Classified notices seek carpenters painters for miners houses
Classifieds list workers needed in Stone Kentucky for miners housing with W A Liller contact in Keyser West Virginia and a post June 15 superintendent guide jobs. Also lost pocketbook with owner name and a set of keys with Dr W C Slusher badge, offers reward. Ads include plant listings in Roanoke Virginia and a loan notice for Bluefield real estate. Mentions local visitors and county officials in Athens Princeton and Bluefield.
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Stone
Pike County
Kentucky
W. A. Liller
Keyser
W. Va
W. C. Slusher
Dr. Slusher
County Court Meets in Regular Session at Princeton
County court convened in regular session on Tuesday and will stay for two or three more days. All commissioners were present with Caffee arriving in the evening. Road matters were discussed and two public roads were located to improve grade. A claim of 1670 to the state tax commissioner for county records audit was presented. The auditing report is not yet filed, but the tax force reportedly found the county owes the sheriff about 2000.
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Caffee
Avere
Ang
Érsi
State Tax Commissioner
Swanson
Washington
Monett
Knight Onehalf
Capitol
Martine
National Capitol
A. A. Lilly
Senate
West Virginia
Knight
S. S. Nantz
Major Davis
Eskdale
Lilly
Nantz
van Goldborough
Ronda
Goldborough
Eagle
Kanawha
Hikdale
G. W. Lavender
Point Pleasant
Suits Instituted in Circuit Court Against Several Defendants
In chancery actions the cases include Lockbridge Dupuy Co. vs Mrs J E Hale administratrix of J E Hale deceased with McNutt Ellett McNutt as counsel Emma Fay Jett vs J C Jett with Sanders Crockett as counsel Saxon Lime and Lumber Co. vs George N Spieden and L J Holland with French Easley as counsel Mercury Grocery Company vs W T Lilly et al with McNutt Ellett McNutt as counsel.
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Lockbridge, Dupuy & Co
J. E. Hale
McNutt, Ellett & McNutt
Emma Fay Jett
J. C. Jett
Sanders & Crockett
Saxon Lime and Lumber Co
George N. Spieden
L. J. Holland
French & Easley
the Mercer Grocery Company
W. T. Lilly Et All
Baptist Church Near Mercer and Douglass Nears Completion
The new Baptist church at the corner of Mercer and Douglass streets is rapidly nearing completion. When finished it will be one of the state s finest temples of worship and a credit to the church it represents.
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New Baptist Church
Mercer and
Douglass Streets
Arters Brothers Move Bookstore to Brown Building
Arters Brothers relocate their bookstore from the Fulp building to the Brown building on Mercer Street, a space recently vacated by the St. Augustine Hotel.
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Arters Brothers
Fulp
Brown
Mercer Street
St. Augustine
Mrs Biggs Rents Perkins Hotel and Plans First Class Inn
Mrs. Biggs of Maben has leased the Perkins Hotel building and moves in to begin operating a first class hotel. She says she is ready to welcome patrons as the venture opens. Judge C. W. Smith left Tuesday on a business trip to Washington. Attorney Z. W. Crockett and W. H. Campbell of Bluefield visited Princeton Tuesday. William Claytor of Tazewell greeted Princeton friends yesterday. Henry A. Lilly and family of Bluefield passed through the city yesterday.
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Athens
C. A. Bailey
Duhling
J. F. Holroyd
Princeton
Mary E. Douglass
Radford
Christiansburg
J. Frank Maynard
Russell
Ritz
Bluefield
J. W. Moore
Bramwell
C. W. Smith
Washington City
Z. W. Crockett
W. H. Campbell
William Claytor
Tazewell
Henry A. Lilly and Family
Yester
Pocahontas Baseball Visits Amid Uncertain Weather
Pocahontas brings a capable squad hoping for a win on the local diamond weather permitting. Welch and Gary games draw strong fan talk, with Bluefield undecided on pitching and Williamson comparisons fading as locals anticipate competitive matchups.
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Pocahontas
Bluefield
Welch
Coal Field
Gary
Williamson
Tazewell Player Sam Perry Offered Try-Out with Cleveland
Sam Perry a local baseball figure from Tazewell received a try-out invitation from Cleveland. The report notes his familiarity with local fans and his reputation in the regional scene as the news item highlights the potential major league opportunity.
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Cleveland
Sam Perry
Tazewell
Athens Varsity Defeats Welch 10 to 7 in Debut Game
The Concord Normal at Athens opened baseball with a 10 to 7 win over Welch after leading 10 runs in the first inning. Boots Williams starred at second for Welch while Guy and McComas pitched for Athens with Waldron and Kell catching for Welch.
