City and Coalfield Short Items
City Coal Co. Phone 1550. Dependable fuel with efficient service and reasonable prices. Every load weighed. Removed ingrown nails by Dr Morton chiropodist. Exchange Barber on Federal Street. For Rent three connecting office rooms in Pocahontas Ridg opposite passenger station. Pocahontas Fuel Co. Best business training at Summit City Business College. Shipment of wide leather boots received. Army-Navy Salvage Co. Prince ton Avenue. Notice Ex-Service Men distribute Federal Adjusted Compensation application blanks. Bluefield American Legion Post 6 Remember Billy Sunday Club at Bland Street Methodist Church 2:30. Extension workers depart Law and Commerce Building 8:30 for Sparsburg services. Found platinum and diamond bar near Joyce Co. Jewelers. Masonic Notice Bluefield Lodge No. 56 A F and A M meets Tuesday 7:30 with officer installation and banquet. Dudley Land Company real estate help for Graham Virginia property. Geo. R. Walker contact. Fried Spring Chicken at Altamont Cafeteria. New Columbia Records Black Eyed Susie and other titles. Warlick Furniture Co. advertises bridge.
Illustrated Lecture at First Christian Church Tonight
An evangelization supervisor will give an illustrated lecture at 8 pm at the First Christian Church, featuring a three reel motion picture. Local notice of an upcoming event includes opportunities to attend and view a film related to the lecture.
Graham Bride Mabelle Rucker Weds Harry Burnett in Elegant Home Ceremony
Miss Mabelle Rucker of Graham married Harry Smith Burnett of Bluefield at the bride’s home in Graham with Rev. Arthur Thorn officiating beneath a rose arch. Bridesmaids and guests wore formal gowns as the couple departed for a honeymoon to Toledo Niagara Falls Yosemite Valley and western destinations.
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Graham
Mabelle Rucker
Harry Smith Burnett
Bluefeld
Arthur 8. Thorn
Eva Deaton
Harry Ross
Bluefield
Miss Deaton
Mr. Burnett
J. 8. Burnett
South
Mercer Street
Mary Hicks Visits Aunt in Pearisburg Virginia
Personal notes report Mary Glenn Hicks visiting her aunt Mrs Bernard Mason in Pearisburg Va Master Charles Eldred Hicks has been discharged after surgery at St Luke's Hospital Miss Oralee Harry of Bramwell Road Bramwell Road neighbors in Bluefield are hosting relatives Mrs David Jeliffe returns Friday night from a visit to her mother Mrs RR Harry Bramwell Road
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Mary Glenn Hicks
Bernard Mason
Pearisburg
Charles Eldred Hicks
St. Luke's Hospital
Oralee Harry
Bramwell Road
Bluefield
David Jeliffe
R. R. Harry
Train wreck injures Pennsylvanian baseball team trip
Pittsburg reports the Pennsylvania train carrying the Pittsburgh Nationals to Cincinnati wrecked near Walters Mills, derailing two coaches but causing no serious injuries. Rail officials say a derailed freight swerved into the passenger train, blocking both tracks. Wrecking crews responded and rerouting arrangements were expected to avoid delays.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Pitteburs
Cincinnati
Walters Mills
Carnegie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Senator Reed in Not-Serious Condition Says Doctors
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri remains confined to bed in a local hotel with an arthritis attack. Physicians say his condition tonight is not considered dangerous and is not serious.
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James A. Reed
Missouri
Maynard O Gibbs Dies in Gary Mine Tragedy
Maynard O Gibbs mining engineer and Bluefield resident is killed in a collapse at No 10 mine of the United States Coal and Coke in Gary. He was warned before entering the room, crushed under slate, and his clothing burned by a lamp that failed to extinguish. Gibbs, 32, Virginia native, Virginia Tech graduate, served in WWI, survived by wife Carrie Cofer Gibbs and daughter Alice. Funeral with American Legion escort to Walnut Grove Cemetery follows arrival of train 2.
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Maynard O. Gibbs
Bluefield
United States Coal and Coke Company
Gary
Gibbs
Mr. Gibbs
Gibbs & Hill
New York
Norfolk and Western
Carrie Cofer
8. S. Cofer
Ani States Coal and Coke Company
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Virginia
Port Royal
Alice
American Legion
Episcopal Church
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Bluefield Post
Bluefield Visitor Far From Home
The Bluefield hotel registers show F. B. Ramsey of Austin Texas as the farthest visitor from home today.
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Bluefield
F. BR. Ramsey
Austin
Texas
Boredom and the normal person in daily life
The author contrasts bored abnormal individuals with the energetic normal person who finds pleasure in daily moments from morning to night. It suggests superiority as a motive for misfortune and claims many would find happiness if they sought a wider range of everyday thrills.
Start Work Monday Bland Street Line Reconstruction
The Princeton Power Company under John Catron plans to start work Monday on Bland street after completing the Bluefield avenue car line rebuild. A gang moved rails from Bluefield to Bland street for a temporary track, and the work will begin at the Princeton avenue intersection. Foreman Catron is credited for the rapid, high quality reconstruction.
