One Councilman Who Will Retire Has Served Town Nearly Score of Years
In Graham election results and town affairs, councilman W. L. Nash will retire after almost twenty years of service. Dr. H. B. Frazier led the council ticket with John Graham close behind on his record, while O. A. Metcalf and G. B. Stevens were re elected. Mayor elect W. L. Sexton, a southwestern Virginia attorney, moves to Graham from Tazewell and takes office.
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Graham
H. B. Frazier
John Graham
W. J. Cole
W. L. Sexton
Tazewell
Smoky to Serve Life in Murder Case on Appeal
The court upheld the lower court in Collins and the woman cases. Collins will receive life imprisonment, while Annie Yoes is sentenced to three years. Smoky failed to appeal and will serve the life term.
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Smoky
Collins
Annie Yoes
Broken Engagement of Charles Villiers Recalls Lifelong Romance
The long unmarried MP Charles Villiers is recalled in Mme Olga Norikoff’s Reminiscences as having一a romance with a rich spinster that lasted decades. She once accused him of seeking only her money, he bowed and left, yet she pursued him for years. After reunion, he cared for her until her death, leaving him both wealth and aging.
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Charles Villiers
House of Commons
Mme. Olga Norikoff
Villiers
Gilbert
Stalked by Vultures in a Famine District
An Anglo Indian correspondent recalls stalking a black buck in India when a flock of vultures suddenly surrounded him. He misread their approach as hunting him, prompting a panicked pot shot at twenty yards that narrowly missed as the birds closed in, underscoring the eerie encounter.
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India
Pall Md Gazette
Tigers Defeat Bluefield Cubs 10 to 5 in Local Game
Bluefield Cubs visited this city and were defeated 10 to 5 by the Tigers in an exciting contest. Four pitchers used by the visitors and one by the locals helped keep the score low early before the Tigers pulled away. A large crowd witnessed the game and plans call for a rematch in Bluefield Friday.
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Bluefield Cubs
Tigers
Cubs
Loscals
Kwass
Bluefield
Bluefield Visitors and Residents Listed in City
K J Meyer of Bluefield, C Cocke en route home in Virginia, Myron Marsh of Bluefield, Mrs W D Ord of Landgraff as guest, Flora Bither in the city, J M Newton of Graham on business, A M Smith back from Lexington, C Hylton of Vivian, J B Jones of Switchback in town, Philip Goodwill recovered and able to be out.
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Alma Spanner
Philadelphia
New York
Sidney Bane
Graham
Mary Ritter
Flora Powling
Bluefield
Meyer-elect
W. L. Sexton
Abingdon
Federal Court
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R. ©. Berry
K. J. Meyer
J. M. Newton
A. M. Smith
Lexington
C. Hylton
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J. B. Jones
Switchback
Philip Goodwill
Welch News Notes Highlight Local Visitors and Court Attendance
Mrs. W J Thomas and children visit South Boston Va and return via Kynesburg. Miss Fletcher from Russell County goes to Manassas. Dr Downs visits Greenup and attends Pharmaceutical meeting in Huntington. Belcher to appear before Virginia Dental Board in Richmond. Lawyers Strother and associates attend circuit court. Local officials close coal contracts to southern buyers. Several residents travel for family visits and court-related prisoner transfers.
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Rosa Quesenberry
W. L. Taylor
Baltimore
Jas. A. Strother, Taylor & Taylor
Welch
Circuit Court
B. E. Downs
Greenup
Huntington
The
Pharmaceutical Association
L. L. Belcher
Richmond
Belcher
State Dental Board of Virginia
Washington
Roanoke
Jas. A. Strother
Lynchburg
Minnie Lawrence
Pocahontas
C. W. Yancey
Floyd Waldron
Atheny
Welch Drug Co
Blanche Hutchinson
Algoma
J. J. Huddieston
L. D. Warren
L. D. Warren Coa. Company
D. F. French
Bluefield
Lawson Worrell
Northfork
M. B. Coulling
J. W. Chapman
A. P. Gillespie
Tazewell
A. W. Reynolds
Princeton
Dr. Shanklin
Gary
Tug River Hotel
West
T. J. Cleghorn
Moundsville
Moundayville
Criminal Court
Supreme Court
Bird’s Tail and Gladstone Portraits in 19th Century Snippets
A fragmentary item cites Baskett on birds tail use as rudder and balance in flight with minimal tail. It then references a Turkish paper from 1876 noting William Ewart Gladstone’s birth year and physical quirks, describing his height, cropped whiskers, and alleged temper.
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James Newton Baskett
Gladstone
William Fr. Gladstone
What He Lacked Sailor Humor in a Reforming Courtroom
Innocent maid recalls rumors of love at first sight in a playful exchange. The round shouldered man concedes the match was born of love, lamenting that if he had second sight he would remain a bachelor.
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Chicago Record-Herald
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