Freight traffic grows in volume across lines in region
Local freight and short loads show improving business with through freight also up. Observers note many people can find work, reflecting regional prosperity. Bluefield attendees at Peters toy nn dedication exude happiness and prosperity, while a missing hitching post signals modernization with a new Backard car replacing the old site feature.
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Bluefield
Peters Toynnn
Monroe County
Malinda
Peterstown marker ceremony recalls long friendship network
Old friends gathered at the Peterstown unveiling, reuniting with assessable names from Greenville and Lindside. A Burkes Garden reunion was discussed, Miss Madge, a Johns Hopkins nurse, attends with her parents. The event featured Cliff Spangler’s home and a local band, while Ch r istian church efforts hosted a Home Town circuit in Harman hall.
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Peterstown
I. N. Ballard
Greenville
John Boon
Lindside
Hugh Dunn
Beckley
Tom Cretchens
C. W. Dean
Jim Beckett
Pickaway
George Beckett
Halifax County
A. B. Terry
Spangler
Christian Peters
Henry Hull
Sam Beckett
Irish Callaway
Garnett Williamson
J. T. Akers
Bluefield
W. Va
Monroe
Tazewell
Friendship Class
The
Christian Church
Harman Hall
Charley Dudley
Mellon Spends Hour With British Leader
London June 18 Andrew J Mellon secretary of the United States treasury spent an hour with Prime Minister MacDonald Foreign Secretary Henderson and Montagu Norman governor of the Bank of England at the prime minister's private quarters in the house of commons He later met Mr Norman at his hotel Officials say the visit was a pleasure trip but observers link it to reparations and war debts questions
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London
Andrew J. Mellon
United States Treasury
MacDonald
Henderson
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
House of Commons
Mr. Norman
Mr. Mellon
Cambridge
Nurse Miss Turner Found Shot Near Bristol Resort
Miss Mary Virginia Turner twenty three from Cumberland Maryland, a recent graduate of a Philadelphia hospital nurse school, was found shot in a Haunted Lane house near Bristol. Doctors said recovery unlikely. Police suspect grief over the death of Captain Harrah Pefley of the marine corps, her fiancé, who died last April fighting Nicaraguan rebels.
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Bristol
Mary Virginia Turner
Cumberland
Philadelphia
Haunted Lane
Harrah Pefley
Marine Crops
Captain Pefley
Sermons by Dr. B. D. Poe Stir Roanoke Congregations
Roanoke’s Memorial Baptist Church hosts stirring sermons by Dr. B. D. Poe this week drawing large congregations. Attendees report a profound impression from the services as the meeting gets under way.
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B. D. Poe
Roanoke
Memorial Baptist Church
Funeral for Mrs. Jane Dennen held in Pocahontas
Funeral services for 74 year old Mrs. Jane Dennen of Pocahontas were held at 10 this morning. A number of Bluefield friends attended. Also noted were thanks from Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Houchine of Bluestone Junction for sympathy shown after the death of their son Edwin Lee. The New River rose muddy after heavy rains causing damage in several communities, including Monroe County near Rock Camp due to a Monday cloudburst.
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Pocahontas
Jane Dennen
Bluefield
C. R. Houchine
Bluestone Junction
Edwin Lee
New River
Monroe County
Rock Camp
City oils unimproved streets to ease dust
Local streets in the city have been oiled this week and are now in good condition for the present. The main thoroughfares are improved while several side streets remain unimproved, but these are being oiled as part of ongoing city works to reduce dust and maintain better access.
Teachers in Tazewell County show improving morale this term
A partial check up indicates more teachers in Tazewell and nearby counties of southwestern Virginia have marked this term than in several years. It is a healthy sign and supports Babson's view that better times are near. The piece asserts teachers are the smartest people, implying the low mood is breaking and fading.
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Tazewell
Virginia
Babson
Watermelon and Melon Healthful Fresh in Hot Weather
Local market samples from the South arrive over several days. Fresh and sweet melons including cantaloupe and old fashion muskmelon are described as highly healthful and delicious during hot weather.
Virginia School Leaders to Meet in Richmond
Dr. Sidney B. Hall calls a June 29 30 gathering of Virginia school superintendents in Richmond to discuss the state of education in an open forum. Scott County gas development draws regional attention as another gag well nears completion near Mendota with hopes of a broader fuel strike.
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Sidney B. Hall
Public Instructions of
Virginia
Richmond
Scott County
Mendota
P S Graham Purchases Giles County Land for Hunting Reserve
P S Graham, Bluefield train dispatcher, has bought a large tract of 300 acres in Giles County on Nobusinese Creek to be turned into a hunting and fishing reserve. The property is mainly forested and includes valuable timber slated for future sale.
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P. S. Graham
Bluefield Train
Giles County
Nobusinese Creek
Graham
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Battle Creek
Kellogg’s
Eitees
Cox’s
Batiste
Panamas
Wayne
Normandy
Parente
Finck
Princess
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