We Were Doing Twenty Years Ago Today in Roanoke
John J. Garry, a noted railroad contractor, lied at his home in Roanoke. Plans for a church erection were outlined by Heamwell Methodists. The Big Sandy division of the Norhant Western opened today for service. Mercer Museum society president Dro Bo. Thomson presided. Daniel A. Steed, vice president of American City Bureau, visited the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce. Nathan Sohn, former Bluefield resident, arrived from Portland Oregon.
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John J. Garry
Nia
Roanoke
Heamwell
Be True To Her Hope Poem On Mother's Mercy
A reflective poem by Kenneth Owens honors a mother’s memory and the enduring hope she planted. It laments a night vigil by candlelight, recalling a mother’s mercy, faith, and the healing power of love across generations.
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Kenneth Owens
Shark leather from sharks boosts Philippine fishing industry
The Philippine Bureau of Agriculture notes sharks are undervalued as skins for leather with potential to explode profits along Florida shores. U.S. buyers like booth and glove makers seek large supplies as Americans may consume much of the worldwide yield. Dentists seek cancer information. a bank sues a brokerage over $100,000 in Liberty Bonds misappropriated by a cashier. Kansas City man survives seven hours under debris and quips it was cold down there.
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Philipine Bureau of Agriculture
Florida
Booth
Philippines
America
American Society For the Centrol of Cancer
Kan- Sag
Paina
Fis
Manley
ProrLe
Wkansas
Fables On Health Teach Eye Care And Foreign Substances
Foreign substances often affect the eye and cause blindness. Do not rub the eye. Wash out with tears by lifting the eyelid. If attached to the lid, roll the lid back and remove with a soft handkerchief. For dust use flaxseed to form a protective layer over the eye.
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Mra. Mann
Oller
Philanthropy and housing: Rockefeller’s trial for affordable workers’ flats
A columnist questions why philanthropists fund germs and stars yet ignore housing. It argues that stable homes educate children, prevent disease, and curb crime, suggesting Rockefeller or others fund experiments to build affordable worker housing as a nation’s bulwark.
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John D. Rockefellers
Milllionaire
Tibrakey
Rumors swirl over governor elect Gore cabinet post
Speculation cites Governor-Elect Gore possibly joining Secretary of Agriculture if invited by President Coolidge, leaving West Virginia’s governorship to vacant succession. The paper rebuts the notion, arguing Gore’s duty to the state outweighs cabinet prestige and urging public trust in the electoral choice.
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Sore Wow
Coolidge
West Virginia
Monsiel Gore
Mr. Gore
Sonia Politiciana
Baltimore Campaign Proposes City Gun Control Ordinance
Baltimore enacts a campaign against promiscuous personal armament proposing a city ordinance to curb deadly weapons after a surge in murders and holdups. The piece notes easy access to guns and ammunition and many people obtaining arms without formality.
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Baltimore
Dangerous ease of concealed weapons feared by readers
The text warns readers that criminals easily obtain guns and that anyone could be driven to murder or suicide using readily available firearms, noting the everyday exposure to gunplay in daily newspapers. It underscores the pervasive danger of concealed weapons and their accessibility.
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Jean
Domestic Distribution conference targets honest bankruptcies
An upcoming January conference by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States will trace the causes of honest bankruptcies. The Domestic Distribution effort notes failures harm merchandising, raise prices, and obscure market data on outlets and sales, suggesting savings from improved knowledge and distributor relations.
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United States
Chamber of Commerce of the
Department of Domestic Distribution
Nho
National Chamber
Judicial experience and the surprising path to the Supreme Court
A discussion of how most Supreme Court justices gained no prior judicial experience on the bench, highlighting Harlan F. Stone's controversial appointment and the shift toward selecting lay lawyers. The piece notes Stone's athletic vigor and physical presence, contrasting him with Taft and other justices who rose from lower courts, while touching on contemporary political figures and diary-keeping senators.
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WIS
Harlan F. Stone
Justes McKenns
Stone
Mcrleynolds
Brandeis
Sutherland
Butler
Supreme Court
Taft
Tolmos
van Deventer
Sanford
Weeina Gure
Ap Amherst Ty Ute
Rename West Virginia to Kanawha State, Bishop’s bill debated
The Roane county delegate William I Bishop plans to press a bill in the state legislature to rename West Virginia as Kanawha. He argues the Kanawha river drains much of the state and the new name would be more American and distinctive, though past renaming efforts faced obstacles. The editorial also discusses radio and churches, noting radio’s potential to extend religious outreach while cautioning that true faith remains within the human heart.
