Falls Mills State Highway Advances Toward City Limits
Citizens report rapid progress on the Falls Mills state highway with mammoth steam shovels tearing up dirt. The section between Falls Mills and Bluefield is near completion this year with the cap closed up to Flat Top Yard. A dispute over routing between Flat Top Yard and Poca hontas prompts two proposed paths via Blue Stone Junction or Abbs Valley mountain. The highway portion lies west of Flat Top Yard and Falls Mills residents anticipate a big celebration on completion.
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Falls Mills
Rolen
Bluefield
Flat Top Yard
Pocahontas
Bluestone Junction
Abbs Valley Mountain
West Virginia
Flat Top
Mail carrier on leave for surgery recovery near July
Sprinkle R F D mail carrier plans to resume duties around July 1 after a recent operation. He will transfer service from West Graham to Bluefield Virginia post office on July 1. Guests at Mr and Mrs Suttons Walnut street include Miss Margaret Sutton and Miss Virginia Sutton with families from Abingdon and Los Angeles. Virginia Sutton to teach again at Ocahontas school. over 1,000 teachers expected at term.
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WP. Sprinkle
Sprinkle
West Graham
Bluefield
A. B. Sutton
Walnut Street
Margaret Sutton
East Tennessee
Teachers’ College
Johnson City
Charles Sutton
Virginia
Elizabeth
Abingdon
Bert Keller
Los Angeles
Cal
Virginia Sutton
Ocahontas School Saat
East Tennessee Teachers’ College
Harvard class hymn drew scandal cost Boise man's diploma
Paracrostic in the first letters of each line of Edward Fitz Hugh of Boise Idaho's class hymn at Harvard contained four obscene words. Harvard authorities discovered the hidden obscene terms and revoked his diploma.
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Edward Fitzhugh
Boise
Idaho
Harvard
Virginia Sidelights and Garden Club Notes
Dr J E Horn of Knoxville visited his gravely ill niece Mrs Paul Sims at Bluefield sanatorium. Mrs Sims, wife of West Graham Methodist pastor, remains in serious condition. Garden club added Mr and Mrs Joe Janutolo Mrs Amanda Greever and Mrs G R Nash. Nash home features rambler rose on Montrose Street attracting attention. Janutolo garden praised. Greever yard blooms, honeysuckle hummingbirds frequent porch. Sotar Dance Shannondale tonight with Stony Ridge Ramblers and chaperons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Horn
Knoxville
Garden Club
Joe Janutolo
Amanda Greever
G. R. Nash
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Spotlighted as Best for Constipated Patients
A Monticello doctor popularized Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin after 47 years of practice noting it helps constipation in women, children, and babies. First sold in 1892 the formula grew to millions of yearly bottles with broad trust and testimonials from grateful users across many homes.
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Monticello
Illinois
Dr. Caldwell
Local Anglers Prepare for Bass Season and Community Notes
Anglers anticipate a July 1 bass season opening with many large bass reported in Clinch and Little River waters and nearby streams in Tazewell and Russell counties. Other items include mockingbird songs near Virginia Heights, a creosote bean beetle remedy by a local gardener, and notes on Rev W M Lorimer’s Scottish church posting. Also covered are wrestling champion Corbett Evans, convention attendees in Wytheville, hat box theft appeal, and Elizabeth Dittman’s fifth birthday party at Harman home.
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Clinch
Little River
Tazewell
Russell
E. HH. Harman
Walnut Street
Elizabeth Dittman
Kemp Crock
Birthday party for Elizabeth with pink theme and gifts
Children gathered for a birthday party featuring games such as tossing balls through hoops and a paint carrying stunt. Ice cream cake and pink and white favors were served, with numerous presents. Guests included Eileen Williams Jeanne Carter Margaret Thorn and others.
Baldwin Returns Home After Virginia Stay
R F Baldwin who had spent three weeks in the area on business left yesterday for his home in Sanford Florida.
