Mercer County Tennis Tourney Opens at Bluefield CC
The Mercer County Tennis tournament starts at 9 AM at Bluefield Country Club with draws at 9. Francis Hunter cannot compete. Garbisch Powers and Eliott are possible entrants. Over 40 entries include Bluefield Princeton Beckley Matoaka players. L. W Feuchtenberger presides with Dr. Harry Haggart and Ray Evans as committee. lunch served at noon. eight trophies to be awarded tomorrow.
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Mercer County
Bluefield
Garbisch
West Point
Powers
Eliott
Maryland
Virginia
Ord
Francis T. Hunter
Beckley
New York
Princeton
Elkhorn
New York City
Matoaka
L. W Feuchtenberger
Princeton council orders sewer link after unsanitary alley findings
Prime council session cited unsanitary alley conditions between Fourth and Fifth streets. Officials instructed liable property owners to connect to the sewer immediately. Two surface water damage cases were heard, with J. K. Luck and D. F. Hale reporting damage from faulty culverts. Both disputes were sent to the city engineer for investigation.
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Fourth
Fifth Streets
J .K. Luck
Highland Avenue
Fifth Street
D. F. Hale
Mercer Street
Park Avenue
Center
Mercer
Chamber backs public health nurse for River District schools
The Chamber of Commerce endorsed employing a public health nurse for district schools at a weekly luncheon. The district Board of Education reportedly agreed to hire the nurse if various organizations supported the action. D H Thornton resigned as road committee chair, asking to be relieved as he cuts back on activities. The county advances the Glen Lyn road project to state standards. the road to Glen Lyn links state and federal routes but is not yet a state project. An advertising committee was formed with F P Ketron and R B Wornal.
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Chamber of Commerce
It River District
District Board of Education
D. H. Thornton
Chamber
Glen Lyn
Princeton
F. P
E. K. Ketron
R. B. Wornal
Funeral for Ivan Johnston Draws Large Princeton Crowd
Funeral services for Ivan Johnston son of Mr and Mrs H A Johnston were held at First Methodist Church with a large turnout. Rev Bd Randall and Rev R M Sima led the rites before burial in Pearlsburg, as robed Klansmen stood at the grave and pallbearers and flower bearers were local youths.
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Ivan Johnston
H. A. Johnston
First Methodist Church
Princeton
Bd. Randall
R. M. Sima
The
Christian Church
Pearlsburg
Lloyd Roach
C. W. Peck
A. P. Spangler
Robert Mandeville
G. O. Boswell
George Lusk
Methodist Sunday School
City Council lifts carnival ban grants permits for two fairs
The council approved two summer carnivals within city limits. Miller Bros from Pocahontas will stage in Princeton starting July 20 benefiting Princeton Public Library with a fixed sum and a share of proceeds. The American Legion post was also authorized for a later August carnival to aid the veterans endowment fund. no Legion date is set.
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Mill Er Bros
Pocahontas
Princeton
Princeton Public Library
American Legion Post
Endowment Fund For Orphans of Veterans
Legion
Princeton Paragraphs Continued From Page Five
Local notes list church services inviting public attendance with extended meetings possible. Real estate agents G. E. Bowling and W. O. Lilly tour Roanoke Va prospects with a group including Mrs. Fred Wright and others. Property purchasers from Kimball and Roanoke are noted along with Lilly Land Company listings. Lost items include a six month old Lewellyn setter and a sorority pin TAU OMEGA. rewards offered. Rentals and sales ads follow for rooms garage space and a Circle Drive home by Lilly Land Co.
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G. EB. Bowling
W. O. Lilly
Lilly Land Company
Ceton
Maybeury
Roanoke
Secion
Fred Wright
Helenich
J. W. Adkins
D. R. Lewis
Wint MecNiell
Ere
W. Va
Edwin D. Brewer
Circle No 1 Presbyterian meets at 3 with Miss Featherston
Bluefield Virginia notices mention Circle No 1 of the Presbyterian Church meeting today at 3 with Miss Featherston. The group shifts its July meeting to the third Thursday the 16th at Mrs Geo Pyle's home.
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The
Presbyterian Church
Miss Featherston
Circle Meeting
Chile Reader Seeks Vacation Advice
A Ramwell reader asks for vacation ideas during the hot season and is advised to choose Chile. The notice also reports a promotion for Harry Garst, a flour salesman now positioned to supply biscuit flour nationwide.
