Triumph Opera at Ravinia Opens Fifteenth Season
Ravinia in Chicago unveils its fifteenth season with Met and Chicago opera stars including Martinelli Bori and Johnson. The open air venue near Lake Michigan blends society life with informal charm as patrons mingle with artists during long intermissions.
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Chicago
Ravinia
Opera
Metropolitan
Chicago Opera
Lake Michigan
Ravinia Company
Pastors
Edward Johnson
Amert
Mme
Luella Melius
Wisconsin Coloratura
Florence Macbeth
Ina Bourskaya
Jose Mojica
Chicago Civic Opera
Lucrezia Bori
Giovanni Martinelli
Notadies
Forty Acre
North Shore
Metropolitan Theatres
Ravinia Opera
Martinelli
Puccini
Manon Lascaut
Elisabeth Rethberg
Mario Chamlee
Martha
Anna
Symphony
Ravinia Colony
Wedding at Southern Methodist parsonage unites Morgan and Bailey
On Saturday June 19 Athens and Concord College hosted a wedding for Ernest Morgan of Littlesburg West Virginia and Ethel Bailey of Sand Lick West Virginia. Rev A B Moore officiated as guests in rain arrived to celebrate with punch and rice while a car decorated for the couple.
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Southern Methodist Parsonage
Ernest Morgan
Littlesburg
W. Va
Ethel Bailey
Sand Lick
Concord College
A. B. Moore
Rachel Myers
Tiger Flowers Adopts Curious Pets on Road Trip
In Atlanta on June 25, Tiger Flowers the negro middleweight champion adopted shellback terrapins at stops along his route from Hot Springs to his training camp. He paused after a road accident to check on the terrapins, known locally as Stinkin' Jim's, ensuring their safety.
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Atlanta
Tiger Flowers
Hot Springs
Ark
Here
Flowers
Minister finds editor chair hard to fill in Yakima
Rev. D. W. Ferry served a week as editor pro tem of the Yakima Daily Republic after arguments with Col. W. W. Robertson over editorial policy. He warned that running a paper tests endurance and that preaching weekly is less strenuous than daily editorial work. He also noted the demanding nature of news space and deadlines. The note then mentions Satey Island as a misstatement about height in the Pacific.
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Yakima, Wash
D. W. Ferry
Yakima Daily Republic
Col
W. W. Robertson
Republic
Ferry
Bluefield Colored Institute Notes and Obituary News
Mrs. Mary Dunlap Powell sister of Prof. D. F. and Will Dunlap and cousin of Prof. H. L. Dickason of Bluefield Institute was buried at Gap Mills. The twenty fifth anniversary of President and Mrs. Robert P. Sims of Bluefield Institute is announced. The Y M C A and Y W C A summer programs continue with a service and program in East Hall featuring Miss Fannie Spencer and Miss Jenobia Lattimer and Prof. C. H. Lyda.
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George M. Ford
Lida Davis
Pleasant Cottage
Athens
George West Diehl
Frank Cutright
Charles Anthony
Pearle Fankhauser
Rachel Myers
Sarah Zs
Bluefield
Ella Holroyd
Leonard
Fairmont
Bess Shannon
Bessie Smith
Fallansbee
H. D. Thompson
S. C. Grouse
Mary Overholt
Princeton
Mary Dunlap Powell
D. F
Will Dunlap
H. L. Dickason
Bluefield Institute
Gap Mills
Robert P. Sims
East Hall
Fanniepencer
Jenobia Lattimer
C. H. Lyda
Acquaintance for Art Gallery to Movie Actress
A brief dialogue from Passing Show in London features an actress boasting she is the biggest draw in the country and the states while questioning whether the acquaintance draws. The exchange highlights showbiz vanity and crossover talents.
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States
London
Primary Nomination Rules Shape Community Campaign
The notice outlines filing deadlines for nomination petitions before the primary on August 3 and general election on November 2. Registrars will sweep precincts July 6 and 7 to register overlooked voters, while political chatter grows as candidates consider contests in the Seventh and Sixth legislative districts and local county offices across McDowell Mingo Wyoming Wayne and Raleigh counties.
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Wiy
James French Strother
Jeff Lilly
Summers
Skaces
Locan
T. H. Lilly
William H. Sawyers
Hinton
Raleigh County
Monroe
Mercer
McDowell
Mingo
Wyoming
Wayne
Williamson
Senate
Greenway Hatfield
London Reynolds
Douglas Bailey
W. B. Honaker
Joe Matney
Harry Karnes
Andy Hearn
Mercer County
W. B. Crockett
Lacy Lewis
K. H W. Witten
Garfield White
Merion Steele
A. J. Bratton
Harvey Shumate
W. H. Powell
Regional School Meet Set for Mullens WV
The second regional conference for rural West Virginia school representatives will be July 14 in Mullens. Eight regions will be represented and plans for 1926 27 will be laid out. Attendees include county superintendents and officials from Raleigh and nearby counties. The meeting begins at 9 30 in the morning and runs all day.
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Mullens
West Virginia
New Citizens Lead Nations with Mass Naturalizations
Washington reports large naturalization figures with 14 000 new citizens in June. Among nations Italy the British Empire and others contributed the bulk of new arrivals during April and June.
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Pour Nations
Washington
Italy
British Empire
Sia
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Athens and Concord College
State Road Department
Training School
New York
Chantanaqua
P. C. Bibbee
State University
Pearl Sprangier
Peterstown
Guy Bambrick
Esther McClung
Louise Sprangier
Ora Peters
Cecil Johnston
Bonham
Miss Virginia George
Virginia
Tennessee
Hardy
Montcalm
Vanita Faulkner
Stuart Higginbotham
W. M. Taylor
Peckley
Charleston
State Board of Education
State Board of Control
National Education Association
Philadelphia
Roanoke
L. B. Graybeal
Ford
Fordson Tractors
Toledo, Ohio
Satey Island
Pacific
Winona Green
Southwest
Arkansas Woman's Prison
Jacksonville
Bluefield Colored Institute
Powell
SIMS
Superior Supply Company
Bluefield, W. VA
W . Serpe
Maxzima
Blaine Oac
Een Lark
A. E. Bivens
Justice
Rock District
Elgin
Waltham
Jewel
Elgin and Waltham
Schlossberg’s
Princeton Ave
Engidaie
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Rusmisell Electric Company
Princeton, W. Va
Frigidaire Refrigerati
Light Company
General
Appalachian Electric Power Co
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