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R. FE. Baldwin
Yeaae
Sanford
Snook Confesses to Killing Woman After Quarrel
The article details Dr. Snook confessing to fatally injuring Mia s Hix after a dispute. He describes severing her jugular with a pocket knife and discarding evidence including a revolver and the victim’s purse. Prosecutors push for a first degree indictment citing premeditation.
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Snook
Scioto
Mias Hix
Sills Hix
Chester
Shellenbarger
Key
Ring
Dry fatalities listed for entire nation continue
The piece notes ongoing discussions with Canada over rum smuggling and export terms amid border tension near Detroit. It also mentions pending arbitration over the sinking of the Canadian schooner I'm Alone and the selection of an American arbitrator in the Gulf of Mexico. A note on lobster color change is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Detroit River
Canada
Ottawa
United States
Siegah
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Nervous Women Praise Capudine Ad
Delicately poised women with nerve strain praise Capudine for quick relief of periodic pains headaches and back pains. Liquid Capudine acts instantly compared with tablets and powders contains no opiates and does not upset the stomach sold by druggists in 30c and 60c sizes.
Desperado Doody Escapes After Shootout and Killings
Authorities chase a small desperado after a confrontation that left Officer Falk wounded and Doody fleeing uninjured. Earlier, Doody wounded Postal Inspector Jackson and fatally shot Berwyn Police Chief Levy. He is linked to a drug store owner killing and a post office robbery with his gang.
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Falk
Doody
F E. L. Jackson
Charles Levy
Berwyn
Leon Raymond
Mrs Rita de Acosta Lydig Taken to Neurological Hospital
From the Ambassador hotel in New York Mrs Rita de Acosta Lydig was moved to the medical center Neurological Hospital for observation after three days of illness. Her past notoriety stemmed from a broken engagement to Rev Dr Percy Stickney Grant due to church consent issues with her divorce. Dr Grant had since died.
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New York
Rita de Acosta Lydig
Ambassador Hotel
Neurological Hospital
Medical Center
Lydig
Percy Stickney Grant
William T. Manning
Protestant Episcopal Church
Grant
Senators Tighten Bloc for Tariff Fight in Senate
Republican Independents, wielding key balance in the Senate, formed an informal group to push tariff revision toward limiting increases to agriculture and easing some industrial rates. The faction, joined by one Democrat, outlines vigorous plans after the tariff measure advances.
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Washington
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
Glass
Democrat
Virginia
Norrin and Howell
Nebraska
Frazier Nye
North Dakota
Brookhart
Iowa
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Borah
Idaho
Ths
Etalwarta
Boral
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Virginia News
Gem
Ted
Sotare
Shannondale
Stony Ridge Ramblers
Qeturett
Virginia Heights
Ernest Williams
Scotland
Ind
W. M. Lorimer
Graham Presbyterian Church
H. H. Young
Corbett Evans
Benbow Place
Evans
Wytheville
J. S. .Udiey
H. H Young
Mrs. Young
Miss Pearl Young
Gibbona Young
Irva Young
Hadeon Huffard
Elizabeth Mann
the Youngs
Louise Williamson
Daisy Kester
Anne Osborne
Katherine Willis
Lacy Temple Willis
H. A. Willis
Willig
W. Va
Blackstone
Summers Street
Miss Willis
Tamaki Miura
Henry and Company
Hilton
Waldo E. Strongheart
Stephens
No Yong Park
Welch
Chautauqua
Gary Chautauqua
Princeton
Phillips
L. Flaherty
Indianapolis
H. N. Cambra
Cleveland, C
Marion T. Meyers
College of Agriculture
Wheo
Meyers
French
Miss Hix
Capudine
Goodykoontz Drug Stores
America
Lee
Bluefield Pharmacy
East End
Fairview Pharmacy
Hale Drug C O
Flat Iron Drug Co
Northfork Drug Co
Northfork
Francis M. Stephenson
Maneo
London
Credit Clothing CO
Princeton Ave
Kellys
Matney
East End Bridge
Princeton, W. VA
Main Street
Thorn Street East
Tazewell, VA
W. E. Peery
Springfield Tires
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