Four Candidates for Governor in Virginia Race
As the new year opens Virginia politics begin to poll with a governor race expected to attract at least four candidates. Harry Flood Byrd leads a traditional Democratic wing, Walter Mapp touts the prohibition record, Harris Hart faces scrutiny as a potential opponent, and Don Halsey of Lynchburg voices reformist views. The Good Roads Association may back a progressive Democrat, with George P. Coleman also mentioned as a possible nominee. The primary campaign is anticipated to be lively and heated as candidates press for support from party factions and voters statewide.
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Old Dominion
Virginia
Harry Flood Byrd
Democratic Party
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McAdoo
New York
Virginia General Assembly
Walter Mapp
Harris Hart
Hart
Don Halsey
Lynchburg
Halsey
Virginia Good Roads Association
Association
George P. Coleman
Williamsburg
Coleman
Good Roads Association
Good Road
Not So Mean After All A New Year View
Readers recall New Year 1900 predictions of the world's end and note twenty five years of inventions. The column argues the world remains, people are not as mean as feared, and cites a fatal accident where Jackson died, with family wiped out.
Expansion Free Mail Delivery Predicted on Virginia Side
Expansion of free mail delivery in Virginia is predicted this year as demand grows and the Bluefield and West Graham offices may combine. Increased city business suggests facilities must enlarge to keep pace with the growing post, following the post office upgrading to second class in 1924.
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Ghost mystery solved by section boss Osborne
S K Osborne Norfolk and Western section boss recently settled a long running ghost tale near the railroad water tank by finding a rope dangling to the indicator. He attributes the sounds of hammering to a natural cause and declares the tank is not haunted.
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Osborne
S. K. Osborne
Norfolk and Western Section
Mr. Osborne
Still and its alleged operator captured near Bluestone Junction
Officers Harris Mays and Bennett led by Speedwell Jackson captured a ten gallon still in a cabin near Bluestone Junction on Wednesday and seized Willie Williams who was charged with operating the trap. Speedwell Jackson, a colored man, is described as a band leader whose men at the power house say he never shied from trouble despite warnings about property.
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Harris, Mays and Bennett
Speedwell Jackson
Bluestone Junction
Willie Williams
Jackson
Russell County Rabbits Said To Be Wild As Hares
George A Reynolds and John Holbrook hunted in Russell Tuesday. Reynolds knocked a rabbit over with a long range shotgun in the wild rabbit chase that day.
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Russell
Russell County
George A. Reynolds
John Holbrook
Funeral Held For Saltville Flood Victim Ninnie Jackson
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jackson of Bluefield returned from Meadow View after attending the funeral of Mrs. Ninnie Jackson, sister in law of Mr. Jackson and a Saltville flood victim. She had traveled to visit a daughter when the muck and grime avalanche struck before reaching her relative’s home.
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J. W. Jackson
Bluefield
Meadow View
Ninnie Jackson
Jackson
Saltville
Quick Relief From Constipation With Olive Tablets
Dr Edwards offers Olive Tablets as a non calomel laxative for chronic constipation and torpid liver. The olive colored sugar coated tablets promote normal bowel and liver function with no griping. One or two tablets at bedtime provide quick, pleasant relief according to users.
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Edwards
Calomel
Dr. Edwards
Veteran Newsboy Heads Virginia Side Newsstands
John A Hudgins a eighty four year old Confederate veteran and boss of the Virginia Side newsboys sells copies of The Telegraph at dawn on New Year’s Day. Printer negligence delayed water rent cards for 1925 but residents urged to pay at the treasurer’s office by January 10. The 1924 snowfall ended with a white landscape and a Virginia Side holiday kept business silent. Local notes list Lucile Deaton returning to Glen Alum to teach and Mayor K C Patty and Mrs Patty visiting from Halifax.
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John A. Hudgins
Virginia Side
Mr. Hudgins
Virginia Side Newsboys
Toettle
Laura F. Davenport
Lucile Deaton
Glen Alum
K. C. Patty
Halifax County
Patty
Gervice S. Macono
Local Visitors and Holiday Gatherings in Bluefield Area
Sister Miss Maggie Sluss visits Nolan and Williamson. Rev Walter Forbes arrives from eastern Virginia with family for holidays, Mrs Forbes formerly Miss Hattie Walker. Miss Reta Rucker from Welch spends week with relatives. Miss Virginia Janutolo hosts a party at her home Wednesday evening. Mrs George Pile visits Northfork yesterday. New five room cottage near Bluefield High School, modern conveniences. Must be good people. E A Deaton West Graham Box 92.
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Maggie Sluss
Nolan and Williamson
Walter Forbes
Eastern Virginia
Forbes
Hattie Walker
Reta Rucker
Welch
George Pile
Northfork
Bluefield
E. A. Deaton
West Graham
Crime Den In Cemetery From Bristol Vault
In Bristol a cemetery vault yielded a large stash of stolen goods believed to be the robbers headquarters. In Selby an important football game halted as a fox ran across the field prompting players and spectators to join the hunt. In London under socialist rule five of seven boroughs have paid the highest taxes for over a year. Paris society women provide pet dogs with fur collars for motoring outings.
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Selby
London
Paris
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Princeton Avenue
Bluefield, W. Va
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Bluefield, West Virginia
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