Plans Shaping Up for Legion Humbug Circus in Welch
The American Legion Humbug Circus planned for July 4 in Welch gains momentum with committees appointed at the Thursday meeting and an advertising push starting June 4. Promoter Harry K. Main leads, home talent will be featured alongside national acts, and a grand street parade is planned. The event, endorsed by officials and the Chamber of Commerce, will occupy space between the Norfolk and Western railroad and Hill Motor Co. Mrs. Newton Clark and her grandson from Roanoke are visiting the Clarks this week.
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American Legion
Welch
Legion
Harry K. Main
McDowell
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Hill Motor Co
McDowell County
Chamber of Commerce
Coal and Bank Firms Named in Pocahontas Area List
A compilation lists numerous coal companies banks and related firms across Pocahontas and neighboring towns including First National Bank of Keystone Northfork and Stone with entities like Welch Steam Laundry Graham Coal Company Regal Black Coal Co. Tug River Auto Co. and Princeton Power Co among others. The roster shows a dense array of coal and surface industries alongside financial institutions signaling a bustling regional economy centered on coal and ancillary services.
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Union Trust Company
Regal Black Coal Co
Tug River Auto Company
Wood-Sullivan Coal Co
Welch Armature Company
C. H. Meade Coal Co
Bankers Pocahontas C. Co
Safety Pocahontas Coal Co
Batley Lumber Co
Winifrede Thecker Coal Co
Sanitary Bottling Co
Wilmore Bocas Coal Co
Welch Lumber Co
Home Construction Co
Princeton Power Co
Pond Creek Realty Co
Graham Coal Company
Kroll-Lits Coal Co
Hazard Coal Company
Bright Motor Company
Premier Coal Company
Tommy Creek Coal Co
First National Bank of Stone Farlston Coal Co
Keystone Chamber Forms and Names Directors in New Civic body
The Keystone Chamber of Commerce convened at the K of P hall and elected fourteen directors for the first year. Officers chosen include V Cosgrove as president and Ira J Partlow as first vice president. The group aims to join the national chamber, promote civic welfare in Keystone, and seeks an experienced secretary. Forty seven members have subscribed near three thousand dollars. Cooperation and nonpolitical, nonsectarian aims are stressed.
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Keystone Chamber of Commerce
K. of P. Ball
Dr. & K. Bragonier
N. B. Ira J. Partlow
T W. Zink
J. Nt Chas, Budnick
Harry Budnick
Emanuel Pats
A. Christie
J. H. Patton
L. M. Rish
L. C. Fowlkes
5. L. Hermanson
O. V. Cosgrove
Chamber of Commerce
V. Cosgrove
Ira J. Partlow
Dr. R. K. Bragonier
S. A. Christie
Keystone
Horbin
Mills Leads McDowell Bureau for Bluefield Telegraph
W A Mills acts as manager of the McDowell Bureau for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, coordinating city news coverage and report logistics.
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THE
McDowell Bureau
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
W. A. Mills
Center of Coal Region Promotes Civic Duty
The speaker urges merchants to act for public welfare and self interest. Geographically central in the coal country, the area boasts top coal company, heat physicians, skilled dentists, and soon a large theatre. A new building and Westfield brick stores promise modernization, with a call for Chamber of Commerce vigor and local cooperation.
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United States
Chamber of Commerce
Welch Bluefield Game A Warm Cheer For Local Fans
The Welch team meets Bluefield this afternoon in a key 1922 baseball matchup. After a Tuesday loss to Powhatan the locals prepared with strenuous drills and expect strong support as fifteen thousand fans are anticipated. Linor Jenkins is expected to start on the mound.
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Bluefield
Powhatan
Welch
Lin
Jenkins
Bluefield Couple Weds in Welch Attended by Family and Friends
O. J. Carter of Bluefield and Miss Lucile Ammons a Coalwood teacher married at Rev. Cook's Welch residence on Tuesday May 23 at 12 30. Carter is general office manager for West Virginia Armature Co. in Bluefield. Both natives of Mississippi, they met when she taught in Coalwood and he worked for Carter Coal Co. in town.
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O. J. Carter
Bluefield
Lucile Ammons
Coalwood
Cook
Welch
Carter
West Virginia Armature Co
Mrs. Carter
Mississippi
Miss Ammony
Carter Coal Co
West Virginia
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Legion Humbug Circus
Newton Clark
Roanoke, Va
James G. Clark
Moses
Welch and Saeger
Payne Building
Wm. Ritter
Harry Coal Co
Bank of Davy
Via Realty Co
Keystone Bottling
Welch Insurance Agency
First Nat
Bank of Welch
McDowell County Nat. Bank
First Nat. Bank of Kimball
Elkhorn Valley Grocery Co
Citizens’ Bank of War
Bankers’ Poca
Coal & Coke Co
Vera Poel. Coal Co
Nat
Bank of Keystone
Bank of Northfork
Keystone Land Co
Poca Fuel Co
Bluefield Supply Company
American Coal Company
Hill Motor Company
First National Bank of Welch Atlantic Smokeless Coal Co
First National Bank of Iager
Pocahontas Fuel
First National Bank
Turkey Gap Coal Co
Flat Top Grocery Co
Bowles Company, Inc
Crystal Plock Coal & Coke Co
Graham Grocery Co
Atlantic Smokeless Coal Co
Welch Steam Laundry
Wright Milling Company
Little War Creek Coal Co
Bank of Wyoming
John A. May
Mr. May
Montevallo
Ala
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Davy
W. Va
John M. Adams
Tyler
Tex
Helen Moore May
Commerce
Keystone Chamber
Maxwell
Court House
Welch, W. VA
Daily Telegraph
Welch Drug Company
Myron H. Hall
Huntington
Tle Dorothy Joyce
Stuart
Embry
Kentucky
Bill Embry
Earl Quillen
Virginia
Hundley
Ellwood Hotel
Edward W. Womack
McDowell County National Bank
Welch, West VA
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