Private country club to rival eastern resorts discussed
A mining magnate suggested a new country club near Bluefield, with vast entertainment facilities and park annexation, financed by wealthy backers. He claimed resources would cover lavish features surpassing rivals, predicting strong city growth and a profitable investment if the project advances and land near Dr Hare Springs is acquired.
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Norfolk Jockey Club
Cincinnati
Bluefield
Bliefield
Country Club
Dr. Hare Springs
South Bluefield
Appalachian Power Company
Chestnut Blight Kills Trees Yet Wood Remains Strong
The chestnut bark disease sweeps New England and the mid Atlantic, killing much timber. US Agriculture officials advise removing bark and diseased spots before shipping chestnut timber. Sound wood from blighted trees remains as strong as green timber for two years, then insects diminish quality.
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New England
Middle Atlantic States
United States Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Chestnut timber must be used within two years after death
Foresters from Connecticut to Virginia met in Trenton New Jersey to discuss chestnut bark disease and wood use. They noted sapwood decays in three to four years and heartwood checks, urging local markets for blight killed chestnut and directing owners to contact state foresters or the forest service for guidance.
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Trenton
N. J
Connecticut
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Forest Service
Bureau of Plant Industry
Murder Mystery at Marshall College is Solved
Two Huntington college students uncovered the truth behind a feigned crime when a Philadelphia medical student sent his sister a dissecting skull and bones. The improvised prop, varnished and hinged, was hidden in rooms last winter and discarded into a wastebasket before being moved to an alley where authorities and townspeople were misled for weeks.
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Marshall Campus
Marshall
Huntington
Mona Lawson
New Haven
Lois Lilly
Bluefield
Miss Lilly
Tracy Lilly
Medical College
Philadelphia
No Secret About Woman's Beauty Plus Lydia Pinkham Claim
An old advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for distressed women. It links eye brightness and complexion to beauty, while promoting relief from aches pains faintness dizziness and bearing down feelings to reveal womanly beauty.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Mayers
Geo. H. T
Whiting St
Chicago
White Pharmacy
Bluefield Normal & Business College
W. H. Cunningham
J.D. Shott
Lilburn E. Ward
Bloch Co.’s
Pocahontas
Bluefield Lodge
Masonic Hall
Lazarus Building
Princeton Avenue
Armature
Electrical Contractors
A. L. Smith
W. Va
Chichester Skills
Isieor Tae
PILLA
Percy J. McElrath
Hyman
Bramwell
Charles ST. Clair
Human Building
Princeton Ave
J. E. Mayer
Law & Commerce Building
Bluefield Undertaking CO
Servich
John R. Gott
Public Accountant and Auditor
W. Grace St
Richmond, Va
Ninth St
Lynchburg, Va
Department of Agriculture
Theorch
Appalachian
Bluefield, W. Va
Marshall College At
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