Personal Notices and Briefs From The City
Pulaski resident B Blackridge visits the city while Harrisonburg Va resident B D Deckart also arrives. Mrs A J Hearn and children from Princeton were here yesterday. W H T Kellogg leaves for Newport News for a new job. F A Ritz returns from Wyoming by walking and swimming. Mr and Mrs Oscar Roles return from their bridal tour visiting the Pan American at Buffalo. J E Townes travels to New York to manage Townes Cigar Co interests, joined by Mrs Townes. Bluefield Bargain House sells Oxford ties and Julia Marlowe slippers at cost. J L Horton and Rev Booth of Tennessee expected to be named Grace church pastor to fill vacancy left by Ley Arthur Thorn.
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B.D. Deckart
Harrisonburg
A. J. Hearn
Princeton
W. HT. Kellogg
Newport News
If. A. Ritz
Wyoming
Oscar Roles
Buffalo
J .E. Townes
New York
Townes Cigar Co
Mre
Townes
Bluefield
Oxford
Julia Marlowe
J. L Horton
Splendid Lecture by Dr Steel at Bland Street Bluefield
Dr Steel delivered a witty and humorous lecture at Grace Church last night on Dixie wartime hardships. The hour and a half talk drew an eager Bluefield audience, and another lecture is set for Bland Street Church tonight with the subject Go to The Front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Steel
Grace Church
South
Dixie
Bluefield
Bland Street Church
Government sets redemption rules for revenue stamps after July
The government says revenue stamps will be redeemed after July 1. Documentary and proprietary stamps can be redeemed only in amounts of two dollars or more. Banks may not claim stamps for customers but must own stamps they seek redeemed and apply to the collector of Internal Revenue for redemption. Captain Alfred TH Peek, railroader, died at Thacker Tuesday after eighteen years with Norfolk & Western and a long tenure as conductor. He was 67 and a native of Montgomery county, living in Roanoke after the railroad offices moved there.
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Alfred TH. Peek
Thacker Tuesday
Thacker Coal Co
Norfolk & Western
Greever Marriage Soon In Philadelphia Then Tazewell Visit
Rev. W. H. Greever and his brother Prof. A. Greever left for Philadelphia Monday. Rev. Greever will marry Miss N. Roberta Bruegel Thursday at 10 o'clock. The couple will spend a week or ten days at Virginia Beach before returning to Tazewell.
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Tazewell
W. H. Greever
Prof
A. Greever
Philadelphia
Greever
N. Roberta Bruegel
Virginia Beach
Noted Greens hrier editor dies at home
Co Harlowe editor of Greens hrier Independent died at his home in Greens. He was married twice with his second wife and ten children surviving. A.M. Harlowe his son and former Bluefield resident. Col Harlowe served in the legislature several times and was prominent in Democratic party councils.
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Co. Harlowe
Greenshrier Independent
A.M. Harlowe
Bluefield
Col. Harlowe
Democratic Party
Vines Suicide Linked to Roanoke Promoter
Chas. H. Vines once Roanoke attorney died by his own hand in New York over money troubles. He shot himself before a doctor could be summoned. Several local investors recall him as promoter of a building and loan association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. H. Vines
Roanoke
New York
Mr. Vines
Piano for rent in Bluefield with easy payments
One grand square piano in good condition offered for rent to a Bluefield resident. Aps ply to J B Jenkins at Wm Hicks & Company in Bluefield West Virginia.
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Bluefield
Aps
J. B. Jenkins
Wm. Hicks & Company
W. Va
W. J. Bryan Coming to Pocahontas on July 2
Hon. Wm. J. Bryan will lecture in Pocahontas on the evening of July 2 under Y M C A auspices. Special trains will be run to provide citizens an opportunity to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. J. Bryan
Pocahontas
Bryan
Douglas Wiggins marriage at Crozer furnace
At No 355 High land avenue Mr J Hobard Douglas business manager of Virginia Iron Coal and Coke Co at Crozer furnace and Mrs Maud M Wiggins late of Chicago were married by Rev Eugene Douglas of Princeton W Va. The quiet ceremony ended with a noon train departure for an eastern tour.