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Bluefield Avenue
Princeton Power Company
John Catron
Bland Street
Bluefield Ave
Princeton Ave
Princeton Avenue
Foreman Catron
Catron
England Targets Mosquitoes After Skeeters Warning
London reports that for the first time this year concerted efforts are being made in England to stamp out mosquitoes following a warning about skeeters. Authorities mobilize anti mosquito campaigns and public health measures across regions.
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England
Skeeters
London
Never Married Longevity Claim From Sir Harry Poland
London reports Sir Harry Poland, 95, credits his long life to never marrying. Mantua reports five shepherds perished in a severe Alpine blizzard, overwhelmed in the Italian Alps.
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London
Harry Poland
Italian Alps
Whiskey shipments to Russia claim medicinal purpose
Riga reports large consignments of Scotch whiskey are being shipped into Russia cited as medicine. The claim surfaces amid trade and border controls as officials note the broad quantities and route through Latvian ports.
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Russia
Riga
Former Graham Baseball Star Becomes Bluefield Assistant U S Attorney
The region recalls Lawrence L. McClure, once a Graham baseball standout, now serving as assistant United States district attorney for the southern district of West Virginia. He previously impressed major colleges and pro circuits and has connected with old teammates since arriving in Bluefield.
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Bluefield
Lawrence L. McClure
United States
West Virginia
Bernard Pettigrew
Lawrence McClure
Graham
McClure
George Meier Named as Suspect in New Brunswick Assault
In New Brunswick New Jersey George Meier eighteen was named by Veronica Schultz seventeen of Plainfield as the assailant who struck her with a mechanic's peening hammer and nearly beat her skull flat. Meier was arrested late tonight and the prosecutor's office said he confessed.
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New Brunswick
N. Y
George Meier
Veroica Schultz
Plainfield
Meier
Williamson to hear plans for Mingo war memorial building
The Mingo county court selects Garry and Sheffey to draft plans for a memorial building in Williamson honoring soldiers sailors and marines of the World War. A large site adjoining the courthouse is prepared with funds set aside for construction. The Ephoe Post of the American Legion will use the facility for rest rooms reading rooms and county events.
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County Court
Mingo County
Garry & Sheffey
Williamson
Mingo County Court House
Ephoe Post
Audiltorium
Body pulled from wrecked freight train debris
In Barrackville near Fairmont a wrecked Baltimore and Ohio freight train left Virginia Glover dead and two men injured. Workers believe a broken wheel caused the derailment. The 27 year old Mannington native was crushed beneath derailed cars.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Barrackville
Virginia Glover
Lloyd Glover
Mannington
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Federal Street
Pocahontas Ridg
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Summit City Business College
Army-Navy Salvage Co
The
Billy
Bland Street Methodist Church
Law and Commerce
Spanishburg
Joyce Co
Bluefield Lodge No
Lester M. Carper
Dudley Land “Company
Graham, Virginia
Geo. R. Walker
Mar
Altamont
Columbia Records
Black Eyed Susie
Tanner
Lewis James
Steamboat Bill
Warlick Furniture Co
Ecrops
Harry F. Jones
Tax Service
Bradmann
DR. N. M. Counts
Honaker
Dept
Sture
Law and Cane
Mercer Funeral Home
WM. H. Carr
Abrams
Coal & Coke
Res
Vincent Paoliello Violin
Floor Coal & Coke
Annes
Phone 1768
Atkins
George
Washington
Mount Vernon
Atkin’s
Bluefield, W. Va
James Stott Piano Tuner
National Association
Metto
Bland St
N. E. Rierson
J. B. Eades
Osteopathic
Frederick W. Black
Summers Street
J. L. Collins
Beauty Shoppe
Zora English Morris
Kent & Kent
Abram
Jefferson Street
Jefferson St
James McGinnis
Eckman
Mae Sanders
J. A. Sanders
Virginia Avenue
Walnut Grove
Lee A. Williams
Economy Home Furnishing Co
D. E. French
French
Henry C. Stuart
Elk Garden
Sam Aston
R. O. Carter
St. Luke’s Hospital
F. F. Pennington
Frank Maynard
Criminal Court
Alow Pennington
Gary Friday
Eastman Kodaks and Supplies
South Bluefield Phcy
North and
Bland Sts
A. F. Tinsley
Garry & Sheffy
W. J. Bailey
West Virja
J. A. Bays
Methodist
James Elmer Brown
Directro
Raleigh Street
Reme
Batre
J. P. Andrews
Chiropractor
Commercial Bank
Matoaka
Balley Hotel
W. H. Harry & CO
Over & and
10 Cent Store
Goodykoontz Drug Co
Good Drug Stores
Kodaks Autographic
Hayler's
Nunnally’s
Liggett’s
Martha Washington
East Exd Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
Fairview Pharmacy
Bland and
South Streets
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