Two More Automobiles Seized on Oakvale Road
A Prohibition seizure near Princeton nets two automobiles and 145 gallons of liquor. Three men from Washington DC, plus a Ford and a Buick roadster, were seized by county and state officers over thirty days, with sentencing and liquor disposal at Princeton and Bluefield.
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Oakvale Road
Princeton
coton-Oakvale
Washington, D C
Kellysville
R. Sampson
C. S. Johnson
Sampson
Justice of the Peace
R. A
C. E. Hawkes
el Watkins
Bluefield
W. W. McNeal
Marriage Licenses Issued in County Clerk Office
Licenses issued yesterday for marriages of Joseph Skieba and Stella Blankenship both of Kegley Thomas J Noel of Hiwatha to Mary Edna Fanning of Bluefield Ben Pennington of Princeton to Ruby Candler of Princeton Suits were brought yesterday as
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Joseph Skieba
Stella Blankenship
Kegley
Thmas J. Noel
Hiewatha
Mary Edna Fanning
Biluefield
Ben Pennington
Ruby Candler
Princeton
Kiwanis Exposition Closes Amid Political Silence
The town eyes the Kiwanis Exposition as the political armistice frustrates old timers four days before the city election. Moonshine raid on the Kessell home ends with bonds posted. nearby Athens repairs and local business ads punctuate the scene.
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Princeton
Pennington-Candler Nuptials in Princeton Quiet ceremony
Ruby Candler and Ben Pennington, both of Princeton, wed at the First Christian church parsonage with Rev. Perry J. Cook officiating. Bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. BE Candler. groom son of Mr. and Mrs. Della Pennington of Oakvale, W Va. They will live at 404 Straley Avenue. Also notes from the Personal section list local visitors and illnesses including Maude Eaton and Mrs. J P Dyer family travel, and other area movements references.
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Pennington
Candler
Mies
Ruby Candler
Ben Pennington
Princeton
First Christian Church
Perry J. Cook
BE. T. Candler
Della M. Pennington
Oakvale
W. Va
Virginian Railroad
Straley Avenue
T. R. Lockridge
Huntington
C. V. Lockridge
Carl McClaugherty
Princeton Hospital
Maude Eaton
Thorn Street
G. C. Brown
Elmore
D. R. Sarver
J. P. Dyer
Elizabeth
I. B. Bush
Charleston
W. L. Johnston
Margaret Flammigan
Birefield
Roanoke
Helen Ball
Francis Robinson
Radford
Mary Eakin
W. R. Kidd
Billy
Schuler Johnson
Virginian News
Pembrooke
Marry Young and Rule Home In Elizabeth City Sermon
Elizabeth City minister Rev Edwin Ferebee Sawyer known as the marrying parson shared courtship counsel. He advised young men to marry by 26 and women aged 19 to 22 and to assert household leadership early. He urged avoiding meddling mothers in law and noted widows and widowers rush ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth City
N. C
Edwin Ferebee Sawyer
Thousands in Rose Pageant at Portland
Three thousand singers dancers and actors trained for months to perform Rosario the ships civic spectacle presented in Portland for a second year More than 100 musicians accompany the score by Charles Wakefield Cadman Five performances are set at the new municipal stadium June 13 to 18 Doris Smith of Portland is featured in the cast.
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Portland
Ore
Rosario
Itland
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Municipal Stadium
Doris Smith
Rose festival pageant at Washington and California schools
The author of the department of pageantry and dramatic art at Washington Nebraska and California state normal schools presents a pageant tracing the rose's influence on civilization from Aryan origins to Portland rose festival queen coronation. Steam screens illuminated with color lights are used for a novel effect.
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Washington, Nebraska
California State Normal Schools
Portland
Swede Woman Teacher Travels by Airplane
Stockholm June 2 Miss Asta Kihlom secretary of the Swedish English Bernard Shaw Foundation travels by airplane to and from the Universities of Upsala and London where he teaches Swedish literature. The foundation funds translations of Swedish literature into English with new publications announced including My Son on the Galley by Jakob Wallenberg and Carl Linnaeus letters. Later 19th century authors such as August Strindberg will be translated.
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Stockholm
Asta Kihlom
Bernard Shaw
Upsala
London
Shaw
Kihl
Jakob W. Wallenberg
Carl Linnaeus
August Strindberg
Something Snapped Ambulance Surgeon's Odd Outburst
An ambulance surgeon recalls a neighbor’s outburst sparked by a new car delivery. The man, upon stepping out, allegedly witnessed a batter trampling the paintwork, provoking a sudden fit or frenzied reaction. The incident reflects tense behavior over property damage in a domestic setting.
Arabian Fete Brings Display New Finery
Tirana Albania June 2 The great Mohammedan festival Bairam lasts three days and is likened to Easter in the United States People are expected to wear new clothes and hats Children wear new opanques made from home spun fabrics All gather at dawn to pray then view children in new attire Afterward they return home to share the first equare meal in 30 days
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Tirana
Albania
United States
Colored handkerchiefs and sea ray sports costume
A lizard silk handkerchief tied around the neck is accented by a platinum and diamond novelty pin, enhancing the Sea-ray sports costume with a touch of glamour and elegance.
Welch and Williamson plan football reunion after feud ends
After a long suspension, Williamson and Welch high schools announce a meeting to restore athletic relations. The dispute arose from a trial over Fred Morgan’s eligibility and a past clash between Welch coach Edgar Eddy and Morgan. Local officials and crowds recall prior confrontations as hospitals report several injuries among workers and residents.
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Williamson
Welch
Edgar Eddy
Fred Morgan
Morgan
Eddy
Welch School
Pineville
Bailey
Wyoming County
Maynard
Wolf
Charley McMillan
Porere
Law on Heels of Loving Couples
McDowell county officers patrol mountain roads as spring romance swells. Couples receive parking tickets and face court for suspected spooning on scenic lanes under official orders.
