Red Sox Leave for Pulaski Three-Game Series
The Graham Red Sox depart this morning for Pulaski for a three game series. Manager Calude Harmon travels with the team as left hander Sharpe is expected to start the first game. Pulaski visits Graham in July for a return. Graham plans weekend games on home grounds and draws with Pocahontas Gary and other top players. Harry Cauley recovers after appendectomy at Blufield Sanitarium following a Saturday illness.
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Graham Red Sox
Pulaski
Calude Harman
Sharpe
Graham
Pocahontas
Gary
Red Sox
Princeton
Black-Draught Liver Medicine Praised by Virginia Family
Mrs. Jeanette S. Carneal of Beasley Virginia says she has used Thedford's Black-Draught for over thirty years. She reports relief from constipation dull headaches and biliousness and says the product is a dependable family aid. Over 9 million packages sold yearly at 25 cents each.
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Beasley
Jeanette S. Carneal
Thedford
Methodist Mission Tour Funds Benefit Local Church
A church fundraiser depicts a mission tour starting at Mrs Benbows across the Rio Grande at 6 o clock. Visitors will cross a symbolic bridge of sighs, spend time in Mexico, visit Mrs Hintons and Mrs Suiters, then return to the Methodist church for a pageant to raise money for the new church.
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Foreign Mission
The
Methodist Church
Bond Issue Will Boost Bluefield and Graham
Graham residents followed Bluefield's bond issue with interest. A bigger Bluefield promises a bigger Graham, and locals support improvements for the twin cities. A new modern street connecting Bluefield and Graham will amplify shared progress.
Foundations Flooded Slow Building in Wet Weather
Local contractors face delays as waterlogged foundations halt progress on new structures including the Methodist church site and a major department store. Pumps run continuously during concrete work while J F Dudley advances brickwork on a West Graham store addition.
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Methodist
J. F. Dudley
West
Graham
Giant Rain Theory Tied to Pounding Mill Blast
A Graham Daily News reader attributes ongoing heavy rain to a blast at the Pounding Mill quarry weeks earlier. He cites cloudbursts near Kents Ridge and Cedar Bluff as supporting evidence and notes government tests on blasting and rainfall during dry spells.
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Graham Daily News
Clinch Valley
Kents Ridge
Cedar Bluff
Bids Open On Graham Street Project July 5
Bids for the Graham street project will be opened July 5 after a delay from July 2 to allow contractors more time. Plans and specifications will be available in the office of City Attorney V L Sexton today.
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Graham
V. L. Sexton
June Brings Unusual Weather and Hail Events
The article notes an unusually wet June with hailstorms that do not alter temperatures. Hail fell in Graham on Monday evening while sunshine persisted and temperatures barely changed. Pioneers reminisce about the season as this June marks the wettest in years.
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Graham
Lighting causes bucket damage on way home from fair
Harvey Hildrith, Graham boy, was walking through Sanders Meadow when lightning struck a tin dinner bucket in his hand. The bucket’s bottom was cleanly knocked out, but Hildrith escaped injury. The report notes the odd incident near the fair grounds.
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Harvey Hildrith
Graham Boy
Hildrith
Fair Grounds
Sanders Meadow
Pleasant social note and local events in Graham area
A pleasant gathering celebrated Frank in good spirits after a recent operation with friends invited and well wishes. The Billy Sunday Club plans Sunday services at Kinzer's Chapel and Mt. Olivet, aiming for strong attendance. Sour cherry crop ripens despite late freezes and Martket traffic remains active. J A Bailey bought the Tom Leedy home on Montrose Street for 9 000 and plans business in Graham after growing up near Boissevain.
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Billy Sunday Club
Kinzer's Chapel
Clear Fork
Mt. Olivet
J. A. Bailey
Boinsevain
Tom Leedy
Montrose Street
West
Graham
Bailey
Boissevain
City Market Opens at Same Stewart Street Site
City Hall notes announce the public city market will open next Saturday at the prior year location on Stewart Street between Princeton Avenue and Raleigh Street. Officials say other sites are under consideration but for now the market remains at the same place pending adequate material.
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Stewart Street
Princeton Avenue
Raleigh Street
Dave's Mentha Pepsin Relief Promises Quick Stomach Aid
An advertisement touts Dave's Mentha Pepsin as instant relief for gas, belching, acid stomach, and indigestion. It claims regular use strengthens digestion and cures chronic conditions, with a money-back offer if it does not perform better than any prior remedy. Distributed by Goodykoontz Drug Co and other druggists.
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Dave
City Market on North Side to Open and Expand
Plans for a market on the north side depend on produce supply and demand. The market will open Wednesdays and Saturdays, with potential expansion to three days. Opening date set for Saturday June 23, 1923. A Public Works Magazine report notes 18 670 feet of small vitrified clay pipe and 399 feet of larger pipe laid in 1922, plus 168 catch basins on new streets. Dairy herd tuberculin tests in Virginia show 134 cows from sixteen herds serving Bluefield are free of tuberculosis, tested by Dr. L Phillips and approved by state vet Dr. J G Ferneyhough.
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Public Works Magazine
Engineering Department
Health and Welfare Department
Virginia
Bluefield
L. Phillips
Tazewell
J. G. Ferneyhough
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Harry Cauley
Blufield Sanitarium
Palace Theatre
Rown
Harry Lloyd
Northfork
Bellans Gestion
Boy
Frank Pierce
Mrs.c. W. Pierce
Highland Avenue
W. & D, Electrical Supply Company
W. van
Delco-Light Co
Dayton
Ohio
General Motors Corporation
Delco-Light Co. of Canada, Ltd
Toronto
Ont
Delco-Light
Frank
City Hall
Goodykoontz Drug Co
Ays Son
Bluefield Furniture Co
Burgess Electric Co
Bluefield, W. Va
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