Graham VPI graduates and honors at Virginia Tech
Three Graham youths earned Bachelors of Science at Virginia Tech in chemistry and one, Robert McPionald Graham, earned proficiency as a freshman and was named orator for the Lee Literary Society. Others pursued futures at VPI and in Graham, with band plans and campus events noted.
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Graham
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Peter Ubaldo Janutolo
Franklin Thomas Wall
Robert McPionald Graham
Lee Literary Society
Mack
Agricultural Experiment Station
Frank Wall
Virginia Tech
Wall
Eduillian
Ruth Wall
Katie
Janutolo
Wacksburg
Miss Janutolo
Sallie Graham
Lewis Couling
Tazewell
Notice of Bankruptcy for W B Webber in Bluefield
In the Southern District of West Virginia W B Webber of Bluefield Mercer county was adjudicated bankrupt on June 18 1913. The first meeting of creditors will be held June 28 1913 at 10 am in Bluefield to prove claims appoint a trustee and transact other business. H B Lee Referee on Bankruptcy. Memorandum note: proof of claim must follow prescribed forms and attach supporting documents.
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District Court OF the United States
West Virginia
W. B. Webber
Bluefield
Mercer
Mercer County
A. D
Busy At School House Completes New Building Soon
Graham's new school building is expected to be completed and ready for occupancy by October 1 according to supervisor W Winner. The auditorium will be finished in winter while the main building including classrooms training quarters and heating plants should be ready by the date. Thirty workers including brick masons are on site with the first story up and a thirty foot flag staff prepared to fly the Stars and Stripes atop the arching dome. A Columbus heating plant representative praised the ventilating system as among the best seen in architect G R Ragan's plans.
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W. Winner
Graham
Winner
Columbus
G.R. Ragan
Graham high school chooses principal after talks
Mayor Smith said he may call an extra Saturday night council session to consider the Graham high school principal appointment. Prof John T Wassum is named. other applicants unnamed. Council action will count as election and likely be ratified by the district school board. Some council members declined to comment amid new authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Graham High School
Livesay
John T. Wassum
Virginia Military Institute Graduate Joins Army En Route to Manila
Arthur Mitchell, named with honors at the Virginia Military Institute, arrived in Graham with his mother from Lexington. He departs tonight on No. 3 for San Francisco and will sail to Manila, Philippines, soon after to serve as a lieutenant with the United States Army in the islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Mitchell
Virginia Military Institute
William Mitchell
Graham
Lexington
Mr. Mitchell
San Francisco
Manila
P. I
Daily News
Mitchell
United States Army
Philippine Islands
Wonderful County of Tazewell Celebrates Local Beauty
The Roanoke Times praises Burke's Garden in Tazewell County as an ideal, envy of the world. It extols the region's beauty and urges natives to return home to share its blessings and attract new settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Burke’s Garden
Roanoke Times
Fashionable Pontotoc Wedding Links Knox and Burton
In Pontotoc Mississippi a fashionable wedding was held at the First Baptist Church uniting Miss Mionie Hall Knox daughter of a local manufacturer and W Terry Burton a prominent railroad man from Graham Virginia The couple departed tonight for the groom's Virginia home Knox has long been a noted Pontotoc social figure and was educated at Sallins College in Bristol Tennessee A separate note records a local outing with Misses Frankie Hart Myrtle McNeely and Mabel McMullin and Messrs Joe Davidson Willie Anderson and George Bowling visiting Pinnacle Rock at Bramwell Sunday for the scenery
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Pontotoc
Miss
First Baptist Church
Mionie Hall Knox
W. Terry Burton
Graham
Virginia
Miss Knox
Pontotoc Society
Sallins College
Bristol
Pinnacle Rock
Frankie Hart
Myrtle McNeely
Mabel McMullin
Joe Davidson
Willie Anderson
George Bowling
Bramwell
Healing Springs Water and Water Company Changes
J G Litz visited yesterday promoting the Virginia Healing Springs water. Sutherland & Austin will handle the Tazewell water in the future. A consumptive patient at 71 Railroad Avenue Bluefield is using the water.
