Confederate Veterans Return Train and Local Notices
A special train from St. Louis to Richmond carried two hundred Confederate veterans to a reunion, with twenty five or thirty veterans arriving in Bluefield from Clinch Valley en route. John Jackson, ex-convict, tailed by police for repeated offenses, faced a choice between jail or leaving the city. Lits Children’s Home receives a major donation pledge tied to Phil Cohen’s business anniversary. Local bankruptcy petition filed by Henry B. Underwood, assets listed at eight dollars fifty cents with nine creditors. A derailment near the Mineral Springs disrupted Sunday traffic for two hours but caused no injuries. Public notices cover teachers institutes schedule, Confederate reunion travel, escaped prisoners bounty, and local commerce and tax reminders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Richmond
Clinch Valley
Rohmond
Pivotal Local Notices and Births Highlight Bluefield News
Funeral arrangements unfold for Robert Moore’s nephew in Union Level Virginia as families report multiple local events. Meantime, Bluefield mourns library head Mary Farmansen and schoolhouse civic clubs pause activities including a country club card party and a charity sale. Twin sons born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lits brighten the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Moore
Sanday
Union Level
Mecklenburg County
Robert
Wayene Petty
St. Luke's Hospital
Richand
Wit
Joe W. Idts
Fourth Street
Red
Bluefield
Iron in Water Troubles Boilers and Pipes
The United States Geological Survey reports iron in water affects palatability at fractions of a part per million, harms boiler efficiency, and accelerates encrustation in pipes. High iron levels hinder paper and laundry processes and can corrode boiler plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Geological Survey
Callahan Couple Remembered by Bluefield Community
Obituary notice notes Mr and Mrs Callahan who resided in Bluefield and are greatly regretted by many friends after departure. The piece also mentions Royal Arch Masons convocation at the Masonic Temple and Evangelist visits en route from Bluefield to Lovetville, with sermon mentions and details about a family with a girl six and two boys aged five and three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callahan
Bluefield
Royal Arch Masons
Ginefield
Masente 'Temple
Mens Lwrs
Chiliren Waal Homes
Dames G. Git
Fame Tow
Figet
Phenolyp tol and Phenakyptal claim rapid relief for head and throat
Advert shows a cheap 25 cent spray for nasal passages and throat gargle promising fast relief from head congestion and sore throat. It touts silent action and strong antiseptic powers with claims of widespread availability at drug stores and family use.
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Leon
Democratic Ticket Election Tuesday June 1st Candidates Listed
Democratic City Committee advertises June 1 election for council seats. First Ward candidates include Pollock. Second Ward Gailey. Third Ward Coophr. Sixth Ward Monroe. Seventh Ward Roy Biggs. Highth Ward A Shatter. Names and wards appear in party slate for mayoral and council race.
Local residents seen in and around the city
A string of residents from Tanewell Rodnoke Fivefield and Roanoke visit relatives and friends in the city and neighboring towns. Attendees include Miss Mary Lynch, Miss Pattie Pike, D M Deverte, Miss Lena Bullman, Mr. and Mrs. Carr, Mrs. W B Lalon, Y Montgomery, Everett Shrewsbury, O T Mrench, Mrs. J Hurt and daughter, W L Dennis, Miss Susie Easley, Rev Samuel W Moora, Capt D T Baldwin, Iubert Baldwin, Misses Florence Kyle and Wula Wall, Geo B Slisser and Ray Linkous, with various homecomings and travel to Philadelphia New York Chicago Kansas City Richmond and Galax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Kyle
Wula Wall
Geo. B. Slisser
Ray i Linkous
Ronanoke
Maudie and the Wolf Moral Tale in Aunties Lesson
The piece recounts Little Maudie’s habit of telling whoppers and her aunt’s attempt to cure her by sharing a fable of a shepherd boy who cried wolf until the wolves came. Maudie challenges belief, prompting a moral about trust and consequences amidst a London Answers column tone. It also notes a joke about Frissleigh’s diet and a Roumanian claim on drinking water to live longer, and reports on arranged marriages in Kamyahin with prices for brides.
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Quita
Maudie
Wuntie
Minitie
Auntie
London
Fragmentary quotes prompt cautious interpretation
A compact note presents two quoted exchanges about memory and success, attributed to Cleveland Lender and Marcus Aurelius. The text reads as a brief, reflective snippet with no clear event, place, or date, offering aphoristic fragments rather than a full news item.
