Albano Child Improves After Removal of 1.5 Inch Screw
Victor Albano four-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Albano of Wayne Street has recovered well after a screw one and a half inches long was removed from his body at the Jackson Clinic in Philadelphia. The Bluefield Rotary Club funded transport and the crippled children fund paid for the treatment. Dr Jackson performed the operation and the boy showed marked improvement soon after.
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Little Victor Albano
Frank Albano
Wayne Street
Jackson Clinic
Philadelphia
Christina
Bluefield
Little Victor
Albano
Route proposed to be named Lone Some Pine Trail in Virginia
Dr J W Witten Virginia legislator introduces House Bill No 190 to designate a Bluefield Va to Kyle s Ford Tenn line highway as the Trail of the Lonesome Pine linking Bluefield Burkes Garden J A Crockett s Store Claypool Hill Indian Creek Rosedale Lebanon Copper Creek Old Court House St Paul Coeburn Norton Big Stone Gap Pennington Gap Jonesville Blackwater and connections Norton Pound Gap and Appalachia toward Cumberland Virginia bill details route names and connections long corridor through Tazewell and neighboring counties
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J. W. Witten
Tazewell County
General Assembly of
Virginia
Bluefield
Tennessee Line
Kyle's Ford
Lonesome Pine
Dr. Witten
Burkes Garden Siding
Peery Place
Tazewell
J. A. Crockett
Claypool Hill
Indian Creek
Rosedale
Lebanon
Copper Creek
Old Court House
St. Paul
Coeburn
Norton
Big Stone Gap
Pennington Gap
Jonesville
Blackwater
Tennessee
Kyle’s Ford
Pound Gap
Kentucky
Appalachia
Cumberland
Rotary Devotes Meet to Boy Scout Work
The Bluefield Rotary club devoted its meeting to Boy Scout work and the third annual Southern West Virginia Scout drive. Stanley Celger and J. S. Dudley spoke on Scout activities in the region. Dr. W. H. Sheffer of Huntington led a revival talk, joined by Rev. S. M. Davidson from Lima and pianist James Elmer Brown.
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Bluefeld
Bluefield
S. M. Davidion
Lima
Ohio
Sheffer
James Elmer Brown
Welters
Bob Persincer
Covington Hot Springs Club
G. Hammerstrom
Cincinnati
Ben Johoson
Body of Late Archabbot Reposes in Grassy Plot
In Latrobe Pennsylvania the body of Archabbot Aurelius Stehle of St Vincent's Archabbey rests beside former leaders in a grassy plot after last rites. Bishops Boyle Schrembs Gannon Albers and Howard participate. Schrembs delivers the funeral sermon.
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Joseph Schrembs
Cleveland
John Mark Gannon
Erie
Joseph H. Albers
Cincinnati
Francie Howard
Covington
Boyle
Pittsburgh
Schrembs
Pennsylvania police halt shooting suspect arrest in New Cumberland
Police said David Thomas 24 was wanted in Columbia for shooting six people at the Westenhofer home. He was arrested tonight in New Cumberland, a suburb, after six were wounded by a shotgun blast through a window.
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Harrisburg
David Thomas
Columbia
New Cumberland
Joseph Westenhofer
Industry Plant to Locate Here in Bluefield Virginia
A prospective industry plant is likely to settle in Bluefield Virginia this year. It would provide initial employment for about fifty men and operate separately from existing shirt and overall factories. Local observers say the town’s unique location makes it a center for future industry and that summer could see no vacant houses. Real estate shows improvement with rapid gains possible if buyers hesitate.
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Virginia
Bluefield
Burkes Garden Man Tests Coal Samples
Joan Gose of Burkes Garden brought coal samples described as a possible anthracite strike. The material heated in a stove behaved like anthracite during testing. In Falls Mills Jim Buckland’s farm, coal bloom was found and Buckland is prospecting, possibly extending the Mudfork vein.
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Joan Gose
Burkes Garden
Falls Mills
Jim Buckland
Town limits contract made unnecessary by highway decision
The state highway commission has ruled it can use the 1920 census to take over main streets, ending plans to contract town limits for road maintenance. Representatives from Tazewell County helped push favorable action in the general assembly, avoiding creation of a larger town.
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State Highway Commission
General Assembly
Tazewell County
Party of Local Men Make Southern Trip
A party of local citizens led by P. H. Ritter Guy Ritter J H Holbrook Henry Baugh and Fred Davis left Sunday for Florida and arrived yesterday in Tampa to be guests of Miss Mary Ritter sister of Mr Ritter They travel by automobile and will visit points of interest during their stay Miss Ritter a former Bluefield WV teacher owns a valuable Tampa estate and is spending the winter there
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P. H. Ritter
Guy Ritter
J. H. Holbrook
Henry Baugh
Fred Davis
Florida
Tampa
Mary Ritter
Mr. Ritter
Bluefield
W. Va
Virginia Side Personals Visit Near Crewe
Mrs. H. T. Garrett of Crewe, Virginia, staying with Mrs. A. F. Sutter while her husband works on signal duties for the Pocahontas division of the Norfolk and Western. Garrett’s Pullmans have been sent from Bluefield to Glen Alum.
