Summer Weather Fails to Slow Local Newsstand Sales
The Commercial Hotel News stand reports continued sales growth in the first two hot months, defying typical May to August slumps. Manager Mr. Mullin credits a wider magazine and newspaper selection, including new titles such as Catholic Digest Cine oe Vue Foto and Our Navy, plus popular papers like The New York Times and Roanoke Times.
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Mullin
West Virginia
Our Navy
Wynn
Columbus
O. Evening Tech
Pittsburgh Press
Philadelphia Record
New York Herald Tribune
The
Commercial
Cincinnati Post
Cincinnati Times-Star
Ric Times-Dispatch
Cincinnati Inquire
Huntington Herald Dispatch
Charleston Gagett
New York News
New York Journal
New York Mirror
New York Times
Cleveland Press
Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Philadelphia Inquire
Washington
Curb Market Slides on Foreign Worries and Big Board Drops
Persistent selling pushed most curb market prices lower amid nerves over the foreign situation. Pittsburgh Plate Glass fell 2 1 4 points. Panteau down 7 for percent. utilities slipped with American Gas and Electric United Gas and Niagara Hudson Power also easing. Two drownings in Coal River near Charleston WV add to weekend tragedies.
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New York
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Panteau
American Gas and Electric
United Gas
Niagara Hudson Power
Pianos Need Care Says Lowman Music Co Advice
The Lowman Music Company offers piano care tips for owners including placement away from heat drafts, regular tuning every six months, and keeping the case dust free. Suggestions cover cleaning with sour milk, camphor to deter moths, light covers, diet of moisture inside the case, and oiling squeaky pedals.
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Ee Tee Music
Weil
Lowman Usie Company
Welded Burial Vaults Promise Water Free Resting Places
The Sononian Vault company of Bucyrus Ohio advances welded burial vaults with rust proof finishes and air tight bells. A Hawkins Under taking Company report notes enamel and galvanizing protect metal while design keeps water out through pressure seals. Tests show wrinkle and porcelain enamel vaults resist chipping and fire damage, with durable finishes and secure spring locks.
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Sononian Vault Company
Bucyrus
Ohio
A. L. Hawkins
Hawkins Undertaking Company
Hawkins
Armco Ingot Tron
Keystone
Prrcelain
Gunpowder Blast Kills 13 at Taxila Station
An explosion of gunpowder at Taxila railway station in Rawalpindi area kills thirteen workmen and seriously injures three others. Authorities investigate the blast origin and possible causes.
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Rawalpindi
India
Taxila Railway Station
Realty Firm That Helped City Grow in Bluefield
The Easley-Wilson company, an old real estate firm in Bluefield, aided city growth through subdivision development and attracting businesses. They helped many families find homes to rent or buy, closing more than thirty residence sales since the year began. Their longtime local presence gives them guidance valued by applicants entering the housing market.
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Easley-Wilson Company
Bluefield
Easley- Wilson Company
Weil
Bluefield Cab Company Seeks Customer Suggestions
Bluefield Cab Company invites public feedback to improve service and safety. Manager P D DeShazo notes cars are inspected at the company garage by trained mechanics, a policy maintained for 25 years to endure economic downturns.
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Bluefield Cab Company
P. D. DeShazo
In Favor of More Knock Knees Says Oakland Comment
A brief, playful remark features a speaker praising knock-knees with a December time frame implied. The line emphasizes support for the condition or fashion aspect and hints at a humorous stance without broader context.
Beginning of the American iron and steel industry 1619
The Virginia Company under Lord Berkeley sent 22 iron workers to found three works, building a Falling Creek forge near Jamestown. Despite massacre by Indians in 1622, the era began, fueling later U S metal industry growth with firms like Platnick Brothers of Bluefield as key dealers and organizers in scrap iron and steel trade.
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Virginia Company
Vincent John Berkeley
Gloucestershire
England
New World
United States
Indus
City taxi drivers praised for safety and familiarity
The Bluefield Cab company is lauded for safety and intimate knowledge of every street and house number in the city. Mr. DeShazo notes drivers are likely safer than parents in guiding children, given their extensive familiarity with hazards throughout the city.
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Bluefield Cab Company
DeShazo
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Feops
Mares
Charleston
W. Va
Coal River
Here
Miss Jein
Otto Pazio
Leston
C. A. Thompson
New York City
Easley-Wilson Co
Peery Bidg
NEW National Cleaners & Dyers, Inc
Bluefield, W. Va
Mercer Street
Bee
Princeton
John Manville
Jimmy
Princeton Ave
Oppo. N.aw
Cal
Spe
James Rantis
Chicago House Furnishing Co
Bluefield, VA
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Buford Plumbing & Heating Co
Bland Street
Lowman
the Town
Be Dares
Bluefield Floral
Peery Bldg
Sonzonian
Fidelity Investment
CITY
Easley-Wilson
Bailey Lumber Company
Genuine Forest City
Holland
Lee Bouglas
Automobile Service
Telegraph Commercial Printing CO
William F. Madsen
Cali
Fornia Osteopath
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Barlow & Wisler
al the
Bluefield Gas
Carter Motor
A. P. Carter
International Motor Trucks
Bland & Ellis Sts
Pallkinds
Eton
EL Mill
Milk Service, Inc
SAVE
Crosley
American Iron and Steel Industry
Institute of Scrap Iron & Steel
Natiow
Platnick Brothers
Cme
Bluefield Cab Co
G. Deshazo
Grose Close Auto Electric Service
Mercer
Mcculloch
Phome Soo -Bluefield
WWA
W. L. Mullin
Mar
Caio
Tire and Retreading Company
Raleigh Street
Goodykoontz Drug Stores
Associated Hospitals, Inc
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Lowman Music Company
Roanoke ST
DE Soto
Plymouth
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