Roanoke Votes Dry as Saloons Face Shutdown
Roanoke Va December 30 Roanoke votes dry in a local option election with 1135 for prohibition and 1049 against It closes fifty two saloons six mail order houses and four clubs with licenses set to fold in ninety days The Anti-Saloon League pledges 10000 for enforcement and South Boston plans a local option tomorrow
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Roanoke
Virginia
Jefferson
Judge Woods
Jefferson Ward
Greene Memorial Church
Jennie Smith
United States
Anti-Saloon League
J. D. McAllister
State Anti-Saloon League
South Boston
McAllister
Lynchburg
Richmond
League
Norfolk
Jeanette Heads to Europe for Paris Bout Series
Joe Jeanette the light heavyweight champion sailed from New York on the Adriatic today to Europe. He has been signed for a series of bouts to be staged at the Paris Hippodrome, continuing his career abroad.
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New York
Joe Jeanette
Europe
Jeanette
Paris Hippodrome
Catastrophe in Sicily and Calabria Hits 110000 Dead
Rome dispatch confirms 110000 dead in Messina and Reggio alone with multiple towns decimated. Survivors suffer freezing cold and starvation as refugees flood Naples and Catania, while King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena inspect ruins and aid pours in from France and other nations.
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Rome
Italy
Sicily
Messina
Reggio
Naples
Messinia
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Catania
Brancica-Nana di Bontife
Makharoff
Arthur
Cheney
Taormina
France
Toulon
Campania
Genoa
Palmi
Giolitti
Straits of
Ministry of Marine
J. H. Peirce
W. H. Bishop
Palermo
United States
Washington
Catanzaro
Calabria
Sur
West Virginia Weather Sees Colder Temperatures Soon
The forecast for West Virginia calls for generally fair conditions on Thursday and Friday followed by a sharp drop in temperatures as a cold wave moves in on Thursday.
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West Virginia
A Wise Housekeeper Demands Blue Ribbon Extracts
A wise housekeeper seeks Blue Ribbon lemon or vanilla extract over weaker options. Blue Ribbon is advertised as both the best flavoring and economical choice for kitchen use.
Forty-onyx cries of women heard at mine disaster
A long casualty list from the Switchback mine explosion enumerates thirty dead with many remaining trapped. Rescue teams advance through No 11-2 and No 11-1 entries as officials estimate total fatalities near forty five to forty six, with sixty to sixty five workers present at blast time.
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Daily Telegraph
Lick Branch
Joe Estes
J. H. Hairston
Switchback
Ennis
John
William
Iroquois Fire Disaster Remembered Here and There
In memory of the Iroquois theatre tragedy, firefighters and officials helped, miners waited at Switchback after a blast at Lick Branch colliery, and residents mourned the dead as aid was offered. The fifth anniversary of the Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago featured a granite monument in Montrose Cemetery and memorial services marking the 600 victims.
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Chicago
Ill
Montrose
Iroquois Memorial Association
Willard Hall
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
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J. Tracy Walker
J. M. Sanders
L. G. Toney
S. M. Smith
J. Lee Horne
H. I. Shott
W. H. Thomas
Edwin Mann
W. C. Pollock
L. A. Hooper
First National Bank of
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Union Bank and Trust Company
Capital
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P. O
Flat Top National Bank
Bluefield, W. VA
Lawrence E. Tierney
William H. Thomas
R. E. Bolling
W. B. Hicks
Mescina
Weather Forecast
the Miller Supply CO
Caitiren
Jim Smith
Chas, Little
Wylie Little
Jim Lockart
Henry Lockart
Richard Lockart
Cleve Alexander
Pleas Kennedy
John Miller
Kemp Sanders
John Brown
Sam Beatty
Jim Roane
Tobe Webber
Matthew Webber
Reed Anderson
Peter Coles
Dominick Rose
Tony Alanava
George Meeket
Dave Bolton
Mike Buschuke
Young Johnson
George Barzollet
A. J. Holland
Albert Holland
Zeff Estes
Railway Company
Land Company
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Pocahontes Consolidated Collieries Company
Busy Bee Restaurant
Princeton Ave
Henry Rodgin
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