Neighborhood street cross references and junction names
A garbled list of street names and intersections including Princeton Ave Bluefield Ave Mercer St Raleigh Monroe St Wyoming Monroe St Gles St Spruce St Franklin St Albert St Park St Jones St Lanong Niams Ste College Ave Roanoke Clark St Henry Greenbrier St Union St Midway Fort Hood alarms from Central Statics.
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Princeton Ave
Atluefield
Mercer &T
Luefield
Bos Oan
Biuefield Ave
Bluefield Ave
Chestent
Funeral services for Mrs. Lewey set for 2:30 this afternoon
Funeral for Mrs. J Hi Lowey of Woodlawn avenue will be held this afternoon at Trinity Methodist Church at 2:00. Interment follows at Walnut Grove cemetery. Pallbearers include Richard Holt and RP White among others. flower bearers listed.
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J Hi Lowey
Woodlawn Avenue
Trinity Methodist Church
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Frederick Street
Richard Holt
RP. White
Sidney Shrader
Herbert Underwood
Theo. Fairchild
R. Goodson
Clarence Smith Sentenced for Copper Theft
Clarence Smith was charged with stealing copper from Appalachian Power Company and sentenced to thirty days in jail by Police Judge J A Donahue at the city police court morning session. Jack Reynolds of Kansas City Mo was arrested for loitering after being in Bluefield over a week. he claimed he sought work and the judge ordered at least ten days. There was no evening session.
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Clarence Smith
Appalachian Power Company
J. A. Donahue
Jack Reynolds
Kansas City
Bluefield
Reynolds
Dave Fleenor Dies at 77 in Curtieville
Mrs. Jennie C. Crawford, of 109 Leemroet, learns her only surviving brother Dave Fleener died late Monday night at his son’s home in Curtieville Pennsylvania. He was seventy seven and had been in failing health for years. The funeral is planned for Thursday, with Mrs. Crawford unable to attend.
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Jennie C. Crawford
Leemroet
Ve Fleener
Curtieville
Fleener
Oece Severy
Bluefield
Crawford
Real estate transfers filed in county court clerk office
Transfers recorded include Montvale Addition lot 12 Bluefield to Alice H. Jones for 4000 dollars. J J Vin to J A Vin et al 240 acres East River for 500 dollars. Cumberland Heights Bluefield for 100 dollars. 8S B Payne and wife to Abner C Dillon lot 6 Bluefield for 10 dollars. Zach Taylor and wife to H Bowling ats 6 and 7 Matoaka for 150 dollars. James H McNeer and wife to Earl M Hale et al lot 6 Stonewall Addition Princeton for 11674.16 dollars. Nettline Miller et al to L Belcher part lot 5 Third street Bluefield for 500 dollars.
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Montvale
Alice H. Jones
Bluefield
J.J. Vin
J. A. Vin
East River
Cumberland Heights
Bluefeld
B. Payne
Abner C. Dillon
Zach Taylor
H. Bowling
Matoaka
James H. McNeer
Earl M. Hale
Stonewall
Princeton
Nettle Ine Miller
L. Belcher
Third Street
Mrs J W Snyder Visits Daughter in Roanoke
Mrs J W Snyder returns from a several days visit to her daughter in Roanoke roving city.
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J. W. Snyder
Roanoke
University Evening at Jewish Chautauqua Assembly
In Pittsburg on December 29 the thirty fifth annual Jewish Chautauqua Society assembly featured Rabbi Louis Wolsey of Philadelphia and Rabbi Felix Levy of Chicago as speakers. Wolsey, chancellor, described the organization’s possibilities and its aim to ease Jewish non Jewish misunderstanding, while Levy discussed Jewish activity in the summer school and how educators explained Israel’s teachings. About 150 delegates from roughly a dozen states attended, including Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Virginia.
