Local visitors and travelers frequent city for reunions and visits
Samuel Levee of Trenton New Jersey and W B Honaker of Matoaka among coalfield visitors in the city. Several others return from Abingdon Radford and Wy oming county visiting relatives and friends. Attorny W E Ross leaves for Richmond for Confederate reunion. Miss Hilda Wilson returns from Randolph Macon with her mother Mrs C Wilson after commencement.
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Samuel Levee
Trenton, N. J
W. B. Honaker
Matoaka
Hilda Wilson
Randolph Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg
C. Wilson
Notice of Bankruptcy for Amos Jones in Bluefield West Virginia
In the Southern District of West Virginia Amos Jones of Bluefield Mercer county was adjudicated bankrupt on June 1 1915. A first meeting of creditors is set for June 11 1915 at 10 o'clock in Harold A Ritz Referee in Bankruptcy office Bluefield to prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt. Memorandum notes proof of claim must conform to prescribed forms Nos 1 32 83 34 35 86.
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District Court of the United States
West Virginia
Amos Jones
Bluefield
Mercer
Mercer County
Harold A. Ritz
A. D
Newark Liquor Shops to Remove Window Displays
In Newark on June 1 the excise board bans whiskey bottle decorations in liquor shop windows. Retailers must find new ways to signal the appeal of their wares as the advertising practice is shut down.
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Newark
N. J
Excise Board
John G Stafford 75 Dies After Long Faithful Church Life
John G Stafford longtime Bluefield resident and member of Grace Methodist for 64 years died at his son's home 220 Carroll Street aged 75 after two years of ill health. He served in the Civil War with the 24th Virginia, was wounded at Manassas, and leaves four children. Funeral at Wesley Chapel Giles county conducted by Rev J M Carter.
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John G. Stafford
Stafford
Carroll Street
Mr. Stafford
Methodist Church
Old ‘Wabash
Giles County
Bluefield
Grace Methodist Church
Dring
Trigg
States
24Th
Virginia Regiment
Newport
Eggleston
Manassas
J. W. Qa
Roanoke
F. K
C.K. Stafford
Burton
Morni
Wesley ‘Chapel
J. M. Carter
Democrats Sweep Princeton Municipal Election
In Princeton yesterday the Democrats won all three wards by solid margins. Mayor candidate M. L. Carter led the ticket with wins across wards. Ward I mayor by 83, councilman Harvey by 61. Ward II mayor by 169, Gooch by 85. Ward III mayor by 7, Bonham councilman by 9.
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Princeton
M. L. Carter
Harvey
Carter
Gooch
Bonham
Semi annual program of grades tonight at Beaver high
Tonight at 8 30 the semi annual program of the city grade schools will be held in Beaver high school auditorium. The class is large numbering over fifty pupils who will enter the high school this fall. The program is said to be short but well prepared with dramatization drills and favorite songs. Patrons and friends are invited to attend.
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Beaver High School
TWO GREAT INVENTORS AND THEIR UNEXPECTED FOIBLES
A historical anecdote features Hertz doubting wireless transmission while scientists later popularized it, and Levassor prompting a toast to sixty mile an hour carriages after his Paris to Bordeaux run, only to be gently chided by a neighbor over banquet excess.
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Hertz
Levassor
Paris
Bordeaux
Toledo youth granted commuted sentence in mother murder case
Don Harvey Hazel of Toledo will be released this month after a commutation from life imprisonment to ten years in the Ohio penitentiary. Former Governor Cox reduced the sentence last January. The 1908 murder of his mother by hammer, noted for its brutal nature and the prisoner's youth, drew wide attention.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Don Harvey Hazel
Toledo
Cox
Hazel
Women from 45 to 55 testify to Lydia E. Pinkham's effects
Testimonies from Mrs. Lawrence of Westbrook Maine and Mrs. M J Brownell of Manston Wisconsin state relief from change of life symptoms after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They report back pains night sweats and hot flashes improving with use and endorse sharing the medicine with friends. The ad notes roots and herbs composition and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Westbrook
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lawrence Martin
King St
Maine
Manston
Wis
M. J. Brownell
Teen inmate turns engineer after prison reform
A sixteen year old confined for an offense has been deemed fully sane by sanity experts. Since entering jail he has trained as an electrical and gas engineer and works in that field.
Origin of the Sun Flag in Japanese History
The sun emblem dates from time immemorial with early land use by an eleventh century war lord and adoption by feudal lords in the fifteenth century. It connects deeply with the navy from as early as 71 A D., expanding to 110 A D. The official national symbol adoption occurred in 1810 per the Bulletin of the Japan Society.
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Bulletin of the Japan Society
After Exam Reflections From Yale Record
A sequence reflects on exam results from instant ease to near disaster. The speaker notes a flawless early performance then admits several errors days later. The piece contrasts confidence with admission of failure and ends with a quotable moral from Victor Hugo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
The Chalet Stranger and the Western City Treasurer
A narrator in a Swiss town recalls a veiled American official posing as a traveler seeking quiet lodging. The man, Braceley, later turns out to be a fugitive city treasurer from the West, carrying stolen funds. He dies after a mountain trek and flood, with $5,000 in English money and drafts for nearly $200,000 found on him. The narrator mourns the fallen man as guilt and sorrow mingle with pity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thalia
Braceley
Hunter
Tennessee clubs go dry in new statewide ban
Nashville reports that on June 1 social and fraternal clubs may no longer store or dispense liquor as a result of April legislation. The move marks a shift in Tennessee liquor policy impacting club facilities across the state.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
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