Class Day Hero Uses War Savings Stamps to Win Love
On graduation day John North confronts Alma Byers, earns scorn for his humble life, and reveals his plan to finance college with War Savings stamps. He declares she will love him in five years when he cashes in, while friends witness a bold pledge of self restraint and perseverance.
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Alma Byers
John North
Mary Pickford
Elam
Alia Byers
Alma
United States
John
Western Newspaper Union
Two Americans Seek Permit to Drill in Chihuahua State
Prospectors aim to search for oil in Chihuahua. The report notes international players and government permission as the party presses for access. The piece references regional districts and ongoing territorial arrangements in Central Europe.
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Mexico
Chihuahua
Czechoslovakia
Bohemia
Austrian Silesia
Slovakia
Music Class Recital At Grady Draws Praise And Debate
Miss Ruth Lacy’s Friday recital for Grady school shows beginners rendering without discord and earns praise from critics. The Gra dy News urges the school board to add music as a regular department as excitement grows over progress and future teaching.
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Ruth Lacy
Miss Lacy
Virginia
Ice Cream Methodist Dedication In Graham
The Wes Graham Methodist church in Graham will hold a debt free dedication on June 15. Funds for the building came largely from ice cream socials hosted by the congregation ladies. The Sunday school is large, the choir strong, and Rev. Mr. Sturter leads a busy, harmonious flock known as the Ice Cream Methodist.
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Graham
Mr. Sturter
Little Brown Methodist
West Graham
The
CHIP OF OLD BLOCK Grat Bowen Carries Bowen Estate
Grat Bowen of Witten Mill, posthumous heir to H. S. Bowen, took charge of the Bowen estate after his father’s death last August. Farmers and travelers note the estate’s fine crops and strong condition under Grat’s care, mirroring the progressive methods that made Henry Bowen a renowned Virginia farmer. Grat recently recovered from a serious illness.
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Grat Bowen
Witten Mill
H. 5. Bowen
Bowen
Virginia
Henry Bowen
Grat
Graham school commencement and midweek events
The Graham school holds commencement with an 11 o'clock sermon by Rev H B Brown of Graham Methodist Church. Graduating night events run through Wednesday June 1 with seventeen seniors, the largest class in years, and faculty retention discussed. Robert Lee Poindexter earned third state track medal, and civic league plans follow commencement. A jitney between West Graham and Midway is slated to begin around July 1 with a custom bus schedule.
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Graham School
H. B. Brown
Graham Methodist Church
Graham
Oack
Robert Lee Poindexter
Robert
State of Maryland
Johns Hopkins University
Young Poindexter
St. James
Maryland
Baltimore
Robert Lee
West Graham
Midway
Binefield
W. F. Rauch
W. Brewer
Nene
Hill cemetery and Midway notes on returning servicemen
Mrs. Ernes Trice formerly Evangeline Palmer goes to New York to meet her husband Lieutenant Trice a Navy surgeon bound for France. Ray Barnett returns from the war to start a garage business with brother Lane Barnett. several births announced in West Graham Midway and Graham area. Graham High School beats Tazewell 3 to 0 in football.
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Ernes Trice
Evangeline Palmer
New York
Brest
Trice
France
Ray Barnett
Lane Barnett
Dayton
Charters Revoked Over One Big Union Activity
Martin F Ryan president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen revoked two Winnipeg locals and a third Edmonton local for spending union funds to help form the one big union and join strikes in western Canada. Other craft leaders plan similar actions as organizers push new locals in place of abolished ones. William H Johnson of the International Machinists Union also dissolved a Vancouver local for the same reason.
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Washington
Martin F Ryan
Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Canada
American Federation of Labor
Ryan Sad
Cate
Federation
William H. Johnson
International Machinists’ Union
Vancouver
No One Is Stronger Than Their Stomach
An advertising piece argues that a healthy stomach boosts earning power and warns that stomach disorders harm digestion, blood quality, and sleep. It promotes Wood tensc it as a remedy to stay well and maintain a high wage-earning capacity.
Earle's Hypo Cod touted as a tonic and strength maker
An advertisement claims Earle's Hypo Cod cleanses waste, aids digestion, builds appetite and blood, increases weight, and may double strength in weeks. It lists cod liver oil extracts plus minerals as ingredients and promises no habit forming drug with a wine like flavor.
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Earle
Rarle’s
Earle Chemical Co
Finland Still Relies on Agriculture Despite Limited Cultivation
The article notes watch production lags behind demand while Finland remains mainly an agricultural country. It states farming is the chief occupation though cultivated land covers 84 percent of the area.
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Finland
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Anita Day Downing
Graham Daily News
Creat Bowen
Hivelock
R. K. Crockett
Garden of
Den
Bluefield Canteen
Betty Crockett
A. T. Fleever
E. W Hughes
WN. Whitley
R. E. Paldwin
J. J. Barbee
Jessie Graham
John Harman
R. Lee Poindexter
Will Greanize Civic League
Graham Ladies
Fam
R. W. Pendarvis
Dinsmore
Fla
Preco
Bluefield
Ple Hill Cemetery and
Will
Husband
Eneage
Tome Prom Overseas
Hal Graham
Frazier Harmon
Graham Boys
Graham High School
Tazewell School
Carmen
Kuppenheimer
Lilly Clothing Company
Parcel Post
J. C. Quesenberry
Hatcher, W.va
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