Death of Floyd Lankford noted in Princeton service
Floyd T Lankford age 61 former Virginian shops car department general foreman died Sunday evening at Princeton hospital after a lingering illness. Funeral at First Methodist Episcopal Church Princeton at 9 AM conducted by Dr W M Morrell. Burial in Vinton Va. Survivors include widow three sons Maud Chris Edwin of Princeton two daughters Mrs O C Crotty of Princeton and Mrs Y W Brooks of Knoxville Tennessee, three brothers P S Lankford of Roanoke and W Land TR Lankford of Bedford. Pallbearers listed. Cars to accompany to Vinton invited by family.
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Floyd T. Lankford
Virginian
Horn
Princeton Hospital
First Methodist Episcopal Church
W.M. Morrell
Vinton
Lankford
Maud
Chris
Edwin
Princeton
O. C. Crotty
Y. W. Brooks
Knoxville
Tean
P. S. Lankford
Roanoke
W. Land
Bedford
Highland Avenue
Wollowing
Batley
SA. Overstreet
EB. Willyoung
FW. Wiliams
T. 2. Grimm
L. Greathouse
C. L. Shannon
H. A.tucker
Princeton Area Personal Notices Highlight Local Visits
Roanoke residents Mrs J A Bondurant and Miss Jessie Bondurant visited Highland avenue as guests of Mrs T H Teel. Edwards family in McCammongs spent Sunday with W Fravist parents. Gay and Pickell families visited Honaker avenue. Keely family to Charleston after Chicago trip. Wess Lowry left for Logan after vacation with Mrs Mary Bratton. Dyer couple returned home.
The Summer That Was Winter Epilogu e Explanations
A clipped feature recalls a 1896 Buffalo convention where Prof Gill and Theodora Nicholas GUI discuss Latin nomenclature in ichthyology. Gill cites 21 000 Latin names, many with 20 plus letters, amid humorous memory talk and cartoons. Braun loses three fights in one night at Huron.
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Nicholas Ub
Theodora Nicholas Gui
Buffalo
American Association For the
Gil
George Washington
Gill
Whem
Braun
Dick Demerr
Huron
Roanoke Visit Notes and Local Health News
From Roanoke Liey aaya been visiting for several days. Misa Mildred Hadden who was operated on for appendicitis at Princeton hospital Sunday is recovering nicely. Mrs George M Carr of Lansing Michigan visiting at the house of her mother Mrs Iya Walker 1173 Ninth Street. Dr Eubank of Atlanta Georgia Ch R Eubank and G W Eubank and son of Huntington visiting Mrs C J Burton of Princeton hospital yesterday. Mr and Mrs W La Cilvons and Mr for Mrs Howard Wilgon spent some day at Mountain Lake Virginia. AL VanCourt has returned to Chicago Illinois where he spent the past month at an optometric school taking a special course. Mr and Mrs J T Dyer motored to Roanoke Sunday to take their son Pring Dyer who will accompany his sister Louise Dyer on visiting weeks tour of the western coast. Mrs T F Kaylox who had been at the past week continues to rest at home Mercer Street. Miss Eleanor McClaugherty of Bluefield visiting friends yesterday. Mrs C C Linken toher able to be out again after three weeks illness. Mrs W A Aching are able to be out again after week illness. Mrs Mark Oxtey is spending
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Misa Mildred Hadden
Wits
Princeton Hospital
Sundiy
George M. Carr
Lansing
Mich
Son
Huntington
C. J. Burton
W. la Cilvons
Howard Wilgon
Mountain Lake
AL VanCourt
Chicago
J.T. Dyer
Roanoke Sunnos
Pring Dyer
Mise Louise Dyer
Cauat
Kaylox
Mercer Streat
Eleanor McClaugherty
Bluefield
C. C. Linkent Toher
Mra
W. A. Aching
Boe
Mark T.oxtey
G. Ll. Straub
Dr. Strauib
Theodore Straib
Adeleen
Somerset
Ralph Straub
Eleanor Ruth
Boswell
Thomas Stakem
Brotestown
Julius Goodman
Allen
Kathleen Craddock
Christinoeburg
Loplosky
Goodman
Chrlatianaburg
Temple
Grace Hospital
Tommy
Reese
Mise
Reba Thesze
Davy
Helen
Roberta Stamper
Bis Moraine
Dearnborn
Milas Edith Ford
Hobart
Payne
Driver Fined After Wrecks Near Oakvale In West Virginia
In Baileysville area, Willis Oxley and wife reported a Saturday night collision with Dave Stauffer’s truck near Oakvale. Britton, a Brookneal resident, was fined 82.50 by Magistrate J. C. Damewood after the crash. He allegedly struck Stauffer’s truck, then a Ford coupe owned by “Bul” Brown of Bluefield, tearing wheels from both vehicles. Sheriff J. Otis Bowling led the investigation and arrested Britton.
