Pocahontas minister to leave after fruitful pastorate
Bee Greaght call to serve in Pittsburg Field is accepted as the Hungarian Reformed church in Pocahontas bids farewell to a pastor who built a united, active congregation. His farewell sermon Sunday at 4 pm will be in Hungarian and English, with Pythian Lodge members attending at 3 30 in Castle Hall.
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Pocahontas
Inc. B. Szechy
Tate
American Legion
Hungarian Presbyterian Church
Pythian Lodge
Spo
Virginia Side Continues with Vote for Bailey Despite Absences
The Virginia side report notes a voter still backed Mr. Bailey despite his name not appearing on the ballot. F. M. Neel received strong support without listed name, while T. J. Ashworth, a hardware merchant, returned to his store on crutches after a hole incident.
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Mr. Bailey
F. M. Neel
T. J. Ashworth
Mr. Ashworth
Five fall into creek while listening to election returns
Five people fell into a creek while listening to election tabulations last year near the bridge. Mrs J C McAlister is confined to Bluefield Sanitarium with serious injuries. The McAlisters reside in the R L Gillespie building opposite the new passenger station. Mr McAlister is employed by the railroad.
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J. C. McAlister
Bluefield
MecAlisters
R. L. Gillespie
Mr. McAlister
Dr Lewis McNeer Family Visit Ends With Callaway Hosts
Dr Lewis McNeer and family traveling from Huntington to Dante stopped Tuesday night with Mr and Mrs Gaston Callaway and were escorted home by Miss Mar Callaway for a few days The text also notes a Friday 8 pm service at Flat Top Yarde led by Rev Herbert H Young rector of St Marys Episcopal Church and welcomes the public.
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Dr. Lewis McNeer
Huntington
Dante
Gaston Callaway
Miss Mar—_ Callaway
Flat Top Yarde
Herbert H. Young
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Death comes suddenly to Lawrence O. Murray
Lawrence O. Murray former assistant secretary of commerce and labor and two year comptroller of the treasury died at home in Elmira New York aged unknown. He returned from health voyage to the Holy Land two weeks before his death and had hunted big game in South Africa a year earlier. He served in the US Army Signal Corps in World War I and later held roles with the Knights of Columbus and the American Red Cross.
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Elmira
Lawrence O. Murray
Commerce and Labor
Roosevelt
Jeshia Addison
Murray
The
Holy
South Africa
Signal Corps
United States Army
Europe
Knights of Columbus
Inlle Murray
American Cross
Author of Famous Ung in Sorrow Across the Past
The passage recalls Payne, author of Home, born 1014 years ago, who traveled to the Mississippi region and Georgia in 1836. He stayed with John Ross’s Cherokees, was imprisoned, released by Gen. Harden, and met Miss Mary Harden at the Harden home in Athens where Harden reportedly fell for her and asked for marriage. her reply remains unknown.
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John Wees Payne
Payne
trans-Mississippi
Georgia
John Ross
Edward Harden
Harden
Old Harden
Athens
Mary
Ringers in Italy Draw A A U Championship Interest
A questionable note from Italy references Jane bidding for a traditional game as a cue for Italy's ringers. It mentions a prospective list of fifty clubs and the A A U organizing body claiming two thousand members qualify to play in championship games.
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Italy
Jane
A. U
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