Have the People Changed Opinions
On March 5 1920 the Civic Club of Bluefield endorsed the Shepherd Towner bill now law urging state and local action to use government aid for clinics nurses and education. Miss N E Hooper and Mrs al Workman push Mercer county to form a working body to receive benefits and reduce infant deaths through maternal and paternal education and safer infant care.
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Civic Club of
Bluefield
United States
N. E. Hooper
al Workman
Mercer County
Hooper
County Residents Rally Aid for Shepherd Towner Details
Residents of the county and city contribute to organizing efforts. Miss Hooper offers to discuss provisions of the Shepherd-Towner bill and how they will be implemented locally.
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Hooper
Questioning public action on a long standing problem
A newspaper fragment questions whether two years of interest in a major problem have waned or if the public is waiting for a leader to show the way to action. The tone reflects concern over progress and citizen engagement.
Bluefield Boy in Graduation Class
Chatham Training School in Chatham Virginia held its annual graduation events with Rev J T Jacobs Roanoke delivering the baccalaureate sermon at First Baptist. The debaters contest and prize awards followed with multiple medals presented to students and officials recognized by local leaders.
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Chatham
J. T. Jacobs
Belmont ‘Baptist Church
Roanoke
First Baptist Church
J. W. Marks
Hubert Bennett
Wayne Blackard
Patrick County
Meadows
Dan
Philip Street
Altavista
H. L. Arthur
Clifford Goode
Dr. Julius Dreher to Return for Roanoke College Commencement
Roanoke College in Salem will host Dr. Julius D Dreher of Colon Panama as a distinguished visitor for the June 11 14 commencement. Dreher served as college president from 1878 to 1905 and last visited fifteen years ago.
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Salem
Roanoke College
Julius D. Dreher
Colon
Panama
Dreher
Roanoke College Builder Dr Dreher Remembered
The obituary notes the long service of Dr. Dreher who led Roanoke College after the Civil War and helped finance its survival and growth. It highlights his alumni ties in Virginia Panama voyage and his later role as American consul at Colon Panama where he and Mrs. Dreher reside.
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Virginia
Panama
Dreher
Roanoke College
South
United States
Colon
Dr. Dreher
Miss Estelle McHone Becomes Mrs Car Miller
A quiet Methodist parsonage wedding in Princeton united Miss Estelle McHone and Car Miller in the presence of J D Bailey W J Bailey and Mrs Blanche French. The bride wore a blue suit with grey accessories and brides roses. The couple left by train for a two week honeymoon and will reside in town. About eighty five percent of India’s people are engaged in agriculture.
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Princeton
Estelle McHone
Car Miller
S. D. Vaught
J. D. Bailey
W. J. Bailey
Blanche French
Mrs. Miller
Foland Printing Company
Mr. Miller
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Washington
Norfolk
India
City Prepares Health Safeguard Ordinances For Citizens
City officials push health first with several ordinances in the works. Surface toilets on steep grades to be water tight and fly proof. Food handlers to undergo physical examinations including barbers and waiters per board member Dr. Kirk concerns over disease transmission.
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Board of Directors
Ridley
J. B. Kirk
Bluefield
Rural entertainer warns summer boarders will not be entertained
Mr. Cobbles says he may take summer boarders but refuses to provide rural comedy. He mentions two tractors a high-power motor car a truck and a radio on as possible props, noting telegraph want ads bring results.
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Mr. Cobbles
Tye
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Will Locke
Oregon City
Isadore Cohen CO. Jewelers
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Liberty Clothing CO
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Pedigo’s
van Raalte
E. S. Pedigo Co
Princeton Ave
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Federal Sts
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