Harman Festival Draws West Virginia Pioneers Return
Bluefield Morning notes widespread turnout for Harman tablet dedication in the Tazewell area honoring Henry Harman pioneer trailblazer. Mentioned are local celebrations at Stone Gap and Appalachia, church meetings, and community plans to honor history with holidays, writers John Fox Jr. and Fritzie Scheff fires, and local civic notes.
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Tazewell County
McDowell County
Black Wolf
Henry Harman
Shawnee
Mercer County
Virginia Sidelights and Local Notices
Navy beauty and barber shop advertises services for white patrons at 12% Railroad Avenue Riuefield Virginia. Announcement hopes many Tazewell county graduates attend Bluefield College in September. Shannonadale pool to open. readers urged to use it. Guy Clatterbaugh, nine, recovered from tonsil removal at St Luke's Hospital Livefield. Mrs Cantrell visits Big Stone Gap relatives. mentions Trail of the Lonesome Pine project plans.
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Naval Beauty
John and Rosa Turner
Railroad Avenue
Riuefield
Bluefield College
Tazewell County
Guy
C. G. Clatterbaugh
Keystone
St. Luke's Hospital
Livefield
Lonesome Pine
J. ‘F Cantrell
Big Stone Gap
JF Gallowey
Seyler Purchase Interests Expand on East River Mountain
Announcement that Seyler Inc acquired more timber tracts on East River Mountain stirs local interest as proceeds are expected to circulate in the area, boosting activity for the concern and indicating thousands of dollars infusing the region.
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Seyler
Seylera
East River Mountain
Missionary S Society Holds Engaging Thursday Session
The Missionary S Society of the Christian church held an interesting Thursday afternoon meeting in Hughes' hall. Officers were elected for the ensuing term and a banquet aroused enthusiasm. The Virginia side looks forward to Southwestern Virginia Incorporated's early July visit. Palmer hall has been offered by the Business Men's club to host the session for several hundred attendees.
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Missionary S Society of the Christian Church
Hughes’ Hall
Virginia
Southwestern
Palmer Hall
Virginia Side Personal News Highlights Local Arrivals
Joe Scott rode No. 16 to Washington to see Lindbergh. Miss Patty Hankins of near Tazewell returns from Bluefield sanitarium after ten days as a patient. Ann Dunn comes home from Stonewall Jackson for summer. Rev H U Young returns from Williamsburg with his late daughter's remains. Mrs Young and children will join later. Mrs C A Ralston recovering from appendicitis after surgery last Saturday.
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Virginia
Joe Scott
Washington
Lindbergh
Patty Hankins
Tazewell
Bluefield Sanitarium
Tom Halankins
Young
C. A. Ralston
Mre
Animal stars steal the show as best comedians on screen
Gene Corn traces a trend in cinema where animal actors outshine human comedians. Bimbo the gibbon from the Samese jungle and Akka the chimpanzee from West Africa are cited for their natural, unpremeditated humor in films including Chang and The Missing Link.
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Gene Corn
New York
Bimbo
Sia
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Chang
Chester Chaplin
Akka
Leona
West Africa
Romania Needs Good Cigar
Nucharest June 9 A clear is an impossibility in Romania except for millionaires and diplomats. A 900 percent import tax awaits any clear that tries to cross the frontier, side of which the government holds a tobacco monopoly. Few pay $3 for a cent clear, so few clears enter the Romanian atmosphere.
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Romania
Rumania
Local Social Notes From Bluefield And Wytheville
Ralston stays at the Bluefield sanitarium. Mrs Ward Mertin is visiting Wytheville, her former home. Miss Jean Lou Oglesby arrives from college to visit Mrs Joe Gillespie. Miss Ann Huddle of Rural Retreat visits Mrs AD B Miller. Miss Huddle taught a school at War. Miss Margaret Sutton returns from Winston Salem where she taught art and will go back in fall. Mr and Mrs W P Frier of Parish Florida and Miss Lela Cecil of New Orleans visit Dr and Mrs Sutton. Mrs Frier and Miss Cecil are sisters of Mrs Sutton.
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Biz Stone Gap
John Fox, Jr
Lonesome Pine
Appalachia
Cantrell
Fritzie Scheff
Ralston
Bluefield
Ward Mertin
Wytheville
Jean Lou Oglesby
Joe Gillespie
Morton Street
Ann Huddle
Mra
AD. B. Miler
Sargent Street
Huddle
Deason
Margaret Sutton
A. B. Sutton
Winston- Salem
N. C
Winston-Salem
W. P. Frier
Parish
Fla
Misa Lela Cecil
New Orleans
Frier
Mies Cecil
Mre. Sutton
Early Improvement of Hockman Road Urged
The Bluefield Virginia Business Men's club backs urgent plans to upgrade Hockman road from the south corporate line to Frank St. Clair's residence. The proposal envisages two or three bridges and a permanent road upgrade, with a committee likely to press the board of supervisors at the next session.
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Hockman Road
Bluefield Virginia Business Men's Club
Frank St. Clair
Board of Supervisors
Turkish Girl Would Save Old Calligraphy
In Constantinople on June 9, Turkish women push to revive calligraphy the pure Turkish art. The Stambou school has lately admitted five Turkish girl students and Derie Hanoum leads a new wave. She blends Turkish script with embroidery designs, earning a living while studying after hours at a government office.
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Constantinople
Stambou
Haroun-al-Rashhid
Derie Hanoum
Striped Tweeds Highlight Sport Dresses With Dutch Collars
Sport dresses featuring striped tweeds showcase quaint natural linen collars and oversized windspires, reflecting a fashion note from the period.
Lena Malena Signs DeMille Contract In Hollywood Debut
Lena Malena, the Berlin flapper, travels from Germany to New York and Hollywood where Cecil B. DeMille signs her to a contract after a studio screen test. She compares herself to Clara Bow and Pola Negri and discusses American men and party life. Dry celery tops in class jars are mentioned at an end.
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Hollywood
Calif
Lena Malena
Germany
America
New York
de Mille
Cecil B. DeMille
Berlin
Miss Malena
Lena
UFA
Clara Bow
Colleen Moore
Pola Negri
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Flat Top Yard
Homesa
Mr. Cochran
Simmons
Matthews
Falls Mills
Flat Top
R. H. Matthews
Grate Methodist Church
Charlee Gideon Hounahelwill
Graham Methodist Church
KR. E Early
Europe
Hounshell
South
Glenn James
Richmond
Newton-James
Catherine James
Kenneth Newton
Memorial Baptist Church
Miss Minor
Odell Minor
Twin City National Bank
Mamie Sexton
Graham
R. M. Graham
West Point
J. B. Graham
West Point Military Academy
T. & Flier
W. L. Burton
O. M. Jennings
Chicago House
Farnis Company
Hampton
R. M. Atkinson
M. Tanner
Atkinson
Chamber of Commerce of
Mr. Tanner
Graham Pharmacy
Shannondale
Kellogg’s
Bim
Schoedsack
Akira
Sid Chaplin
Kath Hiatt
Chane
Fluid Poek
Samuel
Sue
Iair
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Malena
Dr Scholl
Loor Reynolds & Witten
Warlick Furniture
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