Crumpler Red Cross Room Opens in Jail Work Space
Crumpler residents convert the old jail into a modern Red Cross workroom. Twenty eight local men serve in the war effort as the Crumpler workers finish bandages and sweaters and donate funds, with A. D. Rice praised for funding and organization.
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RED Cross
Crumpler Red Cross
J. F. Wilburn
A. LD. Rice
Rice
Crumpler
Indian Ridge
W. S. Cope
J. W. Bower
Northfork
Norfolk and Western Railway
Zenith Coal and Coke Company
C.F. Lambert
J. K. Wilburn
W. 8. Cope
E. S. Penn
Tabor Bros
Zenith Commissary
Coal Company
Oir
Water plant for sale shocks Bluefield Rotary
The Bluefield Water Works plant and equipment are for sale. Owner appraisals in 1915 valued the property at over $600,000, with recent improvements totaling about $40,000. Asking price is $500,000 for the full plant, with six percent net return expected. stockholders hail from England and other allied countries. A Rotary committee will aid tubercular cases with transportation if needed.
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McCarthy
Bluefield
England
Scotland
Rotary Club
West Virginia Pledge to Buy War Savings Stamps
In 1918 West Virginia faces a critical call to pledge support for the war effort. Robert L. Archer, War Savings Director, urges residents to commit to buying 28 million dollars in War Savings Stamps and to economize to aid victory and democracy.
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McAdoo
West Virginia
Robert L. Archer
War Savings
W S The Junior Red Cross Greeting Bluefield
The Junior Red Cross message urges Public Schools students to work during summer to raise funds for the Red Cross and War Fund. It emphasizes youth effort, enlistment in service, and a Bluefield girl tending a flock as an example of diligence.
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Red Cross
Bluefield Public
Red Cross and War Fund
Bluefield
Red Cross pumpkin fund and small acts of service
A farmer's wife recounts children aiding war relief with home grown produce. A boy canned pumpkins and strawberries for Red Cross, turning garden effort into funds. The message urges readers to contribute, offering contact at 1066 as Minnie Watson Jenkins signs off from Buy WLS.
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Red Cross
Europe
America
Sammy
United States Department of Agriculture
Minnie Watson Jenkins
Rubrum Lillies by Bluefield Poetess Mrs Caro line Johnson Oliver
A dainty poetry volume titled Rubrum Lillies by Bluefield author Mrs Caro line Johnson Oliver is on sale at Curtis Pearson Book Store. The book gathers the author’s best verse with illustrations and a frontispiece photo, issued by the International Authors Association. Orders may be placed through the author or Curtis Pearson Company.
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Bluefield
Caroline Johnson Oliver
Curtis-Pearson Book
Curtis- Pearson Company
International Authors Association
Oliver
Call for Grammar Graduates to Report for Mechanical Work
Local draft board seeks fifteen white, physically fit grammar graduates with mechanical experience for training at government expense. Report to Richmond School Board by July 15, 1918 to train as auto mechanics, wood workers, blacksmiths, carpenters, electricians, radio operators, and sheet metal workers. Selection open until July 1, with July 2 deadline if not filled.
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Richmond
Fiffteen Grammar
Richmond School Board
Deferred registrants listed for lower classes due to dependencies
A published list shows registrants deferred to class two A and B three A B and four A since May 18 1917. They must appear before the appeal agent and legal advisory board at the federal building on Thursday morning at YY OCIOCK BE. Names include C Coubern Stevenson Henry D Prof Basil J Bailey Loyd Hawle Bee Couburn Aubery Bailey Murrell O Leary Hill John Taylor Luther Hyp e Fr Palisbury Johnsor Davis Pennington Ernest Morgan Harold Dodd Carper May Robt Hawth Henry Blakes S McFaddin John Wisdom Barnette Hall Cabell Payne LeRoy Galbraith Tabor Hendricks Brooks Hicks Helvey Pennington Chas Smith Grubb Gibson Gorby Craig Duncan Amiss Austin Cahill Caldwell
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Appeal Agent and Legal Advisory Board
Federal Building
YY Ociock
Patriotic Appeal Boosts Miner Output in Pocahontas Field
A wartime effort in the Pocahontas coal field offered prizes for the highest weekly coal tonnage. The top earner made 130 in wages plus the cash prize, with others from 90, demonstrating how patriotism can drive efficiency and production to aid the war effort. The program linked miners’ pay to output and urged continued effort for government support.
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Pocahontas
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Commercial Hotel
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Kansas City
R. B. Parrish
Say W.S
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N. J. Jenkins
Legal Advisory Board
Appalachian Power Coo
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