Graham Gossip Brightens Graham News Scene
Items from our sister city report local events and people. A. M. Lane & Co. move into the former Townes & Davis store with a remodeled room. Rev. Shuler's daughter fell from a foot bridge but injuries are not serious. Warren Blackwell remains in city jail with varying wounds and odd medical diet. A wedding at Ebenezer church unites Andy Ritter and Alice Tabor with a regional honeymoon. Mrs. Baylor hosts a reception for W. M. Frazier and Lizzie McCall. Walter Graham plans to relocate and join Graham’s growth, while Walters Grocery plans a new wholesale building near the Norfolk and Western depot. W. E. Fowler attends the Virginia Bankers Association in Richmond.
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Shuler
Ebenezer Church
Bluestone
Andy Ritter
Graham
Alice
Marvin Tabor
J. W. W. Shuler
East
J. E. Baylor
Morton Street
W. M. Frazier
Lizzie McCall
Tazewell
Baylor
Walters Grocery Company
Norfolk and Western
Virginia Confectionery Company
Bluefield Falls 9 2 to Athens In Lone Baseball Match
Athens defeats Bluefield 9 to 2 at Athens as the score stood 1 1 until the fifth inning. Strong hitting and pitching by Athens with players Cooper Treadwell and Steele from V P I and Bruce and Smith from West Virginia University featured the game. The Bluefield lineup included Dearing Sheppard Jeter and Gibson among others.
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Athens
Bluefield
Cooper
Treadwell
Steele
Bruce and
Smith
West Virginia University
Vermilion
Meadows
Meadow
R. F
Bruce
Holroyd
Strole
Dearing
O. Sheppard
Prince
Jeter
Dudley
B. Sheppard
Jones
Lowder
Gibson
Personal notices and brief items from the city
Pattison returns from Wytheville Virginia visit. John Meek Wayne County prosecuting attorney visits. Miss Priddy Radford visits city with Rev. Thos Priddy. Freight wreck near Waurno causes eight cars off track with no injuries. Councilman Wm Hicks named to Board of Regents Bluefield Colored Institute by Governor Dawson. Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla ad copy.
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John Meek
Req
Wayne County
Waurno
Radford
Bristol
Wm. Hicks
Board of
Regents
The
Bluefield Colored Institute
City
Dawson
Will Extend Coal River Railroad to Open New Coal Lands
Construction contract awarded for twenty two miles of the Coal River and Western Railroad extends eighteen miles up Coal River from St Albans connecting with the Chesapeake and Ohio. Principal owner is State Senator Sproul of Pennsylvania with extensive regional interests.
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Coal River and Western Railroad
Coal River
St. Albans
Chesapeake and Ohio
Sproul
Pennsylvania
Insane Mother Kills Five Children Then Herself
Mee George Campbell murdered her five children at a ranch near Tainmear New Mexico and then killed herself with a rifle after chasing her husband from the home. The woman reportedly became suddenly insane.
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Tainmear
N. M
George Campbell
Here
Decision of Lower Courts Sustained in Mechanics Case
In Richmond on June 15 the Supreme Court sustained the lower court rulings in favor of the defendants in the National Council, Junior Order United American Mechanics versus the State Council. The action of the lower courts was affirmed.
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Richmond
National Ccouncil
United American Mechanica
State Council
Aupreme
Big Verdict Against Howard Gould in Castle Gould Suit
In Mineola New York on June 15 the jury awarded architect Abner J Haydel twenty nine thousand eighty three dollars and seventy five cents for professional services in drawing Castle Gould plans. The court denied a new trial but stayed execution for thirty days and allowed sixty days for appeal.
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Mineola, L. L
N. Y
Abner J. Haydel
Howard Gould
Castle Gould
Bold Attempt to Wreck a Train Near Charleston
A bold attempt to wreck a passenger train on the Kanawha and Michigan Railroad at Amours Creek Putnam county was halted when Watchman Adkins found a horseshoe tied to the rail at a sharp curve. Sam and Andrew Harrison were arrested by Special Officer Cochran and Deputy Sheriff Howell and held for the grand jury after a Boca hearing based on eyewitness testimony.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha and Michigan
Amours Creek
Putnam County
Watchman
Adkins
Sam
Andrew Harrison
Cochran
Howell
Justice Lyons
Boca
Land Batteries Again Save Nation's Capital
Fort Hunt Virginia June 15 batteries at Forte Monroe and Washington battled nearly all night in army and navy exercises. The engagement ended with an attack by the double turreted Monitor Terror and converted gunboat Siren, ending in the demolition of the navy contingent and another saving of the capital.
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Fort Hunt
Forte Monroe
Washington
Army
Navy
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Buttercup
Valenciennes
Point de
Val
Battenburg, Duchesse
Broderie Anglaise
Princesse Louise
Graham Gossip
Sister City
Daily Telegraph
A. M. Lane & Co
Townes & Davis
Warren Blackwell
Telegraph
Tennessee
Alabama
North Carolina
West Virginia
Virginia
Mr. Pitzer
Benetramental
Walter Graham
Philadelphia
W. E. Fowler
American National Bank
Virginia Bankers’ Association
Bluefield Book & Stationery Company
Bluefield Book & Stationery Co
Ade
Resnite
Pattison
Wytheville, Va
Mias Priddy
Rev
Thos. Priddy
Schloss Bros.ol Fine Clothes Makers
Baltimore
New York
Shelton
Jordan
Coal River Railroad
Manhattan
Manhattans
Justin
Sittin
Schnuriman
Bluefield, W. VA
Bluefield Mercantile
Panama
Lawns and Battiste
Mother
Miss
Little Mite
Ladies
Oxford
Wanamakies
Ziegler
Millinery Department
Gent’s Furnishings
Ana Man
Bluefield Mercantile Co
W. R. Hancock
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W.va
L. Lazarus & CO
Oxford Shoe Sale
Thornton’s
Thornton Clothing Coo
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