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Concord Normal
Athens
Concord
Welch
Boots
Williams
Keystone
Guy
McComas
Waldron
Kell
Woman shoots bridegroom in Huntington murder case
James Kendrick twenty eight, a Huntington fire department member, was shot and killed late Tuesday in Huntington by Leah Perdue who surrendered and was arraigned. The incident followed her statement given tonight.
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James Kendrick
Huntington
Leah Perdue
Murder Trial Near Justice Grown at Ceredo
Miss Perdue testifies Kendrick planned to wed another woman and that she killed him after a quarrel over the child he had with his late wife. Kendrick had just married Miss Olive Frail and returned from a honeymoon before the fatal confrontation. He went to retrieve his two year old child from Miss Perdue, sparking the dispute that ended in her shooting him.
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Justice Grown
Ceredo
Miss Perdue
Kendrick
Frisco Road Affairs Attacked in Both Houses
Congress investigated the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad receiving operations. The Senate urged IC C to probe bonds and securities relations with the Chicago and Eastern Illinois line. Rep Hinebaugh called for a special committee to push reorganization law and tighter security issuance. Senator Newlands cited lax capitalization with nearly $75,600 per mile debt.
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Washington
St. Louis
San Frigieisco
Congress
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Hinebaugh
Illinois
Hinelaugh
Kenyon
Newlands
San Francisco
Expert Rifle Shots Aim for National Trophy
Sergeant W. M. Hefner and the Bluefield local company prepare for a July 6 encampment at Camp Kanawha as fifteen members strive to qualify for expert rifleman status. Qualified shooters advance to Camp Dawson and, if successful at the Kanawha contest, may go on to Camp Perry, Ohio, for the national trophy in late summer.
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W. M. Hefner
West Virginia
Camp Kanawha
Bluefield
Hefner Haya
Camp Dawson
Camp Perry
Ohio
Douthat Family Reunion At Ripplemead Today
Douthat clan members gather at Ripplemead for annual reunion with trips on train No 18 to Ripplemead and return on No 17. Bluefield relatives listed include Mastin Crumpler Douthat Douhat Douthat and Karnes with others invited for graveside decorating and a large dinner.
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Douthat
Ripplemead
Douthats
Bluefield
J. S. Mastin
B. Crumpler
W. T. Douthat
J. F
Bel fast News reports lighthearted dance lesson exchange
The Bel fast News section shares a humorous dialogue between Aunty and Wee Nephew about a first dance lesson. Aunty asks if it was difficult, Wee Nephew replies it’s easy by simply turning around and wiping your feet.
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Belfast News
Twenty Years After A Love Letter Revelation
A man finds two bundles of old letters in a family trunk one in a woman's hand and one in a man's hand. He realizes the man is his younger self and the woman his wife Ethel. He tests his wife with a letter from twenty years earlier and watches her react with amused embarrassment. The exchange ends with a joke about their children inheriting similar letters.
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Ethel
Papa
Ethel Junior
Victims of Dread Disease Message for Young Men
A physician urges young men to fight dread disease and avoid temptation to flirt with pretty blondes. The admonition frames the battle as a moral test and urges discipline in matters of love and health.
Admitted Faults of Beautiful Frail Girls in Tuberculosis Claim
A noted English physician argues that a certain charming fragile type of girl is highly susceptible to tuberculosis and heart disease, suffers anaemia and debility, and that beauty misleads lovers into unhealthy unions. He contends such traits elevate disease risk in offspring and that brunettes fare better than blondes, a view linked to maternal fragility and public harm.
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Consumpion
Sonia
Martial law testimony details at Cabin Creek inquiry
The military commission heard reports of armed groups parading in the disturbed area with violence from arson to murder as civil authorities failed to enforce law before martial rule. Captain Morgan described court martial procedures and noted many accused faced murder and conspiracy charges, with some released and others backed by a well funded defense. Former Governor Glasscock was to present official records tomorrow to finish this phase.
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Lawrence Secrist
Pratt
C. R. Morgan
Military Commission
United States Army
Cabin Creek
Morgan
Supreme Court of Appeals
Rovrvaih
Glasscock
Citizens papers lagging among workmen in the nation
Representative Victor Murdock reports that about 4,000,000 adult male residents have not taken out citizen papers. He says they comprise roughly one seventh of all working men and are employed across many trades in the country, with few active in business.
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Washington
Victor Murdock
Kansas
United States
Peary Starts Back Home After Paris Honors
Rear Admiral Robert E Peary sails from Cherbourg to the United States after a week of unusual honors in Paris. He was hosted by the Paris Geographical Society with Napoleon Bonaparte figures, had an interview with President Poincare, and received welcomes from the Normandy Geographical Society and the Societe des Conferences Etrangeres.
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France
Paris
Robert E. Peary
United States
Cherbourg
Paris Geograpical Society
Ronald Bonaparte
Poincare
Normandy Geographical Society
Societe Des Conferences Etrangeres
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