Graham Daily News on Town Automobile License Ordinance
The Graham Daily News reports Town Attorney J W Hicks proposed a new local automobile license ordinance to replace the prior failed law. Citizens fear it would isolate Graham and revive outsider hostility, while supporters cite progress and hospitality. The measure was postponed to next Wednesday to gauge council and public reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hicks
Tazewell
Graham
L. T. Toney
Toney
Northfork
W. Keister
Hicks
Pinefield
Princeton
Richlands
Bramwell
Virginias
United States
Daily News
Mary J Newhart Weds Edgar Carrey In Galesburg Ceremony
The wedding of Miss Mary J Newhart daughter of L E Newhart to Edgar Carrey was held at 6 pm Thursday at the home of S L Wright 918 South Seminary Street Galesburg Illinois. Rev N T Allen officiated with Miss Leathy Allen singing I Love You Truly and Miss Lena Ashley as accompanist. The bride wore white silk messaline with a great grandmother’s veil and carried rosebuds and sweetpeas. After a two course luncheon the couple planned a westward trip before light housekeeping at 18 South Seminary Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Catron
Norfolk and Western
Galesburg
Ill
Mary J. Newhart
L. E. Newhart
Kellogg Street
Edgar Carrey
L. Wright
South Seminary Street
N. T. Allen
Leathy Allen
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Lena Ashley
Helen Cox
Hancock County
Catro
Virginia
Hawks Attract Attention At Graham Pharmacy Window
Joe Davidson keeper of the young menagerie plans chicken dinners as reward for attentive hawk nest display at Graham Pharmacy window yesterday drawing public interest.
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Graham Pharmacy
Joe Davidson
Services in the Archdeaconry of Southwest Virginia
Tomorrow schedules list Pearisburg at 11 a.m. Pocahontas at 3 50 p.m. Sunday school at St. Marys Graham 9 45 a.m. with T N Williamson serving as superintendent for the Men s group.
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Southwest Virginia
Pearisburg
Pocahontas
St. Mary's
Graham
T. N. Williamson
Blood Cleansing Claims Relieve Rheumatism
An ad touts 88S.8 and S&S 8.8 as blood purifiers that renew life blood, boost flow, and expel germs causing rheumatism. It promises relief from sciatic and muscular pains without drugs. Readers are urged to request a booklet and contact Swift Specific Co of Atlanta, Ga.
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Sciatla
S&s
Swift
Atlanta
Teacher R Lee Poindexter Receives Invite
A note indicates R Lee Poindexter, a teacher, has been invited to an event. Details on date or venue are not provided in the fragment.
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Ile
R. Lee Poindexter
Waerburg Lutheran Sunday Schedule and Sermon Topic
Waerburg Lutheran Church advertises Sunday school at 9 45 a m with superintendent C H Mahood and preaching at 3 30 p m by Pastor Rev J B Moose on the topic Christian Education. All are welcome.
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W. P. Sprinkle
John A. Tate
Waerburg Lutheran Church
Mahood
J. B. Moose
Cream and Cake Freewill Event Slated by West Graham Church
The West Graham Methodist Church ladies will serve ice cream and cake this evening on the vacant lot opposite the old furnace beginning at 7 o'clock. Everyone is invited to attend.
Will Preach in Bluefield Sunday at Christ Church
Rev E A Rich will preach at Christ Church Bluefield Sunday morning in the absence of Rev Guthrie Pitblado. The service location and schedule are noted for parishioners planning attendance.
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Bluefield
E. A. Rich
Christ Church, Bluefield
Guthrie Pitblado
Neikirk to Pemroke for short engagement
Neikirk left yesterday for Pemroke where he will be engaged for a few days. Mrs. R. E. Saunier of Flat Top was called to Russell county yesterday due to her small niece’s illness. Watch the Daily Telegraph Want Ads.
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F. (. Neikirk
Pemroke
R. E. Saunier
Flat Top
Russell County
Welch City Plans State Birthday Parade and Picnic
Mayor A. Daniel calls Welch citizens to a meeting at the McKinley Club rooms to plan a fifty third state anniversary celebration. An automotive parade and a community picnic are proposed with input sought on afternoon activities. Sunday services led by Rev. Theo S. Smylie address Wealth Without the String and Slackers.
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A. Daniel
Welch
McKinley Club Rooms
Hatfield
Daniel
Warren A. Wilson
Theo. S. Smylie
Hughes Throws No-Hit No-Run Game for Boston
Hughes pitched a no hit no run game for Boston defeating Pittsburgh 2 to 0. He retired two batters and struck out seven with Wagner fanning twice. Batteries Kantlehner Harmon Schmidt Hughes Tragessor Gowdy report.
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Boston
Hughes
Pittsburg
Boston Nationals
Wagner
Rhe
Piragote
Kantlehner
Harmon
Schmidt
Tragessor
Gowdy
Blackbirds at New Rex Stars Laura Hope Crews
Laura Hope Crews returns in the Jesse L. Lasky production at the New Rex in Blackbirds. The rug used in the film was insured after a rich Los Angeles oil man bought it in Algiers. Supporting players include Thomas Meighan Florence Dagmar Raymond Hatton and George Gebhardt.
