Richlands Tragedy and Town Life Chronicle
An Elk Garden substation worker C Clark dies after contact with a high voltage line while repairing a home lighting system near John Henry Smith’s residence. The town records a series of incidents including a local widow’s hospital death, a Ku Klux Klan parade, new ice plant progress, legal notices, and extensive social notes from Richlands with visitors, arrests, and community events shaping a busy summer week.
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Richlands
Clark
Pulaski
Harman Wurley
Jene Ridge
Mattie Williams Hospital
Wurley
Brooklyn
Ballard Elswick
Tazewell County
Pearl Day
Jewell Ridge
Trinity Community House
West Richlands
Hawkins Cemetery
Ku Klux Klan
West Main Street
West End
Richlands Ice Company
Atte Wood
George Horton
J. T. Altizer
Treasur
A. R. Underwood
Neral
J. B. Boyer
Tazewell
Ks Age
Faraday
Bandy
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Tipples
Pocahontas Fuel Company
J. N. Harman
J. M. Beavers
Etta Hawkins
Jim Harman
Dry Fork
Norfolk and Western Railway
West Virginia
Albert Harness
Southern
Pocahontas
Albert
Harless
Windon Kitts
Jack Hyatt
W. B. Andrews
Charles Rosseau
Henry Barrett
Neil Porter Boggess
John Repass
Jessie F. White
W. E. F. White
Hampden Sidney College
Mr. White
Richlands High School
Hampden Sidney
White
Als
Colege Magazine
Tiger
Caretta Visitors and Local Socials Drive Week
Caretta residents have hosted visitors including Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Campbell on Kents Ridge road. Budd Caudill and John Rimmer called on friends in Randy Monday. Mrs. Cliff Suthard and Miss Margaret Liptford returned home from a ten day visit with Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Garden. William Lowe opened a new store in Glass Row. John Brown of Bluefield visited friends in Richlands. Mrs. T. L. Addison, former John Hopkins Hospital patient, arrived in town for extended visit with her brother T. M. Phillips. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Altizer spent Thursday in Jewell Ridge with Mrs. W. L. Buyke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richlands
Jack Hyatt
Lynchburg
R. M. Richardson
Yva
Flossie
Marion
Ted Spindle
Christiansburg
W. B. Spratt
Washington Square
Boyd Boggess
Drill
Pearl Ratliff
Marvin
M. B
Henry Elswick
Coaldon
W. A. McKee
Floyd Brown
Josph Monk
Grundy
R. B. Ringstaff
Joseph Duff
Ey Morgan
Lacy Buskill
Saltville
Helen Gillian
Austinville
Victor Fields
Pulaski
Harry West
Putnam
Mattie Williams Hospital
Evelyn Draper
San Bernardino
Calif
Thomas Davis
Cincinnati
Sallie Davis
B. F. Ball
J. K. Faulkner
Five Oaks
Frank Hurt
Bluefield
Meek Booth
Thompson Valley
Mary Dall
Roanoke
Robert Barnes
Brew Baker
G.R Smith
KR. C. Garland
G. R. Smith
the Latier
K. C. Garland
Smith
Grazier Ashire
Blacksburg
Mamie Barnes
Torclands
Myr
W. L. Brown
Thomas
Rich Creek
James Wilson
James Berry
Bailey Stafford
Peterstown
K. McBrayer
Margaret Marsh
Cedar Bluff
Dirs. Cygries Ascue
A. A. Skeen
Princeton
C. E. Howell
John
Laegar
Cleaster Harris
Jackson
C. B. Wallace
Tazewell
Winefield
J. C. Svtth
Sandy Huff
J. B. Griffith
George Perry
M. L. Perry
John Hyatt
U. S. Army
Boston
C. C. Hyatt
Manley Wingo
Williamson
W. P. Boggess
Bowen's Cove
Thomas Spratt
W. R. Buskell
George Horton
Clayton Lawson
Lancaster
Oliver U. Terrell
Fairfax Avenue
Holland Davis
New York City
C. B. Neal
da R
J. D. McNutt
Norton
Worchester Elgin
Washington and Lee University
Elgin
Mess Louise Johnson
East Radford
Zeb Carter
Willis Boggess
Harlan, Ky
Will Boggess
Main
William Helton
Charles Nixon
Helen Hardiman
Juanita Ascue
Everette Campbell
Eckman
A. A. Campbell
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bi Casey C $S
R. W. Liddle
Pineville
James
Robert McGuire
G. W. Rimmer
Francis Elgin
Charles Hunter
Virginia Episcopal School
Lysburg
W. R. Williams
Judge C. C. Hyatt
Prt
Bristol Brick Corporation
Bristol
Ames F. Belcher
R. H. Newitt
Chicago
Elizabeth McCall
Jessie McCall
Nanda Beavers
Bradshaw
W. Va
Frank Buskell
Homer Keene
J. M. Ratliff
Jimmie
Alabama
Z. V. Fox
J. B. Barnett
George Phillips
Baltimore
Thomas Phillips
Welleston
Ohio
A. G. Steele
Belfast
Smith Grown
Warthis A
Charles Hart
Ruth Jamison
Filla Baker
Vivian Elkins
Lena Altizer
Kula Johnson
Radford
State Teachers’ College
Nora Warner
Lois Ringstaff
Teachers College
Harrisonburg
Windom Kitts
Matthew Hawkins
Narcie
Craig Healing Springs
Sturley McGee
Pounding Mill
Caretta
Kents Ridge Road
Budd Caudill
John Rimmer
Randy
A. C. Garden
Cliff Suthard
Margaret Liptford
Charlestown
William Lowe
Glass Row
John Brown
Env
Berlin Bigamy Trial Admits Five Husbands, All Worthless
In Berlin Ida Woerzen confessed to bigamy at her trial and said five husbands were living but each was worthless. The case centers on her assertion that her spouses held no value in the marriage.
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Berlin
Franken
Ida Woerzen
Death by own action robs girl of savings in Chicago
Esther Moleen committed suicide after being robbed of money saved to buy a dress and Wx. Henry Wrayman, tied to church trust funds, was arrested for theft and blamed his downfall on "fast women and slow horses." Mrs J C Carter testified in Waukegan that she never saw her husband sober.
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Mary Pruett
Victoria Harris
Windom
Chicago
Esther Moleen
Henry Wrayman
Waukegan, Ill
J. C. Carter
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J. E. Horton
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Robert Horton
Rich
Big Mill
Laird-Schober
Sullivan
Nunn-Bush
Emerson
Aaron
F. G. Phillips
Wheel & Car Corporation
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Bluefield Gas & Power Co
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