Reverend Anderson to Wed Miss Morrisette in Richmond
Rev R Homer Anderson left Graham for Richmond where he will wed Miss Helen Morrisette, former Graham and Pocahontas teacher. The ceremony will be conducted by Rev J J Scherer Jr of the Pivot English Lutheran Church. Anderson, eldest son of Mr and Mrs J R Anderson, recently completed studies at Lutheran Theological Seminary Philadelphia and will be ordained this fall. Morrisette is the Richmond daughter of Mr and Mrs T J Morrisette and is regarded as a gifted high school teacher in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Homer Anderson
Richmond
Helen Morrisette
Graham and Pocahontas High School
J. J. Scherer, Jr
Pivot English Lutheran Church
J. R. Anderson
Grahamham
Graham
Lutheran ‘Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
Maria, x C
T. J. Morrisette
Callahan Bros bankruptcy discharge petition in West Virginia
J L and A K Callahan partners trading as Callahan Bros petition for discharge in the Southern District of West Virginia. Court orders a hearing for July 2, 1914 at Bluefield and to mail notices to known creditors. The filing dates reference July 16 prior, December 22 1913 and June 2 1914 with clerk Edwin M Keatley signing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of the United States
West Virginia
J. L
A. K. Callaha
Callahan Bros
Benjamin F. Keller
West Virginiia
A. K. Callahan
Freeman
Mercer
A. D
J. L. & A. K. Callabian, ‘Partners
Callahan Bres
Bankyote
Bluefield
Telegraph
Benjamin ¥. Keller
Very ill in hospital after surgical operation
Julian Cox of Maybeury lies critically ill in Bluefield hospital following a Monday operation. Relatives Mrs. Crockett Norfolk and Mrs Crockett Max Meadows and others, including Elizbeth and Charley Crockett, have been staying with Attorney Sexton’s family in Graham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Cox
Maybeury
W. L. Sexton
Tuefield
J. M. Crockett
Norfolk
Samuel Crocket
Maxmeadows
Merion Sanders
Chilhowie
Lewis
Marion
Elizabeth
Charley Crockett
Bluefield
Brumfield to Play at Princeton Diamond Return
Brumfield arrives in Graham from Wayne to join the Princeton team as third baseman for the season. Mrs. Brumfield and their young son accompany him. Also, Miss Annie Mullen returns from Lexington with Hamilton College diploma after earning top grades and serving as business manager of the Crimson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brumfield
Princeton
Walter Brumfield
Annie Mullen
Lexington
Hamilton College
Mullen
Annie
Crimson
Amy Mullen
Grat Mullen
Tazewell
Business Picking Up in Graham After Clairvoyant Move
Graham shows revived activity as Professor Moss opens headquarters at Hotel Graham following Prof Byron’s departure. Bluefield women visited Moss yesterday and left reportedly pleased, signaling a brighter spell for the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Gain
Byron
Professor Moss
Daily Telegraph
Graham
Bluefield
Graham Bride Weds J. H. Franklin in Thursday Evening
The Daily Telegraph reports the marriage of Mrs. E. McCullogh to J. H. Franklin on Thursday evening. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Z. N. Neff of Graham and is noted for her charm and pleasant disposition as friends extend congratulations and best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Daily Telegraph
E. McCullogh
J. H. Franklin Thursdiv
Z. N. Neff
Daily News
Pocahontas Woman Undergoes Surgical Operation
Mrs C S Minter of Pocahontas formerly Miss Nannie Dupuy underwent a surgical operation at the Bluefield Sanitarium yesterday evening. She was reported as progressing nicely last night. Rain brings relief after the area’s hottest and driest weather on record in Graham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Minter
Pocahontas
Nannie Dupuy
Bluefield Sanitarium
Graham
Local social notes recall ten highland visitors
Frank Anderson returns home from Roanoke College for vacation. Miss Mabel Coen stayed with Miss Grace Godfrey in Bluefield yesterday. Miss Ella Litz of Tazewell is visiting in Bluefield. Miss Ma Simpson of Bluefield was here yesterday on a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Anderson
Roanoke Colege
Mabel Coen
Grace Godfrey
Bluefield
Ella Litz
Tazewell
Chae
Ma Simpson
Cooler Weather Spreads Across the Nation
Sweltering conditions eased in most areas as cooler air settled in from the west, except along the Atlantic coast where relief was delayed to tomorrow. Heat records persisted in Richmond, Atlanta, and Montgomery as cities across the Ohio valley reported sharp temperature drops with Washington Philadelphia and New York seeing lower readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic
