Vote Totals in Monroe and Summers Counties
Monroe county Republicans backed Hoover and Hatfield with leading tallies for president and governor while Democrats nominated Reed and Smith for president and congress. Summers County results show Hoover and Hatfield leading in presidential votes and strong showings for Gore and Reed in respective races.
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Smith
Reed
Monroe
Dr. Hatfield
Monroe County
Felows
Hoover
Goff
Senate
Hatfield
Gore
Rosenbloom
Conley
Waugh
Cook
Broyles
Gorby
Muldoon
Johnson
Miller
Hill
Hodges
Lawcen
Lee
Tams
Commissioner of Agriculture
Wheeler
Devore
Copeland
Scott
Lawson
Lilly
T. H. Scott
H. W. Straley
Taylor
Hogg
Bailey
Minter
State Senate
D. E. French
State Committee
Summer Vacation School Opens Next Monday
The summer vacation school for students who failed during the term will open next Monday under M. L. Smith, principal of Fairview junior high. Classes run on regular school days at Ramsey street school with assistants Lennia Gillespie and Mrs. C. H. Hatcher.
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M. L. Smith
Fairview Junior High School
Momthe
Ramsey Street School
Smith
Misa Lennia Gillespie
C. H. Hatcher
Ramsey Junior High School
Bluefield Gun Club Plans Weekly Shoot At 1:30
The Bluefield Gun club holds its regular weekly shoot this afternoon at the Cumberland Heights trap grounds starting at 1 30. Several 1927 members have not renewed for 1928 but are expected on the grounds this afternoon along with new members reporting for their first practice.
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Bluefield
Cumberland Heights
Gene Austin Records and Local Services Note
Local notices list Gene Austin songs and Warlick Piano Rooms offerings. It includes real estate loan ads by W C Neikirk and dining options at Warlick Raleigh Hotel, plus meals, events, and community notices for Bootstrap area.
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Gene Austin
Warlick Piano Room
Girl of My Dreams
Ramona
Warlick Piano Rooms
Raleigh Hote
Warlick
Veteran jockey Lang wins Kentucky Derby in wet Churchill Downs race
Chick Lang, veteran rider of Reigh Count, rode for Mrs. Horts to victory in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. More than 100000 spectators endured rain and mud as the favorite stayed true to form.
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Chick Lang
Mrs. Horts
Churchill Downs
Kentucky
Fang
Explosion at Dupont plant kills three workers
An explosion at the Dupont plant injured six and killed 29 year old electrician Saenger hours after the blast. The roof was blown off, bricks flew 100 feet, and commuters at the nearby Erie station were struck by debris. Several employees remained trapped or injured during the escape.
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Saenger
Dupont
Erie
Debrie
Ford’s Brazilian Concession: A New Monarchy of Rubber Riches
Detroit, June 1. Henry Ford wins a Brazilian concession granting control over about 3.7 million acres along the Rio Tapajos. He plans a vast rubber plantation and related ventures tax free, with railroads, banking, and export rights, potentially reshaping global rubber supply and spurring Amazon development. The project promises immense industrial push for Northern Brazil amid rumors of untapped hardwoods and Brazil nuts.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
Para
Brazil
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Rio Tapajos
Amazon
Rio de Janeiro
Ise
United States
Tapajos
Rd Concession
Buck Harris Leads Senators Without a Captain
Tanley Buck Harris, manager of the Washington Senators, is among the few big league skippers without a captain to help. Harris has had past success and, despite a slow start, expects to grab a pennant this season.
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Tanley
Bucky” Harris
Memager
Washington Senators
Bucky
Ford Concession dreams amid virgin jungle expansion
Tanned young Americans survey the Amazon basin to plot paved highways and railroads. Docks, new cities, and twentieth century civilization are foreseen as Ford automobiles aim to open a new market once roads emerge.
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Basin
Ford Concession
Amazon Basin
Ford
Ball and Barnett Enlist in U S Army
Two enlistments announced by Sergeant Herman Zimmerman local recruiting officer name Everett Bell of Worth and Paris R Barrett of Semours. Bell to field artillery at Camp Knox Kentucky Barrett to Port Sill Oklahoma for field artillery service.
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United States Army
Herman Zimmerman
Everett Bell
Worth
Paris R
Barrett
Semours
Bell
Field Artillery Corps
Camp Knox
Port Sill
Okla
Field Artillery
Rotary convention trip to Minneapolis outlined for members
Rotarians from the Bluefield and Bramwell area prepare for a June International Rotary convention in Minneapolis. Club links with Chicago and Minneapolis provide a detailed three day route with mileage and road condition logs. Z G Henderson and D C Jones have requested the routing.
