Press and Cleaning Specials Amid Local Trades
Special This Week offers press and cleaning of any man’s suit for $1 cash at Berryman with phone 390. Merchants invite buyers to a convention in Bluefield West Virginia to view lines in sample rooms 392-204 Commercial Bank Building. Junior Town Chautauqua meets at the tents for health talks and a play practice for The Old Mother in the Shoe.
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Cash
Berryman. E
Berryman
Bluefield
W. Va
Commercial Bank
T. R Smoot
Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co
St. Louis
Chautauqua
Chautauqua Club
General Relief of Taxpayers Aims at Lower Surtax
President Coolidge aims for general relief for taxpayers in new legislation with possible surtax cuts from 40 percent to as low as 12 percent. He backs Mellon plan ideas and will leave bill drafting to the Ways and Means Committee and Treasury officials. A October committee session will follow treasury surplus figures.
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Swampecoot
Mass
Congress
Coolige
Coolidge
Mellon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Green
Washington
Laborer Kills Wife and Son Then Himself in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis on July 7 Ernest zen a laborer killed his wife and Morris nine with a knife at their home and then took his own life. Four other children were wounded but escaped. Helmar Franzen 15 and his sisters Ingard and Margaret were saved and removed from hospital to a relative’s home Ethel remained hospitalized for a few days.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Ernest Zen
Morris
Oter
Helmar Franzen
Ingard
Margaret
Franzen
Ethel
Chautauqua Tent Hosts Evening and Matinee Programs
The Redpath tent hosted Lieurance's Erase Choir at 3 pm and Jess Pugh for an evening lecture. The audience enjoyed the comedy So This Is London featuring Hiram Draper Jr and Elinor Beauchamp with a satire on American English relations. Edward A. Marshall closed with a home grounds beautification lecture and live demonstrations.
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Lieurance
Erase
Redpath
Red Path
Chautavuana
London
Hiram Draper, Jr
Woos Elinor Beauchamp
Sir Percy
Lady Beauchamp
America
England
Elder Draper
Pilar
Chautauqua Company
Emmet Shackelford
Hiram Draper
Marie Pavey
Hiram
John Maron
Junior
Douglas Garden
Percy Beauchamp
Reba Garden
F. F. Hart
Elinor Beauchamp
Draper
Kanawha Bridge Bond Issue Appears Defeated
Incomplete returns from 94 of 160 precincts in Charleston West Virginia show the proposed 1,750,000 bond issue to build four Kanawha River bridges trailing at midnight with 5,768 in favor and 4,879 against, not reaching the required 60 percent majority.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha River
Earthquake of considerable magnitude reported in Hawaii
Honolulu July 7 An earthquake of considerable magnitude was registered at 3 51 am on the seismograph at the U S magnetic station in Ewa Oahu The shock lasted about three hours The distance of the disturbance could not be estimated but the record resembled that of the Santa Barbara quake
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Honolulu
United States
Ewa
Santa Barbara
New 1000-Bed Veterans Hospital Planned Near Northport
The veterans bureau will build a 1000 bed hospital on Long Island near Northport. A 450 acre tract on the north shore has been secured and surveys are underway. The neuropsychiatric facility is expected to cost two to three million dollars.
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Washington
Veterans’ Bureau
New York District
Northport
Long Island
Mapp Stirs Virginia Crowd At Bluefield Rally
Senator Walter Mapp of Agco mac spoke to a large audience at the Palace Theatre Bluefield Virginia urging independent governance and reform of schools and taxes. He criticized political bosses, urged tax relief and faster highway spending, and noted support from local officials. He announced plans to speak again in Saltville.
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Ge Walter Mapp
Agcomac
Virginia
Palace Theatre
Bluefield
Mapp
Byrd
State Senate
Board of Education
Ninth
Chilhowle
K. C. Patty
Senator Mapp
Wil
Saltville
Christianity in a duel to the death with evolution
A religious editorial frames the evolution versus Christianity debate as a deadly duel. It asserts the Bible as Christians' sole moral guide and warns that an evolution victory would erode revealed religion, portraying the clash as a decisive, light versus darkness struggle with dire consequences.
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God
Christ
Twenty Millions Grain Marketing Company Halted by Illinois Commission
Gray Silver, president of Twenty Millions Grain Marketing Company, denies plans to dissolve or scramble the cooperative. The Illinois Commerce Commission ruling suspends stock sales, but Silver says the group still aims to meet obligations to vendors and carry on with the original plan.
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Ilinois
Rain Delays Open Air Fights at Shibe Park
Heavy rain postponed tonight’s open air boxing card at Shibe Park. Lew Tendier of Philadelphia was to face Joe Dundee of Baltimore in the featured match, now rescheduled for tomorrow night.
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Philadelphia
Amorrow
Shibe Park
Lew Tendier
Vlelphia
Joe Dundee
Balvere
Mullens Hosts Public Forum on Virginian Merger Controversy
Major W P Tams warns of potential damage to West Virginia coal industry if the Virginian Railway is merged with Norfolk and Western. He says Pennsylvania could dominate coal markets, threatening local wages and jobs, as residents discuss a regional stance and planned Defense Day.
