Pocahontas Growth Shaped by Banks, Rail, and Business Deals
The First National Bank of Pocahontas plans a Citizens building opening as the new financial hub. Laurel Creek branch work partners Boxley Gibson Wall. Beechwood Land sells plots near Beechwood. Roosevain pits advance, new railroad completion expected. Local business league forms with $500 in treasury. Several residents and visitors noted. none suffer serious illness from a dog bite. Isadore Hyman stays with relatives. Josie Dennen to Baltimore for nurse training.
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First National Bank of
Laurel Creek
Pocahontas
Boxley, Gibson & Wall
Dry Fork
Sol Hyman
Charles Wilson
Pocahontas Colleries Company
Local News and Notes From Bramwell and Area
W White returns from a week with friends in Bramwell. The Misses Hampton are listed as sick this week. Mrs Apperson of Pocahontas assists with Sunday school work. Bright Lights, a popular show, draws crowds. Hilda Walters visits Bramwell. Meadows death on June 17 remembered. he was a former teacher and young lawyer from the town who went to Texas for health. 8 E Appleton of Amherst spent Sunday Widemonth and plans time with his brother before returning to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Meadows
Meadows
Texas
E. Appleton
Amherst, N
Widemonth
New York
Prominent Pittsburg man’s death threat letter shocks wife
The wife of Lewie Christian of Huntington received a June 16 letter from him in North Fork West Virginia stating he would end his life and his body would be found on a nearby mountain. He, a Russian-born traveling rep for Ingersoll Compressed Air, has been missing for days amid financial strain and rumors of mental distress linked to war news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewie Christian
Huntington
Ingersoll Compressed Air Company
Pittsburg
North Fork
W. Va
Christian
Norfolk and Western
Morris Cremeans Writes a Letter About His Life
A Glorious note from Morris Cremeans on death row at Pearisburg mentions his planned hanging next month for a Rocky Gap post office robbery aided by his testimony. He appeals to family, asks his wife to help their children, and reflects on faith, guilt, and possible relief from his attorney. He also praises jail staff kindness before death.
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Morris Cremeans
Pearisburg
Vint Shrader
Rocky Gap
Cremeans
Brader
W. B. W. Smith
Supreme Court
Jesus
Wounded Prisoner Dies in the Jail
Warren Blackwell alias Harry Edwards, the man who shot the foreman on Widemouth and was captured near Fallsville after a clash with officers, was taken to Princeton jail Saturday and died there Sunday night after being riddled with bullets in the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Blackwell
Harry Edwards
Widemouth
Fallsville
Princeton
Norfolk & Western Railway announces round trip tickets sale
Norfolk and Western Railway sells round trip tickets from Virginia ticket offices at one fare plus percentage value on sale July 10 11 and 12 with return by July 16. Also an ad notes Dr Thomas Electric Oil for safety, and Kodol Dyspepsia Care claims to digest foods and cure indigestion with every stomach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Droggiete
Norfolk & Western Railway
Virginia
W.B. Bevill
G. PA
All Drugg Iste
Local Market Prices Established for Meat Products
Prices set at Brisentine market Bluefield avenue list steak at 12 14 to 5c per pound roast 10 to 124c per pound matton 12% to 150 per pound and Park 12 14 to 15 per pound. Phone 167 623 St.
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Park
Bluefield Avenue
Notice of Stockholders Meeting Bank of Pocahontas
Special meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Pocahontas in Pocahontas Virginia on July 8 1905 at 9 a m in the bank office to consider and determine a proposed increase of the capital stock By order of the board of directors M Galway cashier and secretary of the board Dean's Ointment advertised at 50 cents at any drugstore.
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Bank of Pocahontas
Pocahontas
Virginia
Eaid Bank
M. Galway
Dean
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Union Clothing Co
Madras
Batiste
Hamburg
Paris
Dic
Bluefield
West Virginia
MGR
Elkins
Atkens Oo
O’leary Real Estate
Higginbotham Avenue
Tip Top
Norfolk and Western Railway
Clinch Valley
Price
Geo. Shafer
News of
Pocahontas Collieries Company
Roosevain
Beechwood Land and Improvement Company
Borsevain
Business Men'a League
Joe Matz
L. Aaron
William Leckie
Arlene Cummings
Gertrude Haller
Pitteburg
F. J. Waddell
Laflin & Randpowder Company
R. Crockett
Wytheville
F. R. Chambers
Eckman
Waugh
Narrows
Nellie Leckie
Stonewall Jackson Institute
Abingdon
Isadore Hyman
Bob Williamson
Graham
Welton
John Magrill
Cincinnati
L. Magrill
Mrs. A. Goodman
Lionel Legare
Indianapolis
Chicago
Mr. Davie
Josie Dennen
Baltimore
John G. Osborne
Radfford
W. White
Bramwell
Hampton
Mr. Shell
Hilda Walters
Griffith
Mark Meredith
Ricefield
Frank Snider
Pembroke
DeWitt
K. BE
Crystal Bottling Company
Kennedy
Will
Vince Shrader
Beard
P.O. Box
W. EB. Minter
Ont Forget
J.T. Akers & Co
J. M. Wray
Bland Street
Bradstreet System
Rochester
N.Y
RK. B. Ferguson
Burton Street
Qader Books
Farmers’ Institute
Roanoke
Andrew
Soule
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Dr. Thomas
POFF
Princeton and
Higginbotham Avenues
Bluefield, Wa
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