Building Boom Forecast for the Virginia Side
Readers respond with numerous wild animal stories as J M Newton recalls a bear hunt near North Carolina and pioneers tell of wolves near Tazewell. Local business leaders anticipate a strong year as World War effects fade and the Virginia Side plans a gas main extension to Bluefield Va signaling growth and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Newton
North Carolina
Tazewell County
Cavitts Creek
Tazewell
Virginia
J. E. Baylor
Baylor Barbee Company
Baylor
St. Hufford
Chicago House Furnishing Company
Cc. W. Pierce
Keys Planing Mill Company
W. B. Morton
Metcalfe
J. S. Gillespie
R. P. Harman Department
Grat M Bailey
Eclipse Roller Mille Company
Virginia Side
Bluefield
Bricklayers Union No 10 Elects Officers in West Virginia
Bricklayers Union No 10 of West Virginia announces officers led by Hon J C McConnell as president with P W Sutphin as vice president A B Leedy as guard J H Peery as treasurer and A F Landreth as deputy The union covers Tazewell Mercer and McDowell counties with about seventy five members Working conditions and wages will stay the same no grievances reported and a prosperous year ahead is forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bricklayers Union No. 10
West Virginia
J. C. McConnell
Princeton
P. W. Sutphin
Bluefield
A. B. Leedy
B. A. Eubanks
J. H. Peery
A. F. Landreth
Tazewell
Mercer
McDowell
Reader asks how to reuse old copies of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph
A reader asked what to do with their copy of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph noting the suggestion. The exchange touches on recycling reuse and practical uses for old newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Newspaper file idea spreads through town
The writeup notes a habit of mailing copies to friends to keep the town informed and suggests readers keep complete newspaper files to reference past events such as the start date of the world war, inviting others to copy the practice.
Improvements at Palace Ready for New Year Showings
The Palace theater near completion of extensive upgrades including a heating plant new floors decor and seating. A. J. Little the theater owner’s buying power brings top quality pictures and full houses on Virginia Side nights. A uniform week night price and a Saturday special are planned with an upcoming orchestra for select evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace Theater
Palace
A. J. Little
Mr. Little
Virginia Side
Relace
Quiet Home Wedding Solemnized in Roanoke Family Home
A quiet New Year Day wedding at the home of Mr and Mrs J T Keister joined Edna May Keister and Willis Carl Anderson of Roanoke. Officiated by Rev Homer Anderson of Lynchburg the ceremony was small due to a bereavement in the groom family. Edna May Keister is a musician. Willis Anderson is a Washington and Lee law graduate, son of the late J R Anderson and Lula Anderson. They will reside in Roanoke, currently staying with his mother in Virginia Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Keister
Edna May Keister
Willis Carl Anderson
Roanoke
Homer Anderson
Lynchburg
Washington and Lee University
J. R. Anderson
Lula Anderson
Virginia Heights
Johnson City
Masie Brown
J. Tate McNutt
Norton
T. P
R. O. Morgan
Cedar Bluff
J. S. Maxwell
Rockbridge Street
Maggie Slusher
East Radford
Pauline Fletcher
Jack Fletcher
Bluefield
W. C. Gilmore
North Richlands
John Howell
Jaeger
W. Va
B. Lawson
Berwind
Sadie Givins
Faraday
Francis Jones
Cleveland
Virginia
Estell Wright
Richlands
W. M Howell
John W. Howell
Re. RK. Ball
Ohio
B. F. Ball
Pearl Brown
C. T. Fields
Dalton Addition
Ralph Bingham to Speak at Memorial Baptist Church Friday Evening
Ralph Bingham, Virginian humorist and founder of the International Lyceum and Chautauqua Association, will appear at Memorial Baptist Church Friday evening at 7 o'clock. The program promises light humor and a lively reading, following a tribute to wits by Talmadge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Bingham
International Lyceum and Chautauqua Association
Friars and Lambs Clubs of
New York
Memorial Baptist Church
T. DeWitt Talmadge
Bingham
Apostolic College of Humorists
Divine Mission Juxtaposed in Unusual Phrasing
Readers encounter a striking pairing of words that renders a sense of sacred purpose in unexpected language. The wording suggests a high calling or mission while presenting it in a playful or surreal arrangement.