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Mit
Enn
Conminumentiste
Teleghath Printing CO
Bluefight
W. Va
West Virginia
West Virgin
Virginia
William I. Dishop
Roaia County
Bishop
Maiinwha
Bishop Ives
Spencer
Roane County
State
Mnicipal Code Commission
Wheeling
Kunawha
Ilinois
Ohio
Missouri
Mississippi
Arkansag
Kan- Karn
Cincinnati Enquirer
Sommament
Charles Ki
Hughes
Jantice Branitoly
America
No Wonder They Quit Uncle Sam
A historical critique discusses Secretary of State Hughes and others, noting their long careers, appointments, and ties to the League of Nations debate. It highlights Kellogg's shift, Warren's career path from maritime to diplomacy, and the political undercurrents shaping the Coolidge administration.
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Uncle Sam
League of Nations
Harding
Hugher
Hoover
Chie Dusticn Taft
League
Wilbur
Woolidgn
Prat B. Kellogg
Senate
Coolidge
Renato Committee On Foreign Relations
Supreme Court
Maron Stone
van Mileacantlian
Michigan
Charles J. Warren
Washington’s presidential dinner diary fragment
An OCR fragment describes a Washington era dinner with the president and Mrs. Washington opposite each other, secretaries at ends, a feast of roasted meats, fowls, and gammon, a middle table garnished with flowers, and a dessert of pies and jellies, noting a solemn yet fine meal with fruit and nuts.
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Mra
Washington
Eich
Towa
Your Income Tax No 6 and the net income rules
The document explains gross income as defined by the 1924 revenue act, including personal service compensation, business income, profits, sales, and investment income, with certain exemptions. It classifies taxpayers into four groups wage earners, business professionals, agricultural, and outlines deductions, inventories, and the need to report all wages, fees, salaries, and professional compensation.
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Joe
Farm Income Tax Definition From Historical Ledger
TE explains gross income from farm operations includes profits from sale of farm products and livestock whether produced or bought and resold, market value of merchandise exchanged for farm goods, profits from crop sharing rentals, and rental or sale of farm lands.
Quipster Exchange and Local Notions Skim Daily Humor
A collage of jokes and brief exchanges from a 19th or early 20th century page. Include a hardware dealer gag about opening cans and California fruit, a servant quip, a neighborly greeting, a country thrashing machines joke, mistletoe sales line, a barber blaming a shampoo mishap, and a Berlin reporters on skates note. The item preserves quirky limericks, dated dialect, and light social peeks.
Rumors and Oddities From a Local Notebook
A quirky collection of short notes covers a range of oddities and anecdotes. Topics include aging views on love, a man who kept his wife under his nose, a circus potential bootlegger selling camels, horses mistaken for ghosts near Fort Worth, and light social misadventures in Los Angeles and Seattle.
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Aml
Real Estate Transfers Filed in County Clerk Office
Transfers of real estate filed for record in the county court clerk’s office include Virginia Health Loan Company to Mercer Home Building Company for lot in Bluefield section 88 with $1000. Namnie EK Cornett and Irishand to L B Ward et al for lot 4 in 954 Bluefield with $3500. T Carr and wife to Mercer Home Building Company for lots 1 and 2 in svetlan 888 Bluefield with $5200. Edward J McClaugherty to Mercer Home Building Company for three lots in North Princeton with $200. Gertrude O Hale and husband to F W Hypes for tract No 5 H W Hate Addition Princeton with $417.25.
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Virginia Health Loan Company
Mercer Home Bullding Company
Bliudfield
Namuie EK
Cornett and Irishand
L. BE. Ward
Bluefield
T. Carr
Mercer Home Building Company
Svetlan
Consideration
Edward J. McClaugherty
North Princeton
Gertrude O. Hale
F. W. Hypes
Gola Pirelli Treks Wire Act Outside Vienna Stage
Noted tight rope walker Gola Pirelli performed on improvised wires between two poles in a rural community near Vienna, delighting local residents with a daring act beyond theater stages.
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Vienna
Gola Pirelli
Here
London wife sues for divorce over bathing beauty prize ban
In London Neguite reports Mrs Ralph Harford has won large money prizes in 12 bathing beauty contests. Her husband forbids further contests or even appearing on the beach. She has started suit for divorce.
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London
Ralph Harford
Harvost
Water Poisoned in Constantinople Fountains
Sixteen public drinking fountains in Constantinople were found to hold poisoned water. An epidemic of yellow sickness led to sudden violent deaths, traced to interties in the city water supply.
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Constantinople
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