Garden supplies and local shop ads in Bluefield list
A Bluefield area page lists florists plant stock and prices, music studio hours, ice cream service, a kindergarten closing event, and local shop specials. It notes flower plants at $1 per hundred, bulbs per dozen, potted plants, and fresh flowers, plus a summer music studio opening and cafe offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bluefield Florists
F. A. Harman
North Street
Bluefield
West Virginia
Tragic train platform death and county politics notes
A man dies after a fall near a train platform as Capt. Wilburn and Mr. Tyree assist. Undertaker R. J. Staton handles the body. In local news, Misses Lillian Bowman and Fay Marsh escape injury when their car overturns on a hill near West Vivian. Election talk includes Jack Edwards leading Browns Creek justice race by about 1,100 votes and possible contest plans in Elkhorn and Northfork districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town
Capt. Wilburn
Mr. Tyree
R. J. Staton
Lillian Bowman
Fay Marsh
Harry Rosen
Welch Hospital
West Vivian
Residents visit and travel notes from city social pages
A roundup of local residents and visitors with origins across Princeton Williamson and surrounding areas. Individuals travel to Philadelphia Charleston Pearisburg and Roanoke for business and family reasons while others attend funerals or summer getaways in West Hampton Beach New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Atwater
New York
West Hampton Beach
N. Y
Tanlac praised for curing headaches and indigestion
Mrs. J. P. Oakes of Huntington reports Tanlac relieved her headaches, restored sleep and appetite, and improved digestion after one bottle. The ad touts Tanlac’s wide efficacy for stomach trouble, nervousness, and energy, urging readers to buy at Bluefield Pharmacy or contact their local druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
J. P. Oakes
Eleventh Street
Puefield
Bluefield
Tanlac
Piuefield
Daisy Day events planned by Civic Club charity group
The Civic Club charity committee advances Daisy Day on Saturday June 10 to support the district nurse program aiding the worthy poor. Headquarters are at Appalachian Power Company with volunteers coordinating collections and deliveries across Mastin’s Pharmacy Central Pharmacy and other local sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Club
Appalachian Power Company
Daisy Day
C. L. Borden
James Mann
Mastin
John Pearson
Mesdames Ridley and Shott
Lillian Shrewsbury
Mahood
Ethel Pedigo
Martha Easley
Easley-Penn Drug Store
Harold Ritz
Warden
Pollock
Irene Easley
French
Bluefield Pharmacy
Ross
Cap
Community Groups List Assistants by Neighborhood
The clipping names captains and assistants for several neighborhoods including North Side Rogers Street and South Bluefield. Listed are Mrs. Stahlman, Mrs Lilly, Mrs Tyree, Mrs Hooper, Miss Helen Jordan, and others with captains and helpers such as Mrs Campb, Mrs Pankey, Miss Maud Shepherd, Miss Nell French, Mrs J H Johnson, and Miss Johnson.
Eight Men Charged With Election Frauds in Mingo County
Eight men were charged with election fraud in Mingo County. The indictments allege irregularities in ballots and tabulation processes leading to an impending grand jury presentation.
