Mercer County Board Of Equalization Begins Sitings
The Mercer county board of equalization and review opened yesterday in the county assessor’s office. Members present are Chas B Wheeler and A I Bratton, with C M Rudder reportedly declined, creating a vacancy. Residents objecting to 1925 assessments must file complaints within twenty four days for possible adjustment. The board meets for twenty five days and can only correct clerical errors or similar mistakes, not reassess values.
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Board of Equalization and Review
Mercer County
Chas,b. Wheeler
Matoaka
A. ‘I. Bratton
C. M. Rudder
Bluefield
Chautauqua Program Afforded Much Pleasure
The Chautauqua week closed with a musical travelogue “Happy Hawaii” by Mil dred Leo Clemons and Company that delighted hundreds, especially the Jolly Juniors. Efforts seek fifty guarantors for a return next year. A Juniors pageant and colorful visual scenes enhanced the week’s enjoyment.
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Chautauqua
Happy Hawaii
Mildred Leo Clemons
Feature of World’s Great Volcano Highlights Hawaii Eruption
A vivid feature on an active eruption showcases the splendor and power of Hawaii’s volcanic activity. It underscores the dramatic lava flows, towering plumes, and the landscape transformed by ongoing eruptions.
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Hawaii
Rotary Club Holds High Attendance Meeting on Wills
The Bluefield Rotary Club met despite heat with 90 percent attendance. H B DeJarnette spoke on wills tracing history since Jacob and interpreting complexities. Zack Henderson invited locals to attend, and Chautauqua superintendent N J Reist commented on Chautauqua, with Dr S T Bird outlining guarantor ticket plans for next year.
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Rotary Club
N. J. Reist
T Bird
Herbert Pearis
Dusty Rhodes
H. Vermillion
Mrs. T. Harlan Heads to Mogart's Beach for House Party
Mrs. T. 8. Harlan of Center Street leaves for two weeks at Mogart's Beach attending a house party with old Roanoke Lynchburg Crewe and Norfolk friends. Mrs. Robert Caperton and two children are mentioned in the notice.
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Harlan
Center Stree
Mogart's Beach
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Crewe Norfolk
Robert Caperton
Local families host visitors as Fourth plans loom
City Point residents welcome relatives from Roanoke Pembroke and Rocky Mount for weekends and longer visits. Mrs Smith and daughter Mary travel to Morgantown. Bee Street hosts, while several families plan trips to Marion and Roanoke for the Independence Day holiday.
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Dren
Eleanor and
Bobby
City Point
City
H. B. DeJarnette
Center Street
John A. Douglass
Walker Street
Alice Keeley
Roanoke
James Murphy
Rocky Mount
N. C
Francis Keeley
Ajax Smith
Mary
Smith
Morgantown
Mary Hurst
Max Meadows
A. Overstreet
Bee Street
Pauline Black
Pittsboro
Edward Aull
Youngstown
Nelson Black
Walnut Street
Arline Bird
Rock
Latha Bird
Cecil Bailey
Radford
G. C. Caffee
Fifth Street
Lillian Bell
Daniels
Wil McCutcheon
Treaste Williamson
Williamson
C. B. Stearts
James
Mr. Stearts
Misa Marizabeth Crumpecker
Edward Crumpecker
Thureday
W. A. Brown
Fighland Avenue
Mr. Williams
Pembroke
Williams Co
Vinton
G. B. Daniels
Street Pavings Bid Notice in Princeton WV 1926
The common council of Princeton West Virginia will accept bids until 3 pm July 9 1926 for Highland Ave improvements from Seventh to Eighth Streets Plans and specs available at city engineer office City Hall A 56 percent bid bond to city treasurer required The council may reject any or all bids by order of the common council Princeton WV.
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Common Council
Princeton
West Virginia
Highland Ave
Seventh Street
Eighth St
City Hall
Sale of Smith Pocahontas Coal Property at Court House
J H Lally acting as trustee sold the Smith Pocahontas Coal Company operation in Wyoming county at the courthouse front door. Purchaser Hon J C Peck of Bramwell paid 75000 dollars. The property includes active mines, extensive leasehold acreage, buildings tipples machinery and all mining equipment.
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J. H. Lally
Smith-Pocahontas Coal Company
Wyoming County
Woman Injures Man With Knife on Coalwood Road
Charles Thomas, color ed, is hospitalized in Welch with severe knife wounds after a confrontation with Esther Staples, a colored girl from Lynch Kentucky. Staples claims Thomas molested her, struck her and locked her in a house before she defended herself with a knife. Staples is jailed in Welch on $1000 bond.