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Chile
Ramwell
Harry Garst
Enjoying Honeymoon at Northfork Home
Ralph W. Young, nineteen, and his bride Gladys Gillenwater of Northfork, are spending honeymoon days with the groom's parents Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Young near Clear Fork. They were married on July 4 at Northfork.
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Ralph W. Young
Gladys Gillenwater
Northfork
H. B. Young
Oan Clear Fork
Aerial Honeymoon Begins for Newelywed Pilots
Pine Valley New Jersey July seventh. Captain Donald Hearn former British army aviator marries Miss Virginia Ireland of Pine Valley. The couple will fly to eastern cities on an aerial honeymoon begun after their wedding. Hearn later served as an American army instructor and was once personal pilot to King Alfonso.
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Pine Valley
N. J
Donald Hearn
Virginia Ireland
Ireland
Captain Hearn
America
Hearn
King Alfonzo
Spain
England
Three Clubs Bid for Toledo Pitcher
The New York Chicago and Pitts clubs of the National League bid for Toledo pitcher Casey Jonnard as of July 7. Toledo manager Jimmy Lorke will visit offers to secure the best terms. Jonnard has an 11 10 record this season and Toledo sits in the second division.
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Minneapolis
Minn
New York
Chicago
Pittsvars
C’syde Tonnard
Toledo
Oday
Jimmy _orke
T-Maid
Jonnard
Radio Program Listings Across United States and Canada
A dense listing of radio programs and schedules across multiple stations and cities. The document catalogs times, station identifiers, and orchestral and concert segments from Philadelphia to Chicago and beyond, noting Navy bands, operatic numbers, and children's stories as part of daily broadcasts.
Eastern Colleges Losing Their Tennis Prestige
The article claims Western and Pacific Coast schools have risen in intercollegiate tennis, breaking Eastern dominance. From 1921 to 1925 players from California Stanford Washington and Texas led singles and doubles titles, reducing Yale Harvard Princeton Pennsylvania’s grip and signaling a shift in national power.
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Eastern Colleges
National Dhama Bb
Esiranis
Pacine Slope
Far West
Eddie Chantler
University of California
Chandler
Philadelphia
Cranston Holman
Stanford
Philip Neer
Neeron
Wallace Scott
University of Washington
Neer
Wih Chandler
Jimmy Davis
Lep
Thalheimer
Lewis White
Texas University
California
Gerald Stratford
G. Hill
Atlantis
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Lisener
Wheeling Mayor-Elect Urges Immediate City Audit
William J. Steen, newly elected mayor of Wheeling, calls for an immediate audit of city finances. He claims mismanagement and states the city is $400,000 in debt instead of the previously estimated $150,000. Three councilmen were named to approach State Auditor John C. Bond in Charleston.
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Wheeling
W. Va
William J. Steen
Steen
John C. Bond
Charleston
Eskimo Boots Bought by MacMillan Aviators
A MacMillan Arctic expedition halted at Spotted Island on the Labrador route and bought Eskimo boots from native traders during a brief layover. Dr. Walter N. Koelz noted a white crested sparrow on the island while the party visited a local hospital run by the Contres of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia. The item also mentions growing Indian demand for American hosiery.
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Washington
National Geographic Society Today
MacMillan Arctic
Spotted Island
Battle Harbor
Hopedale
Labrador
Contres of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia
Walter N. Koelz
Rum Smugglers Sought After Salinas Shootings
State National Guard troops and armed posses searched Moss Landing hay fields and marshes for suspected rum smugglers who killed N. H. Rader and wounded Sheriff Over plus officer Livingston. A truck and car used to haul liquor were found abandoned. no liquor recovered. The Fortieth Tank Company from Salinas led the search, aiming to capture suspects before morning.
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Salinas
Cal
State National Guard
Moss Landing
N. H. Rader
W. A. Over
Harry Livingston
Fortieth Tank Company
Driver Guides Vehicle Into Ditch Near Parkersburg
A driver traveling from Pitts to Parkersburg turned the vehicle into a ditch to halt the run. The man, identified as Ewing, will be shipped to Shelbyville Kentucky for burial.
