Booze cases before McLintic on opening day
United States court in West Virginia opened with many liquor law cases amid absent jurors due to congressional funding gaps. Eighty four cases heard, fines totaled 2110 dollars and jail time 26 months. Numerous defendants received probation or transfers to other venues as the docket moved forward. Rebel troops killed in Mexico dispatch reports 12 rebels slain and four captured after a court martial near the Periquillo ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States Court For
Southern District
West Virginia
Owever
Wild Church
Jean Lily
Cordell Lily
Roy
Gilmer Kibbs
Charleston
Lula E. Williams
Jr. Smith
Ray Farrow
Lacy Jerkins
Wins Joinson
Riley V. Blevins
Ann Legg
Luther Dillon, Jr
Washington National
Garfield Akers
Louis Belcher
Mercer
Ted Meadows
J. T. Allen
Santonio Nazzareno
Joe Oney
Charlies Ovey
Lonzo Peace
George Perry
Mercer County
Luther Faulkner
A. A. Staples
James A. Stanley
West Tolliver
John Walters
Raleigh Comet
Lester Withers
Gracy Cole
Laytag
Lily
Mullens
Lacy Romans
Giovanna Totorio
Carmeloucale
Lonny Thornton
Henry Grubbs
Huntington
Clarence Hale
Zella Harel
Jim Lowe
J. H. Meadows
J. B. Poe
W. B. Broyles
Garnett Spriggs
Mexico City
Manzanillo
Colima
Periquillo Ranch
Mapping the western trails by Hulbert project revealed
Five years of work by Prof. Archer Butler Hulbert, with the Stewart commission, mapped the Oregon Santa Fe and Mormon trails, Pony Express routes, and wagon road corridors. The results include 275 maps across 2990 townships, detailing overland journeys from the Missouri to the Pacific and a future diary-based documentary history.
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Denver
Colo
Archer Butler Hulbert
Stewart Commission On
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
Oregon
Santa Fe
Kit Carson
John C. Fremont
Buffalo Bill
Jim Bridger
Pony Express
Fremont
Carson
Fortune
Professor Hulbert
Independence
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Pennsylvania
Portland
Ore
Nova Scotia
Tennessee Mountains
Los Angeles
Cape Atterns
Atlantic Ocean
Ohio River
Hulbert
American Geographical Society
Library of Congress
Harvard
Yale
West
Union Pacific
Caligula Treasure Barges to Be Raised From Nemi Lake
Washington reports Italy plans to drain Lake Nemi to raise two ancient Caligula era barges buried under 50 feet of water. A mixed commission will lower the lake 89 feet to access the vessels near the crater lake, with one barge about 150 feet long and a second 230 feet long.
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Washington
Italy
Lake Nemi
Rome
Caligula
Nem
Lake
Albano
Nero
Tieberius
Nemi
Alban Hille
City Manager Defends Tobacco License Tax Dispute
George Richardson for Retail Merchants urges reduction of the city tobacco license. City directors defend the $35 annual fee as needed revenue. Mayor Stewart warns cuts would remove police fire services and garbage collection. Final action delayed after merchant-manager conference. Theatres again press for lower licenses. Brown cites no charter limit yet cites heavy taxes. sidewalk request on Carolina Ave proceeds. alley closure questioned. storage tanks review deferred.
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George Richardson
Retail Merchants Association
City Board of Directors
Bennett
Stewart
Richardson
Bluefield
George Brown
Colonial
Rialto Theatres
Brown
Gordon P. White
Carolina Avenue
Walnut
Locust Street
Bryant
C. A. Rogers
Providence Hospital
Scott Street
Yadkin Street
Standard Gas, Oil and Supply Company
Raleigh Street
Harris
C. H. Mustard
Mus
C. W. Green
Pioneer engineer’s wife dies at 102 in Atlanta
Mrs. J. W. Wade, wife of Atlanta’s first railroad engineer, who accompanied him when he brought the first locomotive from Philadelphia in 1851, died today at age 102 in Atlanta Georgia.
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Krall Pioneer
Atlanta, Ga
J. W. Wade
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Charleston Man Dies in Automobile Crash
Mike Kelleher, 33, a cook of 601 Kanawha Street, Charleston, was killed when his motorcycle was struck by a car driven by J. M. Gared of the Farr Hotel Huntington. Woodrow Smoot, 16, riding behind him, suffered a broken leg and injuries. State Policeman J. F. Yost witnessed the crash and Gared posted his car as security for tomorrow’s inquest. Kelleher is survived by a mother in Ireland.
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Charleston
W. Va
Mike Kelleher
Kanawha Street
Pinch
J. M. Gared
Farr Hotel
Huntington
Southwestern Portland Cement Company
Woodrow Smoot
Kelleher
J. F. Yost
Gared
Ireland
Mountain State Bus Schedule Highlights and Connections
Mountain State Transportation lists bus departures from Busea and Binefield Union Bus Terminal to Tazewell Lebanon Abingdon and Bristol with many times. It notes connections at Bristol to Johnson City and Knoxville, and connections at Thurmond and Charlies, with schedules subject to change.