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Mingo
Gets It corn remedy praised as painless banana peel breakthrough
Advertisement touts Gets It as a simple painless corn remedy that removes corns in seconds without pressing on healthy flesh. It claims quick results and lists Chicago supplier E Lawrence & Co and Bluefield dealers including White Pharmacy Goodykoont Drug Co and W H Cobb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Seld
Bluefield
White Pharmacy and
Goodykoont: Drug Co
W. H. Cobb
Defendants Held on Federal Bond After Williamson Hearing
Two men from Charleston were arrested Wednesday, brought to Williamson for a preliminary hearing, waived the hearing, and were held for the federal grand jury in bonds totaling $1,000. Commissioner J. P. Douglass presided at the proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
J. P. Douglass
Charleston
Williamson
Douglass
Camille at Elks Opera House Delights City Audiences
The Lewis O lver Players presented Camille as the week’s second half offering at the Elks Opera House. Edna Grandin and Jack Lewis gave strong performances in a beautiful love story with tragic undertones, drawing crowds and boosting the company’s standing in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Elks’ Opera House
Camille
Lewis-Oliver
Edna Grandin
Jack Lewis
Big Railroad Wreck Shown In Lubin Film The Acts of Fate
The Lubin Manufacturing Company produced a five reel feature The Acts of Fate that includes a costly railroad wreck scene staged outside Altoona Pennsylvania. Two trains collide at forty five mph. the production cost over twenty five thousand dollars and used fifteen cameramen who stood twelve feet from the blast behind armor shields. The scene appears at the Colonial today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubin Manufacturing Company
Altoona
Crah
United States Artillery
Hungarian Falls Dead in Northfork Train Incident
Jno. Stoke a Hungarian resident staying at Welch hospital went to Northfork station on Thursday afternoon to catch the train to Roanoke company works where he lived with his daughter. Upon reaching he fell in the vicinity of the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jno. Stoke
Welch Hospital
No. 10
Northfork
Roanoke Company
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James Elmer Brown
Union Bank
South Bluefield Pharmacy
New
Blanche Miller
Bland Street Methodist Church
Montgomery County
Berry Growers Association
Cambria
Wasun-tu
Bluefield Normal and Business College
P. O. Box
W. H. Cunningham
W. Va
Theodore Pickett
St. Luke's ‘Hospital
Pickett
Bowen
Akers
Bessie Case
Frazee
Salvation Army
St. Luke's Hospital
Miss Case
A. EF. Case
Ashland
Covenanters’ Society of the Presbyterian Church
S. W. Moore
Cove Creek
Sam Fretwell
Virginia
Mr. Fretwell
George Fretwell
Pocahontas
Colored Institute
Bluefield Colored Institute
Elks Opera House
Lillian Walker
Antonio Moreno
Roger Lytton
Lillian Burns
Neil Craig
Edmund Cobb
Lubin
Limberger
Bluefield Ice and Cold Storage Company
Squire J. A. Chambers
N H. Smith Division
B. of L. E
Presbyterian Church
Johnson & Edwards
Princeton Avenue
George S. Strader
Reading
Charlie Jeter
McLane Avenue
Morgantown
Stieff
Chas. M. Stieff
Main
Lynchburg
Honaker
Bluefield, W, VA
Bluefield's
Richard Buhler and
Rosetta Brice
Gods of
Fate
Alexander Cut Folwer
Bluefield, W. VA
Southern Loan Office
Penslar
White Pharmacy
Jack Edwards
Justice of the Peace
Browns Creek
Elkhorn
May
Josie Holt
Alderson
A. K. Parker
Elk Ridge
Rinard
Norton, Va
Frank Sidel
V. Straley
Princeton
M. J. Richardson
North Mercer Street
Mrs. W. T. Elliott
Mr. Elliott
Johnson City
Mrs. R. S. Sutherland
Tralee
City
M. C. McCorkle
Big Stone Gap, Va
Dc. S. Bugg
T. J. Maupin
P. J. Kelley
Philadelphia
S. H. Meade
Nickelsville, Va
C. W. Meade
Baldwin Avenue
Alex Beavers
Tazewell
Will Thompson
Burkes Garden
John O. D. Copenhaver
Roanoke
Frank P. Taylor
Pearisburg
G. C. Wilburn
Mrs. Taylor
H. P. Smith
Christiansburg
F. H. Borden
L. C. Neal
Catlettsburg
Russell Wehrle
Charleston High School
Mr. Wehrle
Charleston High
Ben Jaffee
San Francisco
Third Street
J. N. Fortune
Lorraine
Phyllis
W. E. Gearheart
Sarah Jane Woolwine
Tanlac Doung
Albert’s
Barber Shop
Princeton Ave
Graham
Bluefield Taxi CO
Raleigh Street
Adore Cohen
Daisy
Civic Club Charity Committee
E. F. McKinney
Watchmaker
Henry Rodgin Co
Crystal Shoe Shine Parlor & Hat Hospital Company
Abe
James E. Mayer
Stuart McGuire
New Coll
J. R. McCauley
East Clay Street
Richmond
Moving
Northfork News
Ata Aan
Metro Pictures
Barbara Frietchie
Battle Scene
Mary Miles Minter
Thomas Whiffin
Silver
Cohen
Isadore Cohen
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