Strother Again Made President In Bible Class Meeting
A Smylie Bible Class gathering at Memorial building celebrated a membership contest won by Paul W. Jones led team. D J F Strother was unanimously re elected president with officers named including J C Herndon and G C Sexton. social program followed with refreshments and a radio concert.
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Smylie Bible Class
Memorial Building
Paul W. Jones
G. C Sexton
J. C. Herndon
Garden of Eden
Mr. Sharp
McDowell Bureau Bluffield Daily Telegraph Note
W A Mills is listed as manager for the Bluffield Daily Telegraph with the McDowell Bureau noted in the masthead. The item reads like a newspaper masthead fragment.
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THE
McDowell Bureau
Bluffield Daily Telegraph
W. A. Mills
Egyptian women petition king to expel cults practicing magic
Egyptian women petition King Farouk asking for the expulsion of members from all cults that practice rites of magic in Egypt. The action reflects religious and social tensions influencing royal policy during the era.
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Carro
Faud
Egypt
Davy News Notes and Revival At Baileyville
Davy residents attend camp meeting at Baileysville Wyoming county with nightly turnout in cars. Revival closes with lasting good. several join church and a youth enters ministry. Road between Davy and Welch near completion as work continues. Local health notes include Mrs. Goodson ill and Mrs. Sharrett recovering from another operation in Huntington.
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Baileysville
Wyoming County
Baileyville
Folka
Davy
Frank Cline
Welch
Javy
J. T. Goodson
Chas. Sharrett
Huntington
Welch Briefs and Local Crime Notes
Officers and new guards return from Charleston school of instruction, arriving by train. For sale furniture for six rooms at sacrifice through Chamber of Commerce office. Helen E. Roger visiting Roanoke grandmother. Charley Payne locates stolen automobile atop mountain, tied to bootleggers. Deputy Privit and John Craig find an eighty five gallon still with whiskey and mash on Spice Creek.
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National Guard
Charleston
Weeke
Office of Chamber of Commerce
Charley Payne
United States Coal Company
No. & Operation
Blackwolf
Sam Privit
John Craig
Spice Creek
Mine Fight Victims Tell of Cold Blooded Shooting
Testimony describes miners being captured in groups and executed after being tied. Survivors recount forced runs from the road and gunfire as attackers targeted prisoners, with several wounded and others killed as they moved.
Mob attacks at mine hospital leave many injured
Eyewitness accounts describe a large mob assault at a strip mine near Herrin with about 9 men wounded, 3 killed on site and several more at risk as hospital guards seal the facility. Miners including James Morris and O Rourke recount chaotic hours of firing and capture amid a rapidly growing mob.
Lasker Accused as Greatest Schemer in Country
Representative Hardy of Texas, ranking Democrat on the merchant marine committee, labeled Chairman Lasker of the Shipping Board the greatest schemer in the country. He cited a Harding letter to Mondell as lacking the president’s literary style but bearing Lasker’s ear marks. Hardy claimed Lasker influenced the American Ship Owners Association and manipulated committee reports on the subsidy bill.
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Washington
Representative Hardy
Texas
Merchant Marine
Harding
Mondell
Lasker
Shipping Board
Hardy
American Ship Owners’ Association
Hard Schedule For Ball Team Faces Two Top Foes
The local baseball club plans a tough weekend with Powlington on Saturday and Tug River Tigers on Sunday. Powhatan beat them on Decoration Day 4 to 3 with Jenkins pitching well but lacking field support. Marytown handed Powhatan a defeat last week while the locals beat Marytown earlier. The Fourth promises two big games, morning at Gary against Pocahontas and afternoon at home against Gary.
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Powligton Club
Jenkins
Powhatan
Marytown
Tug River Tigers
Ocals
Gary
Pocahontas
Ark
Legion Dance Tonight at Memorial Building
The American Legion hosts a summer social at the Memorial Building with the local Legion orchestra providing music. The event promises cooling fans and a veranda rest area, with refreshments served by the Auxiliary as crowds enjoy the popular monthly dance.
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Legion
Memorial Building
The
American Legion
Registration amendments planned for laeger precinct No 3
Registrars Mrs D L Auvil and A M Cline will sit at the mayoral office June 26 and 27 to amend correct and complete voter registrations. J B Cline and A J Cline attend federal court at Bluefield. Mrs D C Garner is improving. Sunday services listed with school at 10 am and sermon at 3 pm on a noted religious topic.