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W. Va
Willis Oxley
Dave Stauffer
Oakvale
Wi- Ham Arsttom
Aalarad
Brookneal
J. C. Damewood
Stauffer
Britton
Bul” Brown
Bluefield
Brown
J. Otis Bowling
Brlilon
Final plans for Missionary Meet at Valley Baptist
Women of the Baptist Church prepared for the Valley Baptist Association of Women’s Missionary Union convention to be held at the local church today and tomorrow. The program features welcome remarks, reports by committee chairs, musical numbers, and speeches by Dr George Sadler and others, ending with a memorial service and adjournment. Lightning damaged the Gowling Knit-Rite Woolen mill roof around 11:36 Monday morning caused smoke and light damage. fire crews extinguished the fire without a call alert.
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The
Baptist Church
Valley Baptist Association of Women's Missionary Unione Convention
Ira MM. Smith
Wy M. OU
Irma Hiner
Burma Spangler
Mifas
Nell Campbell
George Sailer
Africa
Gowling
Mit
Princeton Hosters Mill
Portrait of Dorothy Duveen Reveals Garthwaite's Match
William F C Garthwaite, son of a wealthy English banker and ship owner, is set to wed Dorothy Duveen, daughter of famed art dealer Sir Joseph Duveen. The engagement news ties the English aristocracy to the Duveen art empire in a high society match.
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Eme
Willian F.C. Garthwaite
Joseph Duveen
Dorothy Duveen
Carthwaite
Princeton Paragraphed News Briefs and Local Events
Train No. on Virginian delays two hours thirty minutes by a derailed coal car near Harper on Sunday afternoon. A drawhead fell on the track. crew retracked the car. Weekly clinic for preschool children at Princeton hospital. free examination and corrections supported by local groups. Officers pursued a suspect from Kegley to Princeton. charge of driving while intoxicated denied. June 1, Damewood was scheduled for court. Douglas Bible class of the Presbyterian church meets at 6 o'clock. Boosters beat Berwind 8 to 4 in Tri-county league at Coalwood. Sult tied to circuit court by Myrtle Lusk as next friend. Muster out of 150th Infantry today. property moved to Welch. disbandment noted. Virginia Gold and David Lambert wed in courthouse office. Junior Clemons hosts ninth birthday party with friends. N Stanley arrested for speeding and DUI by State Police.
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Harper
Ford
G. F. Pearaona
Stanley
Kegley
Printeton
Magia
O. Damewood
Dovelas
Douglas
Presby Iterian Church
For Rent Groom Brick House on Line Avenue
For rent a groom brick house on Line avenue with sea or ent Vendicten contact W31 T by phone.
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Groom Brick House
Line Avenue
Funeral Conducted for William Bagnostin
Funeral services for William H. Dagnetin were held at the home of BE White on Bee Street by Dr. W M Morrell, with interment in Monte Vista cemetery. Dagostin, son of the late Angelos Dagostin, left a wife and two children, a sister, and was a former employee of Whiting Turner Construction. He died when a forty-foot bridge span collapsed near Garbage, Tenn, on June 19, injuring six others. His remains were taken to Princeton by his widow, children, and W M Morgan of Whiting Turner.
