Younger Set Entertained and Local Events Highlight Graham News
Miss Holna and Jared Bonham hosted a youth gathering from seven to eleven thirty with cards dancing and refreshments. Attendees included Mirael Nina Dodd Lena Saunders Nannie Dupuy Gertrude Keister Almay Spangler Anna Lee Harman and others. The Graham and Pocahontas baseball teams were set to play on the home grounds while a quarterly Methodist meeting and a West Graham camp meeting continued with large crowds and many conversions. Local officials and visitors from Tazewell Wyomin g and Gary were noted among those in Graham for church events legal business and civic activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misses Holna
Jared Bonham
Crean
Mirael Nina Dodd
Lena Saunders
Nannie Dupuy
Gertrude Keister
Almay Spangler
Anna Lee Harman
Ethel, Whitt
Blanch Harman
Rosalie Hicks
Mesars
Mack Barbee
William Dodd
Beverly Lita Carr Early
Donald Poindexter
Jack Allison
Altamont Hotel to Open June 25 With All New Furnishings
L B Reynolds announces the New Altamont Hotel will open June 25 after completing repairs and installing new furnishings. The hotel will remain open as work finishes and will partner with a nearby restaurant to supply meals until the dining room is ready. The lease ends June 24 and the hotel sits opposite the New Passenger Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altamont
L. B. Reynolds
City cuts police force to two patrolmen and hires specials
The board of supervisors at city hall reduced the regular police to two patrolmen, plus a police chief and night sergeant. A special ordinance allowed the mayor to appoint four special police officers who report to him, not the board. The board also appointed Mike Clifford as street commissioner and George H. Hill as city engineer, both retained from last year, and ordered bids for feeding prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Court House
H. E. Howell
F. £. Stafford
A. A.mcdonald
J. L. Booth
Mike Clifford
George H. Hill
Writs of Mandamus Issued for Burke's Garden Election Result
The Supreme Court of Appeals granted fifty six writs of mandamus to compel Burke's Garden, MacDowell County, to meet canvass and declare municipal election results. The town's officials face court orders with the mayor W. S. Cope and contender J. W. Walden among those to be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Appeals
Burke’s Garden
MacDowell County
Supreme Court of
Cope
J. W. Walden
Supreme Court
Cape
Bluefield Pant & Overall Factory Stockholders Meeting Notice
The annual stockholders meeting of the Bluefield Pant and Overall Factory will be held at its office on July 7 1908 at 10 a m. The notice lists dates 6 19 23 26 and 7 1 and 5.
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Bluefield Pant & Overall Factory
Offee
District Conference of the Bluefield Methodist Church
The Bluefield district conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South opens July 10 at 10 AM in Davy with Holy Communion and business sessions. Laymen’s movement and numerous committees listed. attendees urged to participate. Also notices a Jim Sale at Bluefield Mercantile Co. and a sale ad for J M Echols Cash Store on Sonu lend street.
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Methodist
Davy
Bluefield
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
W. R. Carbaugh
J. M. Wysor
BE. & Weight
J. W. Atkins
C. B. Givin
L. D. Yost
J. L. Deaton
T. F. Smith
J D. Honaker
W. W. Lowen
CC. A Paugh
R. L. Roach
Sam Wheeler
H. T. Thomas
Teenee
J. BE. Wolfe
A Marks
J. C. Camphill
W. P. Henritz
W. J. Smith
J. R. Brown
W. W. Hicks
R A. Hutsell
D.E. Hawk
W. Waughes
S. Harris
W. C. Hambrick
C. H
Dan A. Atkins
A. R. Lipford
Z. D. Holbrook
J. W. Rader
W. H. Frazier
Jay
Bluefield Mercantile Com
J. M. Echols
Sonu Lend Street
Electric Bitters Praised For Digestive Help
Mr. Frank Conlan of New York commends Electric Bitters as a grand family medicine for dyspepsia liver issues and weak kidneys. The tonic purifies blood improves digestion and restores vigor for both sexes, sold with guarantee at all druggists for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Conlan
Houston St
New York
Stafford & Co. Open New Grocer Shop at 13 Princeton Ave
Ready for business after a fire destroyed the old stock. H B Stafford & Co announces relocation to the building formerly occupied by the American National Bank at 13 Princeton Ave. They invite public calls to view the complete line of staples and fancy groceries now available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American National Bank
Princeton Ave
Stafford & CO
New Discovery Endorsed By Naples Man In Letter
Lester M. Nelson of Naples Maine says Dr King s New Discovery saved his life and trusts it for coughs and colds. The remedy has stood at the head of throat and lung treatments for nearly forty years and is sold with a guarantee at all drug stores for 60c and 1.00 with trial bottles available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester M. Nelson
Naples
Maine
Dr. King
Notice to Contractors for Beav er Bond District bids
The Beaver Bond District Board of Education invites bids by June 27 at noon for labor materials and complete construction of three Bluefield school buildings. Each house bid separate with bond equal to double the bid plus a 3 percent certified check. Bids addressed to Secretary E L Bowman Bluefield WV. June 13 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education of
Beaver
Bluefield
West Virginia
Board of Education
E. L. Bowman
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Wins Customer Endorsement
Tom Moore of Cochran Georgia reports a bad sore on his instep healed after using Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He cites a perfect cure after using less than half of a 25 cent box. The advertisement notes the product is sold under guarantee at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Tom Moore
Cochran
Train fares to Denver round trip from Bristol area
Norfolk and Western KY advertises a Denver round trip for 45.30 with departures from Bristol Norton East Radford Bluefield Welch and other towns. Tickets sale July 1 4 limited July 17 via Norfolk and Western Railway. Quick service dining cars Pullman cars. W B Bevill Gen Pass Agt.
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Norfolk and Western
Denver
Bristol
Norton
East Radford
Bluefield
Welch
Norfolk and Western Railway
W. B. Bevill
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Chas. J. Kinzer
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Princeton
Graham
Pocahontas
Methodist Church
West Graham
L. M. Cartright
Mr. Addington
S. M. B. Couling
Tazewell
J. N. Warman
West End
P. C. Winburn
Pisgah
A. P. Penn
Little Daughter
Wyoming
J. W. Buchannan
J. R. Gildersleeve
Altamont Hotel
All Good
Genesee Pure Food Co
le Roy
N. Y
California
Clark & CO
Thomas E. Peery
W. VA
N. & W. Railway
Piedmont
Piedmont Cigarettes
Stoneda
Stonega
Appalachia
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
H. A. Reeder
Mér
Wise County
Virginia
Matilda Warwick
Kokomo
Ind
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