Twenty Gallons Seized in Pocahontas Raid
A Pocahontas raid seized twenty gallons of corn liquor from Ed Adams’s establishment. Officers J Rutherford and Ed Mays forced entry with a two by four as Adams fled in his automobile nearby. Commonwealth’s Attorney J W Warman vows to continue cracking down on bootlegging amid two raids in the same week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Ed Adams
J. Rutherford
Ed. Mays
Eds “Pop
Adams
Fulton Jegley
Commonwealth
J. W. Warman
War Savings stamp drive hits Graham with mass meetings
Bankers postmaster and merchants report a steady rise in War Savings stamp investments in Graham. A Sunday meet at the Methodist church with Hon Ed L Greever and Rev H K Kelso of Tazewell is set for 5:80 in the afternoon. Big mass meetings are planned across Tazewell county as local ladies run booths aiming to sell hundreds of dollars in stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Methodist Church
Ed. L. Greever
H. K. Kelso
Tazewell
Greever
Kelso
Tazewell County
Wood fires help rural counties trim coal use
A report states FueDirector J. E. Hopkins ordered substitution of wood for coal in rural schools and counties during the war. If adopted nationwide, coal would be saved for allies and wood fuel increased in country schools and homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell County
Fue
J. E. Hopkins
Graham School Board Builds Full Faculty This Term
Graham secretary J. F. Dudley continues filling the Graham school faculty with several veterans returning Miss Brown and others from last year expected back and a Tazewell teacher may join soon. the service flag at West Graham Christian church records twenty five stars with Loyal Knights members dominating. The local draft will likely send two hundred more boys next month as registrants fill out questionnaires and await calls to colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Dudley
Graham School Board
Graham
Kier
Orgain
Stafford
Lefler
Miss Brown
Tazewell
West Graham
Tazewel County
Aho
Jewel
Graham South
Loyal Knights of the Christian Church
J.F. Dudley & Son
West
J. M. Smith
Liberty Bonds
Lightning Strikes Dudley Store Beloved Pranks Reported
A bolt of lightning hit the West Graham area causing damage to Henry Anderson's barn and blacking out electric lights in the town. In Dudley’s store the electric lights and fuses spurted as guests watched the lightning surge through the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Anderson
West Graham
West
J. F. Dudley
Mr. Dudley
Free of Charge Sample of Green's August Flower
Advertises a free sample bottle of Green's August Flower at Fast End Pharmacy or Bluefield Pharmacy. Claims fifty years of success curing indigestion and related stomach issues, including headaches from digestive disorders, and promotes it as a gentle laxative sold worldwide.
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Matts Cox
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COR
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U.S. Food Administration
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Daily Telegraph
Graham Daily News
Grvham
Quarry and Lime Company
Castlewood
Nice
Bath
C. W. Krister
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Gent
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Christian Murch
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Vref
Lincoln
J. J. Lincoln
A. L. Lincoln
Onc
J. L. Lincoln
New National Army
France
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Jimmie Litz
Reynolds Pharmacy
Central Pharmacy
Bluefield
Jimmie
Fred Nash
Bluestone
L. E. Walker
Octavia Leedy
Smue
Ruth Byrd
J. V. ‘Lytton
B. Neel
Richlands
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FE. A. ‘Harman
Tazewell Avenue
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MM Sims
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Aan
Faloln
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Popel-Giller Co., Inc
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Amicon Fruit Company Distributors
Bluefield, W. Va
Nersioy eBeee
Herbert Brennan
Romanoffs
Iliodor
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Rasputin the Black Monk
Herbert Bevons
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