Return From School and Local Happenings in Bluefield
Francis Ripley, son of Mr and Mrs W8 Ripley, returns from Old Point Comfort College. Edward O Toole of Gary Frank Bohannan of Norton and the Lynch brothers of Powhatan also return home. Bohannan wins elocution medal. Reports claim Senator Watson controls a new Princeton newspaper. Excavation at Kaufman building uncovers ten feet of filled earth revealing Bluefield’s first store. Boy Scouts seek encampment site and plan independent day celebration. Dynamiting fish concern grows as wardens may act. Clover Club German at Matz hotel draws large crowd with Roanoke Orchestra. Bible class at railroad Y M C A to resume. Friday night prayers to be held at hall. Injured railroaders Hunter Houchins Conley progress well at Bluefield Sanitarium.
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Francis Ripley
Kaufman
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
Occident Flour Promises Highest Quality From North Dakota Wheat
Advertisement touts Occident flour ground from hard glutinous North Dakota spring wheat with strict inspection. Claims exclusive washing, extensive purifying processes, and expert oversight from wheat to flour. Seeks orders for trials. Bold exclusivity by the mill.
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South
North Dakota
United States
North
Dacota
Visiting Organist to Perform at Bland Street Church
Visiting organist R. Blain Owen of Christ Episcopal Church Raleigh will play at Bland Street Methodist Church during today’s morning service as part of the June music festival preparations.
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R. Biian Owen
Christ Episcopal Church
Raleigh
N. C
Bland Street Methodist Church
Excursion Fares and Tickets Notice for Atlantic City
Bulletin lists excursion fares via Norfolk and Western Railway to Atlantic City New Jersey with multiple summer dates and limits. Christian Endeavor tickets on sale July 5 6 7 final July 20. Nobles of Mystic Shrine Rochester New Jersey tickets July 8 9 10, return July 16 extendable to August 15 with one dollar. Elks Atlantic City tickets July 8 9 10 return July 20 extendable to August 29 with one dollar. Includes double daily service Pullman sleepers and dining cars Shenandoah Valley Route. N and W agents in Atlantic City contact W. B. Bevill Gen Pass Agt. 6-15-101.
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Norfolk & Western Railway
Atlantic City
N. J
Christian Endeavor
Nobles OF Mystic Shrine
Rochester
Hmit
ELKS
Atlantic
Rehearsals Set By St Marys School Raleigh
The remaining rehearsals are scheduled for this afternoon Monday evening and Wednesday evening at St Marys School Raleigh North Carolina.
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St. Mary’s School
Raleigh
N. C
Presbyterian Church Services and Local Events
The Presbyterian Church invites all to morning services at 11 with Sunday school at 9 30 led by Co B Hancock. Morning sermon on Gods Revelation to Moses and an evening sermon on The Lost Ideal with special choir music and anthems by Suter Liddle and Ashford. Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen memorial service at 2 20 pm. Veterans dinner hosted by Daughters of the Confederacy. Col Elam of Princeton spoke. Also notes a Chicago correction and a Lutheran Sunday school institute decision. Montcalm beats Bramwell 16 to 1 in a baseball game with Burgess Honaker vs Tyler Pack as batteries.
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James O'Keefe
S. Liddle
BE. IL. Ashford
James
The
Confederacy
Mercer County
Confederate Veterans
Col. Elam
Princeton
Collam
Montcalm
Bramwell
Montcalm Tigers
Bramwell Sinevers
Montcalm Grounds
Burgess
Honaker
Tyler
Pack
To Leave Hospital Soon
J H Moyers reports his wife Mrs Moyers, long treated in a Baltimore hospital, plans to return home Tuesday after a month for recovery. Several Princeton businessmen who visited Bluefield recently shared remarks on local matters.
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J. H. Moyers
Princeton Businessmen Oppose Electric Car Link to Bluefield
Local reports say Princeton merchants fear a trolley connection with Bluefield would flood the city with shoppers. The long discussed project faces strong business opposition and delays amid traffic and depot issues.
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Princeton
Bluefield
Won Box of Candy by Ford Anderson at Altamont stand
Ford Anderson of the Pulaski ball team won the candy prize offered by the Altamont News Stand for the first three-bagger at each game on the local grounds. A passenger train No. 6 on the Clinch Valley was delayed three hours at Cleveland last night due to engine failure. No. 67 book case club drawing at Curtis-Pearson Co. was won by W. R. Whitescarcer.
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Ford Anderson
Pulaski
Altamont News
Clinch Valley
Cleveland
Washout Reported on Scioto Division Storm
Early report notes a severe wind and rain storm on the Scioto division late last night causing a washout on the Norfolk and Western line near Chillicothe. Authorities assess damage and repair timelines.