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Laura Hope Crews
Jesse L. Lasky
Rex
Miss Crews
Los Angeles
Algiers
Lasky
4 Blackbirds
Jesse L. Lasky Allstar Company
Thomas Meighan
Florence Dagmar
Raymond Hatton
George Gebhardt
Jane Wolf
Mackbirds
Barbarous Tattooing Among Marquesans Compared
The article notes Marquesan tattooing as a brutal one day process that takes months to heal, covering males with crude patterns from head to toe and even nails. It claims Marquesan designs are striking among primitive cultures and mentions prolonged completion into the age of thirty. It also quotes Bob admiring Aunt Margaret’s copper toe shoes and references a large expenditure on waterfall power for Bombay electric needs.
El Arish and Ruins Across Time Revived by War Geography
The National Geographic Society highlights El Arish as a fortified crossroads once bustling for caravans on the Egypt Syria route. It traces history from Pharaohs exile to Napoleon era battles and a Crusader death, noting the town’s ruins near the Wadi el Arish and a hieroglyphic wall inscription.
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el Arish
National Geographic Society
Washington
Mediterranean
el-Tih
Egypt
Syria
Jaffa
Port Said
Alexandria
Jerusalem
Suez Canal
Rhinokolura
Arish
Rhaphia
lr-Rafa
Josephus
Titus
Sargon
Ptolemy Philopator
Antiochus
Alexander
India
Ptolemy
Napoleon
France
Ele- der
Gaza
Kleber
Wm. Sidney Smith
Acre
Fl Arish
Shu
Baldwin II
Greatest Snowstorm in New England 1717 Blizzard
The Philadelphia Press recounts a February 1717 blizzard described as the worst snowstorm in the region's history. It buried villages, shut traffic for days, with severe cold and debt to livestock losses including 1100 sheep on a single farm and a flock of 100 on Fisher's Island buried sixteen feet deep.
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New England
New England States
Fisher's Island
Philadelphia Press
Trees as Barometers Show Leaves Turned Back in Low Barometer
Observers note trees especially poplar and silver leaf turning their leaf backs upward in light green, almost white sunlit backs during low atmospheric pressure. The phenomenon signals approaching showers, a belief shared by Indigenous peoples, ancient Asia Africa and Pacific island peoples, and noted by the New York American.
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Tersons
America
Asia
Africa
Pacific Islands
New York
Indian Wheat Groundbreaking by 1881 Settlers
Old settlers recall Indians first broke ground for wheat in spring 1881 and, aided by cowboys, began settling on land. Tribesmen including Pocatello Tom China Eye and Big Lipped Vete seeded acres, harvested in primitive fashion, and sold grain nearby. Price varied from TM to $1 a bushel, with homespun retorts about the trade.
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Pocatello
Tom
China Eye
Big Lipped Vete
American Falls
England’s Oldest Borough Barnstaple in Barum Lore
The London Globe notes Barnstaple as potentially England’s oldest borough with roots in Saxon and Roman names. It highlights its historic parliament representation, decline of broadcloth, and current makers in lace gloves cabinet works tanneries and Barum ware potteries.
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England
Salisbury
Sarum
Barnstaple
Barum
Abertawe
Taw River
Berndenstaple
Witenage
London Globe
Whimsical Defined in a Child’s Clever Sentence
A teacher asks Littie Dulcie to use whimsical in a sentence. She replies that there are two kinds of numbers whimsical and even, delivering a humorous fusion of definition and math.
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Littie Dulcie
Dog Carts and Venice of Brazil Highlight World Notes
Residents of Buyseboten Holland use dog drawn carts and tall yellow haired dogs sometimes harnessed three abreast. Pernambuco is called the Venice of Brazil for its lakes rivers waterways and coral reef that encircles the city. Experiments show cotton can grow in winter in the Soudan. The carbon filament in an incandescent lamp reaches about two thousand degrees.
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Holland
Nesidents
Buyseboten
Netherlands
Venice
Brazil
Pernambuco
Tak A Tonic Promises Health Revival For You
Advertisement claims Tak A Tonic restores youth and health, tones blood, aids chronic constipation and loss of appetite, reduces nervousness and sleepless nights. It asserts many satisfied users in Bluefield and says the tonic is sold at all drug stores.
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Bluefield
Cardui praised by mother and patient in Saving Daughter note
Mrs Laura Bratcher of Ready Kentucky describes long illness and failure with doctors before taking Cardui, a women’s tonic. After eleven bottles she reports restored health, weight gain, and ability to perform work, urging others to try it. The letter promotes Cardui as effective for women’s ailments and mentions Chattanooga Medicine Company.
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Laura Bratcher
Cardus
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Brooklyn
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Mitch
Bombay
Sentanel Remedies Co., Inc
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Masonic Temple
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Soudan
Chattanooga Medicine
Ledles Advisory Dept
Thattanooga Tenn
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Armature
A. J. Smith
Bluefield Normal and Business College
W. H. Cunningham
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