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West Virginia
Virginian
W. P. Tams
Mullens Board of Trade
Norfolk and Western
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Guyandotte River
Gilbert and
Ellmers
Tams
Gulf
Chesapeake and Ohio
Quinnimont
A. C. Early
Interstate Commerce Commission
R. L. Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Taylor
New York Central
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Commission
Rover C. Worrell
Muliens
Kentucky
Mr. Orrell
Switerland
H. W. McNeil
Mende- Peca
Atlantic
United States
Europe
England
Irqgton
Mullens
Civic League
Norfolk and Western Band
Bluefield
Eadless
Mullens Celebrates a Fitting Independence Day
Mullens residents and visitors enjoyed a well behaved Fourth with orderly crowds and decorated booths. Mayor Rosend Daum welcomed attendees as Rev Barhm offered prayer, praising Old Glory and American ideals amid a Defense Test Day program.
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Mullens
Civic League
America
Barhm
Oat Bee
Rosend Daum
Road Let to Contract In August For Wyoming County Project
The first unit of the proposed road starts two miles above the Slab district line and runs up Laurel Fork to the Raleigh county line. Pineville will host the letting on Monday, August 3, with estimated cost about 80 600 dollars funded by a 325 000 district bond issue. The seven mile, 18 foot wide route includes two concrete bridges at Clens Fork mouth and Glen Morrison. Completion will connect to Raleigh county via two routes near Bolt and Hotchkiss. A second contract from Pineville to Welch will be let by September 1.
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Jesse
Laurel Fork
Raleigh
Pineville
Wyoming County
Laurel Bridge
Laurel
McGrawst
Clens Fork
Glen Morrison
Raleigh County
Trough Fork
Bolt
Maben
Hotchkiss
Welch
Center District
Indefinite notice shadows Mullens Fourth celebration plans
A mixed local notice warns of a Ku Klux Klan demonstration in Mullens with parades, public speaking and fireworks, listing no firm date and leaving plans unclear. Other brief items report miner Robert Laferty's fatal injuries near Pax, a prospective lumber company arrival, a steady Itmann mine output, and a ready Sew Road project near Maben and Malieus.
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Ku Klux Klan
Wyoming County
Mullens
Local highlights from Mullens area visits and travel
A Mullens notes column lists visits and movements of locals and visitors. Claude Dixon, payroll clerk for Devils Fork coal, visited Mullens. B Lisagor, now in Princeton, was here on business and lost stock in a Princeton fire. Ben Weissbrod handles Madison firm interests. A F Wysong of Charleston toured Mullens. Mrs Ora Dunman of Roanoke visited. D M Klein plans St Louis trip for his son Sterling's Shriners hospital care. Miss Garnet Cline of Huntington and Mrs Jas Stone visited relatives. Mrs M R Boliwag, in Athens College summer course, spent weekend with traveling salesman husband.
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Claude Dixon
Devils Fork Coal Company
Mullens
B. Lisagor
Princeton
Lisagor
Ben Weissbrod
People’s Department Store
Madison
Boone County
A. F. Wysong
Charleston
Ora Dunman
Roanoke
D. M. Klein
St. Louis
Sterling
Shriners’ Hospital
A. B. Shannon
Pineville
Garnet Cline
Huntington
Jas. Stone
M. R. Boliwag
Athens College
Emmons-Hawkins Wholesale
Mullens Schools See Mrs Bowling Team Up This Year
Mer Perrow of the Armoy plant returned Monday from a holiday visit with friends in Lynchburg and Roanoke.
General Motors Acquires Yellow Cab and Expands Fleet
General Motors acquires Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company and forms a new entity to produce seven motor coaches two taxicab types two drive-it-yourself cars and a range of one to seven ton trucks. John D Hortz becomes chairman and John A Ritchie is president. Also mentions Alberta antelope in Nemiska Park near extinction.
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Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company
John D. Hortz
Yellow Cab Company
John A. Ritchie
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Success
Harry H Chatham
Allen Pized Coal Company
O- Mercer Coal and Supply Co
Last Chance
Tex
C. O. Iman
L. E. Humphrye
533 Street
Niagra Fallas
Ich
Larkin Company
Iave
Glenwood Park
Hager Brothers
Eassey-Perkins Co
Federal Street
Bluefield National Bank
Lima
Aca
Hankla Grocery Co
Billy Hancock
B Hancock
Rocky Gap
Covenanters
First Presbyterian Church
W. Moore
Stewart St
Hankln Grocery Co
William Hankila
C. Hammond
Hammond
Bluefield Sanitarium
Firestone
Bluefield Avenue
Altamont
J. B. Eades
Osteopathic
Harry L. Greenspoon
Peery Building
Bland Street
The
Joyce Co
Jewelers Hotel
N. Y
Jas. G. Lita, Agt
Balte
P. D
Mercer Funeral Home
R. L. Morris
Bluefield, W. Va
WM. H. Carr
Osteopath
Abrams
Coal & Coke
Res
United Shop Repairing . Corporation
Bradmarn
Edward A. Marshall
Jehall
Kanawha
News of
Mullens and
Wyoming Coalfields
Major Tams
Robert Laferty
Pax
Fayette County
Muliens Hospital
Shufflebarger
Itmann
Maben and
Malieus
General Motors CO
Yellow Cab
Nemiska Park
Alberta
A. F. Tinsley
Manufacturing Jewelers
Gruen
Hamilton
Waltham
Howard
Bulova
Cohen
Isadore Cohen
Jewelers
West Virginian Hotel
John W. Haldren
Goody Koontz Drug CO
Three Good Drug Stores
East End Pharmacy
Princeton Avenue
Fairview Pharmacy
South Ses
Bluefield Pharmacy
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