Graham native Arthur Mitchell to sail for Manila as lieutenant
Arthur Mitchell of Graham Virginia has been commissioned a lieutenant in the U S Army and will sail from San Francisco June 26 to Manila Philippines. He graduates next week from the Virginia Military Institute after four years there and previously trained at Augusta Military Academy. He plans to arrive in Graham June 19 before leaving for San Francisco to catch the Manila steamship. He has endured a bout of typhoid fever but is now healthy and in line to begin a military career admired by friends and family.
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Graham
Arthur Mitchell
United States Army
San Francisco
Manila
P. 1
Engineering
Army
Mitchell
William Mitchell
Virginia Military Institute
Augusta Military Academy
Arthur
Tjis
Philippines
Ar Imy
Mr. Mitchell
Philippine Islands
Frances
Roanoke
Lexington
Charles Wightman
Clayton
Mr. Wightman
Report of the First National Bank Bluefield June 4 1913
Bank condition report for Bluefield West Virginia showing resources total 2 324 665 23 and liabilities 2 524 655 23. Highlights include loans 1 392 959 63 U S bonds 50 000 00 deposits 1 567 457 68 and capital 450 000 00. Signed by Edwin Mann president and Jno H Custard notary public.
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First National Bank
Bluefield
West Virginia
U. S
U. S. Treasury
Eense
Is Ae
Busnaine
Ose Cs
Shia Sakean
Mercer
Edwin Mann
Jno
H. Custard
W. C. Pollock
G. M. M’culloch
J. W. Ruff
Union Bank & Trust Company Financial Summary 1913
The Union Bank & Trust Company of Bluefield West Virginia presents its June 4 1913 financials led by loans 167 908 59 unsecured 5 188 22 and U S Bonds 1 000 00 with total assets 334 820 28 and deposits 102 707 75 while capital 199 000 00 surplus 45 000 00 and undivided profits 11 449 76. The report is sworn by Cashier Bane S Witten before notary Geo P Crockett on June 11 1913.
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Bbgm Fc
Vac
Wns
Chs
Csen
U.S
Eee
West Virginia
Mercer
Bane
S. Witten
Rane S. Witten
Geo. P. Crockett
First Brick Laid in Bluefield by Squire Pierce
Dayton visitor Squire S. H. Pierce recalled laying the first brick for a Norfolk and Western oli road house in Bluefield as the coalfield town grew. He spoke of early days in Elkhorn, magistrate duties, and a lynching incident during his tenure. Pierce, 74, plans to return to Dayton next week after visiting his daughter and daughter-in-law in Midway.
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Squire S. H. Pierce
Dayton
Ohio
Ben Evans
Midway
Squire Pierce
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western
Coal
Elkhorn
Croziei
Wich
Mr. Pierce
R. H. May
Shenandoah Valley
Injunction Granted Over Graham Clear Fork Mountain Road
Judge Kogley granted an injunction sought by about twenty petitioners delaying further work on the Graham Clear Fork road while an investigation checks if the project violates the bond election. Plaintiffs say the road should connect with the new Hockman road near Hon. Alex St. Clair’s residence, which is not being done. Work on the mountain side has started but the order halts further grading pending settlement. Petitioners are represented by Greever & Gillespie.
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Tazewell
Kogley
Graham Clear Fork Mountain
New Hockman Road
Alex St. Clair
Law Firm
Greever & Gillespie
Prominent Graham Pioneer Malcolm Bryan Dies
Malcolm Bryan, long tied to Graham's early history, died at his Roanoke home. He helped recruit William Mitchell to Graham as Virginia Lumber Company secretary treasurer and was a key aide to J. H. Dinge, who represented Philadelphia interests. Bryan lived at Hotel Graham during his business career and was fondly remembered by locals. William Mitchell attended Bryan’s funeral in Roanoke.
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Dayton
Malcolm Bryan
Graham
Roanoke
Mr. Bryan
William Mitchell
Virginia Lumber Company
Bryan
J. H. Dingee
Philadelphia
Virginia
Pryag
Hotel
Prominent locals attend routine city day notes
The report lists several residents and visitors in Graham and nearby areas. Norfolk and Western assistant agent Mr Hineygardner heads to Tim berville for his mother’s funeral. Others include chem graduates Frank Wall and Pete Janutolo awaiting jobs, and residents Bourne, Kiser, Boone, Sizer, McCulloch, Emma Thomas, Ada Joint, and Miss Joint among shoppers, travelers, and attendees at commencements and trips to Roanoke, Athens, Philadelphia, and Parkersburg.