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Busea
Binefield
Tazewell
Lebanon
Abingdon
Bristol
Matoaka
Beckley
Briato
Dusee
Johnson City
Knoxvie Bch
Thurmond
Charlies
Monument Erected For Flier Francesco De Pinedo
Miller Field New York June 21 A monument to Francesco De Pinedo Italian four continent flier is erected at the field as the hotel De Pinedo. Pilots lacking funds added to officers quarters using the packing case from the Santa Maria Ll plane, creating a ten by twenty foot lodging with beds for ten pilots.
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Miller Field
New York
Francesco de Pinedo
Santa Maria Ll
de Piendo
Hotel de Pinedo
City approves sewer projects and fees for Bluefield
The city manager presented reports on extending the Highland avenue sanitary sewer from Beech to Maple, constructing the extension on Orchard street and Cumberland road with a $100 per lot connection fee, and finances for the first 11 months showing receipts of $292,844.64 and operating expenditures of $308,748.97.
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Highland Avenue
Beech
Maple Streets
Orchard Street
Cumberland Road
City of
Bluefield
State Jewelers Elect Officers
J W Rhodes of Pittsburgh spoke at the West Virginia Retail Jewelers association meeting in Clarksburg as officers for the coming year were announced. President W P Watson Charleston first vice C Theilin Charleston second vice W L Jones Martinsburg third vice C A Keefer Grafton secretary treasurer N J Barrick Martinsburg. Deer Park Maryland chosen for the 1928 meeting.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
J. W. Rhodes
Pittsburgh
West Virginia Retail Jewelers Association
W. P. Watson
C. Theilin
Charleston
W. L. Jones
Martinsburg
C. A. Keefer
Grafton
N. J. Barrick
Deer Park
All Men Sin Says Calvary Pastor at Wade School
Dr. J. B. DeGarmo preached at the Wade school building last night claiming all men sin and that those who accept Jesus Christ are the children of God. He argued that God will not punish a sin when a sinner turns to Christ and announced his morning and evening messages for today.
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J. B. DeGarmo
Calvary Baptist Church
Wade
Jesus Christ
God
J. R. Dew
Bluefield
Gun Club Meet Postponed to Later Week
The Bluefield Gun Club membership meeting was postponed due to missing ammunition representatives who would have helped arrange a July 4th program. Club officials plan to ask George D. Cochran of the West Virginia Trapshooting Association to send a representative this week to assist in planning.
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Bluefield
Judge Baker Opens West Virginia Court Session
In Elkins West Virginia Judge William E Baker convened a northern district court session for the first time in months opening with grand jury empanelment naturalization of five aliens and pleas of guilty in several prohibition cases He urged strict observance of law in his jury charge and emphasized lawfulness.
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Elkins
W. Va
United States District Court
District of
West Virginia
William E. Baker
Baker
Laws Uphold Liberty as Grand Jury Delays Report
The speaker asserts that laws protect both strong and weak and warns against those who would replace the Goddess of Liberty with a hag from hell. The grand jury is expected to report by tomorrow evening.
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Hell
Grand Jury
Prohibition Not Failure Says Bishop Ingram
In London the Bishop of London Rev Arthur Foley Winnington Ingram argued prohibition in America is not a failure. He told the House of Lords that prosperity exists in America and warned against a wet England competing with a dry America amid Britain's liquor regulation debate.
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London
America
Arthur Foley Winnington Ingram
House of Lords
Great Britain
England
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Compiet
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Gabrieleen
Homestead Club House
Raleidh St
Peery Roof Garden
Blue Boys’ Club
Blue City Bine Ys
S Masonic Temple
Altamont
Itc
Bailey Lumber Company
KR. C. Morris
Bailey Lumber Co
Bluefield Normal Business College
Bluefield Avenue
Tyler Street
W. H. Cunningham
Ivanhoe Commandery
Knights Temlar
Templar
John F. Sim
R T. Little
H. Gill
North Carolina
United Market
Flat Top National Bank
Maytag Washing Machine Company
W. W. McBride
Ernest McMillan
Davia
Welch
Donald B. MacMillan
North
Bowdoin
Seeko
Princess Naughty Grandmother
Mary Ia
Eliza
Duchess of York
Australia
ED Pinaud
Paris
Tiffany
Honakers
Hind’s
Mavis
Woodbury
Coty
Mustard
Mountain State Transportation Company
State Jewelers
Stonewall Jackson College
Abingdon, VA
F. W. Alexander
Henry Rodgin Jewelers
Princeton Ave
Federal St
GUN Club
Mangus-Phillips Shoe Co
South Bend
M. G. Whitlow Hardware CO
Princeton Avenue
West VA
J. S. Compton
Compton
Cohen
Isadore Coher, Co. Jewelers
Kresge
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