Reunion of Johnny Morris at Graham Hotel Ends in Safe Return
A little boy named Johnny Morris traveled from Staunton to Graham for care at a local station. He boarded the wrong train to Tip Top, but strangers helped locate him and his mother Mrs. Morris learned he was safe. The incident prompted a reunion at the Graham hotel before going on to Coeburn. The piece also notes a community event and a lecture by H LaBaume on town development and future progress. The Graham Progressive League hosted the talk with Mayor Sexton introducing the speaker. The Sunday school group for Graham Baptist church plans a picnic at Stockmanh with attendance urged at 9:30 at the Graham high school.
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Johnny Morris
Coeburn
Staunton
Graham
J. W. Hicks
Graham Progressive League
H. LaBaulme
Norfolk and Western Railway
LaBtaume
Sexton
LaBaume
Graham Baptist Church
Stockmanh
Lovers Lane
Gfaham High School
Hockman
Convention fervor as Virginia weighs first ballot choices
Report on Taft Roosevelt contest for delegates as Virginia delegates face first ballot alignment. Observers expect Taft to lead in Virginia, with potential delegate switch possibilities if needed. Roanoke convention legality questioned, Roanoke leaders and Roanoke figures travel to Chicago to rally supporters. Ninth district Republicans eye a convention after Chicago adjourns to name a challenger to General Avers.
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Graham
Tedly
Roosevelt
Virginia
Taft
Roanoke
J. S. Reown
Mr. LaBaume Speaks on Town Betterment
Mr. LaBaume delivered an address on town betterment to a large audience. The meeting drew a very receptive crowd and was described as one of the year’s best, held Friday night at the Gem.
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The
Gem
Graham Arctic Tennis Match Draws Large Local Crowd
The Gary tennis club will visit Graham today for a match against the Graham club. Local contests draw considerable interest this season and today’s game is expected to attract a large crowd. Dr. C. M. Fisher and R. B. Baylor aim to protect home pride in the contest. H. E. Harman is improving his Walnut street residence with a new porch, promising a handsome home upon completion. The town council bans fireworks on the Glorious Fourth, making dynamite explosions in Graham unlawful, contractors excluded.
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Gary Tennis Club
Graham
Graham Club
C. M. Fisher
R. BK. Baylor
H. E. Harman
Walnut Street
Mr. Harman
Will H Stevens Helps Lecture at Gem Theatre
Will H Stevens of the Norfolk and Western Railway agriculture and industrial department assisted Mr LaBaume with a lecture at the Gem Theatre in Graham Wriday. Stevens, an old newspaper man and former Virginia Press Association member, once ran a paper in Surray County.
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Will H. Stevens
Agriculture and Industrial Department
Norfolk and Western Railway
Roanoke
Graham Wriday
LaBaume
Gem Theatre
Mr. Stevens
Virginia Press Association
Surray County
Sunday school and church events at Graham
Sunday school at 9 30 a m with Prof J A Livesay superintendent preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m by the pastor Epworth League meets at 7 15 p m led by Miss Gertrude Rucker Delegates from the Bluefield conference will report Young people's missionary society meets at 3 p m Mrs H B Frazier manager Personal notes Homer Atterson returns from Salem for Roanoke College commencement Ada Burton arrives from Harrisonburg en route to Graham birth school Miss Ada home in Unaka Graham county Annie Mullin returns to Graham from Lexington Ky
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J. A. Livesay
Epworth
Gertrude Rucker
Bluefield
Young People’s Missionary Society
H. B. Frazier
Homer Atterson
Salem
Roanoke
Local Delights For Summer Visits In Graham And Home Towns
Miss Annie, student in Hamilton College, will spend the summer in Graham pleasing her many friends. Miss Anna Holbrook of Wrigits Valley is home from the Harrisonburg Normal.
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Hamilton College
Annie
Amy Mullin
Graham
Anna Holbrook
Wrigits Valley
Arrisonburg
Bristol observers foresee Caples as C and O president
Dispatch from Bristol notes that Martin J. Caples vice president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. is likely to become president after Stevens retires. The plan includes extending the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Railway from Dante to Elkhorn City to link with the C and O, aiming to unify two trunk lines from the South Atlantic to the Great Lakes under one ownership.
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Bristol
Ipteres
Martin J. Caples
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Stevens
Chesapake
Ohio
Carolina, Chirchfield and Ohio Railway
Dant
Elkhorn City
Chesapeake and Ohio
Ponds
Carolina, Clinchfield
Oh's
Great Trunk Line
Atlamic Coast
Great Lakes
Question Right of Stranger to Found New Masonic Lodge
A near riot on Day and Lawton streets ended when police arrived to quell about a hundred colored men at Cleophes Peerys home. They sought to question Bishop J B Thornton about organizing a local colored lodge and faced a City Hall session with grand masters to verify proceedings.