Milious Atticks and Chamberlain's Tablets Ad
An advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a cure for bilious attacks liver sluggishness and digestive discomfort. It claims the tablets ease nausea vomiting and headaches and tone the stomach while cleaning it out. They are offered for a quarter and sold everywhere Tu-Sat.
Visiters From Ohio And Virginia Leave After Short Stay
A TEW days visit to relatives in Cleveland Ohio ends for Miss Elizabeth Kendrick who plans to stay in Salem for several weeks to recover. Robert Leffle of Merchants National Bank Richmond, who vacationed with his parents at Shawvers Mill near Tacewell, was here yesterday as a guest before returning to Richmond.
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Thosauss
Wome
Br. G. H. Rimmerman
Pocahontas
Wueffeld Sanitarium
W. BP. Lalon
Newport
St. Luke's Hospital
Capt
DT. Baldwin
Richmond
Iubert Baldwin
Cleveland
Ohio
Elizabeth Kendrick
Salem
Robert Leffle
Merchants National Bank
Shawvers Mill
Tacewell
Graves Decorated Amid Low Key Confederates Memorial Day Observance
Banks closed and relatives visited local cemeteries and family plots to decorate graves yesterday. Oil veterans survivors carried flowers and tended headstones as the city marked the holiday with limited public observance.
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Europe
John Jackson
Walters
Jackson
Donahue
Jackson Ohose
Mr. Barkan
J. S. Compton
Unefield
Henry B. Underwood
Adi
Norfolk and Western
Biuefield
A. Rowling
C. W. Merrill
Princeton
Loner
H. @. Cooper
Subold
Beaver Pond
Shawhkey
Jefferson
Pendleton
Cooper
Takey
A.B. Harshaw
Wall Pointe
Diary
Philadelphia
Oey
Confederate Kennion
M. S$. Dickerson
Castlewood
Vita
Hurt
Ig. W. Grey
J. W. Daniell
Lebanon
Bhue~ Fel
Escaie Rondannie
County Court
Eptranty
Ley Hing
William Wl
W. M. Walker
Simon Freeman
John Adams
Henry Gravely
Will Vanghous
Dellara
Sergeshat
Pedigo Co
EL Sisson
Guida
Imake
Montgomery County
Harry Grantors Association
Cambria
Qetahen WB. Pedige Co
Carter
MT. Varnon Wlouir
Sublette & Harnes
Horlick
Main Street
Lynchburg, Virginia
W. Whitmore
Mar
Dea
Columbia Trust CO
Roanoke, VA
E. Vonderscher & Son
Kelley & Meyer Building
Sulgrave
Snilegrave Manor
Howe
Isadore Cohen Company
W.C. Alexander
Bluefield’s Loading Florist Telephone
Bland St
Flat Top Drug CO
Stone’s
Mephisto
Marcus Ward
Lits
Civic Club
Union Fruit Stand
Moniker's Dept
Ron IN
East End
Moe
Mike Sanity
Maple Park
Williamson
Cates
Fran Blucheld
Lovtevile, Ky
Mivere
Pythias
Earths
NEW Rex
Waverly
B.S. Callahan
Ah. Callahan
Gibbs & Hill Co
Cownellmen
C. Polloct
Gailey
J. H. Thompson
Fifth Ward
W, A. Bodell
Sixth Ward
W. T. Monroe
Seventh Ward
Roy ‘Biggs
Highth Ward
O, A. Shatter
Democratic City Committee
Mary Lynch
Tanewell, Wis
iMiss Pattie Pike
Rodnoke
Form ‘Erty
Fivefield
AL Toyleft
Peatishirs, Totnoke
Danville
D. M. Deverte
New York
Lena Uullman
Chicago
Kansas City
Daimer Phelps
Roanoke
City
Mrs. J. N. Phelps
Mrs. A, Mh, Carr
Y. . Montgomery
The
Atantic Life Insurance Conyuny
Willy Eadquarters
Wis
Everett Shrewsbury
New Jersey
OT. A. Mrench
Matouka
Seloong
Jule
W. L. Dennis
Buchanan County
Richimond
Susie Easley
Pearisburg
Irene Easley
Rumsey [Street
Samuel W. Moora
Presbyterian Church
Galax
Galax High School
W. H. Hetherington
Clarence
Lulia Hetherington
Frssleigh
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Gomne
Prussia
Kamyahin
Volga
Broadway
Marcus Aurelius
Beechams Pills
Boxer
Vout
Onisis
Henry Rodgin CO
Princeton Avenue
Bland Bt
Palm Beach
Mohair
Leghorn
Panama
Bankok
Men’s Mart
Shumate Clothing Co
Connect
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Virgin
Ux Trains
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