Great White Way debate brightens Bluefield Virginia Side
Bluefield Virginia weighs a great white way in the business district from Twin City National Bank to Bank of Graham as asphalt streets boost progress. Morton street could become a pretty thoroughfare with more modern buildings and better lighting. Real estate values rise with rapid growth and a strong community spirit carries through Bluefield Va.
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Virginia
Bluefield
Twin City National Bank
Bank of Graham
Chicago House Furnishing Mpany
Odd Fellows
Wade
H. Moore
Morton Street
New Methodist Church
High Tide
Frosty Weekends Cause Widespread Crop Damage
Reports of great damage from the frost and freeze of last Monday week continue to arrive. It is difficult to estimate the impact on growing crops, fruits, and vegetation across the region.
Pete Janutolo Returns Home From Catawba Sanatorium
Pete Janutolo, after a year away in Argentina and ten to eleven months at the Catawba Sanatorium, came home to his parents. He says his appetite is good and he eats heartily, though he does not claim to be fully cured. He plans possibly to travel west for a while. His wife and three children have been visiting during his illness.
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Peter Janutolo
Argentina
Catawba
Janutolo
States
Virginia student builds miniature Lincoln log cabin
Jessie L. Neal, a young local student, designed and built a miniature log cabin in the style of Lincoln's birthplace. The exhibit, on display at Graham Pharmacy, is attracting considerable attention for its faithful design and craftsmanship.
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Virginia High School
Abraham Lincoln
Jessie L. Neal
Graham Pharmacy
Lincolin
Bluefield Va Population Question After City Limits Expand
The article contemplates Virginia Side of Greater Bluefield population after extending corporate limits. It notes West Graham may be eliminated and the area would be Bluefield Va or the Virginia Side, with rapid growth at the west end and new dwellings under way. A conservative population estimate is provided.
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Greater Bluefield
Bluefield
West Graham
Virginia
West Greham
West End
Death of Thomas R Marshall Recall Editorial Praise
The article reflects on former Vice-President Thomas R Marshall and a Roanoke Times editorial by Al fred B. Williams ten years ago praising him as an earnest thinker and broad minded. It notes Marshall’s current year magazine piece commending public men across party lines as patriotic and worthy of praise.
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Thomas R. Marshall
Roanoke Times
Alfred B. Williams
Marshall
United States Senate
Wonderful progress by Bluefield College
A Virginia Side report notes many attend the Bluefield College commencement exercises and praise the programs and student achievements. The piece highlights the college's rapid growth and urges regional support and pride in the institution.
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Bluefield College
Virginia
Bland County Bond Issue Backing Sought On Highway
R P Johnson president of the Lakes to Florida Highway reports the trans continental route is approved through Bland County with the right of way secured and urges bond issue passage to fund improvements. He notes progress at the southern end of the route near Florida and expects local backing to advance the project. Echoes a Johnstown flood reader seeks copies of 1889 coverage from Philadelphia Times and New York World.
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R. P. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Florida
Land County
Echo OF
Johnstown
PLOOD
Bluefield
Virginia News
Telegraph
Philadelphia Times
New York World
HAS PREACHED GOSPEL NEARLY HALF CENTURY
The Rev. J. M. Ashworth of Monroe county, aged 71, has preached the Gospel for forty five years and is visiting his son S R Ashworth in Bluefield. Also noted are visits by MAO B Chisholm and relatives from Cape To South Africa linked to tobacco industry ties and annual homeward journeys.
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Tazewell
Russell
Mercer
Bland
Monroe Belt
Monroe County
J. M. Ashworth
R. Ashworth
Sargent Street
Mr. Ashworth
Ashworth
Mao
B. Chisholm
Cape
South Africa
Bluefield
Shannondale Blue Stone Valley Beach Opens Amid Summer Crowd
A lively scene at Shannondale’s Blue Stone Valley bathing beach draws hundreds to the sand and pool. The notice also mentions a for sale millinery business with opportunity, and a brief quip about food safety enforcement and a treasurer's office note from Mrs. Davenport.
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Shannondale
Bluestone Valley
SARGENT STREET TO FEATURE NEW brick HOME BY CUSTER SHAWVER
A new brick residence by Custer Shawver rises on Sargent Street as Virginia grocers install screen devices to keep flies away. Local residents travel and visit, while several townsfolk relocate or seek medical and professional services across Roanoke and nearby areas.
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Sargent Street
Custer Shawver
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Fullen Thompson
Roanoke
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Embrey Court
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Joe Gillespie
Plum Creek
Ward Peery
G.S. Moore
J. B. Gillespie
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Tug Fork
Consolidated Coal Company
Coalwood
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Mhorlick
E. T. Oliver
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Michigan
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Lewis
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