Roy Yost Letter From Chester Pa Reveals War Time Charm
Roy Yost writes from Chester Pennsylvania in June 1918 describing military life near Sun Shipbuilding and local scenes. He notes a large female population, saloons, and patriotic activites, plus memories of Graham and Graham leaders. He mentions Fort Monroe Norfolk and plans to visit Philadelphia and to forward notices about local sales and taxes.
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Chester
Roy Yost
Graham Roy
Roy
Graham
Uncle Sam
Mr. H
Callaway
Mr. Callaway
Fortress Monroe
Pluefield Daily Telegraph
Graham Daily News
United States
Sun Shipbuilding Company
Chester Company
Atlantic
Richmond
Slemp
Ninth
House of Representatives
Cary Benbow
Fort Monroe
Norfolk
Ocean View
Philadelphia
Best wishes from the Eleventh Virginia Coast Artillery
A wartime telegram style note from ROY YOST of the Eleventh Virginia Coast Artillery in Chester Pennsylvania sent from Sun Shipbuilding Company conveys greetings and regards to all recipients with best wishes and kindest regards.
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Roy Yost
Virginia Coast Artillery
Chester
Sun Shipbuilding Company
Litz Dog Solution Seen As Notable Tennessee Idea
Harold Litz of Hamblen county devised a plan to rid his land of worthless dogs by trading for a pig and then dispatching the canines, a scheme praised as humane and educational. The Morristown Evening Mail clipping frames the episode as a novel example of using necessity and compassion to aid a struggling boy and his family.
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Harold Litz
Tazewell County
Hamblen County
Tenn
Morristown
Evening Mail
Litz
Hamblen
D. H. Litz
Mr. Litz
Graham Plant Payroll Sparks Local Money Circulation
Jack Seay of Roanoke served as paymaster for John B Guernsey enterprises at the Graham plant. The local mill disburses wages twice monthly on the 1st and 25th, injecting thousands of dollars into Graham's economy through Pocahontas Pig Iron Company payrolls.
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Graham
Jack Seay
Rodnoke
John B. Guernsey
Pocahontas Pig Iron Company
Bootlegging Raid Shocks Pocahontas Officers Raid Two Dealers
News reports a Monday night raid in Pocahontas led by Detective Rutherford confiscating liquor from Ed Adams and Bill Smith, labeled soft drink dealers. Both men face Tazewell county court trials soon amid statewide effort to curb bootlegging before the new September 1 administration takes office.
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Pocahontas
Graham
Ed Adams
Bill Smith
Rutherford
Adams
Smith
Tazewell County Court
Bradshaw Coal Company Plans Major Plant Expansion
The Bradshaw Coal Company held its annual stockholders meeting in the First National Bank office with R A Wells present. Directors authorized enlarging facilities and expanding mine operations to reach full capacity, with officers empowered to proceed. The Bradley mine operates under a Virginia charter, eight miles north of English on the Dry Fork line.
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Bradshaw Coal Company
R. A. Wells
First National Bank
Erwin Mann
W. A. Ell
George Strader
J. C C. Campbell
E. A. Leonard
E. H. Easley
Bluefield
Lynchburg
Bradshaw
Virginia
English
Dry Fork
Cedar Pull
Graham high school grads find good jobs and plans for events
Graham high school alumni report solid post‑graduation jobs with former students like Metall Frazier guiding Keystone Bottling at Northfork and Prod Yost assisting Pocahontis Pig Iron at its commissary. The community publicizes a Hilliken Shoe demonstration by Mrs. Barbara Barker in Graham on October 15 at the Gem theater and notes slow Smileage Book sales to support soldiers in France.
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Graham High School
Metall Frazier
Keystone Bottling Company
Northfork
H. B. Frazier
Prod Yost
G. H
Pocahontis Pig Iron Company
Fred Taylor
Southern Express Company
Bluefeld
Hilliken
Barbara Barker
St. Louis
Graham
Gem Theater
Parker
W. B. Mortor
France
R. 8 B. Williamson
Graham Smileace
Tiz relief for corns and bunions advertised
An old style advertisement touts Tiz for corns bunions and foot pain claiming quick relief after one dose. It urges readers to buy a 25 cent box at drug or department stores and promises comfort and smaller shoe size.
W. Va Man Prefers Fight to Work After Remedy Use
Bluefield man claims years of stomach trouble vanished after taking Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy. He says he can eat again and now enjoys work, contrasting past pain with current appetite. The advertisement asserts the product removes catarrhal mucus and intestinal inflammation and promises a refund after one dose.
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Mayr
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Hanna
Eureka Hardware CO
West Va
Grahiam
Apply Quarry and Lime Company
Castlewood
Nice
Bath and Basement
W. Krister
Graham, Va
Loe A
Clear Fork
HH. H. Rosenbaum
Cora
Graham Furnace Company
Namer
Henry Anderson
West Graham
Mr. Anderson
Annie Dudley
Miss Dudley
R. L. Gillespie
Dave Spracher
Keys Planing Mill
Oscar Abshur
Abshur
Anderson Place
West Graham Methodist
Gillespie
Sig
Red Cross
Hascute
Octavia Leedy
T. K. Leedy
Bluefield Sanitarium
H. B. Frasier
Louise Williams
S.W. Williams
Mra. J. W. Hicks
Bess McCray
Morton Street
Biluefield Hospital
Methodist
Ladies of
The
Methodist Church
Presbyterian
Glenwood Park
Montreal Gazette Tobacco Fund
Army
Nav
Gek
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bluefie
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