Runaway Wife Captured With Neighbor in White Slavery Case
Tyler Patterson, a coal miner from Crane Creek, was arrested at the Norfolk and Western depot in Portsmouth on a white slavery charge. Mrs. Martha Davis, age nineteen, was held as a witness. Wise Davis, the husband, and Tobe Parsell led the pursuit after learning of the elopement. The couple left Crane Creek on Wednesday claiming a Columbus trip, before being found together in Ports mouth.
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Tyler Patterson
Crane Creek
Norfolk and Western
Ports Oro
Martha Davis
Wise Davis
Tobe Parsell
Davis
Patterson
Portsmouth
Columbus
Porthuouth
Kenova
Davises
Evelyn
Maggie Parsell
Bland County
Patterov
Rapid Progress On Bluefield Princeton Car Line Extension
Contractors on the Bluefield end of the Princeton car line report swift work. Morris Long will finish grading midweek and steel laying will resume. Half the line is complete with bridge work across the Norfolk and Western tracks underway. Appalachian linemen rush their section while track crews keep pace. Side tracks begin late next week at the Norfolk and Western station and at Lee Street near the freight depot. A Washington brewery is converted into a cider factory under the new prohibition law.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Morris Long
Biuefield
Norfolk and Western
Appalachian
Lee Street
Daisy Day of Civic Club Great Success
Daisy Day raised about 400 for the community nurse fund as the Civic Club members sold daisies on the streets. A rude insult at a sale prompted indignation, but overall the day drew wide public support and the charity committee thanks donors for their generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Club
C. L. Borden
Tanlac praised in Huntington testimonial
A Huntington woman Mrs Addie Randant reports Tanlac relieved indigestion nervousness and bloating with an improved appetite. The note claims the medicine restored her stomach and nerves and she recommends it. Tanlac sales locations are listed across several towns. A separate item notes a major freight wreck on the Pocahontas division with cars derailed and goods scattered causing thousands in damage but no injuries.
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Taniac
Addie Randant
Std Avenue
Huntington
Bluefield
George 5. Landon
Pocahontas
Bryant Pharmacy
Bramwell
W. Va
Northfork Drug Co
Northfork
Pearisburg Pharmacy
Pearisburg
Inc. BE. Jackson
Tazewell
The
Welch Drug Co
Welch, W. Va
Thomas J. Elliott
Canebrake
Gary Drug Store
Gary W. Va
Time scales by natural processes and distant ages
A London Tit-Bits note discusses methods for grasping vast geologic time. Professor Croll compares time to a paper stretched around a room to illustrate a hundred years versus a million, and imagines a tiny stream eroding a mile and a half gorge over nearly a million years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croll
London
Woodmen to Hold Memorial Services and Grave Decoration
Beechwood Camp No. 89 Woodmen of the World plans annual memorial at the First Baptist Church at 11 a.m. Members meet in Red Men’s Hall at 10:00 a.m. and march in a body. Graves decorated at Walnut Grove cemetery at 3 p.m. A free special car will depart Bluefield Avenue and Thomas Street at 2:45 p.m. for the cemetery. Singing by railroad quartet at both services. Also notes about telephone poles in Europe remain unrelated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beechwood
Woodmen
First Baptist Church
Hon. H.B. Lee
Walnut Grove
Bluefield Avenue
Thomas Street
Freight wreck scatters cars west of Switchback
Fifteen cars of freight train No. 85 piled in a heap yesterday morning just west of Switchback. The westbound train wreck, said to be caused by a broken wheel, occurred shortly after 4 o'clock. Six cars carried merchandise.
Frenchman invents continuous electric glass furnace
A French inventor introduces an electric furnace that runs all glass making and refining operations continuously using a single heat source. The device aims to streamline production and improve efficiency in glass industry processes.
Dolls of All Nations Are Shown in Review
Miss Blanche Millers kindergarten closes with a Doll Review at Bland Street Methodist church. The program features dolls of many nations, with pupils portraying various roles and music by the younger and more advanced classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Miller
Bland Street
Miss Miller
Professor Pudeillo
Joe Campbell
Helen Kott
Dorothy Beais
Louise Keesee
Harrison Kahn
Frances Pholeillo
Teddy Wear
Charlie Ruff
Betsy Mason
Elizabeth McClaugherty
Griffin McClellan
Clown Dell
Bob Wood
Wax Dell
Bernice Akers
Douglas Cunningham
Billy Gilkeon
Virginia Bernard
Tom Davis Deverle
Frances Hickman
Jumping Jack
Valentine Trapnell
Kathryn Smith
Ned Whev
Jack Medlaugherty
James Mann
Katherine Shirey
Virginia Smith
Pansie Hawiey
Mary Mann
Marion Garrett
Elizabeth Hooper
Nancy Smith
Godard
Gregh
Beulah Suiter
Experts in Tracking by Australian Aboriginals
London Answers lauds Australian aboriginal trackers as the finest in the world. They train from birth and excel at tracking animals and humans, with women as adept as men. A Worcester firm plans to open a chain of modern drug stores in the West Indies.
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London Answers
Worcester
Mass
West Indies
Auction Bridge Event At Country Club Attracts Eighteen Tables
Society notes recount a Wednesday auction bridge at the Country Club hosted by Mesdames Herbert Markle and Frank S. Easley with eighteen tables, punch, pink roses and peonies. Prizes went to Mrs. Husband and Mrs. H. T. Riddick. A Friday reception by Mrs. E. A. Leovuard is announced. Daisy day raises charity funds as Civic Club members wear daisies. An archival note mentions Ohio wool production fifty years prior exceeding 20 million pounds.
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Country Club
Herbert Markle
Frank S. Easley
J. B. Pearson
Clagett
Gilkeson
Ohio
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New Business Department
Lionel Barrymore
Metro
State of
Washington
Daisy Day
Tanlag
Tanlac
Europe
Anna Nilsson
Who
the Colonial
E. A. Leovuard
Raleigh Terrace
Crystal Shoe Shine Parlor & Hat Hospital Company
Steee E News
Joe
Abe
Princeton Ave
Motley’s Pool
Tip Top
Prof
Tip Top Mineral Springs
S. S. Davis
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