Organize Red Cross Chapter in Graham Church
A Graham town notice urges residents to join a Red Cross organization meeting at The Methodist church Sunday noon after preaching. It calls old ladies to assist, notes the effort is undenominational, and ties patriotism to church work with talks by Rev H N Voorhis at 11 p m and 8 p m, plus a men’s session at 3 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Chapter
Red Cross Society
Methodist Shurch
Red Cross
Graham
McKinnie Operatic Company Second Swarthmore Tour
The McKinnie Operatic Company resumes its Swarthmore Chautauqua circuit tour with Tekla Warm McKinnie soprano Adelaide H Lewis contralto J Allen Grubb tenor Burt McKinnie bass and Margaret Day pianist New member Adelaide H Lewis joins the company A program of operatic selections is performed in the afternoon and the full last act of Il Trovatore is staged in the evening in full costume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinnie
Swarthmore Chautauquas
Tekla Warm MeKkinnie
Adelaide H. Lewis
Allen Grubb
Burt McKinnie
Margaret Day
Savage Opera Company
Tekla Farm McKinnie
Mme. Schumannn-Heink
J. Allen Grubb
McKinnie Operatic Company
Miss Day
Funeral largely attended for B B Greever at Five Oaks
Large crowd gathered Thursday afternoon for the funeral of B B Greever at the old home place in Five Oaks. Rev Cole of Graham led the service with a Masonic burial attended by members who say he belonged to the lodge for fifty years. Graham residents filled the area as word spread that many could not enter the Greever home. Rev J W Browning reports his son FP W Browning has joined the navy in Norfolk after traveling from Maryville Tenn where he attended a college alumni banquet and earlier worked at Powhatan West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B&b B. Greever
Old Home Place
Five Oaks
Mr. Cole
Graham
Greever
J. W. Browning
FP. W. Browning
Norfolk
Browning
Powhatan
W. Va
Maryville
Tenn
Knoxville
Navy
Bootlegging Case Leads to 30 Days and Fine
John Gillespie a Graham resident was tried in Tazewell yesterday on bootlegging charges. He confessed and received thirty days on the county road plus a fifty dollar fine. Fifty-seven pints of whiskey were reportedly destroyed at the county seat after seizure at Emma Pullman’s Graham home. Religious services for early June are listed with times and addresses, inviting all. Rev. Ballentine’s sermon titled The New Life and Evening discourse on Christian Education. Rev. Mowbray to preach at Presbyterian Church. mission at Midway led by Rev. J. E. Gibson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gillespie
Graham
Tazewell
Emma Pullman
A. W. Ballentine
New Life
Thos. Mowbray
Presbyterian Church
Midway
J. E. Gibson
The
Baptist Church
Hotel Graham Guests Named From New York and West Virginia
At Hotel Graham, H. Weiss and F. A. Davies of New York, P. A. Brown of Logan West Virginia, and L. T. McGuire of Taze well are registered guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Graham
H. Weiss
F. 8. Davies
New York
P. A. Brown
Logan, W. Va
L. T. McGuire
Tazewell
Methodist Church Services and Local Personal Notices
Methodists preach at 11 a m and 8 p m by Rev J W Browning with Sunday school at 9 30 a m. Personal items include L O Hines confined to his room with tonsillitis. Mrs J H Jones travelled to Bluefield to see her niece Miss Keister who came from Stone Ky en route to Tazewell. Mr and Mrs J E Greever and Robert Greever of Logan W Va visiting Graham relatives after B B Greever funeral Thursday. Mrs Robert Little of Bluefield and Miss Rutie Little of Bramwell spent the day with Mrs W M Guy. Mrs C B Sarver of Flat Top was in Graham yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. O. Hines
J. H. Jones
Bluefield
Miss Keister
Stone
Tazewell
J. E. Greever
Robert Greever
Logan
W. Va
B.B. Greever
Robert Little
Rutie Little
Bramwell
W. M. Guy
C. B. Sarver
Flat Top
Graham
As Men Love at the Colonial with Peters and Stedman
The Colonial presents Paramount's As Men Love starring House Peters and Myrtle Stedman. The program features a recreated fashionable cafe interior and guest patrons from a Pasadena resort. Also showing The Cure with Chaplin in a dry movement comedy and the first Liberty episode with Marie Walcamp, plus Skinney's False Alarm and a travel feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pallas
Paramount
House Peters
Myrtle Stedman
Pallas Company
New York
Pasadena
Liberty
Charles Chaplin
Rex
Marie Walcamp
Patia
Eddie Polo
Jack Holt
G. Raymond Nye
Skinney
Cholera Morbus Warning and Remedy Testimony
A Huntington Indiana mother warns that cholera morbus is painful and deadly in many neighborhoods and urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at home. She recounts two children sick in summer 1911 who found immediate relief after using the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Charles Enyeart
Huntington
Ind
Catarrhal Deafness Cure Promoted by Constitutional Remedy
An old circulation advertises Cheney’s Catarrh Medicine claiming local applications cannot cure catarrhal deafness. It argues the disease stems from a mucous Eustachian tube issue and promises a $100 reward for any incurable case, asserting the medicine works through the blood and offers free circulares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheney
Notable City Visitors and Local Travel Update
Rufus Hale went to Princeton on business, Paul Gilmore left for Roanoke for a short visit, and many locals including Mr. and Mrs K I Jess, Ethel Wingfield, Lucy Nabors, W S Phelps, A Litz, G T Beamer, Rev D H Carr, J D Whitescarver, Dr Fred Scott, Mabie Sample, Toy Nelson, H B Waldron, Sam Hall, H B Neiland, Rev J H Franklin, Florence Brown, Samuel Craiz, H B Freeman, Dr J E B Tarter, and Rev J O Shelby with family and friends are mentioned in a flurry of trips, visits, and guest arrangements around Bluefield and neighboring towns.
