Water from Ada reservoir deemed unfit for drinking
Bluefield health officials declare storage water from the Ada dam unfit for drinking as a citywide illness surge follows heavy chlorination. Citizens rush to springs and private wells for safe water while officials urge conservation and warn of fire risk without adequate supply. The mayor seeks state assistance and questions why Jarrell spring remains unused despite potential to stabilize water pressure.
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Adats
Bluefield
Lily Telegraph
Fair Grounds
Memorial Avenue
Cumberland Turnpike
FE. K
John T. Bailey
Husband
Bluefield Avenue
Poplar Street
Saxon Lime and ™ Lumber Company
Roanoke Street
Ro” Douthat
Four Springs
Ada and Bailey
East River Mountain
Beaver Pond
South Bluefield
East River Mountain Springs
Ada
John R. Dillard
J. E. Martin
Pond
Ada Spring
Bluefield Water Works Company
Bond
Jarrell
Water Company
C. O. Stahlman
State Public Service Commission
Geo. FC
Wiles
Public Service Commission
Charleston
W. Va
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Co
City Health Board
Health Board
McCarthy
Answer. Co. D
Stahlman
State Health Department
H. D. Henshaw
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company
Board of Health
Cc. O Stahlman
Health Officials Warn City Water Should Be Boiled
The Bluefield Water Works pond supplies polluted water and remains stagnant while a city analysis is arranged. Officials urge residents to boil water before drinking and request the Mayor inform the Public Service Commission and State Health Commission for relief. Dated June 29, 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Health Department and Public Service Commission
Bluefield Water Works Company
Public Service Commission
State Health Commission
J. E. Martin
Board of Health
John R. Dillard
Seven Hilton Children Die Violently in Wheeling History
In Wheeling West Virginia seven children of Mr and Mrs Charles W Hilton have died violently over fifteen years. The latest tragedy occurred when thirteen year old John Hilton drowned in the Ohio River yesterday.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Charles W. Hilton
John Hilton
Ohio
Final attempt to stop big prize fight in New Jersey
Herbert Gilson announced a criminal conspiracy complaint will be submitted to Prosecutor Garvan in Jersey City to seek indictments against Tex Rickard Jack Dempsey Jack Kearns Georges Carpentier and François Descamps. The move follows two failed injunctions and seeks to delay the bout if an indictment is returned.
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Newark
New Jersey
Garvan
Jersey City
Dempsey-Carpentier
Herbert Clark Gilson
International Reform Bureau
Gilson
Hudson County Grand Jury
Tex Rickard
Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Georges Carpentier
Francois Descamps
Grand Jury
Well Known Tazewell Farmer Tries Death by Action
Sam Peery a well known Tazewell county farmer living near Burke's Garden Switch attempted to commit death by his own action at his home yesterday afternoon. He fired a bullet from a resolver into the side of his head in the upper part of his home. He was found by family members and his condition was extremely grave, with death momentarily expected. No cause for the act could be learned.
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Sam Peery
Tazewell County
Burke's
Garden Switch
Peery
De Valera Not Ready to Answer Lloyd George Letter
Dublin reports Irish Republican leader Eamonn De Valera has not yet given a definite answer to Premier Lloyd George’s invitation for a conference on an Irish settlement. He has replied briefly, stressing a lasting peace and insisting that unity of Ireland is essential.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Lloyd George
Ireland
Milam Woman Killed in Fulton Farmhouse Shooting
Mrs. Joseph Milam was killed and her daughter gravely wounded at the Milam farm near Fulton Kentucky. Authorities say shots were fired by the husband who fled before officers arrived. The motive and details remain unclear.
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Fulton, Ky
Joseph Milam
Milam
Here
New Republican Members Urged to Hold Conference
Eleven of their colleagues issued a call for a conference tomorrow night to plan how new members can exert more influence in House matters and speed up the legislative agenda. Mondell was invited to speak. Ansorge stressed cooperation, not revolt, as about one hundred new Republicans seek influence in party deliberations. Congress has done little after nearly three months in session amid calls for decisive action.
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Washington
Representative Mondell
Ansorge
New York
Congress
Billy Sunday Club to Host Henry C. Stuart Address
The Billy Sunday Club gears up to draw a large crowd at the Tabernacle for an afternoon service at 3 o clock with ex governor Henry C. Stuart as speaker. James Elmer Brown will lead music, George Dunglinson Jr supervises ushers, and preachers across the region spread the word to ensure a packed crowd.
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Billy Sunday Club
W. W. Decks
Richmond
J. W. Moore
Japan
Henry C. Stuart
Virginia
Stuart
Tabernacle
James Elmer Brown
George Dunglinson, Jr
Alleged Bank Robbers Break Jail in Roanoke
Roanoke Va June 28 Charles Wilkes and C B Gordon alleged notorious bank robbers escaped from the city jail last night between 11 and midnight after forcing four inmates to a cell bath and climbing from a blanket ladder into the corporation court room then slipping away in the daring break for liberty.
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Roanoke
Charles Wilkes
C. B. Gordon
City Hall
Corporation Court
British coal strike settled after nationwide stoppage
London reports the national coal strike ending after a second conference at the government Board of Trade. Premier Lloyd George announced in Parliament that an agreement was reached and miners will return to work immediately. Over 1.2 million miners were involved, with vast economic disruption and a multibillion loss anticipated.
