Divorced Coal Operator Weds Fair Correspondent
Wm. M. Emmert, a noted coal operator in Southwest Virginia, has married his stenographer Myrtle Johnson at Pennington Gap on Christmas evening. His first wife, who sued for divorce, gains sole custody of their two children amid a sensational case linking the families and Bird M. Robinson of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. M. Emmert
Virginia
Myrtle Johnson
Emmert
Pennington Gap
Bird M. Robinson
New York
Mobile, Jacksonvilles and Kansas City Railroad
Williamson Hit by Third Destructive Fire in Row
Williamson suffered a major blaze Tuesday morning starting at the Williamson Baking Company quarters in the Odd Fellows building. The fire destroyed the building and quickly spread to the Randolph jewelry store and the post office, with unconfirmed reports of two deaths. The total damage is expected around six thousand five hundred dollars.
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Williamson
Williamson Baking Company
Odd Fellows
Randolph Jewelry
Three Children Die in Christmas Gas Explosion
A gas leak from a valve caused a heater explosion in Lewis county. The incident killed three of Stanley Singleton’s children aged thirteen eleven and eight who were in the room. The parents and two older siblings escaped safely.
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Heater
Lewis County
Stanley Singleton
Christmas Killing Reported From Naugatuck
Word reaches here that J. H. McComas was killed at Naugatuck on Christmas Day. Reports say a man entered a saloon seeking trouble and shot McComas after he remonstrated. McComas resided in Barboursville Cabell County.
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J. H. McComas
Naugatuck
McComas
Barboursville
Iff
Cabell County
Father of a Former Bluefielder is Dead
Major Jas. H. Darst a Dublin Virginia businessman and father of Dr. John C. Darst formerly of Bluefield died Monday night at age seventy.
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Jas. H. Darst
Dublin
Pulaski County
John C. Darst
Bluefield
Fell One Year Short as of Three Score and Ten
Major Wm. J. Armstrong veteran of the Confederate army and paymaster of the Western Maryland Railroad dies at Elkins aged 69. Carter Furniture Company advertises saving customers money by offering a dollar’s worth for eighty cents.
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Wm. J. Armstrong
Western Maryland Railroad
Elkins
Carter Furniture Company
Pythians to Elect Officers and Organize Uniform Rank
Biluefeld Lodge No 158 Knights of Pythias calls all members to Castle Hall for December 31 elections and to organize a Uniform Bank rank to enlist in the company.
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Pythians
Biluefeld Lodge No. 158
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
My Wife's Family to Open at Elks Opera House
Theatre goers weary of new shows will find relief as My Wife's Family debuts at the Elks Opera House on Monday night. The production promises lively musical comedy and broad humor to please even blasé patrons.
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The
Elks’ Opera House
Kennedy Laxative Cough Syrup Promises Quick Relief
An 19th century style advert promotes Kennedy laxative cough syrup with honey and tar. It claims to drive out the cold stop the cough and is free from opiates. It conforms to the National Pure Food and Drug Law and is sold by all Gruggists with a price of ea 7 21 1f.
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Kennedy
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