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Bank
Ewing
Parkersburg
Pitts
Shelbyville
Regional WV meetings to discuss school term plans
West Virginia regional meetings will be held in ten cities within ten days to discuss the upcoming school term through September. Teachers and superintendents from county groups will attend in Otter Ronceverte Welch Point Pleasant St Marys Wheeling Philippt Moorefield and Martinesburg.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Department of Education
Otter
Ronceverte
Welch
Point Pleasant
St. Marys
Wheeling
Ee Philipp
Thirteen West Virginia Firms File Dissolution Notices
Charleston West Virginia July 7 The end of the fiscal year on July 1 was followed today with filing of notices of dissolution with Secretary of State George W Sharp by thirteen corporations doing business in West Virginia. The companies listed include Men and Women's Mart Bluefield Northern Iowa Gas and Electric Co Cumberland Iron Works West Virginia Radio Sales Corporation Charleston Winding Gulf Railroad Co Kraft Manufacturing Co Princeton Produce Co Loveland Light and Water Co Seneca Hitl Ot Co Morgantown Lovesend Improvement Co Wheeling Hotel McCray Corporation Morgantown Miller Oil Co Hinton North American Coal Co Morgantown.
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Charleston
W. Va
George W. Sharp
West Virginia
Men and Women's Mart
Bluefield
Northern Iowa Gas and Electric Co
Cumberland Iron Works
Seneca Hitl Ot Co
Morgantown
Lovesend Improvement Co
Wheeling
Hotel McCray Corporation
Miller 01 Co
Hinton
North American Coal Co
Department of Agriculture Studies Flea Resistant Dogs
The Department of Agriculture reports experiments on dogs showing fleas avoid certain dogs. Several canines tested exhibit reduced flea attraction, prompting researchers to seek explanations for this observed phenomenon.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Life of a stock buyer crushed by truck
James T. Ewing aged sixty nine a stock buyer for a commission firm operating out of the United Stock Yards Pittsburgh died in a local hospital at 8 30 pm after being crushed between a heavy truck and a bank on a local highway He leaped from the truck when brakes failed on a hill and was crushed against the bank leaving a local fatal accident report with the truck involved and the time noted
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Perhegobacs W. Va
James T. Ewing
United Stock Yards
Pittsburg
Ewing
Hersperger Wins Konnevaut Indian Open Trophy in Trap Shoot
Otto Hersperger of the Erie Yacht Club won the Konnevaut Indian open trophy at the Konnevaut Indians pow wow trap shoot in Conneaut Lake Park Pa with a 147 of 150. Ad Hickman and F C Koche tied for second with 146. E Kroehohe and Robert Lambert Franklin followed with 145. Major Oscar Hindenburg named president's personal adjutant after his father's election as German president.
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Conneaut Lake Park
Otto Hersperger
Erie Yacht Club
Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Hersperger
Ad Hickman
McKeesport
F. C. Koche
Cleveland
E. Kroehohe
Robert Lambert Franklin
Japanese printers limit Chinese characters used
Tokyo reports that Osaka Asahi and the Mainichi papers will limit Chinese characters in use to 2490 from about 6000. Exceptions apply for imperial edicts laws and proper names.
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Toyko
Osaka Asahi
Oaka Mainich
City board meets as miners seek wage pact in Scranton talks
Report from a town meeting covers a plan to implement the curators' wage demands from the Scranton convention. Union leaders push for a draft wage agreement while operators anticipate counter moves and a possible sub committee to finalize terms before the August 1 contract expiry.
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Ortein
Giret
Scranton
Governor Gore Returns From Road Inspection in West Virginia
Governor Harald M. Gore, with state road commission members, returns to Charleston after inspecting new highways in Fayette County. He tours the Midland Trail between Gawley Bridge and Arad and expresses satisfaction with the construction progress and quality of work.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harald M. Gore
Yette County
Gawley Bridge
Arad
Morocco accord reached by French Spanish talks
Madrid reports the French Spanish conference on Morocco has reached a complete agreement after discussions since June 17. The meeting noted the talks are virtually ended with only minor points for expert review. M. Maloy will return to Paris for chamber of deputies sessions.
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Madrid
Morocco
M. Maloy
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Arbitration proposal rejected by plasterers union
Washington reports the Bricklayers Masons and Plasterers International Union of America rejected a contractor backed plan for arbitration over jurisdictional disputes with the Operative Plasterers International Union. The dispute could affect about 590 million dollars in construction nationwide.
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Washington
Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers ' International Union of America
Operative Plasterers International Union
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Princeton Baseball Associaton
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Ipps
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Egrey
Gaylord Baker, Belcher’s Book Store
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TAU Omega
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H. M. Ball
Lanton Bros
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Virginia News
N. P. Reed
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Geo. Pyle
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Clinch River
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Book of Knowledge
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Mtation
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Macmillan
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Covernor Gore
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