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Dan Cupid
McDowell County
Spooners
Jury panel named for June circuit term by Welch court
The jury commission accepted a long list of petit jurors to serve at the June term of the circuit court to convene Monday June 13 with Judge I. C. Herndon presiding. Silas Puckett said his 11-year-old son Charley Puckett has been missing from Asco since Tuesday, described as about four feet tall, 80 pounds, dark hair, blue eyes, last seen in overalls with custard pie. Civic clubs plan a Don't eat custard pie week.
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B. F. Williams
Bramwell
Rosalyn
New York
Mr. Katzen
Leviathan
Hungary
Grundy
Keen Bevins
Mary Lee Epling
Williamson
C. A. Burress
Hasene
T. Hicks
Lucy Nutter
West Union
Bettie Green
Huntington
C. O. Stahlman
Circuit Court
I. C. Herndon
S. Tucker
John Rife
D. M. Sacco
Ed Smith
Bayne Cornett
M. F. Vaught
R. W. Branscome
Floyd Brown
Elisha Bailey
Alvan Horn
Sam Gray
W. W. St. John
Silas Puckett
Charley Puckett
Asco
Custard Pie, Whiskey, Car Wreck Dramatizes Wild Ride
A young man named Shockley from Jenkinjones fled for a night of revelry, drank mountain dew, ate custard pie while driving a Ford at high speed, swerved into a fence, and ended overturned. He escaped serious injury after a passing motorist freed him and treated cuts from flying glass.
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Shockley
Jenkinjones
Anawalt
Dudes Pioneer 10 Tune Bath Tubs at Bartlett Ranch
Raton New Mexico June 2 A story on the Vermejo club bringing modern luxuries to the Bartlett estate near the Sangre de Cristo range a 347000 acre wilderness beloved by sportsmen. Wealthy members like Harry Chandler Cecil B DeMille Will Hays and Paul Shoup plan a rival country home with art tapestries and a library amid mountain streams lakes and log corrals.
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Raton
N. M
Kit Carson
New Mexico
Colorado
Vermejo Club
Bartlett Ranch
Harry Chandler
Los Angeles Times
Cecil B. DeMille
Freeman Ford
Will Hays
Paul Shoup
San Francisco
Bartlett Estate
Sangre de Cristo Range
William H. Bartlett
Long Island
Tommy’s joke on Spain’s wars in the seventeenth century
A humorous quip from Tit-Bits asks and answers how many wars Spain engaged in during the seven teenth century. The boy replies with a numbered count, delivering a simple punch line.
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Tommy
Spain
Nantes transforms hospital into seminary for returning troops
June 2 Nantes notes the former NE F hospital repurposed as a seminary and barracks now home to poor workers families. Madame Cocaud recalls American visitors and wartime cooks while locals keep 1918 1919 era apparel and foods. Veterans and nurses remember, though photo restrictions remain. The British Museum Library grows rapidly with 30,000 volumes monthly.
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Nantes
France
Stald
le Loquidy
Quartermasters’ Corps
Secson
Madame Cocaud
Savenay
Boulevard National
Verton
M. T
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Hawkes
Boots
BY Martin
Miss Boots
Wey
Opal
Hanne Tod
Tutt
Creal Court
Emma S. White
Denny Nester
Flat Top Motor Company
L. H. Taylor Et Als
Assumpsit
John Kessell
Highland Avenue
Third Street
W. W. Creasy
John Craig
D. C
Christian Endeavor
Presbyterian Church
Union Endeavor
Colleen Moore
Los Angeles
Orchids
Ermine
Royal Theatre
Jack Mulhall
Peterstown
Monroe County
Dwight O. Davis
U. S. Army
Johnson City
Tenn
Davia
West Point
Davis
C. W. Peck
Athens
D. T. Spangler
Lanton Bros
W.va
Black Oak Mountain
Panther Gap
Lower East River
Mercer
Dan Franklin
Algonquin
Ethel Shelton
Miale Biae
Little Hubert Smith
Mrs
L. Smith
ROYAL
Colleen
Moore
Ritz
Emmett Keadle
H. Bank
B. K. Bank of
Kimball
Chambersburg
Penn Hall
Mise Etta Bank
I. C. Turner
Beckley
Glen Jean
Thelma Turner
McDowell Street
F. J. Berlin
Coalwood
Homan
Twin Branch
Welch Briefs
Charlie Grindstaf
John Weisman
T. C. Wingo
Andy Stull
J. H. Mullins
Garland Ashworth
C. E B. Jennings
B. A. Lambert
Charles Mathena
Martin Parks
E. 8
Beasley
J. R. Freeman
Joe Walker
A. G. St. Clair
Whitt Hagerman
C. M. King
I. H. Hoskins
Charles Taylor
KR. B. French
Eugene Meadows
Erwin Payne
Jake Kennedy
R. H. Doggett
G. G. Hill
Ottis Peggins
Wiley Hans
T. M. Hall
W. H. Dillon
Ray Ingle
Leater Spencer
W. A. Clarts
C. A. Lockhart
Ed McCormick
B. W. Ellis
Sam Riley
Stephen Kennedy
Billison Cook
0. P. Tabor
Steve Vidor
Odell Brown
Jim George
William Watts
W. H. Halleyman
Henry Early
Frazer Helvey
J. Asbury
A. E. Lemones
D. D. Kennedy
Freckles
Thiacone
Ry Blesse
Tae
Jae Sun
Cobb's Mouse
Neg U
Pat Off
NEA Service
Pie, “Likker
Car
NE. F. Hospital
Red Cross Center
Madame Covaud
Madame
Nazaire
British Museum
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