Local Red Cross Drive Receives Broad Subscriptions
A community Red Cross drive lists numerous donors and amounts totaling 253 dollars. Contributors include Kimball, Vivian S Patterson, G M Daniels, P H Killey, and many others with gifts ranging from one to 35 dollars. Donations labeled for supplies bring the overall total to 253 dollars.
Red Cross Branch Organized at Vivian
The Gary Chapter of the American Red Cross established a Vivian branch on May 30 with officers Chairman Mrs J F Maurice Vice Chairman Mrs J C Killey Secretary Mrs W Patterson Treasurer Mrs R J Dungan of Kimball. The Vivian unit aims to form auxiliaries in nearby towns and will begin work on Box No 5. A meeting is set for June 6 at 1 45 p m in Vivian Presbyterian Church to attract many local patriotically minded women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
The
American Red Cross
Vivian
J. F. Maurice
J. C. Killey
W. Patterson
R. J. Dungan
Kimball
Vivian Presbyterian Church
Keystone
Big Four
Colored lodge parades and faith leaders join June 5 event
G W Hayes Lodge 80 K of P invites all members to parade June 5 1917. Cismont Lodge 31 A F and A M calls members to parade. Bluefield Lodge 4718 G W C O F urged to attend patriotic parade. J W Brown N G Rev L Dobney and Rev G Horace Jenkins to address 4:30 PM Sunday at the colored Y M C A. Four city pastors invited to discuss a Red Cross auxiliary for colored citizens in mercy work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Hayes Lodge
K. of P
W. E. Mitchell
Cismont Lodge No
A. F
A. M
W. EK. Mitchell
W. M
Bluefield Lodge
Colored Department
Norfolk and Western Y. M. C. A
Red Cross Auxiliary
Italian Enlists in U S Army and Seeks Citizenship
Vincenzo Mercuri, an Italian coal miner living in West Virginia, declares his intention to become a U S citizen and seeks enlistment in the United States Army. He arrived on the Lloyd-Ital y ship in New York, and has filed for naturalization with the federal district clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virinia
United States Regular Army
Vincenzo Mercuri
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Kyle
United States
Mercurt
Federal District Clerk's
Lloyd-Italy
New York
Advice on indigestion and Chamberlain's Tablets
The note explains mild indigestion from rapid eating or unsuitable foods and suggests eating slowly and lightly to prevent sour stomach. It recommends masticating thoroughly, limiting meat, and taking Chamberlain's Tablets when sour stomach occurs from Tuesday to Saturday.
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Graham Daily News
Christian Church
W. P. Sprinkle
H. N. Voorhis
van Voorhis
Amy Mullen
J. M. Sheets
Graham Chautauqda
Elks Opera House
Oliver’s
Miller & Miller
Joe Walton
Helen Gibson
Mary Anderson
Siam
J. S. Comipton
Bluefield, W. Va
Warborg Lutheran Church
J. F. Galloway
S. M. Harvey
Glenna James
Washington
Confederate Veterans
Mr. Harvey
Baltimore Hospital
J. J. Lincoln
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Jennings
Europe
Graham Baptist Church
J. E B. Gibson
Methodist Church
Colonial
C. B. Whitlow
Rufus Hale
Princeton
Paul Gilmore
Roanoke
Mrs. K. I. Jess
City
Ethel Wingfield
Princeton Avenue
Kenova
Lucy Nabors
Wytheville Va
M 38 Stevenson
South Bluefield
W. S. Phelps
Phelps Furniture Company
Roadoke
A. Litz
G. T. Beamer
Beamer Red Ash Coal Co
Putnam
D. H. Carr
Maybeury
J. D. Whitescarver
Christiansburg
Ray Douthat
Rogers Street
Fred Scott
Pearlsburg
Mabie Sample
Swords Creek
Toy Nelson
Richmond Medical College
Sam Hall
Medical Corps
Company L
Eccles
H. B. Neiland
Points
Philadelphia
J. H. Franklin
Calgary Baptist Church
Louisa Court House
Florence Brown
Florence Alexander
Samuel Craiz
Charlottesville, Va
H. B. Walters
H. B. Freeman
Columbus
St. Paul
St. Louis
J. EB. Tarter
J. 8. Compton
J. O. Shelby
H. Pank
Jack Liebman
People’s Theatre
H. Hank
Wax Budwick
H. R Connell
KR. J. Thingan
Ky T Karly
Ben Friedman
S. Masil
J. R. Repass
J. W. Rogers
Hyman Sif
Sol Spector
G. Ashworth
B. Hackhantz
Mr. Clarke
Joe Marz
Jacob Ofan
Jack Rhody
Harry Rosen
Sam Seigh
Seigteman
John Siff
KR. Smalmak
Lambert Soleman
Joe Verduci
M. Wagner
I Zweig
S. W. Patterson
G. M. Daniels
G. M Daniell
W. & Daniell
P. H. Killey
G. A. Patterson
Elsie M. Godson
Jane Godson
John Godson
Isachel Godson
Dal Gross
N. A. Hoch
M. L. Hyatt
Ethel Killey
J. Killey
P McAlarnie
G. Db. Patterson
Owen Paynter
N. L. Sarver
Wee
Dong Grandfather
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
GA. S.S.S
U. S
WAR Bond Club
McDowell County National Bank
Welch, West VA
United States Army
C. A. Greever
Bluefield Ave
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