Plans Take Shape For Dedication Of Witten Fort Site
Bluefield Virginia residents anticipate a July 3 dedication at Pisgah for the reestablishment of the old Witten Fort. An estimated 5 600 attendees are expected with traffic officers from Virginia and parking arranged. The program features a multi division parade with Daughters of the American Revolution United Daughters of the Confederacy American Legion and local officials, plus floats, music, food and a ball game. Citizens of Tazewell and nearby counties are invited to participate in a family reunion style homecoming.
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Pisgah
Witten Fort
Motor Vehicle Department of Virginia
Bluefield
Business Men's Club
Higginbotham
Daughters of the American Revolue
Barnes Giseaple
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Wade Peery
Tazewell
Gaid
Washington, Wythe and
Russell
Smyth
Buchanan
Bland
Giles
Virginia
Mercer
McDowell
Logan
West Virginia
Ninth District
Fort Maiden Spring
Daughters of the American Revolution
Tazewell, Va
First Snake Story Of Season A Corker
Tom Arms and his father John Arms visited Rattlesnake Inn on Chestnut Ridge to check for early snakes. A rattlesnake nearly 37 inches long and with six rattles was killed after being struck and crushed with a rock.
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Squire B. M. Newman
Mr. Arma
Rattlesnake Inn
Springville
Mr. Arms
Springsville
Tom Arms
John Arms
Chestnut Ridge
Arms
Katherine Jones named music instructor at Graham High School
Miss Katherine James will join Graham High School as instructor of public school music next year, preserving the department standard set by Mrs. Armstead. James previously taught at Virginia Intermont College and earned an excellent reputation as an instructor.
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Katherine James
Graham High School
Spencer Armstead
James
Culley James
Virginia Intermont College
Tip Top to Market Bumper Wild Strawberry Crop
Report says Tip Top in Tazewell county will market a bumper wild strawberry crop this year. Visitors from Tip Top arrived with baskets of wild berries praised for sweetness and flavor, making a strawberry shortcake a kingly treat.
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Tip Top
Tazewell County
Road Camp Hype Grows Along Falls Mills Road
Shoppers at Flat Top Yard were buzzing about a state takeover and the planned road hands camp along the Falls Mills road. Locals expressed eagerness for the project as word spread yesterday.
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Falls Mills
State of
Virginia
Old Timers Recall Baseball Days At Bluefield Fairgrounds
Local nostalgia recalls a July reunion baseball classic at the fairgrounds with past Bluefield players Bram field Jim Burton Tom Bourne Shorty Anderson Ray Prince Sid Shell Rat Wade and others. Notes on Fred Yost Reese Anderson returning to Norfolk and Western League. funeral details for Mrs. T. C. McAlister list pallbearers and Odd Fellows Red Men meet. a Civil War Minnie ball bullet found by Creed Shelton while beetleing in his garden.
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Greater Bluefield
Bramfield
Jim Burton
Tom Bourne
Shorty Anderson
Ray Prince
Sid Shell
Rat Wade
Fred Yost
Reese Anderson
McAlister
T. C. McAlister
Red Men
Odd Fellows
Day
J. C. Vernon
W. M. Painter
James Farr
G. D. Bruce
Grat J. B. Yost
R. L. Trane
J. P. Benbow
W. H. Fleshman
W. H. Scott
W. E F. Summers
Allie Buchanan
M. T. Burkett
John Shufflebarger
J E. Aenen
Henry Stowers
J. B. Wilson
J. M. Newton
B. M. Newman
Geo. A. Reynolds
W. C. Trivett
Odd Fellows Hall
Bluefield
Creed Shelton
Norfolk and Western Locomotive
Singing normal at La Pine draws crowd and praise
The La Pine singing school grows with all class members joining in singing. Virginia News travels to La Pine after the big singing normal, with Professor Eagle set to describe mountaineer pride during the hot spell. The city truck In ternational nears replacement as street committee plans a bid. Plumber T. B Bodkins offers repairs and bids to save money. Mr and Mrs John W McCall enjoy their Duluth visit with their son and Mrs McCall thrives on the trip.
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la Pine
Plu Virginia News
Eagle
John W. McCall
Duluth
Minn
Local business moves and bake sale notice
BADKINS has moved his plumbing shop across from Thompson's Coal Yard in Duluth. The Philathea class of the Christian church will hold a bake sale Friday at 10 o'clock at J F Gillespie store to aid the church. The Bank of Graham, Bivefield Virginia, will sell 402 shares of Pocahontas Land Corporation stock as collateral on June 29 1925 at 1 am at the front door.
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Badkins
Thompson
Philathea
The
Christian Church
J. F. Gillespie
Bank of Graham
Bivefield
Virginia
Pocahontas Land Corporation
Graham
R. K. Crockett
Yacht Captain Held for Federal Court
Norfolk Virginia June 16 Captain Benjamin Darvis of the yacht was held for federal court proceedings following an unspecified incident. Local authorities reported the matter to federal prosecutors for action.
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Norfolk, Va
Benjamin Darvis
Laurentian Seized Off Yorktown Before November Term Bond
The Laurentian yacht was seized by a coast guard cutter off Yorktown after sailing from Curla Neck. It was held in bond for the November term federal court by a United States commissioner following the seizure. The vessel reportedly belonged to Russell A. Alger and was leased to C. K. G. Billings, who hosted a party of guests aboard.
New High Dividend Record for Standard Oil Firms
New York June 16. Dividend distributions by Standard Oil companies for the second quarter of 1926 will total 50,792,488 dollars, per Carl H Pforzheimer & Company. This marks a new quarterly high except for the first quarter of 1913.
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New York
Carl H. Pforzheimer & Company
Payment by Standard Oil of New Jersey on loan repayment
Standard Oil of New Jersey made a payment of 39 dollars to satisfy distributions received from former organizations in relation to the repayment of loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Your Health By Purification
An advertisement promotes Purification formulas called Calotabs as system purifiers. It claims thorough cleansing via a scheduled course, with directions and a price of 35 cents at drugstores. The copy urges readers to pursue purification for better health.
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Virginia News
Lefty Flynn
Lumberjack
Ione
Buster Brown
Corker
Katherine Jones
Ka Pine
Ala
H. M. Eagle
Kenilworth
Asheville NC
International
Bodkins
Eel
Frank Tuttle
Hannas
Hanna
Eureka Hardware CO
W. Va
Pocahontas Hardware CO
Ahontas
Reynolds Hardware & Furniture CO
Keystone
Jaeger Hardware & Furniture CO
Jaeger
Mercer Hardware & Tesnt Urs Co
Matoaka
Virginian 'Supply Co
Princeton
Kelly-Springfield
Standard Gas & Oil Supply Company
Bluefield Avenue
Hoge Street
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