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Pittsburg
Louis Wolsey
Philadelphia
Felix Levy
Chicago
Israel
Pennsylvana
West Virginia
Ohio
Virginia
Death of W J Woolwine shocks Bluefield community
Walter James Woolwine aged 48 of 112 Lee Street died Tuesday at 7 44 PM after a weeklong illness from pneumonia complications. He was yardmaster for Norfolk and Western at Bluefield for 22 years, married to Annie Duncan since 1915, and father of three children Aileen Walter J Jr and Charles. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Walter James Woolwine
Lee Street
Ganitanium
Woolwine
Mr. Woolwine
Saslarium
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Mluefd
Vivian
Pocahontas
Auto ambulance in great demand after recent incidents
Mayer Motor Company saw a record forty eight hours with its auto ambulance tow thirty seven frozen cars and eight wrecks to the garage for service. R L Arps escaped injury after a Studebaker rollover on the Tazewell road while Harry Gross survived a Hudson crash with only minor injuries.
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Mayer Motor Company
R. L. Arps
Welch
Studebaker
Tazewell Road
Harry Gross
Raven
Hudson
Missing Harding Letters Contents Unrevealed by Van Fleet
Marion Ohio December 29 editor George Van Fleet says contents of missing letters from the late President Warren G Harding remain unknown. Van Fleet declined to reveal what they contained, noting only the editorial published today stating the letters were missing.
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Marion
Ohio
George &. van Fleet
Harding Memorial Association
van Fleet
Bie
Two Die in Gas Fume Tragedy at Waynesburg House
Waynesburg on December 29 reports Charles Thompson and his housekeeper Miss Mabel Ward found dead in the Thompson home. Five others were unconscious, believed victims of gas fumes from a stove or cottage blaze.
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Waynesburg
Charles Thompson
Mabel Ward
Funeral tragedy at Waynesburg linked to poisoned coffee
Relatives attending Thompson and Mise Ward's funeral in Waynesburg became unconscious from carbon monoxide poisoning. Doctors expect recovery. Investigators pursue theory that polsoned coffee affected the group, with a canary in the room remaining alive despite the gas.
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Thompson
Waynesburg
Mise Ward
Net income of N and W declines in November
The Norfolk and Western Railway reports November net income of 2 657 dollars, down from October's 366 751.86. November operating revenues total 6 714 620.70 with freight leading at 8 574 972.08. expenses reach 9 495 792.76, yielding a 60.18 percent expense-to-revenue ratio.
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Norfolk and Western Raiway
Roanoke
Allway
Police Sergeant and Robber Killed in Minneapolis Shootout
Minneapolis on December 29 reports a gun battle after an attempted robbery. Police sergeant Michael Lawrence and an unidentified robber were killed. A patrolman and a grocer were wounded during the confrontation at the Albert V Manchester grocery.
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Minneapolis
Michael Lawrence
Albert V. Manchester
Desperado Robs Store. Police Shootout Ends in Death
A robber entered a Manchester store and demanded a revolver but delayed until the keeper returned. He fired wounding Roger but was met by a police gun squad. Sergeant Lawrence was killed and Patrolman Zane wounded before a third officer fatally shot the robber.
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Manchester
Lawrence
Clarence J. Zane
Slemp and Price Form New Washington Law Partnership
Bristol Virginia dispatch reports former Congressman Bascom Slemp and John W. Price, ex-corporation court judge, have formed a Washington law partnership. They will practice in Washington with an official announcement due this week.
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Bristol
Washington
C Bascom Slemp
John W. Price
Corporation Court of Bristol
Slemp
Coolidge
Price
Paul Dulaney
John Ce
Virginia
S. O. S. Messages From Steamer Coronado
Lloyd's dispatch from Land's End reports S O S messages from the British steamer Coronado bound from Avonmouth for Jamaica. The ship carries sixty passengers including the Bishop Jamaica Lord and Lady Inverrairn and Sir Archibald ord Leévy Polmonstone.
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Lordon
A_ Lloyd's
Land's End
England
Coronado
Avonmouth
Jamaica
Jamaica Lord
Tax Reduction Bill Labeled Class Legislation
Washington December 29 the tax reduction measure before Congress was described as one of the most controversial proposals. Critics warned it favored the wealthy and would strain the budget while supporters argued it would spur growth and simplify the tax code.
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Washington
Congress
Senator Wheeler Attends Tariff Conference Dinner
Senator Wheeler, Democrat of Montana, addresses a tariff conference dinner convened by the People’s Reconstruction League. The event marks an official discussion on tariffs following the Fordney McCumber tariff act passage.
