Hymen's Altar Weddings Jump Across States
Report covers multiple marriages: W S Spangler and Odell Hall wed in Columbus Ohio with attendants W T Mc Culloch and Lula Hawkins. C D Croy and Gypsy Snapp wed at Bristol Nickles House. Joseph Mowles and Janie Irving marry under Rev J F Stone. Conductor William Motley wed at Bannervane Virginia. Ida Sublett and Bernard H Spencer wed in Pulaski Virginia with best man Henry Garnet. couples plan in Bluefield as their future home after celebrations.
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W. S. Spangler
Miss Odell Hall
Columbus
Ohio
W. T. McCulloch
Lula Hawkins
Nickles House
Bristol
C. D. Croy
Gypsy Snapp
Bluefield
Pulaski
Ida Sublett
Bernard H. Spencer
Henry Garnet
Spencer
Parson Brought West Virginia Couple Together in Quick Marriage
Parson Burroughs married Raymond Barlow aged 19 and Mattie L. Robertson aged 20 who traveled from Maybeury and Bluefield West Virginia to wed on Monday morning. The couple left for home at 1 40 pm the following day.
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Parson Burroughs
West Virginia
Bristol Courier
Cupid
Raymond Barlow
Mattie L. Robertson
Maybeury
Wyes
Bluefield
Christmas Turkey Misdirection Sparks Rural Prank
A town resident planned a Christmas turkey gift to a Bluefield man. Neighbor boys on horseback agreed to deliver the bird but stopped at a tavern for John Barleycorn, losing the delivery address. The turkey later served as a playful prop on a horse up Pluetanger hill, leaving no dinner that morning.
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House of the
Bluefield
John Barley
Pluetanger Hill
Miss L E P Holmes to Move to Bluefield and Board
Miss L E P Holmes of Witten's Mill visits the city and plans to relocate to Bluefield. She has purchased the F W Atkinson house and Raleigh street lot with adjoining Mrs M P Atkinson property and intends to improve the property and likely operate a first class boarding house.
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L. E. P. Holmes
Witten’s Mill
Miss Holmes
Bluefield
F. W. Atkinson
Raleigh Street
Christmas in Bluefield A quiet yet unruly day
Christmas in Bluefield brought quiet business hours and many arrests with banks and post office observing limited hours. Drinking and fights occurred as pep crackers were misused injuring several youths and adults while a small police force faced criticism for enforcing ordinances.
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Bluefield
Mrs Tiffany Dead Abducted by Indians Tale Ties to Tiffany Family
Mrs Jane Tiffany widow of Charles Tiffany died Saturday night at the home of her son in law State Senator Alexander St. Clair at Bluestone in Tazewell County Virginia. She was daughter of James Moore of Abb's Valley whose family were seized by Indians in Abb's Valley and later rescued in Canada. She married twice and leaves three children Mrs Alexander St Clair of Bluestone Mrs Charles T Gillespie of Kentucky and Samuel Moore of Wrights Valley. She joined the Methodist church in 1826 and was known for Christian character.
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Jane Tiffany
Charles Tiffany
Alexander St. Clair
Bluestone
Tazewell County
Tiffany
James Moore
Abb’s Valley
Mary
Canada
Charles T. Gillespie
Kentucky
Samuel Moore
Wright’s Valley
Methodist Church
Hope Coal Company Chartered for Mining and Trade
The secretary of state issues a charter to the Hope Coal Company to mine ship buy sell coke own lease operate coal mines and lands with principal office in Charleston. Capital subscribed five hundred dollars, paid in fifty, shares one hundred. Incorporators include W. T. Thayer John A. Thayer S. W. Walker of Charleston and J. L. Beury of Beury West Virginia.
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Secretary of State
Hope Coal Company
Charleston
Capital
W. T. Thayer
John A. Thayer
S. W. Walker
J. L. Beury
Beury
West Virginia
Largest Harrison county coal deal to close soon
Fairmont dispatch reports the 12000 acre tract around Salem, planned sale for 842000 dollars. Buyers are James E. Brown of Uniontown and Alfred J. Cochran of Dawson, purchasing the entire territory in Harrison county.
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Fairmont
Harrison County
Salem
James E. Brown
Uniontown
Alfred J. Cochran
Dawson
John Harper cigars crowned for broad appeal worldwide
The advertisement extols John Harper cigars as the best choice for smokers everywhere from bustling cities to distant corners of the earth, claiming unrivaled convivislity and supreme quality that appeals to all good livers.
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John Harper
Bes
Remedies and cures advertised for skin, liver, and bowels
An advertisement lists Bucklen's Arnica Salve for leg ulcers and wounds, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles and skin diseases, DeWitt's Little Early Risers for liver cleansing, and Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for bowel regularity. H. N. White promotes the products with claims of effectiveness.
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DeWitt
H.N. White
A Little Court of Yesterday by Minnie Reid French
A good humored Virginia themed novel about the old aristocracy and fading traditions set in a Colonial mansion with a subtle love story. The book is cloth bound at one dollar and available from Bloch & Company in West Virginia or The Abbey Press in New York postpaid.
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Virginia
Messrs. Bloch & Company
Keystone
West Virginia
Abbey Press
Fifth Avenue
New York
The Best Plaster and Pain Balm Remedy
A flannel wrap with Chamberlain's Pain Balm bound to the sore area provides prompt relief for lame back pains side chest and rheumatism. One application offers relief and it is sold by all druggists.
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W. R. Gray
Amenia
Dutchess County
N. Y
Chamberlain
Personal greetings from several regional guests
Capt N P Perkins of 610 Ninth Avenue West hosts guests Capt Walter Perkins and wife Richard W. Cubbedge and wife J H Wright and wife Bluefield H M Wright Lynchburg and R I Wright Richmond Roanoke Times M B Reid Bluefield stops with brother R C Reid on Seventh Avenue to visit then leaves for Greensboro NC to spend days with F B Reid formerly of this place Howell and Walter Hardy Bluefield West Virginia, formerly of this place, spend Christmas with mother Mrs K M Hardy Salem Salem Items in Roanoke Times.
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N. P Perkins
Ninth Avenue
Hies
Walter Perkins
Richard W. Cubbedge
J. H. Wright
Bluefield
H. M. Wright
Lynchburg
R. I. Wright
Richmond
Roanoke Times
M. B. Reid
R. C. Reid
Seventh Avenue
N.c
Greensboro
N. C
F. B. Reid
Veteran Engineer Hooper Dies in Radford
Radford Virginia mourns the death of Win Hooper a veteran locomotive engineer with the Norfolk and Western railway. He died Monday from pneumonia honored for years of service and regarded as a fine gentleman and citizen.
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Win. Hooper
Radford
Norfolk and Western Railway
Christmas Merchants Report Record Sales
Merchants posted their largest Christmas business on record as shoppers spent freely and sustained demand. The note promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and highlights Atkins offering half price cuts on select digs, while a local query asks who claimed the place was shut.
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Atkins
John Harper cigars praised as mild and high quality
The note extols John Harper cigars as mild cool mellow and of high quality. It notes the brand is the most popular and largest selling in the world due to using only important tobacco with no flavoring.
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John Harper
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