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Laeger
D. L. Auvil
A. M. Cline
Cline
Squire A. J. Cline
Bluefield
D. C. Garner
Charlotte
Sebastian
Banks
Kimball
W. C. Look
Welch
Unday
Herrin Riot Reports Put Deaths Over Seventy Five
Springfield June 22 official and private advices from Herrin say the toll may exceed seventy five after all are counted. A morning editor alleged union miners used non union men as a squad to run and were fired on. Adjutant General Black said the mob flare up burned out and militia should not be called.
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Springfield
Hal Treilion
Illinois Commerce Commission
Herrin News
Herrin
Black
Fatal Feeding Bottle Tragedy in New Orleans
A three month old baby of Mrs. Louisa Miller died after a feeding bottle fell on its head in New Orleans. The incident is being investigated as a fatal accident.
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New Orleans
Louisa Miller
Wilburn Case Headed for Jury in Late Line
The Wilburn case moves toward a jury verdict after a clash in Blair area when miners confronted deputies in the hills. J. B. Burnside of the Associated Press testified that miners were sent back during the march at Madison Boone County by F Keeney leader of district 17 UMWA and Fred Mooney state secretary treasurer. Burnside said officials sought to turn the men back as directed by General Bandholtz for President Harding while he did not hear private orders from Keeney to go to Logan County.
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Blair
J. B. Burnside
Associated Preas
Madison
Boone County
F. Keeney
District 17
United Mine Workers of America
Fred Mooney
Bandholtz
Harding
Burnside
Keeney
Logan County
Mine Fight Bulletins Herald Herrin Tense Coal Town
Springfield dispatch reports Adjutant General Black receiving a telegram from Short Thaxton of Williamson County stating deputies were at the scene and the situation remained in hand. Black later told Governor Small that the Herrin trouble had apparently solved itself and warned the strike may shift to shaft mines, signaling broader conflict.
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Springfield
Black
Short Thaxton
Williamson County
Hunter
Marion
Herrin
Ill
Small
Harrin
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Strother
D. J. F. Strother
D J. F. Strother
J. N. Harman, Jr
G C. Sexton
William A. Mills
B. O Swope
W. J McClaren
L. W Pierce
Ellwood Hotel
Furopean
Fdoard W. Womack, Prop
Welch, W. VA
Daily Telegraph
Welch Drug Company
Moses
Welch and Saeger
West Virginia
Payne Building
Davy News
John Lee Howell
Asco
E. T. Foy
Willie Harkrader
C. W. P. Underwood
Combs
Welch Briefs
Helen E. Roger
Roanoke
Wm. Ritter
Harry Coal Co
Via Realty Co
Keystone Bottling
Welch Insurance Agency
Elkhorn Valley Grocery Co
Vera Poel. Coal Co
Keystone Land Co
Poca Fuel Co
Bluefield Supply Company
American Coal Company
Hill Motor Company
First National Bank of Welch
Pocahontas Fuel
Little War Creek Coal Co
Hazard Coal Company
Premier Coal Company
Tommy Creek Coal Co
First National Bank of Stone Barlaton Coal Co
Ingram Branch Coal Co
Bank of Dav Bluefield National Bank
Sterling Hardware
Kik Seam Collieries Co
Northfork Community Garage
Jesac
T. Mann
James
Thomas F. Farrell
Secretary of Navigation
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Incorp
Tidewater
Meld
Great Lakes
United States
Pocahontas Fuel Company Incorporated
Tant Fc
Enna
Duipaur
Pocahontas Rede Mark
Kantas Fuel Company, Incorporated
Virginia
Broadway
New York
Norfolk
Main
Boston
MABS
Board of Trade
Cincinnati
Ohio
Traction
Portland
Maine
Pocahontas Wharf
Moulton St
New Bedford
Mass
Hilbuan Street
Atlantic Coast
Lambert's Point
Sewell’s Point
Newport News
City Pliers
Sandusky
Toledo
London
Evans & Reid, Ltd
B. C
England
Italy
Henry Coe & Clerici
Piazza
Manteo
Genova
Pocahontas Fuel Co., Inc
N. Y
Watkins
Scott's
Western Union
Lieber’s
Hae Fant
Hutson, Farris & Hurley
W. VA
O'Rourke
P. Williams
Morris
Jaeger News
Sandy
H. Griffith
R. L. Ellis
Whitewood
William Dinwiddie
Chatteray
B. B. Burns
H. K. Bustler
Ritter Hardwood Lumber Colny
Welch Theatre
Constance Talmadge
the Follies
Robinson Crusoe
Welch Lumber Co
McDowell
Saeger
McDowell County National Bank
Welch, West VA
Wilburn
Hanna
Eureka Hardware 0
Pocahontas Hardware CO
Pocahontas, Va
Northfork Hardware CO
Northfork
Reynolds Hardware & Furniture CO
Keystone
W, Va
Clark Hardware 0
Kimball, W, Ya
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