Big Fourth of July Program Planned in Pocahontas
Civic leaders in Pocahontas Virginia plan a July 4 celebration to honor the American Negro progress. Organizers expect at least 15 000 attendees with a popularity contest awarding three prizes to local and regional entrants. George Crawford leads the Pocahontas All-Stars who scheduled two games, Maybeury at 1 p m and Faraday Aces at 4 30 p m.
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Pocahontas
James l. Woody
Grace McCollum
Myrtle Matney
R. D. Matney
St. Clair Street
Elizabeth Scales
Nelle Thompson
Roseville
W. Va
Gloria Daugherty
Elkins
West Virginia
Edith Hayden
Geraldine Bell
Henry Bell
G. C. Crawford
Pocahontas All-Stars
Maybeury
Faraday
Welch Personal News Highlights Local Visitors and Departures
Mrs. Charles F Hicks and son Charles and Robert Harman left for Charleston to visit the Harry Walkers. Earl Scott, now of Richmond Va arrives to spend part of the summer and intern at Welch Emergency hospital. Margaret Hay leaves for New York City to sail Saturday on a European tour. Mrs Harold Masters recovers at home after hospital stay. Hollandsworth family returns from Barea Ky. he attended the first National Hi Y convention. Trooper O A Spradling, now with Williamson post, was in the city yesterday. Phil Cohen from Charleston visits. former Welch merchant. Phillip Muskitello admitted to Stevens Clinic for treatment. Garnett Reed of Morgantown visits E T Reed.
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Charles F. Hicks
Charles
Robert Harman
Charleston
Harry Walker
Earl Scott
Welch
Richmond
City
Welch Emergency Hospital
Margaret Hay
New York City
Harold Masters
Via
Welch Emergency
G. M. Hollandsworth
Billy Joe
Anna Sue
Ellen Nunn
Barea
Hollandsworth
O. A. Spradling
Welch Detachment
Williamson Post
Phil Cohen
Phillip Muskitello
Stevens Clinic
Miss Garnett Reed
Morgantown
E. T. Reed
Funeral Today for Imogene Marshall
The body of three year old Imogene Marshall was taken to Clendenin West Virginia for burial this afternoon after fatally being struck by a car on Augusta Street. The child lived with her aunt Mrs. C. M. Taylor on Augusta Street and was hit as she dashed in front of the vehicle driven by Mrs. P. S. Barrow who said stopping was impossible.
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Imogene Marshall
Augusta Street
Clendenin
W. Va
C. M. Taylor
P. S. Barrow
City and Coalfield Items and Beauty Shop Classifieds
Local notices list Cinder Blocks for fireproof construction by Citizen Coal and Supply company with contact via phone 29. Mary Lee Beauty Shop advertises hair dyeing tinting and beauty services at phone 2760 with claims of satisfactory work and a new drying system. Carl Henderson offers cleaning and laundry services with men’s bachelor bundles. A job inquiry from a country young lady seeks room and board while attending school at phone 1071.
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Mary Lee Beauty Shop
Roanoke Mourns John C Looney Railroad Inspector
John C Looney 59 a Norfolk and Western general air brake inspector died at home in Roanoke after months of ill health. A native of Salem he began service in 1902 on the Pocahontas division and later moved to Roanoke with his family. Survived by wife Ada May Crawford two children and three grandchildren funeral set for Roanoke Saturday. An aviation note follows on oxygen gear for sub stratosphere travel.
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John C. Looney
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Roanoke
Looney
Salem
Norfolk and Western Train Service
Pocahontas
Norfolk and Western
Bluefield
Bluefield College
First Baptist Church
Charley Looney
Williamson
Lewis Looney
Norfolk
Brady Looney
Cincinnati
Frank Looney
Mercer County Bar Association Holds Banquet in Bluefield
Members gathered at the West Virginian hotel for an adjourned annual meeting dine-in banquet. Arthur F. Kingdon spoke on The Constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Act and Sydney J. Kwass on Legal Ethics. Officers were elected and remarks praised local bar figures during a festive program with musical interludes and toastmaster Bernard McClaugherty.
