale
James
Methodist Church
Christiansburg
Mrs. James
John
Josephine Long
C. KE. Fergueson
Ezekiel Hunter James
Paul
Irvin
Rachel
Opie
Billie
Isabelle
EB. H. James
Costfields
Howard Frazier
Coopers
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bluefield
Harve Dailey
Lewis Perdue
Ollie Buckles
Millard Tabor
Seth Wilson
J. P. Huffman
Charlie Brown
R. S. Little
Cora Little
J. C. Calloway
R. S. Neal
Mercer County Livestock Unit Rebounds With Strong Markets
At the annual meeting the Mercer County Cooperative Livestock Marketing association reported 154 members marketed 243 cattle and 2 184 lambs with gross sales of 6 813 31 and 11 123 98 respectively, total 17 937 29. Net to shippers 16 019 74. freight and charges 1 917 55. Lambs peaked at 7 cents per pound. Two directors elected J B Eads Camp Creek and F E Thomason Rock. A fall trip to Fayetteville and a stock judging tour in Tazewell county were announced. A committee backed cooperative wool marketing plans.
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Mercer County Cooperative Livestock Marketing Association
J. B. Eads
Camp Creek
FE. F. Thomason
Rock
Greenbrier Livestock Marketing Association
Mercer County Association
H. B. Barber
E B. Powell
Hack Scott
C. D. Terry
President Roosevelt sends optimistic note to farm meeting
In Chicago on December 11, President Roosevelt sent an optimistic message to about 1000 farmers at an Ameri can Farm federation gathering. Federation leaders pledged staunch support for the president's farm recovery program and urged full cooperation. O'Neal and others backed continued policy and remonetization of silver as discussed. The president said the agricultural adjustment act has done some good but needs more time.
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Chicago
American Farm Federation
Roosevelt
Edward A. O'Neal
Alabama
Congress
O’neal
Wynekoop Family Life and Medical Pioneers Tale
Foreword by Dr. Catherine Wynekoop recounts the early life of her mother and father, their courtship at Northwestern, and the formation of the Wynekoop family. It covers their medical training, marriage in 1900, and birth of children as they pursue professional dreams and a family home in Chicago.
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Wynekoop
Catherine Wynekoop
Dox
Doxey
Northwestern University
Frank Wynekoop
Frank Lindsay
Hame
Alice
Ather
Walcott
Ind
Wabash College
Walker
LaFayette
Northwestern University Medical School
Mother
Father
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Women’s Medical School
Lindsay
Dad
West
Monroe Street
Catherine
Dr. Wynekoop
Chicago
Alice L. Wynekoop
Earle Wynekoop
Civil worker killed by truck at Pineville quarry
Nathan Green a 50 year old civil works employee was killed when struck by a truck at a rock quarry near Pineville West Virginia. Sheriff J L Belcher launched a search for John Tilley 19 the truck driver.
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Pineville
W. Va
Nathan Green
Civil Works
JL. O. Belcher
John Tilley
Electric Power Firm Sued Over Injuries At Fair
Paul A. Smith of Charleston sues Appalachian Electric Power Co. for 150000 after being permanently injured when a improperly insulated wire he touched while dismantling a Ferris wheel at the Dunbar 4-H fair last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Paul A. Smith
Smith
Dunbar
Sapling Accident Kills 13-Year-Old Weaver Mullens
In Pineville West Virginia on December 11 a sapling struck 13 year old Weaver Mullens in the chin after his axe split the wood during a cutting attempt. The impact broke his neck and caused his death.
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Pineville
W. Va
Weaver Mullens
Lambert
Mission Services Start Wednesday in City Auditorium
Rodeheaver and Pat B Withrow bring revival to the city for six days starting Wednesday at 7 30 PM in the City Auditorium. Homer Rodeheaver, famed song leader and trombonist, will headline with radio programs planned and James Elmer Brown of Bluefield to accompany him.
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Rodebeaver-Withrow
City Auditorium
Homer Rodeheaver
Tennessee
Ohio Wesleyan College
FE. W. Biederwolf
Billy Sunday
Mr. Rodeheaver
Pat B. Withrow
Kanawha County
West Virginia
Charleston
Sixth Street
M. BK
Union Mission
Rodeheaver
James Elmer Brown
Bluefield
Women’s Missionary program at Coopers church
In Coopers West Virginia on December 11 the Methodist church hosted a Woman's Missionary society program. The Shupe family provided music while junior girls performed The Little Red School at Hopkins Corner. Rev S H Auvill offered two readings and the Missionary society presented Martha Gabe's Court.
Coopers Personal News Highlights Local Church Event
Miss Sarah Niswander hosted the Methodist church youth division gathering on Thursday night. John Thomas, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Morrisette, is ill. Attendees at the Bramwell production “Too Many Bosses” on Wednesday included Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Martin and children Kent and Cynthia, Mrs. KE. L. Byrd, Mrs. Ray Hill, Miss Martha Watson, Mrs. Sam Lawson, Mrs. T. W. Rhodes, Miss Sarah Niswander, and Miss Elizabeth Sizemore.
Virginia Awarded Writ in Strike Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court denied an injunction to stop Cabell Dairies Cooperation from using milk bottles owned by Huntington Bottle Exchange. Writs were granted in several unrelated cases including Beys against Kanawha Savings and Loan and Lake against Virginian Railway. In Pineville, William Halsey, 30, died from a coal mine fall at the Halsey mine near Mullens.
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Charleston
W. Va
Cabell Dairies Cooperation Association
Huntington Bottle Exchange
Supreme Court
Albert Baker
Huntington Dairies
Arthur L. Bey
Anna L. Bey
Kanawha Savings and Loan Association
Kanawha County
Okley Lake
Virginian Railway Company
Mercé County
Joseph Flinn
A. EB. Flinn
Carl Henthorne
Wood County
Hart
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Lelia James
Maybeury
Catherine Lindsay Wynekoop
Chicago Daily News
Denver
Colo
City Hall
College of Physicians and Surgeona
Onarga
Lil
Earle
Paar
James Earle
Ihs
Wynekoops
Ruby Perkins
Hurricane
Devt
Malden
Mas
CWA
Lad
Rodebeaver - Withrow
Copers
Virginia
Roe Ao Ae
White House
Sparkle
Sultana
Sunnyfield
Selex
Campbell’s
Clicquot Club
Hershey's Chocolate
Iona
Sacramento
Bluepoint Oysters
Emperor Grapes
New
Maine
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