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Healing Springs
J. G. Litz
Virginia Healing Springs
Sutherland &Austin
Railroad Avenue
Bluefield
Virginia Healing Spring Water Aids Weight Gain And Recovery
Virginia Healing Spring Water has helped an individual gain eight pounds since starting to drink the Tazewell water and shows marked improvement. Garnett Stevens, a Clinch Valley engineer, collapsed from heat exhaustion near Norton but recovered after treatment and returned home. Personal notes mention Mrs. W. B Spratt traveling from Richlands through Graham after a New York visit, and Mrs. A B Richardson visiting Devon and stopping at White Gate to see her sick mother. Pearl and Hazel Sluss and Pearl Harman attended a dance in Graham, returning by automobile Tuesday evening.
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Virginia
Garnett Stevens
Girasam
Clinch Valley
Norton
W. EB. Spratt
Richlands
Graham
Cme
New York
A. 8. Richardson
Devon
Spratt
White Gate
Lizzie Miller
Tazewell
Renowned Surgeon to Locate in Bluefield
Dr. B. Curtis Miller, once a leading Philadelphia surgeon associated with Johns Hopkins and the Maryland State Hospital, has chosen Bluefield for practice. He has taken offices in the Kelly Moyer building, now being fitted for his occupancy, and is famed for chronic disease work of the spine and intestines with studies in Germany and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Curtis, Miller
Philadelphia
Hopkins University
Maryland State Hospital
Bluefield
Miller
Kelly-Moyer
Germany
France
Johnson a Hustler for Chesapeake and Ohio Get Named General Manager
J. O. Clendenin, Norfolk and Western road foreman of engines, praises George P. Johnson as the ideal choice for Chesapeake and Ohio general manager. Johnson rose from yard master at Shenandoah to division superintendent, then general superintendent, and later receiver for Detroit Toledo and Ironton before accepting the C and O post. Clendenin lauds his foresight, directness, and proven railroad leadership, noting his lineage from L. E. Johnson of Norfolk and Western and his ascent from the yard to top management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iuntington Herald-Dispatch
George P. Johnson
Chesapeake and Ohio
J. O. Clendenin
Pocahontas
Norfolk and Western
Pepper Tunnel
Radford
Bluefield
Johson
Chesapease
Ohio
Shenandoah
Tere
Shenandoah Valley
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton
Johnson
L. E. Johnson
Lake Shore
Clendenin
Mrs Blankenship Refuses to Testify in Owens Case
Mrs Blankenship wife of the Rev James W Blankenship of Washington county Virginia who eloped with the Rev Joseph Owens writes from West Virginia she will not appear against Owens. In a letter to Commonwealth attorney Preston W Campbell she returns a railroad fare check and asks for divorce cost guidance.
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Blankenship
James W. Blankenship
Washington County
Joseph Owens
Owens
Williamson
Abingdon
West Virginia
Commonwealth
Preston W. Campbell
Cost Of Macadamizing Mercer County Roads Plans
Secretary C. T. Boykin of the Blue Field chamber of commerce and County Clerk Er. L. Bowman received a Washington communication stating the government will lend a government engager to establish cost estimates for modernizing roads in Mercer County as part of the county good roads association plan.
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C. T. Boykin
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Er. L. Bowman
Washingtoo
Mercer Couny Good Roads Association
County to Cover Engineer Expenses for County Visit
The document states the county will bear only the engineer's costs for his stay, while the government will pay his travel expenses to and from the county location.
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Gether
West Virginia Prosperity Celebration in Charleston
Charleston hosts West Virginia's Prosperity Celebration from June 30 to July 5 1913. A full U S cavalry squadron will join state troops for drills with expanded exposition grounds including Hippodrome Weber Band and many exhibits. Excursion trains and reduced fares are planned as 75 000 visitors are expected in Charleston.