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Mercer County Bar Association
West Virginian
Arthur F. Kingdon
Sydney J. Kwass
Luther G. Scott
Bluefield
J. H. Gadd
Princeton
Albert 8. Kemper, Jr
Joe B. Overmyer
Bill Saunders
WHIS
Bernard McClaugherty
Albert Kemper
George W. McClintic
Howell M. Tanner
A. W. Reynolds
Harold F. Porterfield
Jerome Katz
Broughton W. Johnson
Hartley Saunders
D. M. Easely
Walter W. Ross
Thomas H. Scott
Joseph Sanders
W. A. Light
Ira H. Mottesheard
United States District Court
Hugh Ike Shott
Mercer County Bar
McClintle
Supreme Court
Joseph M. Sanders
Bernard Mcoor Sr
Thomas H
Mrs J D Griffith Injured in Yard Accident
Mrs J P Griffith of Bramwell, 70, is a patient at Bluefield sanitarium with a fractured hip after tripping over chicken wire in her yard Wednesday noon.
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J. P. Griffith
Bramwell
Bluefield Sanitarium
Griffith
Sunday school class 8 urged to gather before hike
Members of the Methodist church Sunday school class eight are urged to meet at the church at 5 30 this afternoon before their hike. Miss Sue McClaugherty, instructor, announced yesterday.
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Methodist Church
Sue McClaugherty
Funeral for Gilbert man John Murphy to be held at O'Keeffe
John Murphy aged 44 of Gilbert dies from injuries after a fall from a wall at a local hospital. Funeral and burial are held this afternoon at O'Keefe. Murphy worked for the N several W Railway company and is survived by his widow. An American airline in China carried 8000 passengers last year and plans to extend service to Lhasa Tibet.
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O'Keefe
John Murphy
Gilbert
Murphy
N. and W. Railway Company
China
Lhasa
Tibet
Local Veterans Receive $166000 World War II Bond Bonus
R L Bailey postmaster announced that 394 veterans have certified 3320 bonus bonds totaling 166000 distributed to local World War II veterans. Many recipients hold bonds for later cashing and some have not certified all bonds yet.
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R. L. Bailey
Bailey
Mrs. Ella Tinsley Dies in Pocahontas After Illness
Mrs. Ella Tinsley longtime Pocahontas resident died at home at 3 PM after years of poor health and a paralytic stroke followed by pneumonia. Survived by her second husband Thomas Tinsley daughter Mrs. Charles Ellis of Nolen West Virginia and son John W. Haldren of Bluefield two sisters also. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:30 PM at the Tinsley home conducted by Rev Bowden Pocahontas Baptist Church.
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Ella Tinsley
Pocahontas
Charles Ellis
Nolen
W. Va
John W. Haldren
Bluefield
Mercer County
P. P. Dillon
E. J. Knowles
Tinsley
No Floor Debate on Platform for 1906 Campaign
The document outlines Democratic platform pledges across eight areas including family protection, savings and investment, social security, consumer rights, housing, veterans, agriculture, and labor. It contrasts with Republican aims, stresses national coordination, and emphasizes economic security, robust public works, and constitutional fidelity.
T A Moot Will Subdivide Farm Near Bluefield
T A Smoot plans to subdivide his 100 acre Cumberland road farm southeast of Bluefield into plots for truck farming and home sites. Easley Wilson Co to market the property located one mile east of Memorial avenue with plans underway.
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T. A. Smoot
Bluefield
Easley-Wilson Company
Smoot
Cumberland Road
Memorial Avenue
Grassy Branch
Cumbere
Smoot Farm
T. O'S. Wilson
Hasley- Wilson Company
Pete
Democratic government preserves American people, founders’ vision
The statement asserts that the people of the United States can endure only under a Democratic government as conceived by the nation’s founders. It emphasizes the foundational belief in democracy as essential to preserving the country's identity and future.
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United States of America
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Law of the Land
Congress of
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Civil Liberties
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