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Cleophes Peery
J. B. Thornton
W. 133Rd Street
New York City
Niagara Falls
N. Y
King Solomon Lodge
Thornton Masonic Lodge
New Ot
J. B. Thornton Lodge
Ed Strand Lodge
Colored Order of Masons
Cismont Lodge
City Hall
Lodge
Thornton
News Lodge
Cismont No. 31
Cleophas Peery
Colored Masons battle over lodge plans in Bluefield streets
Thornton hid in Moore's store on Lawson street and surrendered to the police chief with officers and deputies guarding him. A committee from Moanklin sought to establish a lodge at Scott street with sixteen men agreeing to join and some paying up to $10. Tensions rose as complaints were filed with the police against local colored Masons who disrupted homes and trespassed. Local white allies sought guidance from the state grand master as authorities vowed to prevent trouble.
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Thornton
Moore
Lawson Street
Keister
White
Williams
Carter and
Calloway
Long
Ch Lee
Moanklin
N. C
Scott Street
J. B. Thornton
Peery
New Lodge
Cleophas Peery
James Peery
Peasley Street
Chaphas Peery
Day
Lawson S'Reets
Li Hendricks
Massie Seeks Discharge in West Virginia Bankruptcy
A. T. Massie of Princeton Mercer County West Virginia petitions the Southern District of West Virginia for a full discharge from debts provable under bankruptcy acts. A hearing is scheduled for July 10 1912 at Bluefield with notices to known creditors by mail.
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United States of America
West Virginia
United States
A. T. Massie
Kenj. F. Keller
District Court of the United States
Princeton
Mercer
West Virginis
Bluefield
Daily Telegraph
Sald
Benj. F. Keller
A. D
Edwin M. Kirtie
D. C
U. 8
D. W. Va
Foreman Struck By Shovel Fracturing Skull at Local Shops
C J Shoffner roundhouse foreman at the local shops suffered a fractured skull after being struck with a shovel by W K Johnson as he attempted to stop him from drawing an engine. Shoffner, at St Luke's Hospital, is listed in serious condition and Johnson remains at large. Shoffner, a former Roanoke resident, was injured around ten o'clock. police pursued leads but could not locate Johnson by last night.
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C. J. Shoffner
St. Luke's Hospital
Shoffner
W. KB. Johnson
Sali
Johnson
Roanoke
Paradox on life days from world circumnavigation
A Glasgow Herald reader presents a paradox from Piesse’s chymical magic about two people born together at the Cape of Good Hope. If one travels west for a year and the other east, after fifty years their experiences differ by 100 days, due to time gained or lost by circumnavigation.
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Herald
Piesse
Cape of Good Hope
Glasgow Herald
Windy City Domestic Dispute Ends With Robbery Claim
Gustav H. De Kolkey of Chicago testified his wife and her brother assaulted him in his home and she robbed him of 11 dollars while he was held down. The wife confessed she needed money after a year with no support and claimed chloroform was considered but not used. The court ruled the conduct justifiable.
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Windy City
Gustav H. de Kolkey
Chicago
Mrs
Seafaring Races and Head Shapes Across Seas
The piece notes Captain Amundsen and Dr. Nanson resemble each other with long narrow Viking heads. It observes seafaring peoples around the Baltic and Mediterranean share this head type, while inland Europeans tend to broader skulls. It adds that long head shape does not cause seamanship as shown by round headed Japanese who take to the sea.
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Amundsen
Nanson
Baltic
Mediterranean
Europe
The Beautiful Moonlight In Jersey Hills
A social worker guides campers beside a small lake in the Jersey hills under a rising full moon. A rider quips that the moonlight is a shiny gascicac, prompting a brief, enigmatic exchange about the scene.
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Jersey Hills
N and W Reports Record Coal Demand and New Markets
Norfolk and Western coal fields show unprecedented demand for Pocahontas coal due to resuming lake shipments. Several months reach record shipments with sharp gains over 1910 11, including a notable release offer of 10000 to a west contract to secure relief. The data compares eleven months of 1911 12 with the prior year to illustrate the surge.
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Norfolk and Western Coal Fields
Fewer Storks in Alsace Visibly Shrinking Population
The Alsace stork count shows only one of four nests occupied as migratory birds decline. Factors cited include marsh drainage, wires, and factory smoke. German officials tag storks like citizens, tracing origin from eastern Prussia, while a Port Elizabeth doctor cites possible arsenic poisoning of grasshoppers. A local Alsace-Lorraine correspondent suggests nearer causes.
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Alsace
Sitrassburg
Germany
Education Department
France
Cape of Good Hope
Prussia
Port Elizabeth
Alsace-Lorraine
South Bluefield Florist Ad Seeks Plant and Floral Orders
Tomato plants all varieties pepper beet plants 1.00 per 100 cab bage plantage per 100 potted plants and cut flowers funeral designs and bouquets a specialty phone 85 South Bluefield Florist telegraph want ads results.
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Phone
South Bluefield Florist
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed Worldwide
Advert says Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has relieved women’s suffering with 80 testimonials and thousands of letters from users. Claims note it has saved some from surgery, acts on the female system, and is safe and harmless after 30 years of use.
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Lydia Pinkham
Pinkham Laboratory
Et Mass
Lydia FE
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Dyspepsia Relief Told by Mrs Laramore in Goodwater
Mrs Riley Laramore recalls chronic dyspepsia and severe heartburn eased after nightly use of Thedford's Black-Draught. She reports long-lasting relief after two small packages and endorses the remedy for digestive distress and liver stimulation. Price 25.
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Goodwater
Thedford
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