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West Virginia
Charleston
United States Cavalry
United States War Department
United States
Fort Oglethorpe
W. I. Chilton
Exposition
Bedell
Hatfield
New York
Weber
Cincinnati
Court of Honor
Washington
Wilson
State of
Noted Disapproval Over Arranged Marriage Proposal
A speaker resists allowing his daughter to marry a suitor, while another party reacts with surprise yet implies his own prior shock when the idea was first raised. The exchange appears in a Chicago Record Herald style dialogue.
It Happened In Boston Conductor Halts Streetcar
A passerby asks to be dropped at the next corner. the conductor agrees and stops the car to help him alight. A judge records the exchange as the streetcar incident unfolds in Boston.
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Boston
Equally So And The Proposing Point With A Girl
The dialogue mentions suspense around proposing to a girl and discusses the expense involved. It suggests reading the Daily Telegraph classified column for news items and highlights using inexpensive want ads to sell items such as a house, farm, automobile, or any unnecessary possessions for profit.
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Jack
Tom
Boston Transcript
Daily Telegraph
The Racing Parson Helps a Horse Come In Ahead
Moses Barrows trades for a balky horse only to find kindness and a parson’s advice unlock a racehorse. The sulky ride to town ends with the parson declaring horse racing is wicked unless the nag wins. The horse proves the point by beating rivals at the bounty fair.
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Berrows
Brother Barrows
Charley Smith Killed in May Iine Train Race Between Cars
Charley Smith of this city died after a brakeman fell between cars of a May train. He had been working between ports and cars when the accident occurred, according to late reports.
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Charley Smith
Summer health tips for babies and children rely on Syrup Pepsin
During hot months mothers should monitor bowels and hydration for all ages. Use Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle laxative to prevent constipation and aid colds or summer diarrhoea. avoid harsh purgatives and request a free sample by writing to Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
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Jepse
Ella Denzel
Nichols Ave
Stratford
Conn
C. Allen
New Monterey
Cal
W. Bh. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello
Train brakeman killed after fall from moving cars
A brakeman named mouth and Kenova was killed yesterday when he fell between moving train cars. His body was cut in two. Relatives on the north side could not be reached by telephone, but a neighbor confirmed the report. Remains to be brought to this city for burial. the deceased had lived in Pluefeld for several years and was well known there.
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Kenova
Pluefeld
Built to Stand George Boschke and the Galveston sea wall
A legendary engineer George W Boschke built the Galveston sea wall to endure floods. A later report claiming its destruction proved false as the wall withstood a storm even while he worked inland.
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Galveston
George W. Boschke
Oregon
Boschke
Amended Shakespeare tale told at dramatic arts grads
William Gillette recalled a Booth's company memory during a speech to American Academy of Dramatic Arts graduates. An actor double cast as the poisoner in Hamlet, wrapped in a mantle, asked for lines but was told to improvise saying nobody here, nobody near.
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William Gillette
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Booth
New York American
Medicinal Heart of Oak Ad Creates Global Citations
A curious advertisement touts an essence claimed to be extracted from the English Heart of Oak used as a universal cure for mind and body. It cites Coleridge’s Germany visit and praises maritime heroes, linking the remedy to sun and planetary influences and to London’s press.
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Coleridge
Germany
London
Press
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Graham Daily News
J. C. Nelson Auditor and Systematizer
Offich
Bank OF Graham
Graham, VA
A. Ie
Va Ae
Mountain Lake Hotel
Pembroke
Giles Co
McCormick & Co
McNeal. & Company
D. McCue
Kelly & Moyer
W. Va
H. B. Lee
Philippines
Wonderful County
Terry Burton
Mississippi
B. Curtis Miller
Bluefielder
New
Oming Toe County
Beecham’s
Chicago Record Herald
Benjamin Franklin
Moses Barrows
Hartsville
Barrows
Moses
Wnosi
Farmer Barrows
Armature
A. L. Smith
Vhone No
Elks Opera House
Keith
Gruet & Gruet
Sam
Herbert Lennon
Peto & Wilson
Victoria
C. O. Moss
Funmakers
Song
Nevelty
Madame Krumpetz
RUST
Princeton Avenue
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