Hotels Seek Liquor by Drink in ABC Code Change
Hard pressed hotel proprietors urge the ABC board to revise liquor code to allow hotels to sell liquor by the drink. A Richmond newspaper outlines the case in a two column write up. The Hotel Association temperance committee handles the petition from liquor stores. The petition notes guests may leave if no drink is served. The temperance committee favors selling by drink or by flask. ABC board expected to rule soon.
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Visa
ABC Board
Richmond
Hotel Association Committee On Temperance
Amusing Incident Retold by Circus Fan
A Russell county tale recalls John Banner and his son Charley at a past circus. Charley, enthralled by elephants, forced his father to consider buying an elephant after locking him in the corn crib. The anecdote, told by a local reader, centers on circus memories from more than a half century ago.
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Russel
John Robinson
Jeffersonville
Robinson
Russell
Charley Banner
Castlewood
John Banner
Charles
Banner
Charley
Aniversary of Elkhorn Flood Marks 1901 Disaster
The 38th anniversary recalls the June 22 1901 Elkhorn flood that washed away Norfolk and Western tracks and flooded Bluefield VA with rising tides. Homes flooded pianos floated as lives were lost and residents awoke to the roar of the torrent.
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Norfolk and Western
Elkhorn
Bluefield
Paul Revere
Hearst
New York Journal
Baseball bug bites Falls Mills section headline
Falls Mills team The Red Caps lost a close game to a Bluefield Virginia team yesterday on the tower lot. Falls Mills ace Jim Me pulls Mills and Top Yard Tabor is manager.
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Falls Mills
Falls
Red Caps
Bluefield
Jim
Mills
Tabor
Who Will Get Tazewell Game Warden’s Place
Local sportsmen wonder who will fill the game warden position for Tazewell County. A Department of Game and Fisheries meeting in Richmond today is expected to decide the appointment. Bluefield, Virginia, is noted as a possible candidate for the office.
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Tazewell Game Warden’s
Button
Tazewell County
Richmond
Bluefield
Department of Game and Fisheries
Tazewell
New Families Locate in Bluefield Virginia
New families continue to settle in Bluefield Virginia escaping heat elsewhere. The Skinner family from Petersburg live at Benbow apartments Shady Brook. Mr. Skinner works at Goodrich Silvertown Store Bluefield. Mrs. Skinner, born in Marion District of Columbia, was Miss Margaret Wilcox. Sidney R Johnson and daughter rent a Benbow apartment from Pittsburgh. A H Cannon of Cannon Furniture rented Hinton home on Lovers Lane after vacating Vernon Hinton family. he moved with wife and two children after attending a High Point furniture show.
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Bluefield
A. P. Skinner
Petersburg
Benbow Apartments
Shady Brook
Skinner
Goodrich Silvertown
W. Va
Marion
D. C
Margaret Wilcox
Sidney R. Johnson
Benbow
Pittsburgh
A. H. Cannon
The
Cannon Furniture Company
Hinton
Lovers Lane
Vernon Hinton
Cannon
High Point
Landmark razed on C avenue former Gem theater site
A two story frame building north of the Bane block on C avenue is being razed and will be sown with grass and flowers. Dale, the owner, notes the structure stood about fifty years and housed Blue Field Virginia's first picture theater, the Gem, which charged five cents and once earned the manager around $100 monthly.
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C Avenue
Bane
Dale
Harman
Bluefield
Large Congregations at Baptist Revival
The Rev. George Simmons of Norton leads a Memorial Baptist revival series drawing large crowds. Attendees fill the meeting hall as sermons and prayers occupy the evening sessions.
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George Simmons
Norton
The
Memorial
Norton Congregation Reported Favorable for Reamble
A fragmented note reports a Norton group gathering with positive tone about a recent effort, describing the event as successful and favorable to the congregation’s aims.
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Norton
Tenth Wedding Anniversary Tin Theme Suggested
A reader asked about suitable gifts for the tenth wedding anniversary. After checking the zodiac, the paper notes tin as the traditional symbol, with a comment that any tin item is acceptable except a Tin Lizzie.
Virginia Side Personal News Itinerary Highlights
Mr. and Mrs. E B M Seager of Calgary Canada visit Mrs. Seager’s relatives in Virginia. Mrs Seager is the daughter of Mrs M M Mathews formerly Miss Gertrude Mathews. Edna E Nutiely, Sara Tate and Maynard Turner are mentioned in the social notes.
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E. B. M. Seager
Calgary
Canada
Seager
M. M. Mathews
Gertrude Mathews
Edna E. Nutiey
Sara Tate
Maynard Turner
Embalming Student’s Graduation and Board Visit Notes
Leaving for Cincinnati to attend the graduation exercises of Glenn Dudley Jr at the Cincinnati School of Embalmers. Dr. Cecil Chandler, a ear and throat specialist, is part of the Graham High and Bluefield College alumni group, with a Petersburg marriage noted. Mrs. J B Catron returns to Roanoke after visiting locally with her late railroad official husband. Mrs. H S Lefler and her daughter are mentioned in the final lines.
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Cincinnati
Glenn Dudley
Dudley
Cincinnati School of Embalmers
H. R. Chandler
Falls Mills
New York
A. C. Chandler
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Cecil Chandler
Graham High
Bluefield College
Petersburg
J. B. Catron
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railroad
H. S. Lefler
Snow White the Albino Robin Draws Bluefield Visitors
From Columbus and Cleveland to Bluefield Virginia the party described includes Mrs. Clarence Turner Mrs. Okey Yost and their kin. They toured with Joyce Hill and Miss Nancy and Harriet Spangler visiting A. M. Lane and E. B. Spangler as the albino robin Snow White became a local sightseer.
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Ter
Clarence Turner
Columbus
Cleveland
E. B. Spangler
Princeton
Nancy
Harriet
Bluefield
Snow White
Robin
Howe to discuss gas and oil outlook at club meeting
About 200 members of the Central Ohio audience in Henricksburg hear former Hope Natural Gas Co president discuss the gas and oil industry outlook. The retired executive shared industry insights and forecasts before the Gas and Oil Men's Club.
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Arksburg
Howe
Hope Natural Gas Company
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Hollywood
Am Wien
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A. W. Cox
Virginia
Cox
Cox's
Bastiste
Batiste
Ivery
Rome
BLUE
Chambray
Men’s Work Sox
A. W. Cox Dept
Sheer Hudson
Batistes
Hudson
Rogers
A.W. Cox Dept
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