Bristol Mecca of Eloping Matrimony Draws Crowds
Rev. A H Burroughs known as the unique figure in Bristol Tenn hosts couples fleeing parental opposition. He claims 2645 marriages, says divorce rate among his couples is very low, and meets trains at night with a lantern and two umbrellas guiding brides and grooms to his hotel chapel.
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A. H. Burroughs
Bristol
Alfred Harrison Burroughs
Bristol Tenn
Virginia
West Virginia
Bristol Mecca
Burroughs
Parson
Mecca
Compendium of West Virginia Election Laws
Pardon Attorney Frank Lively prepared a 52 page compendium of West Virginia election laws, including the new ballot law registration act and corrupt practices act. It also contains general instructions from party chairmen on election officer duties and a summary of constitutional provisions and acts from 1908.
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Frank Lively
West Virginia
Lively
Locals and visitors fill Bramwell area notes and requests
The Bramwell section records many social visits including Grat Bailey and Tom Little of Switchback calling on friends, Misses Hazel Thomas and Ruby Little visiting relatives, and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hewitt hosting guests. Delinquent 1907 taxes are to be settled with increased costs, and bids are opened for a Northfork frame residence with plans available in Algoma.
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Gratton
T. H. Neidermaer
Willie Mae Sentz
Princeton
Ruby Little
Messrs
Grat Bailey
Tom Little
Switchback
Mesdames B. D. Finnegan
Harry Bowen
Sam Toy
J. W. Bailey
W. D. Haynes
D. C. Jones
Minnie Moore
Bluefield
Alice Barbour
Lillian Hensley
Pocahontas
R. G. Bourne
Richmond
G. Bryant
Glade Rickman
Bristol
Radford
Rev. Cobb
Thomas Bradley
Harriman
Tenn
Will Jordan
Bedford City
Gus Moore
Bramwell
R. E. Grear
Kenova
Jairus Colling
M. Walker
W. L. Craft
Algoma
James Jones
T. W. Truskett
Chicago
Hazel Thomas
Washington
Bramwell and
Cooper
W. R. Whitman
Ashland N.C
Cobb
Wagner
Chester Clark
John Hewitt
A. I. Godfrey
Virginia Beach
J. J. Hewitt
Roanoke
Co. O. Smith
Near Cedar
W. Va
Joseph Bowen
University of Virginia At
Charlottesville
T. W. Levering
St. Paul
H. G. Craft and
Rocky Mount
J. D. Falon
Glade Hill
JE. L. P
Howard Bailey
Giatto
J. W. Larah
Wallace
Ll. G. Toney
Northfork W. Va
Josh S. Shaw
West Virginia
Social visit notes from Pecos and Bluefield guests
Bramwell Breyities and Miss Nannie Woods of Pecos Texas are guests of Misses Ethel and Mayme Martin. Miss Alice Shirey of Bluefield visits Miss Bowen while Mr C M Cox of Caswell Creek Coal and Coke Co is called for.
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Nannie Woods
Pecos
Texas
Ethel and
Mayme Martin
Alice Shirey
Bluefield
Bowen
C. M. Cox
Caswell Creek Coal & Coke Co
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Yale & Towne Locks and Builders’ Hardware
Yale & Towne
W. H. Harry & Company
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield, W. VA
White Mountain
Arctic
Fowler-Richardson Hardware Company
Princeton Ave
Mercer Street
Bluefield Beer
Bluefield Brewing CO
Bluefield, West Virginia
Westinghouse
A. GC. Motors
The
Bluestone Traction Company
Whitney
W. P. Hawley Merchandise CO
South Bland Street
A. H. Land, Treas. Cor
Higginbotham Avenues
Citizens
Bluefield. Motor Car CO
Gray Machine Repair
Fowler-Richardson Company
Artistic Stieff
Ene Princton
Baal
R.E. Thornton, W. A. Brown
Chas. M. Stieff
Stieff
Shaw and Stieff
Main Street
Lynchburg, VA
C. W. .Whitmore
A. D. Wood
Thornton
Bramwell Breyities
EL Shufflebarger
Sobs
W. M. Seay & Son
General Contractors
LynchBurg and
Bluefield Transfer Co
DeWitt
Grasery
Zue
Co-Operative
Consumers
Mercantile & Supply Go
Wonderland
Bluefield Ave
the Home Furniture Co
Harry’s. Shop
Bland Street
WM. T. Jenkins
Alford
Bluefield Bottling Company
Altamont
B. M. Cohen
Kennedy
Booker & Crenshaw
Kelly & Moyer Building
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