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Charles Thomas
Welch Hospital
Esther Staples
Coalwood Road
Caretta
Welch
Thomas
Lynch
Squire W. G. Beavers
Greene
Coalwood
Draw in ten round bout at Riverview Park
In Wheeling on July 3 Battling Gahee of Youngstown fought Marine Tolliver of Wheeling to a fast ten round draw. Pedro Ipez of Wheeling knocked out Joe Hobanski of Washington in the second round of the semi final.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Battling Gahee
Youngstown
Ohio
Marine Tolliver
Riverview Park
Pedro Ipez
Joe Hobanski
Washington
Couple Sealed In Marriage Licenses In Leckie And Eckman
The county clerk issued marriage licenses yesterday for Lewis Cartwright and Mae Parks both of Leckie aged 23 and 18, and Leonard Smith 21 to Minnie Billings 18 of Leckie, plus Gay Akers 22 to Ora Cook 21 of Eckman. A separate item reports M T Farmer, night foreman at Warrior Mines, hospitalized after a fall in the mine injuring his right hand.
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Lewis Cartwright
Mae Parks
Leckie
Leonard Smith
Minnie Billings
Gay Akers
Ora Cook
Eckman
M. T. Farmer
Warrior Mines
Warriormine
Grace Hospital
Youth Fatally Burned In Electric Shock Accident
Cumberland Maryland July 3 Ed ward C. Dick nineteen was fatally burned when the shovel he used touched wires carrying 33 000 volts of electricity He died in a hospital from shock and burns.
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Cumberland
Edward C. Dick
Kimball Booster Club Plans July 4 Program
The Kimball Booster Club held a Friday meeting at 3 16 pm to organize the Fourth of July celebration. Mayor George J Turner will be master of ceremonies and traffic orderly. a paid secretary will be hired as the club expands. The sport manager promises a splendid Independence Day program and the club invites all residents to attend regardless of background.
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Kimball
War
Keystone
Northfork
Welch
McDowell County
Kimball Boosters’ Club
George J. Turner
L. F. Turner
Shopkeeper Shot in Fireworks Rush in Mount Vernon
Samuel Schneider rushed after the fireworks ban was lifted and obtained a permit then drove toward Manhattan with his family to stock up. He crashed his car near the city and died, as others warned against dangerous racing to beat restrictions.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Samuel Schneider
Supreme Court
Schneider
Manhattan
Colored Woman Killed in Automobile Wreck
A Studebaker driven by Frank Taylor colored veered off a road near Upland Coal and Coke Company during a blinding windstorm. Taylor and his family were returning home to Switchback when the vehicle left the road, killing his wife and injuring others.
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Taylor
W. H. Herndon
Wallace Undertaking Company
Switchback
Upland Coal and Coke Company
Studebaker
Frank Taylor
Ralph
Rotarians coatless at informal Welch luncheon
Welch Rotary Club members and visitors gathered for a heat swayed informal luncheon. A. E. Jennings led a growing Rotarettes orchestra with encores while M. A. Watkins, the club's baby member, and Col. W. J. McClaren gave talks. Boy Scouts Elmore Lawton and Charles Anderson won hiking trip essay prizes. visitors included C. M. Whitaker Billy Hughes Harry Hanmer and Orville Roberts.
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Welch Rotary Club
A. E. Jennings
Rotarettes
M. A. Watkins
Fairmont
Grahm Sale
Col
W. J. McClaren
Col. McClaren
Elmore Lawton
Charles Anderson
Tennessee Mountains
C. M. Whitaker
Welch
Billy Hughes
Dallas
Tex
Harry Hanmer
Columbus
Orville Roberts
McDowell County
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G. H. Crumpecker
B Williams
Mullens
William Lusk
Uncle Williams
James Oo. Hall
Jenkin Jones
M. T. Lowman
McComas
Marion
C. H. Phipps
Concord
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Margaret Christie
Cyrus Gadd
Tncom
Christian Endeavor Oeen
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C. H. Shepherd
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the Bank OF Princeton
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Charley Thomas
Welch Briefs
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W. M. Armour
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Betty Garrett Cox
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Harold McComas
Thurman Marshall
He Riley
Thornton Marshall
Eliza Tinsley
Nell Marie Brewster
Margaret Jane Waldron
Nell Marie Nelson
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Guy C. Nicholson
Charlotte Solins
Josephine Baxter
Elise
Guy Cooper
Hattie Phillips
Twin Branch
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Jack Redpath
Detroit
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Atlantic Smokeless Coal Co
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5. M. Burgess
W. D. Reyes
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C. Greene
Young Baby
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Lee Pendleton
Baileysville
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B Linkous
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Sid Crowder
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Cincinnati
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Ashland
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Crumpler
J. H. Padbury
Hagerstown
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Edna Short
Rhodes
L. A. Osborne
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Julia Daniels
Guy C. Mace
William Olinger
Shmson
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F. B. Oyler
S. B. Campbell
Bert Hylton
Superior
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Thursy
J. F. Green
Majectis
Walter Freeman
Helen
Wade Cullen
Fred Pendleton
Tom Carney
Logan
Charles Tutwiler
Lyle Burdette
J. Hale
Hinton
Charles H. Payne
T. Spencer
Anawalt
Hubert Clark
Shawnville
D. J. F. Strother
Ile
Rachel Gravely
Andrew F. Leckie
Virginia Beach
Graham Sale
Miss Bess Badgett
Harvard
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