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William H. Dagnetin
BE. P. White
Bee Street
W. MM. Morrell
First Methodist Church
Monte Viata
William Dagostin
Angelos Daguatin
Ingieside
Blilife
Jack
Misa Fannie Dagostin
Ciifton Forge
Dagostin
Whiting Turner Construction Company
Tenn
Princeton
W. M. Morgan
Service Held Sunday for Mrs Julia Reid Brown
Mrs Julia Reid Brown 75 years old died at her Ingleside home Saturday following an illness Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon by Rev Mr Wright of Bluefield and burial in the family cemetery She was born November 24 1855 married Richard Brown May 5 1876 to this union ten children six sons and a daughter survive She was a Christian church member for years and leaves thirty six grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren a Mercer county resident most of her life
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Occar Ingleside
Wright
Bluefiald
Brown
Richard Brown
Song
Christian Church
Alan Jenver
Mercer County
Keystone Drill patents upheld in Toledo ruling
Federal Judge George Hahn ruled in favor of Keystone Driller company of Beaver Falls, finding Keystone patents valid and against General Excavator Company and Osgood Company of Marion, Ohio, in a patent infringement suit.
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Toledo
Ohio
George Hahn
Keystone Driller Company
Beaver Falls
General Excavator Company
Osgood Company
Marion, Ohio
Keystone
Wounded Prisoner Escapes From Welch Hospital At Large
Wounded prisoner Fred Workman escaped from Welch Emergency Hospital Saturday night after being restrained to a bed. Deputy Harry Franklin had arrested him for shooting and fighting at Carnwell. Workman, shot in the right hip, slipped free in night attire amid ongoing searches by officers. Nearby social notes mention Dr. G L Straub and relatives visiting, with various locals departing for trips or events.
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Fred Workman
Welch Mergency Hospital
Harry Franklin
Carnwell
Franklin
Workman
Tlms
Sottle
Welch Emergency Hospital
Locals Return From Trips And Visits Across States
Harry Williams and family returned from Tyre North Carolina where they visited relatives including Mrs James French Strother and Sue Franck. Dowie Cockill came back from Pearisburg Virginia after a week with relatives. Mrs S H Samson and Mrs Robert Olinger returned from Washington after several weeks with Mr Shinsen who had surgery at Walter Hood hospital. Mr Thmaen plans to return to Welch early next month. Mrs T A Lambert, Mrs Jansen Newton and children left Sunday for Greenbrier County to visit relatives for a week. TD W Doves left Sunday night for Louisville Kentucky their home.
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James Freench Strother
Sue Franck
Dowie Cockill
Pearleburg
S. H. Sbmson
Robert Olinger
Washington
Mr. Shinsen
Walter Hood Hospital
Thmaen
Welch
T. A. Lambert
Jansen
A. Nawton
Ureanbrier County
W. Doves
Louieville
Twins for Adoption in County Probation Offer
W. T. Farley seeks a home for four year old twins, a white girl and boy, orphans, described as intelligent and healthy. Interested parties may call 603 Welch or contact Mr Farley.
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Adoption County Probation
W. T. Farley
Phone 603
Welch
Mr. Farley
Funeral today for Harvey Wright in Yukon
Funeral services for Harvey Wright 26 of Yukon, who died Sunday night at Welch Emergency Hospital, will be held today in Virginia City. He is survived by his widow, one child Louise age seven, and three brothers Arthur Ernest and Arnold Wright, all of Yukon.
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Harvey Wright
Yukon
Welch Emergency Hospital
Virginia City
Louise
Arthur Ernest
Arnold Wright
Guests routed as fire menace at William Penn hotel
Fire at the William Penn hotel in Pittsburgh drove guests from upper floors as smoke filled the hostelry. Reported losses and damages were unclear. initial estimates cited property concerns and guest disturbances with several rooms affected.
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William Penn
Mitsburgh
William Peny
Pittsburgh
Lone Eagle's Son to Have Birthday
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. celebrated his first birthday with both feet on the ground. Senator and Mrs Dwight W Morrow, his grandparents, visited the Lindbergh home and spent most of the day with their first grandchild. The Lindbergh baby was born on his mother’s twenty fourth birthday in Englewood New Jersey. He will stay with his grandparents during his parents’ flight to China and Japan. Charles Jr has not yet flown. Dozen picnickers are injured in wreck. Pittsburgh 41. Twelve of a party of 35 persons return from a...
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N. J
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr
Dwight W. Morrow
Lindbergh
Pais
Englewood
China
Japan
Charles Jr
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