Pack Hounds Trained to Tree Wild Ginseng in Kentucky
From Lawrence county Kentucky near Three Mile Creek a reader reports Anse Stafford owns a pack of hounds trained to tree wild ginseng. The dogs bark to indicate a rich patch and the owner digs it up using an old time seng hoe and punch. Seng is a valuable herb used in medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Three-Mile Creek
Anse Stafford
Four Months to Grasshoppers and Base Ball Hype
Four months remain until grasshoppers hop and birds nest signaling the baseball season. Colleges and schools prep early and Greater Bluefield fans seek another crackerjack team as predictions run high for a historic Hump League year. A Yuletide birthday party hosted by Harry Hutchinson of Beav er Creek highlighted social season with numerous local attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Harry Hutchinson
Beaver Creek
Georgia Tillie
Mildred Hatcher
Lula Green
Bula Green
Josephine Hawley
Kate Hatcher
Maude Hutchinson
Viola Shaler
Wre
H. C Gullion
Harold Hedrick
William Hatcher
Victor Hatcher
Okey Bowles
Robert Shrader
Ray Hinchman
Christmas still found on premises leads to arrest
Local officers found a Christmas still in a dugout at Joe Amos’s Bone Hollow A location. A gallon of corn was seized and Amos was arrested on manufacturing charges, bonded yesterday to await the Taze well county grand jury. He is described as a family man with a wife and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Amos
Bone Hollow
Amos
Tazewell County
Joe
Memorial Baptist Church Services Today
Memorial Baptist church holds morning and evening services at usual hours with sermons by Rev. M Louthen of Bluefield College. Sunday school starts at 9 45 a m and B Y P U meets at 6 pm. A hearty welcome awaits you.
Favoring Early Closing Moves Merchants Toward Prosperity
George Dodd, father of the Virginia Site early closing movement, predicts substantial prosperity for merchants and urges support for the policy. He states his belief that earlier closing hours benefit trade and local business health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dodd
Virginia
Richlands Mourns Raleigh W. Witten Death
Raleigh W. Witten died at St Luke's Hospital Bluefield from a brain blood clot after several days illness. A Bluefield resident with deep Richlands ties he leaves a widow Dora Cartwright and two young children. Community members extend sympathy to the bereaved family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh W. Witten
Richlands
Mr. Witten
St. Lukes Hospital
Bluefield
Clinch Valley
Dora Cartwright
David C. Cartwright
Death of Mrs Lowe and infant in childbirth
Mrs John Lowe died Sunday evening at six o'clock alongside her baby who was three hours old. The 35-year-old devout Christian woman left a husband and five children. Funeral at Doran conducted by Rev Isaac Wright, burial in Shreves cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lowe
Feud at Norfolk depot leads to pistol strike
Lee Lambert and Robert Pack of Cedar Bluff faced trial for a holiday uproar that ended with Pack being struck on the head by a pistol after a brief exchange with Lambert. The incident, at the Norfolk and Western Railway depot, stemmed from an old quarrel and caused only minor injury. Dinner guests at Mrs. Mattie West’s Lee Street boarding house enjoyed a red and green turkey dinner with Dr. T. G. McConnel, Dr. A. M. Byrd, Lawrence Lowe, and others from Cedar Bluff and Raven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Lambert
Robert Pack
Cedar Bluff
Norfolk and Western Railway
Pack
Mrs. West
Mattie West
Lee Street
T. G. McConnel
A. M. Byrd
Lawrence Lowe
William McCall
Max Greene
Raven
Paul Hart
W. P. Farmer
T. L. Spence
Grant Lowe
George Hess
T.S. Raines
Harry Gross
Milly West
Death of Dr Charles Richardson Ties Richlands to Fayetteville News
Word of Dr Charles Richardson's death circulated in Richlands after he passed away last Tuesday in Fayetteville Arkansas. He was linked to the Spratt family of Richlands and related to the Richardsons of Marion and Wytheville. A graduate of Emory and Henry College he edited the Fayetteville Democrat and founded Chi Omega, a prominent national sorority, before becoming a Fayetteville businessman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richlands
Charles Richardson
Fayetteville
Arkansas
W. B. Spratt
Richardsons
Marion
Wytheville
Emory and Henry College