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Roanoke World
Highland Avenue
J Hobard Douglas
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company
Crozer Furnace
Maud M. Wiggins
Chicago
Eugene Douglas
Princeton
W. Va
Douglas
Satirical Yorke Dialect Sketch of English and Yankee Minds
A London Outlook piece mocks both English and American foibles through a humorous tale of a stylish Yankee returning to his admired town. In dialect recalls, he describes a village pub where local chatter centers on a worker named Ted Robinson being fired last week, highlighting a shared flat satirical view of both cultures.
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London
England
Enras
Ted Robinson
Chinese Criticism of Our Alphabet
A Chicago Tribune quotation presents a dialogue where a high class Chinese critic questions the English letter g for its shape and silent uses. He contrasts it with Chinese characters and urges adopting a simpler writing system, while the American visitor vows to raise the matter with educational authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Marriages Reported in Scott Street Baptist Church
Rev E Williams wed Rosa Merriman on Tuesday night at Scott Street Baptist Church with Rev Rh Washington officiating. W Bryant of Pocahontas married Willie Mack yesterday afternoon. Charles H Spencer wed Mrs Ayres Gaines last night at the bride's Scott Street residence with Rev Williams presiding. Rev Linkfield of Roanoke and Rev N F Turner of Ennig are in the city.
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Scott Street Baptist Church
Rev
Rh. D. Washington
W. ©. Bryant
Pocahontas
Willie Mack Yester
Charles H. Spencer
N. F. Turner
Ennig
City
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised by local druggists
Druggist J. Goldsmith of Van Etten New York reports using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in his own family for five years and recommends it for ordinary coughs colds and post flu coughs. The Bluefield Mercantile Company offers 20 cents back per dollar this week with Hoster's beer marketed for dyspepsia and female weakness.
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J. Goldsmith
van Etten
N. Y
H. N. White
Ankle Sprain Cured By Pain Balm Says Editor
George E. Cary editor of the Guide Washington Virginia recounts severe ankle sprain a remedy with Chamberlains Pain Balm gave quick relief and led to a speedy complete cure. Sold by H N White druggist.
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George E. Cary
the Guide
Washington, Va
Chamberlain
H. N. White
Shrunken Giant and the Body of ilcustoms
A humorous old tale from the London Mail recalls a large man crushed by a small tram passenger who turns out to be the coroner. The giant grows thin and pallid, lamenting the strange cause as friends react with shock and disbelief. Also mentions Mrs. L. Pease and Electric Bitters aiding recovery, plus a Bluefield corset offer from the Bluefield Mercantile Company.
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Seatech
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Buefield
Tle
E.S. Pedigo
Princeton Ave
Citizens’ Bank
Studebaker
Te Miller Supply Co
Bluefield, W. Va
Huntington, W. Va
W. R. Wertz
Harris
ROUSE
Bland Street
Postoffice
C. B. Rouss
B. Blackridge
Pulaski
Rev. Booth
Tennessee
Ley
Arsthur Thorn
Montgomery County
The
Road
That City
W. J. Bryan Coming
Douglas- Wiggins
John and
Jonathan
E. Williams
Rosa Merriman
Rev. Linkfield
Bluefield Merecantile Company
Hoster
W L. Miller
D. D.S
Thomas E. Peery
M. D
W Va
B. L. Greever Barnes Gillespie Greever & Gillespie
Lawyers
Virginia
London Mail
Bluefield Mercantile Company
Puneral
WI. Hicks & CO
Patton
B. M. Cohen
Prop
Oppo
F. Ginther
Granam, Va
John Harper
Wuwev All Dealers
Green Groceries
J. N. Echols & Co
Princeton Avenue
J.restaurant
B. T. Edwards
Maple Park Cemetery
IDEAL
M McCulloch
Sec
Treas
GRAPH
Bluefield W. Va
K. B
Carter
Kk. T Christian
Igol
Sution
Xwks
Accis
Thomas C. Harris
Circuit Court
Mercer County
Old Henry
Henry
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