Death of Conductor Lindsey Shocks Bluefield Friends
J William Lindsey a longtime Pocahontas division conductor for the Norfolk and Western died Wednesday at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore from a perforating gastric ulcer. Born December 6 1869 in Carroll County he moved to Bluefield at seventeen and served 33 years as a conductor. He was married twice to Ida B Fisher and had three children Ruth and William Lindsey survive. He belonged to Bland Street Methodist Episcopal church Order of Railway Conductors and Loyal Order of Moose. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
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J. William Lindsey
Pocahontas
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Ilimere
Billy) Lindsey
Bluefield
Lindsey
Dember
Carroll County
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Ida B. Fisher
Ruth
William Lindsey
J. L. C. Lindsey
Ocola
J. M. Gray
Sylvatus
H. K. Lindsey
G. B. Lindsey
Lewisburg
Ala
J. A. Lindsey
Danville
Bland Street
Baltimore
Mrs Elizabeth Allen Robinson Dies in Christiansburg
The death of Mrs Elizabeth Allen Robinson wife of R W Robinson formerly of this city occurred in Christiansburg Virginia last Monday and was reported as the result of illness.
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Elizabeth Allen Robinson
R. W. Robinson
Christiansburg
Ford Truck Fire Triggers Double Alarm in Bluefield
A Ford truck caught fire on Bluefield Avenue near Pine Street yesterday afternoon. Firemen responded and a double alarm Mobilized the city’s firefighting units, though the damage to the truck was slight.
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Bluefield Avenue
Pine Street
Bluefield
Coal Miners Take 15 Percent Cut In Wayne Drumheller
Miners in the Wayne and Drumheller fields accepted a 15 percent cut from the former union rate in a new contract with operators and district 18 United Mine Workers of America. Employers won a concession after three or four years, agreeing to give preference of employment to men who leave during the summer slack season and return later.
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Calgary
Alta
Wayne
Drumheller
United Mine Workers of America
Salvation Army Leaders Sprague Couple To Step Down
Ensign and Mrs. H. C. Sprague, longtime commanders of the local Salvation Army line, will depart next week as Ensign Sprague takes a three month health leave. They built a Bluefield citadel of beauty, led welfare work, and drew many converts before his physician ordered rest. A farewell service is planned at the Raleigh Street citadel to mark the transition as a relieving officer is assigned pending his return if health permits.
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H. C. Sprague
Salvation Army
Ensign Sprague
New York
Sprague
New Citadel
Raleigh Street
Spr
Bluefield
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