Pocahontas Daily Notes On Local Sports and Tragedy
Pocahontas high school graduate Bernie Kwass prepares for a Cincinnati Reds tryout after rising as a notable local baseball star. A real tragedy unfolds at the opera house as ten year old Lightburn Woody accidentally shoots eleven year old John McClanahan during a colored school commencement drill. John W Moore’s mother Amanda Kelley dies at eighty five, leaving a legacy tied to McDowell county and Washington state, as family and industrial news fill the day.
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Bernie Kwass
Pocahontas High School
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cincinnati Reds
Lightburn Woody
John McClanahan
Opera House
Pocahontas Opera House
B. B
Woody
McClanahan
Amanda Moore Kelley
John W. Moore
Fr. W. Moore
Patrick Kelley
McDowell County
W. Va
Sarah Dillon
Valley of
Virginia
Alice Spencer
This County
City
Myers Moore
Washington State
Gee Whiz Club Hosts Pleasant Evening in West Graham
Miss Nannie Crockett entertained local youths at a warm gathering in West Graham on Friday. Attendees included Graham, Davidson, Saunders, Hunt, Hicks, Greever, Crockett, Sanders, Dupuy, Garland, Spracher, Mitchell, Witten, Biggs, Taylor, Nelson, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gee Whiz Club
Nannie Crocket
Mitchell
Witten
Biggs
Graham
Baylor
Nelson
Crockett
Spracher
Norton News Notes Highlights and Local Moves
Norton readers receive a roundup of health, business, and church news. Henry Hall undergoes eye removal surgery and recovers. Robert Johnson dies of pneumonia after visiting Norton from West Virginia. Community leaders from Ould to Esser visit regional towns and plan moves. local ministers and educators travel for conferences and commencements.
Bankers Meet Saturday In West Virginia Group 5 Gathering
West Virginia Bankers Association Group 5 will hold its annual meeting Saturday night at 8 at the new Matz hotel. President W. B. Irvine of Wheeling will speak and the welcome will be given by the mayor. Attendees are urged to wear business attire and J. Lee Horne leads the arrangements for a large event.
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West Virginia Bankers’ Association
New Matz
West Virginia Association
W. B. Irvine
Wheeling
J. Lee Horne
Group 5
Swift Specific Purports to Heal Sores and Ulcers
An old advertisement extols S. S. S. as a blood purifier that cleanses circulation and promotes tissue healing. It claims to remove impurities causing ulcers, prevents infection spread, and builds firm new flesh. touts a special book offer and identifies The Swift Specific Co. of Atlanta, GA.
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THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
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Kimonas
Ferrell Mercantile
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
West Va
John M. Wirgman
Philadelphia, Pa
Wm. McCarthy
G. M. McCulloch
Pres
Lae
A. Bradshaw
Sec’y & Treas
Geo. H. Hill
Thornton Building
Bluefield, W. Va
Pocahontas
C. B. Pocahontas
United States Geological Survey
O.c.ob
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
United States Navy
Castner, Curran & Bullitt
C.C. B. Pocahontas Smokeless Coal
Bullitt Building
Philadelphia
Citizens’ Bank
Norfolk
Neave
Broadway
New York City
Strickland
Roanoke
Old Colony
Chicago
Mull Blyth & Company
Lioyi
Mitt European Avenue
London
England
Tun
Kelley
Coalfield
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
J. Robinson Phelps
Pocahontas Consolidated Colleries Company
Switchback
R. J. Nugent
Rosedale, Miss
HH. Bert Wright
Maury Magrill
Pocahonates Consolidated Collieries Company
Essie Graybeal
Martha Washington College
Abingdon
Mntle
J. Walter Graybear
Miss French
Greensboro
N. C
Rose French
Maples
Walter
Claude Pemberton
Lexington
Jean Calloway
Peterstown
G. H. Calloway
William R. Graham
Jessie Graham
L. B. Crawford
Maybeury
Miss Hampton
Sallie
Bertia Grahar
KE. A. Deaton
Lucile
Bramwell
J. W. Deaton
Merricks Lane
Gertrude Rucker
Uinefield
Maggie Jones
W. T. Harrison
Sam Wagner
Petrick van Norden
Columbus Dispatch
von Norden
W. W. Kelley
Elks
Revert Little
Aubrey Martin
Pocahntos Inn
Telegraph
Graham Mays
Middlesboro
Daily News
S. N. Hufford
Billie Mitchell
John Tanner
Rev Yost
John Neikirk
Bill Burton
Fred Neikirk
Lee Poindexter
Jim Sheets
J. W. Minter
Justice P. Cameron
Matz Hotel
Jean Davidson
Kentucky
R. Riggs
Vicie Sanders
Dr. Riggs
Riges
Baptist Church
J. H. Powers
Lutheraine Church
C. R. W. Kegley
G. D. Bruce
Graham Property
P. H. Ritter
Buckland
C. M. Fisher
Bedford City
William Greever
Tazewell
R. L. Gillespie
Highland Avenue
F. R. Barrett
W. W. Hicks
P. H. Palmer
Greenville
Brown
Lynchburg
James Spracher
West Graham
R. B. Williamson
J. E. Baylor
Helen
Emory
Emory and Henry College
Frank
J. C. Nelson
Public Accountant and Systematizer
Bank of Graham
Graham, VA
Norton News Notes
Henry Hall
Dr. Carr
Robert Johnson
Mountain View Hotel
West Virginia
Big Stone Gap
Appalachia
D. W. York
Methodist Church
Ek. H. Ould
National Bank of Norton
Ould
R. P. Bruce
Wise
Joan A. Esser
Colonial Coal Coke Company
Dorchester
First National Bank of
Norton
Esser
Empire Coal & Coke Company
Richlands
W. H. Burton
Japitet
Ripley, Tenn
A. F. Snodgrass
Tenth Street
Virginia Avenue
George Jenkins
Snodgrass
Pawel Gibson
Norton Coal Company
McElrath
W. S. Neighbors
Sullins College
York
Neighbors
Lramwell
Cluefield
Ashworth
Mary
Bland County
Bankers
James Cassell
Belton, Mo
NNW
Moulton
Shenandoah
Pullman
New York
Ingerstown
Richmond
Shenandoah Valley
Philaphia
Gary
Pullman Sleeper
Bluefeld
Kenova
Columbus
Clineh Valley Division
Clinch Valley Division
Welch
Williamson
Norfolk and Western Railway
W. B. Bevill
Hotel Matz
Matz
Morey
Sdgeson Scuapg Cote
Jackson Square
New Orleans
Grocers
Importers Coffee Co., Ltd
Madame
Gwinn’s
Jefferson
Gwinn Iling Company
Burgess, Electric
Bluefield Avenue
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