Republicans to Hold Meet Today in Bluefield and Tazewell
Bluefield Virginia expects a sizeable delegation to a Republican mass meeting at the Tazewell courthouse at 2 pm. Delegates and alternates will be elected for the Ninth district congressional convention in Bristol on Saturday as the district’s political pot boils over over Bruce Crawford’s independent candidacy.
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Bristol
Bluefield
Ninth District
Bruce Crawford
Norton
Congress
Crawford
Indo-Vin touted as new stomach relief in Bluefield
A new liquid medicine called Indo-Vin claims rapid relief from stomach trouble and related symptoms. Promoted by the Indo-Vin Man at Goodykoontz drug store in Bluefield, it is described as a non habit forming formula from 29 medicinal plants that works with food and acts within minutes.
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Bluefield
Goodykoontz Drug Store
Princeton Avenue
Ninth District Faces Bitter Clash Over New Deal
The long-standing power struggle in the Ninth District intensifies as Virginia’s two senators attack the New Deal while Representative John W. Flannagan criticizes them. Bruce Crawford positions himself as champion for the common man, accusing Flannagan and allies of inaction on relief for farmers and workers, signaling a forthcoming political battle.
Bluefield Garden Event Aims Safe Canning Methods
Mrs. Pearle Hall Hale oversees forty one Bluefield gardens as Tazewell county garden department reports good progress. A nine oclock Tuesday morning canning demonstration in Palmer hall will show proper scientific techniques to prevent can contents from spewing.
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Pearle Hall Hale
Bluefield
Tazewell County
Tazewell County Teachers Offered Next Term Contracts
Officials report that 95 percent of last year’s teachers are expected to sign for the next term. The notice urges teachers to pursue teaching opportunities but discourages marriage for those continuing in the profession.
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Tazewell County
Town to welcome new dispensary as plans unfold
The town anticipates a dispensary opening after hints from local chatter. T McCall Frazier is expected to visit this week, marking the start of preparations for a shop at the earliest feasible date.
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T. McCall Frazier
Willis Pastor Seeks Revival July Meetings
H A Willis pastor announces a prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 45 p m and revival services planned from July through the 25th.
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H. A. Willis
Bluefield Elkdom Welcomes Three Antler Tribe Members
Bluefield Elkdom hosts the visit of three prominent antler tribe members on Thursday afternoon. They will view the Bluefield area from South Gate Bluefield Virginia and participate in the goodwill tourists welcome event.
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Bluefield
Antler Tribe
South Gate
Summer Heat Rises to 92 in Bluefield Amid Breezes
Tuesday brought near record warmth in Bluefield as the temperature climbed to 92 in the afternoon. Norton and Williamson reported higher readings by two to three degrees, yet residents found the heat still very warm and the breeze offered some relief.
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Bluefield
Norton
Williamson
Study Pension Bill Faces Roosevelt Decision
Grizzly headed railroad veterans press the issue as a railroad pension bill nears action. If enacted the plan would take effect on February 1, prompting speculation that retirees would come out on Groundhog Day and the next day.
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Roosevelt
Kinajous Get Home Beauty Kinkajou Family
The kinkajou named Kinajous is given to Miss Elizabeth Tanner, a Fairview school teacher, after a large family of twelve lives in a well ordered household. The piece draws a fable like comparison to the old woman in the shoe and her brood.
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Mother Kinkajou
Elizabeth Tanner
Fairview
Kinkajou
Madame Kinkajou
Bluefield Virginia shoppers surge after tax drive
In Bluefield West Virginia and nearby Virginia crowds surge for bargain shopping aided by beer sales and cheap gasoline. The post tax period drew many WV residents to cross the state line for lower prices, with weekend streets crowded by shoppers and autos lining the avenues.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Greater
Virginia
Correction on Tazewell Avenue Advertisement Address
The advertisement for a six room dwelling incorrectly listed the owner's address. It should read 35 Tazewell Avenue.