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Hineygardner
Norfolk and Western
Graham
Timberville
Miss Martha McGuirk Returns to Graham as Instructor
Miss Martha McGuirk, popular music teacher, leaves for Portsmouth and will resume duties in Graham at the opening of the fall term after being reappointed by the school board.
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Martha McGuirk
Graham
Portsmouth
Gi Ia
McGuirk
Local Visitors Share Graham Hospitality
Mrs Ida Kerr and her son Clay of Oklahoma visited Graham yesterday staying with Mr and Mrs W L Nash. Mrs Kerr is Max Witten's sister from Pine Field and this marks her first return here in twenty six years. Other guests arrived to visit relatives include Mrs J Wallace Larah of Wilmington Delaware and Mrs P C Winborne with Bernice and Ruth Crockett.
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Ida ,Kerr
Clay
Oklahoma
Ais Section
W. L. Nash
Kerr
Max Witten
Pinefield
Graham
J. Wallace Larah
Wilmington
Del
Gealam
Appalachian Power Co
Personal notes from Bluefield area residents
Andrew Goit of Hinton was in the city on business. A B P Perley of Ionaker is in town. Newborn daughter to Mr and Mrs Jack Cole on Wythe Street. Margaret Kitts left yesterday to visit friends. Capt George M Barger left for Columbia on business. H C Talbot and C M Hunter of Pounding Mills in the city. W B Snidow and son of Pearisburg in town on business. Eugene Foster left for Grundy on business. Mrs Dorothy Cray left for Kenova to visit relatives. Miss Maud Mooney, a local high school teacher, returns from Princeton Indiana. Ruth Johnston leaves for Ripplemead to visit her uncle H L Phlegar. W J Wiley leaves for Topphet due to ill father. Mr and Mrs George W Woodring spent winter in Savannah then returned to Bluefield. Emory Hefner returns from Roanoke. Annie Mullins, college student, returns to Graham. Geo Wolf of Davy and others from Powhatan, Bramwell, Welch, and Ashland attend in city.
Bluefielder Bride in Frankfort Wedding for Miss Scruggs
Alma Poindexter Scruggs and Cecil Ray Lilly wed at the bride’s parents’ home on George Town Pike with only family and close friends present. The ceremony used the ring service and pink and green decorations featured roses, hydrangeas, smilax, and pink tulle. The couple plans a wedding trip to Cincinnati and French Lick then Charleston before settling in Bluefield, W V.
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FL Scruggs
Georgetown Pike
Alma Poindexter Scrnuggs
Cecil Ray Lilly
Bluefield
W. Va
Rogert L. Nove
First Christian Church
Miss June Lilly
PB. T. Lilly
Miss Lilly
Lilly
St Sccuggs
Col
D. G. Lilly
Dawson
State Journal
Treacherous Antarctic Crevasses Screen Snow Roofs
The article describes hidden crevasses in Antarctic ice called the devil's roof by Amundsen and others. It recounts dangers of sudden hollow sounds, possible detours, and massive depths while noting explorers’ rope rescues and lessons from polar trials. It also shares a local tale of Charles Wightman walking again after a wasp sting, amid varied beliefs about dreams and luck.
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Switzerland
Antarctic
L. C. Bernacchi
London Chronicle
North Pole
Amundsen
Captain Scott
Sir Ernest Shackleton
The Hyphen Debate In Daily Writing
The Philadelphia Ledger questions the need for hyphenating to day to night to-morrow arguing the energy wasted in hyphen production could power a train or even a battleship. It cites estimates of 200 million English speakers averaging multiple hyphenations daily.
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Statistician
New York
Panama Canal
Philadelphia Ledger
Mending Eggs in Hatchery Hints
During last spring's hatching, two cracked eggs began to bleed showing live embryos. The narrator carefully sealed the breaks with melted paraffin and cooled slight cover only the damaged areas. Both eggs yielded healthy chicks raised to maturity.
Wash Tubbs origins and shortening of George Washington Tubbs
The Tubbs family named their son George Washington Tubbs to honor the Father of His Country and the firstborn. The long middle name proved unwieldy, so people shortened it to Wash Tubbs, with the middle name dropped and the nickname sticking.
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Tubbses
George Washington Tubbs
George
Mabel and Daddy Recall Calendar Remembrance Phrase
In a London Mail style snippet Mabel asks what she is doing on the 14th and Daddy suggests using knots in a handkerchief to remember. Mabel explains she tied them to recall the date and mark it on the calendar as Ad.
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Mabel
Daddy
London Mail
Unearth Indian Relics Discovered in Luna Park Charleston
Workmen digging at Luna Park in Charleston unearthed a pocket of Spanish gold coins dated 1712, a string of Indian beads, an Indian maiden carving, a knife with a gold handle and an Indian letter. The letter proved to be a love missive from an Indian girl to her sweetheart, buried as a message for him to find.