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H. T. Garrett
Crewe
A. F. Sutter
Pocahontas
Norfolk and Western
Garrett
Glen Alum
Bluefield
New Seasoning Uses Sugar and Salt for Flavor
A simple mix of sugar and salt boosts taste across vegetables and meats. Equal parts or two-to-one ratios are common, improving French dressing and stews. Cooks, doctors, and dietitians endorse the method for better appetite and digestion, citing health benefits.
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The
Sugar Institute
Memorial Baptist T B L class meets in basement
Virginia Sidelights reports the T B L class of Memorial Baptist church will hold a monthly business and social meeting in the church basement on Thursday February 20 at 2 15 p m All members urged to attend for a special program Virginia road crews have been grading the Falls Mills road in solid rock at Flat Top Yard where a limestone bluff was found After grading the point the foundation will be solid rock requiring little hard surfacing The district engineer will visit this week to review hard surfacing plans for the project between Sanders Drive and Flat Top Yard
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Memorial Baptist Church
Virginia State Road
Falls Mills
Flat Top Yard
Sanders Drive
Flatlop
Rev W D Larrowe to Speak at Midweek Service
The midweek service at the Christian church tonight features Rev. W. D. Larrowe who is on the Graham circuit. Community residents may attend at 7:00 p.m. with good singing and a cordial invitation.
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The
Christian Church
W. D. Larrowe
Larrowe
Graham
PTA Meeting at High School Charts Fund Drive
A PTA called meeting at the high school discussed plans to raise additional money to help reestablish the auditorium. A whopper waffle supper was proposed. Indications are the new piano has played the Swan Song. Watch for the big batter feast. Snow clung on the north hills with the North Fork River mountain still white. The sun shone at 70 above as a reminder that summer has not yet come.
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Parent- Teacher Association
Hest River
Graham church to honor birthday of nation’s father
George Washington and his wife are celebrated as Palmer hall hosts a birthday anniversary event. The Graham Methodist church committee announces a slightly different observance this year with the gathering set for Thursday evening at six o clock.
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George Washington
Graham Methodist Church
Palmer Hall
Sister of Local Women Dies in Winston-Salem
Relatives learned Tuesday of the death of Lola Transon sister of Mrs. T. B. Gillespie of Bluefield and Mrs. A. Litz of Tazewell. She died early yesterday at her Winston-Salem home. Transon was formerly Miss Stauber born near Winston-Salem. Her husband A. L. Transon died two years ago. They left a large family. Gillespie and Litz traveled after learning of the illness and were present at her passing.
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Lola Transon
T. 8. Gillespie
Bluefield
A. Litz
Tazewell
Winston-Salem
N. C
Transon
Miss Stauber
A. L. Transon
Ed Crockett’s Car Reported Stolen Near Tip Top
A Hudson sedan owned by Ed Crockett near Tip Top was reported stolen to local officers who are seeking the vehicle. A Chrysler stolen from Keystone was found ditched near Crockett’s home. Investigators believe the same individual stole both cars.
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Ed Crockett
Tip Top
Keystone
Pleasant Relief From Constipation Dr Edward Olive Tablets
A vintage health ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle bowel and liver cleanse. It claims them to replace calomel, offer no griping, and restore youth energy with a vegetable formula sold at 30 and 60 cents.
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Edwards
Hdward
Tazewell County Sees Move to Eight and Nine Month School Terms
As seven month terms near completion, several Tazewell County schools plan eight month terms with some adopting nine months. Richlands Cedar Bluff Tazewell Burkes Garden Bluefield Pocahontas already run nine months aided by community funds. Miss Eulalia Compton’s Bluestone school aims for nine months with forty nine pupils and high attendance. Final public school appropriations from the general assembly remain undecided awaiting adjournment.
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Tazewell County
Richlands
Cedar Bluff
Tazewell
Burkes Garden
Bluefield
Pocahontas
False Mills
Eulalia Compton
Bluestone
General Assembly
Former Bluefielder R. M. Rice Dies in Indiana
Rockville Indiana reports the death of R M Rice aged fifty a former Bluefield coalfield resident and brother in law of Mrs 5 N Huffard of Bluefield Va He died of a heart attack in Rockville and funeral services are held there today Rice was previously cashier at a Rockville bank and married Nannie Yost of this city They had two daughters Katherine and Louise The Rice sisters visited here summers ago noted by locals
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Rockville
Ind
R. M. Rice
Pocahontas
Northfork
Wheeling Publishes Delinquent Real Estate Tax Lists
Wheeling council, to replenish the treasury, voted to publish delinquent real estate tax lists and proceed to confiscate and sell property if back taxes remain unpaid. The budget committee said unpaid taxes before 1929 total $96,000 and delinquencies for 1929 amount to $5,000.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Floyd brothers fined for Sunday movie showing in Followsbee
Glenn and Okey Floyd, brothers who ran a theater in Followsbee, West Virginia, were arrested and fined 20 dollars plus costs by Mayor Charles Manion for violating a city ordinance prohibiting Sunday motion pictures.
