Primary Like a Baseball Game in Virginia Politics
A July 1925 Bluefield News column compares the Virginia gubernatorial primary to a close baseball game pitting Byrd supporters against the Mapp tide. It notes Mapp’s gains, Byrd opposition, and a tense contest as August approaches, with mentions of Hayes and local party dynamics.
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Byrd
Democratic Party
Mapp
Hayes
Motor Vehicle Department
Enator Mapp
Democrates
Virginia
Byrd Fature
Old Dominion
Best Ball Players Debates in Hump League and Community Event
The Virginia Bide editor calls for fairness in judging best ball players and pitchers while avoiding quarrel. A social gathering at a local home drew many youths who crowded parlor and outdoor corners, enjoying the pleasant evening as plans to fix Falls Mills road with W A Brice of Princeton noted on Sunday.
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Virginia Bide
Falls Mills
W. A. Brice
Princeton
Bluefield College Boys Tour Rockies and Royal Gorge Trip
A Bluefield College group traveled from Mayfield Kansas toward Colorado on a two week wheat threshing tour. They glimpsed the Rockies from Canon City and visited Royal Gorge and Cripple Creek, marveling at Phantom Canyon and the canyon drive along the way to the plains below.
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Mayfield
Kan
Tuefield
Wichita
Colorado
Ed Hughes
Graham
Rockies
Plains
American Highlands
Canon City
Skyline Drive
Royal Gorge
Denver and
Rio Rando Western
Arkansas River
Cripple Creek
Phantom Cope
Arthur Mitchell plans Roanoke business venture
Arthur Mitchell former Virginia Side boy now in Nyack New York visits Roanoke with wife and two children. He is a civil engineer and Virginia Military Institute graduate who will soon relocate to Roanoke to start his own business. Mrs Mitchell is Halifax native. He notes he does not know all details of recent incidents in the area.
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Arthur Mitchell
Virginia Side
Nyack
N. Y
Rose
Arthur
Mr. Mitchell
William Mitchell
Theirginia Military Institute
Roanoke
Hmself
Mitchel Tor
Halifax
New York State
Virginia
Washington Tubbs I by Crane
A fragmentary line shows Crane praising a town for progress, expressing belief in continued advancement and optimism about future growth. The text is incomplete but hints at morale and communal improvement.
Higginbotham laid to rest in Tazewell
W J Higginbotham dies at 72 in Cedar Bluff Tazewell county. He was a Cedar Bluff miller merchant and senior partner of Higginbotham and Bane. Widow survives. Funeral held at Cedar Bluff with burial in Tazewell.
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W. J. Higginbotham
Tazewell
Cedar Bluff
Tazewell County
Higginbotham
Higginbotham & Bane
Bane
al. Higginbotham
Cedar Biuff
Mexican Bean Beetle Invades Monroe County Gardens
Reports confirm the Mexican bean beetle has invaded Monroe County. The pest feeds on bean vines, threatening garden yields and prompting monitoring and control efforts.
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Monroe
Monroe County
Carl Harman Faces Good Chance Of Recovery At St Luke’s
Carl Harman, injured in a Sunday night automobile crash on the Tazewell road, is holding his own at St. Luke’s Hospital. Doctors say pneumonia is the main danger due to chest injuries, but barring complications he has a good chance to recover. Harman had recently given up his position.
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Carl Harman
Tazewell Road
St. Luke's Hospital
Mr. Harman
New Virginia Side church to open with organ and expanded facilities
Under Rev. R. Bar the church closed Sunday as the elder praised years of growth with over a hundred added to the roll. A new church will offer ample elbow room, ventilation, and Sunday school rooms. A committee will arrange for a handsome pipe organ for the opening. Virginia Side personals note illnesses and visits from Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Carter, Miss Carter, and Helen Buchanan with travel plans and race attendance mentioned.
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Virginia Side
R. A. Hale
W. B. Carter
Carmen Carter
Wytheville
Roanoke
Helen Buchanan
Rich Valley
W. T. Hall
Lover's Lane
Methodist Church Adds Over a Hundred Members
In the last quarter of the year the Methodist Church congregation reports more than a hundred new church rolls joined the church.
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Methodist Church
Opera to Feature Anniversary Festival in Kasan
In Kasan Russia during July a new national opera titled Sania will open as part of the fifth anniversary festival for the autonomous Tartar Republic. The work, with an overture and three acts, marks the first such national production and took two years to complete with three collaborators. The Eastern Musical Conservatory of Kasan will prepare the production for presentation.
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Kasan
Russia
Seeds Retained Life in Sydney After 25 Years
Twenty five years after a packet of sweet pea seeds was sent to a Sydney man the same seeds were planted this year and are growing rapidly showing remarkable longevity of the flowers.
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Sydney
Australia
Bargain Voiles and Crepe Venise Sale Ad
Printed Voiles offered at 35c to 85c with colors and patterns. Voiles priced 45c to 59c now on sale at 45c. Crepe Venise 79c, regular values $1.00 to $1.10, praised for soft feel and bright patterns. Dresses urged for warm weather and multiple lengths.
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Atgy City
Withers
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Nemours
Pocahontse
Bob Womack
Pikes Peak
Pike’s Peak
Maration
Col
Pike's Peak
Salt Lake City
Great Divide
Tennessee Pass
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Jones’ Gulch
Holy Cross Mountain
Utah
Great
Tablernacle
P. & Peery
Roanoke College
Salem
Idaho
Oregon
Portland
Eea
Tanglefoot Company
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Bluefield College Boys
The
Bluefield, Virginia
Washington
TUBBS
Peterstown
Lindside
Agent Por Bible
J. P. Wilson
Tip Top
Norfolk and Western
Mr. Wilson
Express Company
Graham Mattress Company
W. N. Lambert
Plano
Warlick Plano Rooms
Plano Company
Prett
Mr. Lambert
Professor Patterson
Seon’ S
Boo McCormick & CO
Baltimore
Ford
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Ford Cars
Stromberg-Carlson Radio
Stromberg-Carlson
Guer Fed
Caieed Caldera Rfi
Neethe Reena
West Virginia Armature CO
Jas. A. Sluss, D. V. M
West Virginia
Hiawley
SILK
Wayne
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