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Minneapolis
Chicago
Z. G. Henderson
Bluefield
D. C. Jones
Bramwell
Elgood Citizen H F Doyle dies at 56
A F Doyle 56 of Elgood died at his daughter Mrs E B Miller's Bramwell road home at 1 15 Friday morning after two years of high blood pressure and heart trouble. He married Maggie French in 1895 and had fourteen children, eleven living, plus eight grandchildren. Funeral at Brush Fork family graveyard at 3 o'clock led by Rev W M Snead. He was affiliated with the Church of Christ at Graham's chapel recently.
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A. F. Doyle
Elgood
E. B. Miller
Bramwell Road
Midway Church of Christ
Mr. Doyle
Maggie French
Tazewell
Everett
Floyd
Howard
Dennis
Mieses
Reva
Beatrice
Gladys
Ruby
E. E. Miller
A. B. Hypes
This City
L. W. Hypes
Brooksville
Ohio
Ella French
Emma Mullens
Flat Top
Rosa Pritchard
Gardner
Bluefield Auto Club Names Official Gas Station
The Bluefield Automobile Club announces United Auto Service at Bland and Ellis streets as its official gasoline station. The club will pay delivery within five miles of Bluefield to members, ensuring prompt emergency refueling services.
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United Auto Service
Bland and
Ellis Streets
Bluefield
W. Va
Bluefield Automobile Club
Paris Editors Pin Names on Smith Amid Nomination Buzz
French editors tag Alfred Smith with varied aristocratic epithets as he rises as a prominent contender for the Democratic presidential nomination. Names include Sir Alfred Emmanuel Smith Lord Mayor Alfred Aloysius Smith and Alexandre Smith.
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Demoscal
Sir Alfred Emmanuel Smith
Alfred Aloysius Smith
Alexandre 'Smith
Republicans Thank Supporters After Primary Loss
J. M. Martin and deputies Okey W. Chambers Grady and A. W. Martin express gratitude to friends who backed them in the Republican primary for assessor. They acknowledge disappointment but pledge loyalty to the party ticket in the November election.
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J. M. Martin
Geimery
Okey W. Chambers
BE. Grady
A. W. Martin
Daily Telegraph
Artin
Sunset Ranch Brings Western Cowboys to New Jersey
Blackwood New Jersey hosts Sunset Ranch owned by Louis Weber Jr a silk mill magnate who builds a weekend western outpost near Blackwood station. The aged ranch features branding bronco busting and roping with Western decor and a bunkhouse for weekend guests many of whom are eastern businessmen chasing a cowboy fantasy. Weber aims to sustain the life while managing his silk business and plans for son Bill the young rider known as the youngest cowboy in the east with dreams of becoming a champion roper.
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Blackwood
N. J
Philadelphia
Montana
Wyoming
Texas
Sunset Ranch
Blackwood Railway Station
Louis Weber, Jr
Weber
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Plains
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Bluefield Gun Club
A. F.tinsley Federal Street
W. C. Neikirk
Raleigh Street
Princeton Avenue
Hattie Whitt
Bailey Lumber Company
James B. Christie
Nat Shilkret Ay
Victor Orchestra
The
Troubadours
St. Mary's
Louisiana Sugar Bes
Warick Piano Rooms
Down South
Robert EF. Lee
Harry Reser
Banjo Boys
Bluefield Follies
Mr. Kennedy
Granada Theater
Pauley House
Bill Singleton
E. Edmunds
Pearl Street
Everett Doyle
C. H. Moore
Peery Building
Federal Street
Lutheran Bake Sale
Piggly Wiggly
Bland Street
Robins
Turday
Est
California
Florida
National Biscuit Company
Hankln Grocery Company
Hudson- Essex
Bailey Building
Amazon River
Pedigo
Bluefield, W. Va
Mary
Mary Gold
America
Beautier
By Sidney Smith
Ball and
Barnett
U. S. Army
H. F. Doyle
Brush Fork
W. M. Snead
Paris
Western Ranch
Hortense Saunders
Mangus-Phillips Shoe CO
Princeton Ave
G. H. Crumpecker
Hney
Vunss
Beure To Eigse
Personal Finance CO
Law and Commerce Building
Federal
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