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Luna Park
Charleston
How could a dish run away with a spoon
A playful quip from the Kansas City Journal imagining a dish and spoon in motion with a cheeky line about a talking cup that cheers.
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Kansas City Journal
Travel Abroad Proves Breadth of Mind Says Boston Transcript
Dialogue jokes about travel broadening one’s horizons. A witty exchange notes that going abroad tends to broaden people as the Boston Transcript comments on the idea.
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Boston Transcript
Small Shine Outweighs Great Shadow
A concise saying exhorts that qualities of value come from brightness and usefulness rather than mere size or grandiose appearances. The proverb contrasts impact with scale, urging practical excellence over showy grandeur.
Just Stung Cripple Who Had Dreamed of Snake
A fragment suggests a claim that mind can influence matter and others mock the idea. The text mentions a crippled man who had dreamed of a snake and then fled, with reader belief split on whether thoughts affect reality.
Old Dutch Cake Proposal Described In Family Scene
A quaint Dutch custom is described where a suitor brings a small cake to his beloved, places it before her, and waits for her response. If she accepts she eats the cake, if not she hides it away and the affair ends. If accepted, the father discusses affairs and a Rhine wedding trip.
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Holland
Rhine
The Man of Action Wishes To Act Now
A Philadelphia Ledger editorial urges abandoning the vague plan of someday. It argues decisive men act immediately, using available facts to decide and proceed without boast or delay.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Clever Prisoner Poses Duke of Modena to Foo l Napoleon
In the Italian campaign Napoleon I. meets a prisoner who pretends to be the Duke of Modena to gain better care. When the real duke confronts him, the imposter explains that only a more illustrious title could have saved him, and both men applaud the ruse.
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Italy
Napoleon I
Modena
Napoleon
Dukes of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised
Malone New York woman cites relief from organic inflammation after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Testimonial describes tearing pain, husband seeking help, and full recovery. Advertisement extols herbal formula as standard remedy for female maladies and various symptoms.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Frep Song
Malone
N. Y
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Graham Daily News
United States
Arthur Mitchell Will Saiil
J. C. Nelson
Bank OF Graham
Graham, VA
Union Bank & Trust Company
Bank First
Ss. J. Sublette
J. R. Hutcherson
E. E. Carter
Norfolk and Western Round House
Graham Clear Fork Mountain Road
W. H. Hobbie
Roanke
R. H. Palmer
Evangeline
J. D. Hineygardner
Timberville, Va
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
Frank Wall
Pete Janutolo
L. Bourne
Clear Fork
Mr. Bourne
Ite
Frank
Pete
Bourne
A. G. Kiser
C. E. Boone
Norfolk and Weston
Armore Sizer
Frank McCulloch
Athens
Concord Normal School
Emma Thomas
Bramwell
W. D. Ord
Landgraff
Ada Joint
City
J. W. Joint
Giles Street
C. O. Stahlman
Catherine
Parkersburg
Mr. Stadman
Paul Thomas
Washington and Lee University
W. H H. Thomas
Florence
Andrew Goit
Hinton
A. B P. Perley
Ionaker
Jack Cole
Wythe Street
Margaret Kitts
Duhing
George M. Barger
Columbia
8. C
H. C. Talbot
C. M. Hunter
W. B. Snidow
Pearisburg
Eugene Foster
Grundy
Dorothy Cray
Kenova
Maud Mooney
Princeton
Ind
Ruth Johnston
Adams Street
Ripplemead
H. L. Phlegar
W. J. Wiley
Tophet
George W. Woodring
Savannah
Emory Hefner
Annie Mullins
Lexington, Ky
Geo. Wolf
Davy
Col. L. E. Tierney
Powhatan
I. T. Mann
Wain
Bluefielder
Frankfort
Alma Pindexter Scrugss
Coeil Ray Lilly
Duke of
Stone & Supply Company
Martin Budding
Charles ST. Clair
Matz Hotel
Hillenella
W Va
Tineston Ale
J. D. McCue
Kelly & Moyer
Binefield
REAL
Grand St
TY Loan CO
Phone
Bluefield Transfer Go -Incorporated
A. D. Wood
Bluefield, W. VA
Ofies
Thornton Pandina
Jas. E. Mayer
Laeger
Armature
A. L. Smith
Bluefleld
W. V
Percy J. McElrath
Hyman
J. D. Shott
Bluefield Lodge
Masonic Hall
Laca Rugs
Princeton Avenue
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