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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1923
Page
5
A Thompson Valley radiogram notes local farmers seeking a white groundhog sighted by Burks of Weifield. Burke says he saw a white groundhog while driving in North Tazewell. The note adds whimsy about a lemonade lemon and asks readers to send samples of larger lemons.
The Graham Daily News reports C. A. Martin of Cooper s sent a whopper home grown lemon to the paper. Martin owns a lemon tree bearing fruit rivaling the citrus groves of California and Florida.
Virginia enacts a motor fuel tax step plan with a two cent per gallon hike starting Thursday and a further three cent rise on July 1. Local dealers report no guidance and rely on press reports to implement changes while the state collects the first two cent advance from oil firms in July.
A violent Sunday afternoon rainstorm drenched Graham with sheets of rain from 2:30 to 3:00 PM. Flooding formed rivers on streets as drainage failed and insulators blew off poles when a bolt struck Norfolk and Western high voltage lines near the Graham furnace. Power outages affected church services and local lights while Keys Planning Mill storage sheds suffered overflow damage.
A church singer who has been training for two years under Dr. Frederick Martin has attracted attention as a standout in the section. She is listed among the area’s sweet singers.
The Rev Otis Meade of Roanoke is in town conducting a week long series of services at St Marys Church The edifice was filled last night with a attentive congregation The sermon followed the text but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lambs from Matthews 25 4 Special music was provided by city choirs Electricity was out and candles were used for lighting Rev Meade will remain through the week and the public is invited to attend
High waters and road obstructions around Burkes Garden siding halted the Graham Billy Sunday Club along Clear Fork on Sunday. Traffic was tied up and the group had to turn back after reaching the area. Fine Summer Resort Graham is a summer spot, says Mrs. D M Ford of Cincinnati visiting with her two children.
Seabees of Tip Top veterinary surgeon visiting to tend dairy herds. Dr Sanders son of Squire McTeer Sanders of Tip Top is a busy veterinarian in Taze well county. Mr and Mrs W Pierce and son Frank leave on auto trip with Mr and Mrs Walter Perkins of Bluefield to North Carolina. Benjamin F Bates visited Abingdon for Epworth League. J H Bates on extended business trip to North Carolina and Tennessee. Rubie Webb of Radford visiting Bates on Baldwin Court.
Mrs. Wm. Evpripvegp of 620 E Grant Street Marion Indiana recounts severe fatigue nervousness and weakness she cured after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash plus Liver Pills. She notes improvement after a week and full benefit after three bottles before her last birth.
Aerial melodrama at the Rialto features Bullet the Los Angeles fire horse plunging through a blazing wall with a rider and rope rescue. The aged, veteran horse, loaned from the LA department by producer Emory Johnson, performs the dramatic Third Alarm scene without injury.
A Rex Beach story stars Thomas Meighan in The Ne er Do Well at the Colonial Theatre. Meighan plays Kirk Anthony sent to Panama penniless, facing trouble with authorities and falling in love with Spanish actress Lola Lee. Strong supporting cast includes Gertrude Astor John Miltern Gus Weinberg Jules Cowles and George OBrien.
Impromptu term end exercises at Villa Maria Academy featured a musical program with all students taking part. Faye Ball and Beatrice Mitchell led piano. Mildred Wagner played violin with Frances Wagner on piano. Prizes were awarded for music painting domestic science and manual arts. the school promotes domestic science business courses and a new diploma program.
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