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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1924
Page
8
A young man from Graham collapsed while driving and died suddenly. Friends in Graham learned of his passing with shock and grief, noting he had spent time in the town years ago.
Graham voters face a June 10 referendum on changing the town name to Bluefield Virginia. Proponents urge closer cooperation and growth while opponents warn of risks. Supporters cite border-city benefits and real estate activity. Voters will decide council and town leadership as well.
Hundreds from the Virginia side attended the John Brown revival last night and many from Graham and Tazewell are among regular attendees. Despite bad weather, locals have come nightly and many plan to return for today’s services.
Farmers report a cold wet May with backward season harming corn and some fields rotting in the ground while grass and wheat fare better. Orchard yields vary with certain trees light while B. B. Hale notes good apple yields under tea shed on Hast River Mountain in Bluestone Valley. A light frost marked May's departure but caused little damage.
Work to remove the Mitchell ice factory on Graham premises began yesterday as structures are cleared for debris, junked machinery, and material disposal. The property, owned by the late William Mitchell heirs, supplied ice to Pocahontas coal field and transit cars, with plans to clear space for potential athletic field use.
Graham residents gathered for the Shannondale Swimming Pool resort opening, touted as the region’s sole pleasure spot. Attendance drew many notable locals who maintined the event’s upscale, family friendly reputation amid lights, sugar trees, and mountain views as the facility had recently expanded.
Fire plugs in Graham have been tested and repainted as part of the new motorized fire equipment. Forty-seven plugs were counted with four more ordered. The town notes pride in the updated fire department and the new engine's sale approval. Snow and frost rumors on Fast Vince street reference cold spots. a playful line follows about Snow and Frost on the street. The P T A will continue through vacation with summer improvements planned for the campus and new controls laid to enhance campus convenience and beauty.
Fans from Graham and Bluefield pour into the grand stand as the two towns join in support of a single ball club. The piece notes a historic rivalry turning to unity, along with Lomax developments by Dr Fork Collieries and Buchanan Coal, plus new amusements for workers.
The condition of Emery Martin, a colored boy struck by an automobile last Saturday, is reported favorable and he may soon be able to go out. He suffered a bad head cut and remains under care. A second item notes a wedding at Ms R W Ambrey’s home where Prof William Henry Jernigan of Tazewell county marries Miss Helen Skillman at 7 20 this morning.
Rev M Q Alexander will officiate as the newlyweds depart on No 4 for a honeymoon through eastern cities. They will return to Jackson Tenn, the groom’s home, to spend the summer as friends extend well wishes for their journey.
Tazewell county Democrats held a mass meeting at the court house to elect delegates and alternates to the state convention at Norfolk. The session showed strong Glass support with hopes that the nomination would go to Virginia senator Glass, amid earlier mentions of MaAdoo and a convention deadlock. Williamson growth notes and a Radford State Normal finale with four Graham graduates closed the report.
June releases feature The Black Hood by Thomas Dixon Rich and The Dream by H G Wells among others. The list includes novels by Alfred Stanford Stephen McKenna F J Rath Gilbert Frankan Pelham Grenville Wodehouse Christopher Morley Don Marquis Rafael Sabatini RK L Horton Louis Tracy May Sinclair Dorothy Canfield Georgette Meyer Ruth Suckow Margaret Pedler Margaret Deland Baroness Von Hotten and Stanley Weyman.
A compact listing of serialized works and stories by Owen Johnson Zane Grey Callahans and the Murphys Norris Clubfoot the Avenger Williams Pea The Coast of Folly Conningsby Dawson The Golden Cocoon Ruth Cross The Green Bay Tree Louie Bromfield High Fires Marjorie McClure The Land That Time Forgot Edgar Mrs Phelps Husband Adriana Spadoni The Nine Unknown Talbot Mundy Prize Stories 149% Race Mam McFee Riddle of the Amber Ship Hanshew Samuel H Adams Liz Days Elinor Glyn Street of Many Arches Joan Conquest Success Leonie Aminoff Rice Burroughs Aereen Ewe.
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