Local Social News and Notes From Bluefield Area
Mrs B H Williams visits in Columbus and returns to Bluefield with Mr and Mrs Wines. high school principal position mentioned. Dance trip for Pocahontas Club. Edwards marriage to Miss Margaret Whitburn. Red Men sermon and quarterly conference upcoming. Two jobs for BO Smith at Greenbrier and Louisville. Borden and Livin wedding in Virginia. Beverly Swanson wedding. Turner child tonsil operation.
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Maybeury
Bluefield
E. H. Casaiday
Appan
Casesday
P.m
Soaw! McCall
Graham
Pocatontas Yesterdeiak
News Ferry
Pocahontas High School
Florence Drayne
Evangelist Leyden to Speak at Church of God July 1
Massachusetts evangelist Leyden will recount his journey from superstition to Christianity at the Church of God, 134 Preson Street, starting July 1. The meeting promises dramatic testimony and religious instruction.
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Evangelist
Pracher
Evangelist Leyden
Massachusetts
Deliveras
Preson Street
Church of God
Injunction Granted in Lathrop vs Columbia Collieries Case
Judge Isaiah C Herndon in McDowell County Circuit Court granted an injunction preventing Central Pocahontas Coal Company from mining coal on lands in dispute with the Lathrop heirs and Columbia Collieries Company. The case centers on alleged encroachment on a 750 foot extent. lawyers for Lathrop interests include A A Phiegar and George W St Clair, while Anderson Strother Hughes represents Central Pocahontas.
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Isaiah
Herndon
Circuit Court
McDowell County
Lathrop Vs
Columbia Colleries Company
Central Pocahontas Coal Conppa Ny
W. A. Lathrop
Pocahontas Coal
Theumbia Collieries Company
Lathrop
Central Pocahontas Coal Company
Anh
Hon
A. A. Phiegar
Bristol
George W. St. Clair
Tazewell
Anderson, Strother Hughes
Welch, W. Va
Health leader Becker to return after health improvement
W. S. Becker general superintendent of the western division, after two to three weeks in Pulaski seeking health, will return tonight on train No. 17. He has not yet assumed active charge due to illness but reports from Pulaski say his health has improved considerably and he is in better physical shape.
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S. Becker
Pulaski
Becker
Rheuma claims quick cure for rheumatism and gout
Advertised as a sure remedy from White Pharmacy with money back promise. A Buffalo based Rheuma Co testimonial from Fort Myers Florida cites rapid relief after one bottle and customer reports cure after months of suffering. Offers bottle for fifty cents with mail orders billed to Rheuma Co Buffalo New York.
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Fort Myerk
Fla
Rheuma Co
Buffalo, i
Flood Scene Shuts Roads Mills and Tracks in Pocahontas
A heavy Wednesday rain swamps Laurel Creek causing extensive flooding. Center street and the post office area are buried in sand, a bridge near Laurel Creek swept away, and the Pocahontas Consolidated Co mill building damaged along the Yoncombe. Norfolk and Western trains ran through water as crews worked to uncover tracks. Fire department cleared debris, and residents faced property losses from washouts and garden damage amid continuing recovery efforts. Local report notes church Children’s Day exercises and several residents’ movements and appointments.
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Wenesday
O Witer
Center
Laurel Creek Bridge
Laurel Creek
Episcopal Emirot
Louis Magriff
Yoncombe
Builiing
Pocahontas Consolidated Collierien Co
Colleries Company
J. Saunders
Pocahontaz Inn
Pocahontas
Found Dead in Car on Elk Ridge Coke Track
A passerby found a dead man in a box car on the Elk Ridge coke track. Investigation showed death by hemorrhage from excessive drinking. The victim, a cripple with crutches, was unidentified, seen in Graham and Bluestone Junction and in Bluefield. no home or name could be established. The man had traveled the Norfolk and Western system for years.
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Elk Ridge
Graham
Bluestone Junction
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Ifield
Yesterny
Harman Follows Father as Devil of Tazewell Herald Office
Robert Harman, son of a former Herald worker, joined the Bland Court and Mumber area newspaper as an apprentice. The office had previously seen Henry Kitts occupy the role, with Harman later passing Kitts in a staff election to become journeyman, amid early family ties to local journalism.
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Tazewell
Robert Harman
Igigns Herald
Bland Court& Mumber
Harman
Herald
William Hicks
W. W. Hicks
Clear Fork
Burkes Garden
Bvirth
Kitts
Ae Cig Daa Bong Fato Journaliem Thia
Short Time in Revived Career as Republican Writer
The fragment notes a brief period lived again as the Republican era figure who revived later and endured many storms in a journalistic career.
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The
Republican
Postlethwaite Reelected Treasurer in Odd Fellows Thirty Seventh Time
Summit City Lodge No 144 Independent Order of Odd Fellows chose Lee Mays as noble grand E T Spencer vice grand S O White financial secretary J K Morgan recording secretary and M B Postlethwaite treasurer last night in the Pocahontas building Postlethwaite marked his thirty seventh reelection since joining nineteen years ago He protested but was again declared elected The officers will be installed next Thursday night.
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M. BB. Postlethwaite
Odd Fellows
Summit City Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
Pocahontas
Lee Mays
Noble Grand
E. T. Spencer
S. O. White
J. K. Morgan
M.,_ B. Postlethwaite
Postlethwaite
Cers
Zemo Promises Quick Eczema Cure Across America
Advertising copy touts Zemo as a guaranteed remedy for severe eczema with claims of rapid itching and rash relief. It promises a stain free, non greasy liquid that sinks in and leaves no trace. The promotion cites E W Rose Medicine Co of St Louis and local Bluefield druggists for distribution and mentions taxi seating ads nearby.
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Zemo
E. W. Rose Medicine Co
St. Louis
America
Bluefield
Ykoontz Drug Co
East End
Property Sale Offers Multiple Lots and Parcels in Union Park
The notice lists numerous lots in Union Park and Fairview Addition, with strips of land adjoining blocks on Ear Street and Bar Street, offered first separately then as a whole to maximize money. It also details many specific lots in Fairview Addition across sections 820, Lut, 82, 823, 825, 76, 813, 82y and others, plus a garage on Bluefield Avenue, a parcel on Lewis Street, and two lots on Carolina Avenue. Terms require one third cash and two equal deferred payments with interest, and the seller reserves the right to reject bids or adjourn sale dates.
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John Walters
Ear Street
Union Park
Fairview Addition
Fairview
Bluefield Avenue
Lewis Street
B. S
Omnes
South Blueeld
Carolina Avenue
Graham
Tazewell
Virginia
Graham Land & Improvement Company
Olney Avenue
Porthellar
Motee
Yoo Ae
Aken
Purchag
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