Boston
Richmond
Atlanta
Montgomery
Ala
Philadelphia
New
Ohio Valley
Chicago
Weather trends bring cooler temps across region
The report notes a 20 degree drop from yesterday to reach temperatures around seventy in the area. Similar declines occur in other midwest cities, while Mobile Alabama shows a ten degree fall from yesterday’s 100 high. Officials forecast cooler weather extending eastward tomorrow with little change in the west, though a Sunday rise is possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Mobile
Ala
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Anxiety Over Fate of Four Balloons in Northwest Race
Portland observers chase updates after a weekend storm crippled three balloons from the first national Northwest race. The Uncle Sam, piloted by H. E. Honeywell, landed near Oregon City with no injuries to Honeywell or passenger W. E. Stewart. A second balloon, Million Population Club, carried George C. Morrison. its fate remains uncertain amid reports of a lightning strike and forested terrain on the Cascade slopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Northwest
Uncle Sam
H. E. Honeywell
St. Louis
W. E. Stewart
Oregon City
Honeywell
Stewart
Cascade Mountains
Million Population Club
Kansas City
John Watts
Springfield
Roy Jonaldson
Rosco Pawcett
Portand
Kansas City WI
Wilbur Henderson
States Forestry Department
Confidence of Finding a Middle Ground in Kanawha Strike Talks
Washington report says federal conciliators proposed two settlements on union dues deduction in the Kanawha coal fields. No agreement on the first proposal. the second will be studied during a three day adjournment. John P. White of the United Mine Workers may join. Patrick Gilday to contact him in Indianapolis tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Commissioners of Conciliation
Kanawha
West Virginia
John P. White
United Mine Workers
Patrick Gilday
Mr. White
Indianapolis
West Indian Negro Held in Hackensack Jail
Henry Joseph Sutton also known as Henry Westcott, a West Indian man accused of threatening to blow up an ocean liner and to wreck a New York railroad train for $10,000. Detectives say he wrote demands to Cunard and the New Haven Railroad. He was arrested near a New Jersey town after a decoy package was dropped from a train. He remains a prisoner in Hackensack, with his photo in the rogues gallery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Coross
Hartford
Cunard Steamship Line
Fron
New Haven
Whaley
Tuirton
Odey
New York Central
Shroods
Hurton
Cunard Line
Aquitania
Burton
New York
Henry Joseph Sutton
New York, New Haven
Hackensack
N. Y
Rogues
I Remembered What You Said About Forgetting
Aunt Jane, traveling alone, recounts a short journey and reflects on forgetfulness. She admits missing a trunk recheck, lunch, umbrella, shawl, comb and brush, and suspects a jet brooch was stolen after changing cars. She kept a pleasant mood despite the mishaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Double Duty: An English sportsman’s clever motor yacht trick
A Cleveland Plain Dealer paragraph admires an English sportsman who combines yacht and automobile to make a fast motorboat. He launches the auto from aboard to power the yacht, then runs the yacht ashore to travel by road, joking that pampered autos should work for passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Duto
Antos
Cleveland Plain Dealer
When a Man Looks at a Woman Quote Meaning
A London Tatler line asserts that mutual gaze reflects desire. The remark frames gendered attention as intentional and reciprocal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becuse
London
Tatler
Tommy-Pop and His Wife Bre One
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record presents a terse exchange about a man and his wife with a ditty on fear and saviorship, invoking a Byron line to hint at cautionary wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Philadelphia Record
Music and Medicine Impresario on Therapeutic Songs
A reporter asked an opera manager about music as a medicine. He answered he believes in it, noting three operas are market drags while most popular songs fail to move him.
Debt worry prompts walk for husband in fluors joke
A humorous quotation from the Washington Star features Mrs. Torkins quipping about her husband walking the fluor due to debts and a doctor’s note urging more exercise. The exchange shows a witty domestic moment.