Virginia
Richardson
Card party at Rockbridge avenue hosted by Herman Brewster
Wednesday evening featured an interesting card party at Herman Brewster home on Rockbridge avenue. Refreshments followed after several games with guests including Misses Maude Reynolds Maude McBrayer Pearl Coleman Ada Warner and Messrs Albert Repass Bill Reese Williams George Kiddle Howard E Steele Robert B Warner Reba Tiizer Olbert Joyce Bill Repass and Cleaster Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Brewster
Rockbridge Avenue
Maude Reynolds
Maude McBrayer
Pearl Coleman
Ada Warner
Messrs
Albert Repass
Bill Reese Williams
George Kiddle
Howard E. Steele
Robert B. Warner
Reba «.Tiizer
Olbert Joyce
Bill Repass
Cleaster Harris
Dance at Legion Hall Brings New Year Cheer
A Tuesday New Year’s dance at Shell Hole organized by the local American Legion post drew about twenty couples to enjoy Alabamian’s Orchestra of Bluefield. Also noted: Mrs. Edwin R. Ball died Saturday night in Cleveland after a period of illness. Ayler Morgan left hospital for home after two weeks recovering from an appendicitis operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Hall
Shell Hole
The
American Legion
Bluefield
Ball
Edwin R. Ball
Cleveland
Ohio
Edwin RK. Ball
Richlands
B. F. Ball
Railroad Avenue
Ayler Morgan
Jewell Ridge Man Shot by Officer Amid Arrest
John Joyce of Jewell Ridge was wounded last Thursday when an officer named Fletcher shot him with a pistol during an attempted arrest. Joyce's condition was not serious. Mrs. Viola Ratliff and Mrs. H A Flanagan hosted a dinner party Wednesday at Ratliff's home on Second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell Ridge
John Joyce
Fletcher
Joyce
Viola &. Ratliff
H. A. Flanagan
Second Street
Hollymistletoe
Richlands Personalities Visit and Holiday Time Notes
Flowers decorated for a holiday display as twenty four guests enjoy games after dinner. The item lists numerous local visitors and visitors in Richlands and North Tazewell including Miss Margaret Wetzel, Frank Duff, Campbell Hyatt, James Liddle, and many others with brief notes on travel, illness, and social visits across Richlands, Bluefield, Norton, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Duff
Belfast Mills
W. R. Blankenship
Dalton
Campbell Hyatt
James Liddle
John
Rife Boggess
Tazewell
Frank McGrothlin
Roanoke
Wilbur Quillens
United States Navy
Richlands
Paul Boothe
North Tazewell
Sallie Kate Witten
Roanone
F. F. Hurt
Quannie Lesler
Jaeger
W. Va
North Richlands
Bert West
A. P. Lipford
Bluefield
George P. Hess
Abingdon
Maude Steele
G. W. Rimmer
P. EF. Tizens
Fred Amato
Annie Sue Williams
Pembroke
John Wiley Rimmer
George Lee
Dartmouth University
John R. Bogeess
Kenneth Lee
Tazewell Avenue
George D. Hooker
Jewell Ridge
West End
Ira Hilton
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Marvin
Ralph Buskell
Reese Serber
Randy Hoggess
Saltville
Drill
J. W. Shawver
Fairfax Avenue
Glenburke
Charles Dalton
Dalton Addition
Lee Thompson
G. W. Thompson
James Bradshaw
Honaker
Hazel Neal
Kulah Horton
Ruth Daniels
Chalkley Declines Virginia Governor Bid Cites Four Progressive Issues
Big Stone Gap attorney John W. Chalkley president of the Virginia Good Roads Association outlines four issues he says would guide a potential bid: campaign cost, independence from a political trio, law enforcement, and finance for education and infrastructure. He criticizes the tax system and favors equalized assessments, broader appropriations for education, bond financing for development, and expanded highway funding while denying candidacy. He asks press to support another candidate who would follow these principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Stone
Virginia
John W. Chalkley
Big Stone Gap
Virginia Good Roads Association
Chalkley
Highway Commission
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Virginia News
G. Bottimore R. A
Masonic Temple
J. F. Galloway
Secy
Bluefield, Va
Bebe Daniels
Richard Dix
Rudolph Valentino
Thomas Meighan
Milton Sills
Tom Mix
Bricklayers Union
BLUEFIELD _ PYM
Nyata
Mile
Nyata Yyoka
Par
Commercial Bank
Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co
St. Louis
R. W. Witten
McGuire
M. H. McGuire
Henry A. Flanagan
W. J. Elgin
George R. McCall
M. Zeigler
O. A. Terrel
C. C. Adams
Margaret Wetzel
Carterton
Elsane
China
Bluefield Gas & Power Co
Bland Street
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