Rail Service In Buchanan Opens New Era Of Travel
The Norfolk and Western Railway completed a standard gauge line from Devon West Virginia to Grundy Virginia, enabling regular rail service and Western Union telegraph to Buchanan County. The $9 million project built two long tunnels and moved 2.5 million cubic yards of rock, with four miles of branch extending to the Virginia Kentucky line. The first mixed train schedules Devon 8:45 a.m. to Grundy 11:25 a.m., return Grundy 1:30 p.m. to Devon 3:36 p.m. The line connects coal and timber regions, boosting local commerce and access via a new bridge over the Levisa River.
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Grundy
Virginia
Buchanan County
Kentucky
West Virginia
Hollowa
Levina
Big Sandy River
Clinch Valley
Tug River
Norfolk and Western Railway
Devon
W. Va
Mingo County
Concorna
Knox Creek
Western Union Telegraph Company
Williamson
Streight
Wan Loally
Pocahontas Division
Harry 0. Waller
Coal Field
Western Divisalon
Bluefield
Levisa
Norfolk and Western Main
Home Creek
Leavisa Fork
Buchanan Branch
Former Senator Cheleo Arrigoni Found Drowned
Laconia New Hampshire state board of health autopsy confirms Cheleo Arrigoni a former Connecticut state senator died by drowning. Arrigoni 27 disappeared May 31 after riding with friends near Winoosaki? Lake Winnepesaukee investigators pursued leads through the night.
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Laconia
N. H
Lester R. Brown
State Board of Health
Cheleo Arrigoni
Arrigoni
Connecticut
Gome Friende
Isake Winoipesaua
Wheeling City Affairs Get New Officials
City clerks for Wheeling were replaced with four new assigns after Schmidt step down. John Bean and Hen succeed Schmidt as officials. Republican leadership confirms restructuring and renaming of roles to align with city governance changes.
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Wheeling
C. Schmidt
Stre ‘Tonetter
Thoes
John Bean
Hen
Schmidt
Reno Raids Target Nightclubs in Prohibition Drive
Federal agents raided nineteen Reno night spots and arrested thirty seven last night. Doors were guarded. several venues again opened today but only former customers gained entry. Col George Seaver led over forty agents in the operation, pleased with results but regrets missing some bootleg sites.
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Reno
Nev
Prohibition
George Seaver
San Francisco
Hetle
Glass from furnace slag could spark Alabama industry
Auburn Alabama scientists say mountain slag from steel furnaces can be converted into crystal clear glass. Industrial chemist Dr Basore reports lab tests using Alabama sands and 40 to 60 percent slag yielded glasses with high tensile strength and potential insulation. Commercial viability and energy savings are indicated by continued glass making from molten furnace mass.
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Auburn
Alg
A. Basore
Alabama Polytechnic
Basore
Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
South
Bagore
Briton Aims to Cut Fuel Costs in Glisa Production
The report notes fuel costs in Giana manufacturing Thita would drop, lowering glasa costs. Dr Basore describes experiments refining impurity removal to enable producing glisa from slag. Britain already has 18 dye works producing ayniletic dye stuffs in sizable quantities.
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Giana
Thita
Basore
Great Britain
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