Welch WeWs Notes Found Dead in Road
P Canterberry of Pineville was found dead on Indian Ridge Mountain between his home and Welch. Coroner’s jury cites heart failure as the cause. He was 34, survived by his wife and father. discovery followed by locals and friends in Pineville and Craney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canterberry
P. Canterberry
Pineville
Welch
Indian Ridge Mountain
R. M. Cook
F. ©. Holland
Deil Cook
Canterbderry
Craney
Indian Ridge
Personal Notices From City Visitors and Travelers
Local society notes list residents and visitors in the city on business and leisure. Names include J B Hall T H Lilly R M Lawson T T Swope P D Johnston R O Crockett G W St Clair J Walton Thomas E H Smith Latham Chaffee Squires B Edmunds Jean Edwards Elizabeth Mellihany Hortense Graham W C Pasley C B D W Hancock Robert Lacy Floyd Smith and families visiting relatives in Virginia Beach Lynchburg Petersburg Norfolk Lynchburg Welch and Shenandoah Valley Academy patterns.
Lopinsky Wins Suit Against Insurance Company
In circuit court Mrs. J. M. Lopinsky widow of Col. J. M. Lopinsky won $9,247.36 on a $10,000 life policy from George Washington Life Insurance Co. Trial drew witnesses from Charleston and Welch as the jury found in favor of the plaintiff. Later items note road tour by Logan county officials praising McDowell roads and a Welch trip to Cincinnati for a bible school camp meeting with evangelists and a Methodist preacher from Hiwassu College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Lopinsky
Col. J. M. Lopinsky
George Washington Life Insurance Co
Charleston
Anderson, Strother & Hughes
Taylor, Strother & Taylor
Frederick 8. Bowen
J. P. Bowerman
H. H. Young
Hurvitz
EF. H. Lopinsky
J. J. Ross
Alfred Cabell
Henry Mitchell
R. L. Shrewsbury
J. M Moore
George Aldridge
R. Wilson
8. B. Browning
Logan
Welch
Logan County Court
McDowell
Col
W. J. McClaren
West Virginia
Col. McClaren
McKinney Club
McDowell County
J. L. Mattox
E. G. Landon
H. C. Lane
Cincinnati
Pie Boone Drowns in Little Kanawha River
The body of Nathaniel Boone known as Pie Boone was brought to Bluefield by train after drowning Thursday afternoon in the Little Kanawha River near Montgomery. A well known local colored baseball player, Boone had been with Montgomery this season and returned home to Bluefield. He went swimming about 2 20 oclock with Wm Brown reporting the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Boone
Pie” Boone
Bluefield
Montgomery
Kanawha
Pie
Wm. Brown
Negligee Effects Highlight Domestic Finish Deluxe Laundry
The advertisement extols the domestic finish deluxe for shirts and collars as the best option. It claims a thriving laundry industry from satisfied customers and promises no higher upfront cost with substantial long term savings.
Tragic drowning after brief swim in river near Bluefield
A 22 year old man known as "Pie" from Bluefield went under while in the water and could not be saved. Rescue attempts failed and his body was recovered about an hour later. Doctors tried to revive him but were unable. His mother resides on Jones Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pie
Bluefield
Jones Street
Cattle Sale Draws Wide Range of Buyers in Virginia
Cattlemen from southwest Virginia returned from Radford where Major John T. Cowan sold 75 head of Scotch shorthorns in a public sale conducted by Col. Fred Rippert. Buyers from Virginia Iowa Kansas Washington DC Kentucky Ohio Tennessee North Carolina and Indiana attended. Expected proceeds around 15000 with cows bringing as high as 605 per head and average prices near 250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Virginia
Radford
John T. Cowan
Fred Rippert
Decatur
Ind
Cowan
Virginia
Iowa
Kansas
Washington, D. C
Kentucky
Ohio
Tennessee
North Carolina
Indiana
Major Cowan
Southwest
Kansas Experiment Station
Daisy Day Captains and Assistants Listing
Final list of captains and assistants for Daisy Day across multiple locations in the town. Names include Mrs Oliver at Central Art and Stationery, Mrs H Markle at Central Pharmacy, Mrs Deverle at Honakers Corner, and many more at Ramsey Street, Rogers and Tyler, West End Highland, Summers Street, East End Giles, North Side, Mastins Drug Store, Postoffice, Lower Bland Ramsey, Flynn and Greear's Drug Store, White Pharmacy, East End Pharmacy, Matt Hotel, South Bluefield, and related venues with captains and assistant names. Includes extensive resident names such as Misses Dolly Reynolds Edith Ward Stella Stowers Ruth Me Claugherty Irene Easley and many others. Buy a daisy on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Day
Central Art and Stationery Co
Oliver
Dolly Reynolds
Edith Ward
Stella Stowers
Nellie French
Ruth French
Ellen Stevens
Sarah Bowen
Myrtle Hawks
Jennie Johnson
Helen Cowling
Lucile Diddle
West End
Highland Avenue
C. E Lilly
Steele
Pollock
Holland
Summers
H. J. Shott
W. G. Baldwin
J. R. Shumate
C. B. Wilson
East End
Giles Street
EK. Bond
Dunglinson
Hicks
Lindsey
North Side
W. T. Williams
G. A. Matthews
Maxie Layne McEldowney
Carrie Cofer
Mary Warner
Dorothy Yaple
Helen Dilger
Bertha Prince
Ethel Pedigo
Bayne Riddick
Flynn
F. T. Ridley
Mary Barnes
Virginia Martin
Matt Hotel
H.C. Weller
Ruth Hodell
Irene Blackstock
Virginia Wayne
Janie Dodd
Dorothy McDonald
South Bluefield
H. A. Ritz
Blackburn
A. G. McCue
Goodson
Russell Ritz
Ruth Hawkins
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem, N.C
Welch Wews
J. BE. Hall
Columbus
T.H. Lilly
Hinton
City
R. M. Lawson
Burkes Garden, Va
Mrs
T. T Swope and
Coeburn
R. C .Blackstock
Lynchburg
P. D. Johnston
Tazewell
R. O. Crockett
Geo. W. St. Clair
J. Walton Thomas
Marion, Va
E. H. Smith
Virginia Beach
Robert Barnes
Latham Chaffee Squires
East Orange
N. J
Shenandoah Academy
B. Edmunds
Jean
Petersburg
Norfolk
Elizabeth Mellihany
Hortense Graham
W.C. Pasley
C. B
D. W. Hancock
Robert Lacy
Floyd Smith
First National Bank
Pulaski
Shenandoah Vallley Academy
Winchester
H. H. Barnes
Marjorie
Ss. V. A
Margaret White
H. N. White
Tacoma
J. F. Fox
White
Washington Seminary
Washington
Felts & Co
Philadelphia
Randolph's
Randolp
E. F. Randolph
Jewelers
Suborrane
Huntington
W. Va
J. A. Hughes
Huntington, W. VA
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Crown and Bridge Works
J. S. Gompton
Methodist Church
J. K. Lowery
Hiwassu Gotlege
Methodist
Pie Boone
Royal Steam Laundry
Gladys Hailey
Lucile Garrett
Marian Garrett
Rives Hooper
Lucile Mellhaney
Marian and
Florence Laird
Mercer County
United States Woolen Mills Company
United Woolen Mills Company
Dade
THE
United Woolen Mills CO
W. A. Hersch
Princeton Ave
America
W. C. Alexander
Bland St
Kahn
Russell Street
Palm Beach
OLD Flat Top National Bank
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