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London
National Coal
Federation of Miners
Government Board of Trade Office
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Great Britain
Forest Fires Incendiary near Flagstaff Arizona
Two large fires burning across about four thousand acres in the Coconino forest near Flagstaff Arizona are described as incendiary. A Flagstaff force is battling the blazes and two men have been arrested. The district forestry office reports a serious situation.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Coconino Forest
Flagstaff
Ariz
District Forestry Office
Aviators Halted by Engine Trouble in Texas Flight
Fl Paso dispatch reports aviators David R. Davis and Eric Springer unable to resume their non stop flight from Riverside California to New York after an engine fault forced a landing in El Paso. A wing and part of the machine were damaged in a wind storm that overturned the plane. restart likely tomorrow.
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Fl Paso
Texas
David R. Davis
Eric Springer
Riverside
Calif
New York
Tomorow
Navy assigns ships and admiral for Peru celebration
Washington June 28 The battleships Oklahoma and Arizona were chosen by Secretary Denby to represent the American navy at the centennial celebration of Peru's independence beginning in July. Admiral Hugh Rodman will serve as the naval representative on the American commission to the celebration.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Arizona
Denby
Peru
Hugh Rodman
Coal Loading Heaviest Local Field Day Yet
Norfolk and Western coal fields reported a record loading day yesterday with 1917 actual cars or 2216 equivalent cars. Total tonnage reached 110 800 tons, with the Pocahontas field contributing 1152 actual cars or 1412 equivalent cars and 70 600 tons.
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Norfolk and Western
Pocahontas Field
Dumping Ground for Slick Tongued Fakers
New York, June 28. Dr. P. A. Dilworth warned the American Optometrical Association that Texas must pass an optometry law quickly or the state’s ophthalmic health will deteriorate. He accused Texas of being a dumping ground for con artists who skirt national restrictions and threaten eye care for all residents.
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New York
P. A. Dilworth
American Optometrical Association
Texas
Texas Rangers
Lone Star
War End Pact Nears Final House and Senate Accord
Washington reports that Republicans in both chambers reached a compromise to end the state of war with Germany and Austria. The plan preserves property rights while ending hostilities. Democratic conferees Hitchcock and Flood oppose the report, but leaders expect adoption in the House and Senate imminently.
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Washington
Senate
House
Harding
Germany
Austria
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Representative Flood
Virginia
White House
Porter
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Knox
Congress
Martial law in Mingo County as militia drafted
Governor Morgan reaffirmed martial law in Mingo County and ordered 130 to 150 men drafted or volunteered for sixty day militia service. The move aims to enforce laws amid ongoing violence in Williamson and Matewan, with jail overcrowding and multiple arrests reported. State Police trooper William McMillion was seriously wounded returning from Lynn to Matewan with a prisoner.
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Morgan
Mingo
Thomas B. Davis
Mingo County
West Virginia
Williamson
Matewan
McDowell
Cabell County
William McMillion
Lynn
McCarr
McMill
McMillion
Williamson Hospital
Son
Matewan Ya
Lion
Way to avoid hopeless mix-up sought by rail labor board
The U S railroad labor board held an executive session in Chicago on June 28 to resolve a flood of rule disputes as it prepares for July 1 when federal administration agreements end. It urged road crews and companies to negotiate their own deals with employees and warned disputes could return to the board if unresolved.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Germany delivers war railway cars to Belgium and France
Replacements for material seized during the war have been completed. Germany reports to official circles that 3,419 state owned railway cars and 61 private cars were sent to Belgium while 1,942 state owned cars and 115 private cars were delivered to France.
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Washington
Germany
Belgium
France
Conspiracy to Defraud Charged in Luxury Tax Case
A federal grand jury indicted Martin & Martin Inc and Herbert P. Martin of New York on charges of violating the revenue act of 1918 and conspiring to defraud the government of luxury taxes. United States Attorney Hayward said the case signals a campaign against luxury tax evaders.
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New York
Martin & Martin, Inc
Fifth Avenue Saoldiers
Herbert P. Martin
United States
Hayward
Lumber Operations in South America Draw Forester Interest
American Forestry Magazine notes US interests push large lumber ventures in South America opening field prospects for U S foresters. New York State College of Forestry faculty discuss expanding Spanish language requirements to support these diverse operations.
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Lumber Chances Inc. A
South America
United States
American Forester
American Forestry Magazine
New York State College of Forestry
Needle in Jaw Found in Indiana Farmer
Gardner White of Lebanon Indiana suffered a year of jaw pain before a doctor removed a needle fragment embedded in his infected jaw. He recalls a bite or piercing sensation three years earlier after chewing tobacco and is now recovering.
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Lebanon
Ind
Gardner White
White
Court Aids Cupid White Plains
Mrs Emma Smith seeks a marriage license in White Plains after a ten twelve year absence. City Clerk O'Brien refused to issue a license claiming her husband is not legally dead. Supreme Court Justice Keogh signs a writ of mandamus ordering the clerk to issue the license.
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Cupid
White Plains
Emma Smith
O'Brien
Unlikely Pairing: Boa and Adopted Mouse Become Unlikely Family
A white mouse placed in the cage of a South American boa constrictor belonging to Edwin A. Osborne was adopted by the snake, and the two now appear on the best of terms. The tale challenges the notion of serpents as heartless beasts and plays on a whimsical animal friendship observed in New York.
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New York
Edwin A. Osborne
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Tazewell
DE Valera
Mr. Brown
DC. B. Gordon
Mungo County
William McMillen
State Police
Railway Labor Board
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