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Chiliscothe
Scioto Division
Norfolk and West
EZO Relieves Foot Pain in Five Minutes for Piuefield Residents
Sore feet and foot troubles vanish with EZO ointment now sold by druggists. Arefined, pleasant rub for corns bunions callouses swollen feet and burns. a 25 cent jar is enough for daylong comfort. Also claimed useful for sunburn chafing and skin healing with mail orders prepaid by Ezo Chemical Co Rochester NY. The White Pharmacy offers it locally.
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Piuefield
EZO
Ezo Chemial Co
Rochester
N. Y
White Pharmacy
Man Run Down by Freight Train in Eckman
Garfield Parish colored was run down by a Norfolk and Western freight train while trespassing at Eckman yesterday and his left leg was severed below the knee. He was taken to a local doctor in Eckman. Typhoid fever is listed as well. James E. Marshall, a traveling salesman for Bluefield Furniture, is confined to Bluefield Sanatorium with typhoid fever. The piece also notes contest standings for Cohen & Baker Cigar Co. Upton piano contest and local notices about private dances and a news stand opening at the Hotel Altamont.
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George Calloway
Walters
Jean Thompson
North Carolina
Norfolk and Western
Eckman
Garfield Parish
James E. Marshall
Bluefield Furniture Company
Bluefield
Cohen & Baker Cigar Co
Lee
Grimsley Sentenced to Three Years in Penitentiary
R D Grimsley head of R D Grimsley and Co brokers operating in Bluefield Charleston and Huntington was convicted of forgery and sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary The indictment charged forgery of an $1800 note of Mrs R L Kimble alias Rose Chambers keeper of a Bluefield resort His defense noted his financial ruin and he appeared unmoved as the sentence was read Three other indictments remain to be tried in Huntington and Mercer county
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Grimsley
R. D. Grimsley & Co
Bluefield
Charleston
Huntington
R. L. Kimble
Rose Chambers
Grimsley
Rimsley
The Herpicide Girl Advises Gentlemen For Dandruff
At Mrs Blank's reception I met a man who impressed me with his looks and manners but his coat collar showed dandruff. I recommend Newbro's Herpicide to kill the dandruff germ and stop itching. One dollar bottles guaranteed by Kelly Jackson Drug Co and all druggists. Send 10 cents postage for a 4 sample bottle and booklet.
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Newbro
Kelly-Jackson Drug Co
Herpicide Co
Dept. R
Detroit
Mich
Tomato Plants Show Ten Sorts At Fallon Roanoke Fair
Fallon Florist in Roanoke Virginia displays ten varieties of tomato plants showing by expressing baskets. The event highlights strong showcasing of hardy plants, with local gardeners praising the blooms and vigor.
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Fallon, Florist
Roanoke
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Lynch Boys
Powhatan
Wm. O'Toole
Pennsylvania
Frank Bohannan
Watson
New Democratic
Boy Scouts
C. R. W. Kegley
Game and Fish
Clover Club
Matz Hotel
Roanoke Orchestra
Railroad
W. Moore
Hunter
W. Cc. Houchins
Conley
Bluefield Sanitarium
Stieff
Shaw
Chas. M. Stieff
Main Street
Lynchburg, Va
C. W. Whitmire, Mer
Sublette & Barnes
W. S. Kabrich
Virginia
West Va
Clair ST. Pocahontas, VA
Bluefield Normal & Business College
W. H. Cunningham
W. Va
Randolph & Mittendorf
3. C. Lamb
R. Blinn Owen
Altamont Hotel
L. A. Jaffee
Unite Shoes
Oxfords
Honaker’s Dept
Meager & Land
Evarts
Government Bureau of Explosives
Southern Express Office
Chicago
H. C. Looper
Ww. FE. Robertson
Chicago Portrait Company
Simpson
Lutheran Sunday School
Normal Institute
Roanoke College
Synod
Empire Coal and Land Company
Tazewell
Lynchburg
George L. Carter
J. E. Webster
Marion Insane Asylum
Tilvan Ward
Finney
Boy Scouts of
Our City
Hn Johnson
Dillard
Co. EK. Wright
Secret Service
Baltimore
Welch
Northfork
Lamy
Ern
Chillicothe
W. D. Easley
Hotel Altamont
Harry Holt
Gabardine
Cubbedge & Hicks
Herpicide
SAUER
Daily Telegraph
Money Takes
Fidelity Banking & Trust Go
Bluefield, W. VA
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East End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
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