Gibbs-1 and Gibbs-Well Exchange on Rising
Dosfon transcript notes Gibbs arguing early rising is meaningless without actions after waking. The dialogue questions abstract excellence tied to rising and suggests better outcomes come from what people do after getting up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibbs
Dosfon
Minnesota Primaries Set with Tight Anti-Organization Fight
Minnesota voters head to the polls next Tuesday to select candidates for all state offices, Congress, and state courts. Governor Adolph O. Eberhart seeks a third term amid anti organization opposition backed by William Lee, with other parties fielding full slates and a heated battle over liquor policy shaping the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Congress
Legisature
Supreme Court
Jekel
Adolph O. Eberhart
William K. Lee
Gainer Eberhart
Lee
Eberhart
Wverhart
Democratic Cubemporial
Daniel W. Lewler
Winfield S. Hammond
Hammond
Progressive Party
Hugh T. Halbert
J. N. Westerlund
Hennepin County
State Senate
Miners End Strike After Union Recognition Waiver
In Colliers West Virginia on June 12 a 400 miner strike against the West Virginia and Pittsburgh Coal Company ended as leaders announced they would abandon the demand for union recognition. Reports say the company granted a return to an eight hour day and the dispute moved toward settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colliers
W. Va
West Virginia and Pittsburg Coal Company
Miners Strike Ends as UMWA Guards Pass Pact
The United Mine Workers of America wage settlement secures protection from the state insurance department and the West Virginia Public Service Commission. Miners would abandon the camp near the mines since September. remaining workers are to return to duty amid disorder from the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers of America
Insurance Department
Weat Virgits Public Service Commission
Famine Threatens People of Vera Cruz
Washington reports a looming famine in Vera Cruz and surrounding areas. Consul Canada warns of rising prices and severe food shortages. The United States plans to ship corn beans potatoes canned goods bacon and other staples duty free to Vera Cruz to relieve the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Washington
Vera Crus
Department of Commerce
Redfeld
Redfield
Adet
Canada
State Department
War Department
Philadelphia magnate Thom Dolan dead at 82 in Tor
Thomas Dolan of Philadelphia a wealthy financier and former member of the Widener Whitney street railway group died today at his residence in Tor in Desdale near here aged eighty two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Dolan Deed
Philadelphia
Thom& Dolan
Widener Aiking Whitney Street Railway Syndicate
Torresdale
Here
New Jersey Bar Association Opens Annual Meeting
Landing representatives of the bench and bar of New Jersey gathered in Atlantic City for the opening session of the state bar association annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Atlantic City
N. J
Bench
Bar of
State Bar
Letter from Louis Agassiz on early railroad travel
A Boston Herald reprints Edward L. Morse's extract of a December 1846 letter from Louis Agassiz to his mother. He describes leaving Boston by railroad to New Haven via Springfield, noting terrifying speed, baggage chaos, and a shift to valuing speed as rail travel becomes normalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Morse
Salem
Louis Agassiz
Boston
New Haven
Springfield
Albany
Boston Herald
Curbed Study Advised During Rapid Child Growth
Dr. C Mercier urges sharply restricting intellectual exertion for children in rapid growth phases. He argues heavy mental work should be avoided and education paused until growth slows, while emphasizing ample food and rest with a protein rich diet for tissue formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Mercier
London Lancet
Caty
Mercier
Chamberlain's Tablets Claim Appetite Boost and Digestion Aid
Inpaired Appetite recounts that Chamberlains Tablets restored appetite and relieved bloated feelings while promoting a pleasant bowel movement. Detroit man J. H. Seitz endorses the remedy, noting relief of impaired appetite. For sale by all dealers Tuesday to Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
J. H. Seitz
Detroit
Mich
Family Avoids Serious Sickness in Virginia Farm Home
McDuff Virginia Mrs J B Whittaker recalls suffering headaches and stomach trouble for years until using Thedford s Black-Draught. She says it guards her family against sickness and keeps it on hand for her children. The vegetable remedy aids digestion and relieves indigestion and related symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDuff
Thedford
Rail timetable details for 1914 Roanoke to multiple cities
Roanoke Virginia schedule lists departures to Lynchburg Roanoke to Roanoke to Norfolk and New York via Hagerstown with Pullman sleepers Parlor cars and cafe cars. Additional services to Philadelphia Columbus Cincinnati Norfork Richmond Norton Taeger Williamson Gary and Shenandoah lines. Information available from Norfolk and Western Railway agents W B Bevill and Saunders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Lynchburg
Idea
Roanoke
Pullman Sleeper
Norfolk
Richmond
Pullman
New York
Hagerstown
Philadelphia
Shenandoah
Columbus
Cincinnati
Kenoga
Norton
Taeger
Williamson
Gary
Norfolk and Western Railway
W. B. Bevill
W. ©. Saunders
Ass. Traff
Mer
Virginia
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Graham Daily News
Homer Anderson
Eide
Tip Top
Dreweter
Joseph Keys
Elas Opera House
Keith
Fred Heidee
Wilson Franklin & Co
Luxe
A. D. Wood
M. D. YE
Thornton
Matoaka
A. A. Graves
By A. K. Callahan
Edwin M. Keatley
Sed
Bluefield Hospital
Graham School
Leedy & Barnett
International Pastry Cooks Association
Adolph Mayer
Secy
Kace
Hackensack Jail
Music and Medicine
Republican Fight
Pherhart
Quietus
Mr. Redfield
Stearns’ Electric
EAR Safety US
Craig Centre Auto Co., Inc
Longoot
CSA
Pittsburgh
Canter Avenue
R. H. Christian
W. Vas
C. EK. Sisson
Bland St. White Wagon
Virginia Laundry Company
Itime Zim
Armmature
Armatuere Winding
A. J. Smith
W. V
Bluefield Normal & Business College
W. HH. Cunningham
Prin Crockett & Graham Block
Wife Westen
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