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Tazewell Avenue
Rites Held at Coeburn for Charles W. Davis
Funeral services were held Tuesday in Coeburn for Charles William Davis 21 who died Sunday from a broken neck while diving in Pond River Wise county. Davis married, well known in Coeburn. his father is a Norfolk and Western section foreman there.
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Charles William Davis
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Young Davis
Dr. J B Greever Celebrates 89th Birthday
Dr J B Greever, 89, receives tributes from friends and his Sunday school class at the Lutheran church. A Roanoke College graduate 1872, he served as a Confederate soldier, taught, and founded churches and schools. He lived in Arizona 25 years before returning to Bluefield Virginia to retire in the West End.
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J. B. Greever
Lutheran Church
Bluefield Offers Prize for Pleasant Summer Climate
Bluefield Virginia invites competitors within four hundred miles to prove a milder summer climate than Bluefield by submitting mean temperatures from heat waves. The dispute notes a mountain breeze during this week’s heat wave.
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Bluefield
Virginia Side Personals Attract Visitors And News
The column notes hollyhocks at the Methodist parsonage on Tazewell avenue and lists local visitors Mrs. Charles H. Williams Mrs. E B Brewster Mrs C J Grinstead and Miss Mary Grinstead Mrs Bair and daughter Mrs Roy South and children and Mr and Mrs John Stanley. It also reports Sidney Saunders traveling to Asheville N C to visit his uncle W B Saunders and updates on Mrs Fred Amato and H Milner Mitchell’s medical status. W L Baker remains seriously ill at Bluefield sanitarium.
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Tazewell Avenue
Charles H. Williams
E. B. Brewster
Virginia Avenue
C. J. Grinstead
Macon
Mary Grinstead
H. Milner Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Bluefield
W. L. Baker
Norfolk and Western
Tazewell
Local News Briefs Mention Health Ailments and Hospital Treatment
Ill of rheumatism. Mr. Baker remains at home in North Tazewell unable to rise. Mrs. Edna F E Dudley returned Sunday from Philadelphia and accompanied Mrs. D N Matthews to Jefferson Hospital for throat specialist treatment.
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North Tazewell
Edna FE. Dudley
Philadelphia
D. N. Matthew's
Jefferson Hospital
President's Mother Visits Queen Mary in Buckingham Palace
London reports Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt and Queen Mary sharing tea in Buckingham Palace private apartments with King George present. The two prominent mothers exchanged chats on family, world affairs, and shared pride in Franklin D Roosevelt. Mrs Roosevelt plans to stay through the week and attend a embassy tea tonight.
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Sara Delano Roosevelt
Buckingham Palace
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Great Britain
Empire
Roosevelt
Seven Held in Mystery Slaying of Three Highway Workers
In McAlester Oklahoma seven persons are being kept for investigation into the slaying of three Canadian, Oklahoma highway workers whose bodies were found twenty miles northeast of town. A scribbled accusation on a campaign card named three men, all Canadians, who were arrested with the wives of Moore and Baker.
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Hobert Watkins
Bill Gann
Jack Rackley
Bill Moore
George Baker
Homer
Hobart
Moore
Baker
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Sunken Hampshire Treasure Doubtlands Private Salvage
Moscow based master locksmith Charles Courtney said the wreck of HMS Hampshire does not hold £2,000,000 in gold. He traveled from Bergen to assess claims with a British supervisor and concluded private recovery is unlikely due to high costs and sand cover.
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Charles Courtney
New York
Hampshire
North Sea
Lord Kitchener
Courtney
Bergen
Norway
Orkneys
United States
Maine
Dollfuss to Visit Mussolini for Adriatic Holiday
Austrian Premier Dollfuss plans a family visit to Italy to meet Benito Mussolini. The leaders will travel to Riccione on the Adriatic coast where Mussolini and his family will spend a vacation at the end of July.
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