When Your Cough Hangs On Mix This at Home
Home remedy claims Pinex with Norway Pine dissolves coughs and chest colds. Mix Pinex with sugar syrup or honey in a pint bottle for quick relief and soothing of bronchial membranes. The ad asserts rapid action, long shelf life, child approval, and money back guarantee.
Plans Made in Giles County Padlock Cases
The commonwealth of Virginia through Giles County prosecutor seeks to padlock a home and filling station at Lurich operated by Mrs. Josie Perdue and the filling station owned by McKinley Smith and W M Smith on the Narrows Pearlsburg highway. Proceedings are in Giles circuit court at Pearisburg with March term set, and a temporary restraining order may be sought from Judge A C Buchanan in days ahead.
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J. Livingston Dillon
Commonwealth of Virginia
Lurich
Josie Perdue
McKinley Smith
W.M. Smith
Narrows
Pearlsburg
Gilea County
Giles
Pearisburg
Dillon
A. C. Buchanan
Death of infant due to suffocation at Albemarle street
Parl McKinley Tyson Jr., four months old, died at 9 30 last night at his parents home 1009 Albemarle street. Death attributed to suffocation as he rolled under bed covers while lying on a pillow. Funeral services will be held at the home this afternoon at 8 o clock conducted by Rev Paul Royer pastor of the Lutheran church. Interment will be in Monte Vista Park cemetery. Mr Tyson is a bookkeeper for Quality Bakery.
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Parl McKinley Tyson Jr
Albemarle Street
Paul Royer
Lutheran Church
Monte Vista Park
Tyson
Quality Bakery
Mabscott Man Shot. Victim Dies in Beckley Hospital
John Ballew 35 Mabscott died in a Beckley hospital from injuries after a Mabscott pool room shooting last Wednesday. Mabscott Chief of Police L W Gravely, released on bond, to appear before a Beckley magistrate to answer further charges.
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Mabscott
Beckley
W. Va
John Ballew
L. W. Gravely
Dollar Day in Bluefield Promises Bargains Across City
Tomorrow Bluefield hosts large sales with men and young men offered extra trousers from 1.95 to 7.50 and suits and top coats priced at 9.06 and 14.95. Advertisements urge shoppers to check The Daily Telegraph and Sunset News for details at Queekmeyers Downstairs Store in the Matz Hotel Building.
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Bluefield
Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Queekmeyers
Matz
De'lar
King
Disorders Break Out At Powhatan Mine Strike
Disorder flared at Powhatan Mining Co in Ohio as a two week miners strike escalated. Eleven warrants were issued for arresting pickets accused of stoning laborers entering the mine. Eugene Bently, 30, was injured by bricks and teeth damaged. Sheriff announced 25 special deputies would assist at the site.
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Powhatan
Ohio
Powhatan Mining Company
Eugene Bently
Bently
Belmont County
Ford Moore
Garden City man elected chair of engine makers group
Frank Russell of Garden City New York was chosen today as chairman of the commercial engine manufacturers' section of the aeronautical chamber of commerce in St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Frank Russell
Garden City
L. I
The
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Virginia Side Charter Bill Up
The Bluefield Virginia charter bill HB 167 introduces a manager form of government for the town with five council members two ward representatives and an at large member. East ward joins West ward under Bluestone river with elections every two years and a two year mayoral term. The charter sets appointive offices including town clerk revenue commissioner and a town manager with executive powers. effective upon passage.
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Bluefield
Virginia
J. W. Witten
General Assembly
Tazewell County
Bluestone River
Joint Base promises relief for inflamed stiff joints
Pharmacists report Joint-Base often succeeds where other remedies fail for sore joints. The compound targets rheumatic and swollen joints with a clean penetrating formula and quick results. A sixty cent tube is sold by druggists nationwide with a money back guarantee if relief isn’t achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Emoney
Gooodykoontz Drug Co
Joint- Base
Detroit Detective Adolph Van Coppenolle Trial Ends Unannounced Verdict
The Detroit police trial board reached an end without announcing a verdict in the conduct unbecoming officer case against Detective Adolph Van Coppenolle. The proceedings closed late today with no immediate decision disclosed.
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Detroit
Adolph van Coppenolle
Detroit Police Department
Police Trial Board
Woman in Montana Loses Fat With Kruschen Salts Claim
October testimony describes a Montana woman losing 19 pounds of fat in 27 days after using Kruschen Salts. The ad promises rapid fat loss, improved energy, and clear skin with a daily half teaspoon dose in hot water each morning.
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Montana
Goodykoontz Drug Co
America
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Luefield
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Cee Bluefield
T. BE. L. Meeting
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Giles County
Powhatan Workings
Dandruff
Virginia Side Charter
Paul Whiteman
Nico Golg ES
PF. Lerferd Co
Freckles
Alek
BY Blosser
Hell
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Oscar
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