Scissors Sharpener Shares Outlandish Health Tips
An itinerant New Orleans sharpener named John Swanson visits Graham sharing health advice he claims comes from a life living outdoors. He lives openly, avoids doctors, drinks black coffee with no sugar, and says he is physically perfect aside from past troubles with drink after his wife’s death. Meadow View doctors examined him and found him in good condition. he aims to continue living outside and sharpening scissors for customers to learn simple ways to stay healthy and save doctor bills.
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Graham Daily News
New Orleans
John Swanson
John Swan
Swanson
Princeton Power Company
Hale's Crossing
Meadow View
Billy Sunday Club Plans Meetings at Brush Fork Thomson Valley
The Graham Billy Sunday Club schedules a Brush Fork church service next Sunday at 7 30 PM and an all day meeting in Thomson Valley the second Sunday in June. They will visit Green Ring church on New River in June for a dinner on the ground. Two services were held last Sunday at Clearfork and Harman.
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Graham Billy
Brush Fork
Thomson Valley
Green Ring Church
New River
Sion
Seeeet Clearfork
Harman
Locusts Roar Through Woods Near Stony Ridge
Locusts reappear near Stony Clairs Crossing stirring debates among residents about whether they are the 17 year variety or a premature visit, with chatter rising above the Lizzie river bank. In Graham area four months report 43 births, a record for the period, with infants thriving.
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St. Clairs Crossing
Tut
Pharoah
Wrights Valley
Graham
Focal Register of Vital Statistics
Reed Repeats Role as Graham High Assistant Principal
Professor N P Reed will remain as assistant principal at Graham High School for another year. He has served two years in the post and will also teach a six week summer class for students seeking to catch up. Reed invites interested students to meet him at the high school building Monday at 9 AM.
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N. P. Reed
Bulding
Graham Personalities Share Farmhouse Week Visiting Guests
Mrs A B Scott hosts two Richmond nieces Mrs J C Trice and Mrs Helen G Shuman as guests. Mrs J C Nelson of New York and Mrs William Duff of Castlewood visit their mother Mrs Mary Garland in Graham. Miss Gladys McCreary visits Altavista then Lynchburg. Miss Helen Baylor returns from Mary Baldwin for summer. Eugene Fox arrives from Portsmouth for the weekend. Ruth Walker returns to Graham.
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A. B. Scott
J.C. Trice
Helen G. Shuman
Richmond
J. C. Nelson
New York
William Duff
Castlewood
Graham
Mary Garland
Gladys McCreary
Altavista
Lynchburg
Helen Baylor
Mary Baldwin
Eugene Fox
Portsmouth
Ruth Walker
Woman Doctor Returns From Greece With War Cross
Dr. Esther Lovejoy travels home aboard the S S Berengaria as a steerage passenger and notes fare differences between classes for hospital work among Greek sufferers. She is awarded the only Greek war cross ever given to a woman.
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Esther Lovejoy
Greece
Huntington Visit to West Graham Skyrockets Pete Crockett Move
Pete Crockett visited home folks in West Graham and then proceeded to Ken after the trip. The note records Crockett’s return path and subsequent destination.
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Huntington
West
Graham
Pete Crockett
Ken
Local notes mention baseball, palmistry inquiry, and berry crops
J M Newton visits Wilmington Beach with his son Kenneth while Graham hopes to field strong home teams with local players and some outside talent. A letter from Fairfield asks about palmistry licenses. Forecasts predict a bumper blackberry crop and heavy huckleberry yields. Dr C L Phillips offers veterinary care in Tazewell. Dutch fashion says 60 percent of Dutch women are outsizes. The Chaenaques on the Isthmus of Panama are noted for lack of lying and theft. Telegraph Want Ads bring results.
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Billy
Graham Land & Imps Company
Edward D. Hughes
P. O
Woods
Professor Reed
Materi
Princeton Avenue
J. M. Newton
Wilmington Beach
N. C
Kenneth
Bluefield
Princeton
Bramwell
Pocahontas
Fairfield
Ala
Alfie
Finney
C. L. Phillips
Tazewell
the Hague
Holland
America
Colon
Isthmus
Panama
Telegraph
Inderit le Foo
Tos An
Bluefield, W. Va
Victor and
Brunswick
Bluefield Furniture Company
Toji Tororo Furniture
Economy Home Furnishing Co
A. Williams, Mer
Bland Street
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