Akers Funeral This Morning For Reece Akers
Funeral services for Reece Akers 26 will be held at his Sargent street home at 10 o clock. Akers died Friday morning from a hemorrhage after a short illness. His body will be taken to Tazewell for burial. He sold kindling wood and lived in town for years with his widow two stepsons and his parents surviving. The Bluefield sanitarium is where he died. Rev H D Hart of Graham Methodist church will conduct the services.
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Sargent Street
Reece Akers
Akers
Tazewell
Bluefield Sanitarium
H. D. Hart
Graham Methodist Church
Animal editor trails Miss Earhart on world flight
Wild animal editor chronicles Amelia Earhart's round the world hop with keen interest. During a Bluefield visit, an exclusive interview followed her Ramsey school auditorium lecture. Earhart quips she did not see monsters on tomato juice amid Java coffee mention.
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Ameliart
Wild Animal
Miss Earhart
Bluefield
Aviatrix
Ramsey School
Java
Bees Build Honey in a Tool Chest Mystery
J P Simon of Princeton and C E Carbaugh of Princeton reported a swarm found near Glenwood Park sought a home. Simon released the queen into a tool box then sealed the opening, guiding the bees into the chest where they began making honey in Princeton.
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J. P. Simon
Princeton
Mr. Simon
C. E. Carbaugh
City Traction Company
Glenwood Park
Simon
Job Of Removing Rails Nears Completion
About 17 years after Sam Evans of Tri City Traction supervised laying a mile of West Graham street railway he is seen overseeing a crew tearing up and hauling the tracks to the mill. The rails removal work is nearly finished as handsome and modern motor buses whiz by replacing street cars.
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Sam Evans
Tri-City Traction Company
West Graham Street Railway
Evans
Moonlight Fourth of July and Rural Notes
The moon on the Fourth of July night appeared like a wagon wheel with blue inner circle, signaling falling weather per Old Timer. Virginia updates include Pure Oil round-up at Cabin Creek with 100+ managers, reports of 150 dead trout on Clear Fork, heavy cherry crops in Giles County, Reverend M O Alexander visiting for services, and local real estate transfer on Walnut Street with K Purpur purchasing the Neikirk home.
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Pure Oil
A. M. Allison
Bluefield
Pure Oil Company
Cabin Creek
Old Town Bridge Company Chartered in Romney
A state charter was issued to the Old Town Bridge company of Romney to operate a low water coal bridge over the Potomac River in Springfield district. The $25,000 concern was incorporated by M. R. Carpenter of Green Spring L. V. Thompson and George H. Williams of Romney.
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Charleston
W. Va
Old Town Bridge Company
Romney
Potomac River
Springfield
M. R. Carpenter
Green Spring
L. V. Thompson
George H. Williams
Noted fiddlers set for Bluefield July 5 round up
July 5 at Bluefield stadium features Tyler Evans and Ridge Runners led by Bluefield Va blacksmith Evans. The event promotes old time fiddlers and banjo players with reconditioned Ohio flood fiddle for the Bluefield classic.
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Bluefield Stadium
Tyler Evans
Evans
Bluefield
John Henry
Ridge Runners
Chicago
Tyr Ae
Ohio
Fayette Ocanky
Virginia Side Personalities Arrive From St Peters burg
Mr and Mrs Frederick Smith and daughter Susanne arrived Thursday night from St Peters burg Fla to spend time with friends in this area Mr and Mrs Bert Gatherum and son David of Athens are visiting as well
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Frederick Smith
Susanne
St. Petersburg
Pla
Bert Gatherum
David
Athens
Weekend visit and local greetings across towns
Rich mond visitors include Bob Gatherum at a metropolitan school. Mrs. W H Allen of Trent Street hosts relatives and neighbors while Azel Meadows is ill with diphtheria at Princeton Avenue. Other updates cover travels, family plans, oil interests, and recoveries from illness.
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Richmond
Bob Gatherum
Media Nccer
Griffith
Ith
Lewisburg
Sant
Oursday
W. H. Allen
Trent Street
Azel ‘Meadows
Princeton Avenue
J. H. Griffith
Duval Holliday
Freddie
Rose Es
Beckley
Ont Street
Pearle Hale
Nancy King
Finney
Russell County
Norfolk
Robert Douthat
Mr. Douthat
C. B. Bailey
Tazewell Avenue
Virginia Side Churches Advertise Sunday Services
St Marys Virginia side churches list Sunday school at 9 30 a m Holy communion and sermon at 11 a m by Rev H V Clary Christ Church Pearisburg evening service and sermon at 7 30 p m by Rev H V Clary Trinity Church Richlands Pocahontas services at 8 p m by Rev E W Hughes plus a note that auto associations predict high schools will offer safe driving courses soon.
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Virginia Side
ST. Mary's
H. V. Clary
Christ Church Pearisburg
Trinity Church
Richlands, Va
E. W. Hughes
Christ Church
Automobile Associations
Winning Contract in High Card Endplay by Walter Malowan
Walter Malowan of the Regency club presents a hand where misplayed diamonds and a defensive error by West determine the closing trick. Malowan forces a club ruff then cashes high clubs, drawing East’s ace, with dummy’s remaining diamond as the final trump. West, trying to avoid leading, ends down after a sequence of ruffs and trumps.
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Walter Malowan
Regency Club
West
Mr. Malowan
Malowan
East
Dummy
Sales Tax Receipts Up Over 1936 Period
Charleston WV N F Conner head of the consumers sales tax division said May receipts totaled 748 848 53 about 70 000 above May of last year with 12 313 reports filed versus 12 227. He noted 26 373 taxpayers listed as of June 22 same as 1937 and explained quarterly payments this year totaled 678 87 with further details expected.
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Charleston
W. Va
N. F. Conner
Consumers
Tax Department
Corner
Reae
Colin Clive Dies in Film Capital
Colin Clive English actor, 37, died in a Hollywood hospital from pulmonary disorders after a pneumonia battle. His stage and screen fame included Journey's End and Frankenstein, Clive of India, and The Man Who Broke the Bank on Carlo.
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Colin Clive
Hollywood
Clive
Ram Afar Soles
Costanhope
London
Prankenstein
India
Carlo
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Animal
Virginia
Clear Fork Branch
Clear Fork
Giles Cherries
White Gate
Giles County
J. P. Davidson
W. L. Nash
M. O. Alexander
Thomasville
N. C
Memorial Baptist Church
Gillespie
Ellen Ticer
Alexandria
Arived
Carl Crockett Gillespie
Gill
Miss Ticer
K. Par
C. Neikirk
Walnut Street
Dr. Phiegar
Ry Neikirk
Neikirk
Franklin
Eal
Hill Billy
Libby
Lemons, Sunkist
Doz
Lux
Bologna
Nutmaid Margarine
McCormick’s Brand
Ann Page
Sauer’s
Mick & Mack
Ork Takk
The
Perris
Eas
Rock Cliff
Bluefield Bottling Co
Fort Howard
National Biscuit Co
Strietmann Biscuit Co
Quality Service Stores
P. T. Saunders Grocery
A&p
RED Heart
Penn
Armour
White House
Ae Armour
Armour's
Dromedary
ORA
Efruit Cc
Croakers
A&p Food Stores
Ely
Wess
Hand
Parkersburg
Depu
Severa
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