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Wheeler Democrat
Montana
People’s Reconstruction League
Two Clues Point to Poison Plot in Cowan Case
New York detectives traced two clues in the Edith Burton case and the attempted suicide of Harry Cowan. They probe a plot to poison Burton and gain her money and a blackmail scheme tied to Hotel Astor figure Senator A. B. Lewis. Cowan admitted killing Burton but gave unclear motives. He is dying in a Brooklyn hospital after being found with Burton in her mother's home.
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New York
Edith Burton
Harry Cowan
Cowan
Latham Hotel
Brooklyn
A. B. Lewis
Hotel Astor
Lewis
Miss Burton
Blackmail Theory Ties Edith to Hotel Latham Case
The text outlines a plan in which Edith would marry a 73 year old senator to gain control of at least $100,000 and send $50,000 to a man to help him settle debts with the hotel and bonding company. The alleged plot included poisoning and public exposure to enable the couple to live openly later. Cowan's wife cites a note to Emil H. Reimers, manager of the Latham Hotel, and discussions of blackmail by a girl’s family who had been involved with Cowan.
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Edith
New York
Latham
Cowan
Emil H. Reimers
Reimers
Fire at Ocean City Damages Resort, $350000
Ocean City Maryland records a major blaze roaring along the ocean front. The fire destroyed hotels, a pier and boardwalk while saving the rest of the summer resort after hours of effort by the local fire department and six nearby towns.
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Ocean City
Ocean Front
Rejuvenation Theories Debunked by Physiologists
Cleveland December 29 physiologists at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology convention say rejuvenation operations prove false. They contend subjects would not feel younger upon cross examination.
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Cleveland
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Ikely
Intense Interest in League Circles Anticipated US Role
Geneva reports intense interest as American predictions of joining the League of Nations disarmament work raise expectations for U S participation in the permanent court of international justice. Officials foresee Germany’s March entry and a growing Geneva center for disarmament activity with caution to avoid alienating Europe’s powers.
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Geneva
America
United States
League of Nations
Senate
Permanent Court of International Justice
Preparatory Commission On
League
Europe
Germany
France
England
Meteor sighting over New York northwest skies
A bright meteor seen in New York at about 5 20 p m lit the northwest sky. It traced an arc from the south and east before fading high above the horizon and brighter than the stars.
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New York
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City Coal Company
Pocahontas and Cie Ouine
Service Coal Company
New Service
Stewart Street
Pluefeld
W. Va
Mil Service, Inc
Weibbers’s
Tip Ter Inn
Kirkwoodee
Bill Singleton
Bluefeld Awniog & Furnace Co
the Coal Company
Weinbers
Merrance
The
Milk Service. Inc
Canitary Plant
Mike
Weinberg
Princeton Avenue
Honaker’s
de Henis
Mottweiler
Quaker
Bluefield Awning & Furnace Co
Bluefield Avenue
With Service, Inc
Board of Health
Call
Rice Coal Co
Weinberg’s
P B. Pearson
Fim
Top Fuel Company
St. Luke's
Pearson
P. Bailey
City Oon Department
Fairview
P. W. Bowman
WM. H. Carr
Osteopath
Coal & Coke Building
Res
R. L. Morris
Bluefield, W. Va
Aliff Transfer CO
Thomas St
Ems Hardware Co
J. B. Eades
Osteopathic
Pluefield
Harry L. Greenspot
N. Y
Jas. G. Litz, Agt
Commercial Bank
P. D
Altamont
Southside
Northside
Tee All
Dave Fleenor
W. J. Woolwine
J. B. Woolwine
Pearisburg
Harry Charleton
Buefield
Milton Woolwine
Boots
BY Martin
Honen
William Rogers
Rogers
M. G. Whitlow Hardware Co
Prva
Bluefield National Bank
Bluefield National
Bluericup,w.va
Isadore Cohen
Omr Iu
Buuppifed
Odykoontz Drug CO
Good Drug Stores
Goodykoontz Drug Co
Fast End
Painvifw
Bland
South Streets
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