Graham Industry to Expand with Lumber Yard and Plant
Ble Vard Filling With Lumber in Graham under Henry Henritze to oversee Graham branch of Welch Pater Company. Site work for buildings planned, modern machinery to be installed, and large shipments to Graham anticipated. Episcopal congregation to build a free church on the old high school corner lot. Rev. Charles W. Sydnor pleased with prospects. Reciprocal dance planned at Hotel Graham with Misses Garland Saunders Crockett and Davidson leading. Governor Allett and Roanoke Times editor discussed Round No 1 of their Jeffries Johnson fight. Mrs. Porter improving after operation. Cartright recovering from appendicitis at Bluefield Sanatorium. Keister hosting Fourth gathering for coalfield guests. Dr. Frazier attending Wytheville medical association. Willie Reese Dold joins Union Mineral Co in Pittsburgh.
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Pwow
Henritze
Welch
Graham
Welch Pater Company
Hewritt
Igompany
Charles W. Sydnor
Jeffries-Johnson
Allett
California
Roanoke Times
Sick list notes jaundice case for Billie Mitchell
Has Case 0f Jaundice Billie Mitchell has been on the sick list for several days He has a severe case of jaundice Senator Alex St Clair of Tazewell was a Graham visitor yesterday Miss Ella Settle an attractive young lady of Honaker is in the city as the guest of Mrs J M Beavers Squire Dudley of Falls Mills is in Graham on a visit to his son J F Dudley Edwin Hot W K Mansfield and G
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Billie Mitchell
Alex St. Clair
Tazewell
Graham
Ella Settle
Honaker
J. M. Beavers
Squire Dudley
Falls Mills
J. F. Dudley
Edwin Hot
W. K. Mansfield
Mary Becher
A. J. Dudley
Belspring
Dy J. Harry
Cincinnati
W. J. Pritchard
Thomas
Anna
Sarah
I. J. Rhodes
Welch
J C Nelson Public Accountant and Systematizer
J C Nelson is listed as a public accountant and systematizer with offices over the Bank of Graham in Graham Virginia.
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J. C. Nelson
Public Accountant
Bank of Graham
Pocahontas Day by Day Highlights and Local Notes
Daily notes from the coalfield metropolis list residents visiting, carnival guests, and social items. William Mosley of Buchanan county visits the city, a toddler drowns on Powell avenue, and numerous locals attend bazaars and entertainments with arrivals from Radford Bramwell Elkhorn Gary New York and Keystone among others.
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Coalfield
Daily Telegraph
Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Directors Attend Meeting
Local figures J B Jones of Switchback and Walter Graybear of Pocahitas attended a Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company directors meeting. Various residents were noted in city visits and travel including Miss Jennie Howell from Plymouth and Mrs W H Bayles recovering after appendectomy.
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J. B. Jones
Switchback
Walter Graybear
Pocahitas
Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company
Jennie Howell
Plymouth
City
W. T. Williams
Roanoke and Tazewell visitors lodge in Graham area
Lester Mash of Roanoke stayed at Hotel Graham on business yesterday. Jack May of Tazewell is visiting his sister Mrs. J H Hardy in Graham for several days. Mrs. C H Witten spent yesterday afternoon visiting friends in Bluefield.
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Lester Mash
Roanoke
Graham
Jack May
Tazewell
J. H. Hardy
C. H. Witten
Bluefield
A Chinese Wedding Ceremony Described in Detail
The article portrays a Chinese marriage as solemn and ceremonial with heavy emotions. The bride wears a red gown and veil while friends and family observe in quiet reverence as the bride echoes in a crying chorus. The bridegroom leads a procession while guests throw rice to honor the union.
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St. James
Chest Sounds Explain Breath Conditions and Pneumonia Signs
The article explains stethoscope hearing in health and disease. Moist bronchitis shows a gurgling sound while dry bronchitis is wheezy. Pneumonia may show crackling notes like a sticky substance being separated. Drips indicate air and fluid in improper chest areas.
Filipino Buglers in Wide World Magazine
Toat swain Juraschka notes insurgents possessed skilled buglers who knew army calls. He recalls teaching wrong calls while a colonel asks about the retreat cue, learning the charge caused American losses. The insurgent leader deems charging unfair and favors sniping rather than direct assault.
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Toatswain Juraschka
Wide World Magazine
Hlollo
City Visit Leaves Little Girl Hollow Eyed
A country girl visiting city relatives endures two weeks of constant warnings and curtailed freedom. She returns home, telling her father she never wants to return to the city, and he notes she looks hollow eyed. The girl quips that if others holler at you all the time you would look holler eyed too.
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Tintler
Papa
Wpittsburg Dispatch
Not Ambiguous at All In English Election
In England a parliamentary candidate Lord Bath drew attention using a donkey with panniers bearing a ribbon reading Vote For apa. Each pannier held one of Lord Bath's daughters, a vivid stunt noted in the election coverage.
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England
Lord Bath
Apa
Grandson Probes for Hidden Table in Grandmother's Home
In a light moment, Harry inspects his grandmother's furnishings and asks about a supposedly miserable table his father reportedly keeps. The quip appears as a humorous note from Success Magazine.
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Harry
Success Magazine
Vegetarian requester orders uncased Tennys poems from London bookseller
An extremist customer in London asked a bookseller to forward a copy of Tennyson's poems without calf binding because he is a vegetarian. The fragment notes the unusual instruction and context of the order.
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London
Tennyson
Wolffe Plans Another English Channel Attempt
London June 29 Jabez Wolffe, who nearly swam the Channel last year, organizes another crossing tomorrow if conditions favor. He has trained hard and appears in excellent condition after recently completing a sixteen mile swim in nine hours.
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London
Jabez Wolffe
English Channel
Nine Cours
Gary plans street dancing as part of Fourth of July
In Gary Indiana on June 298 residents will dance on wide sidewalks along Broadway during the citys Fourth of July celebration. Two brass bands will ride in wagons and play as they move up and down the block between seventh and eighth avenues while fireworks light the sky.
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Gary
Ind
Broadway
Seventh
Eighith Avenues
Delinquent 1806 Taxes to be Levied and Garnished
Deputy Sheriff Carter warns that residents who failed to pay 1806 taxes will be levied upon and garnished. Notices already mailed and published in the Mercer Republican and Prince on. The warning emphasizes enforcement actions for all unpaid taxes.
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Mercer Republican
Princeon
W. Va
Doctor Visits Increase In Quiet Town
In a calm community, a physician appears repeatedly as residents discuss his frequent rounds. The dialogue hints at financial struggle or mutual concern affecting visit patterns and access to care.
Kept The King at Home Dr King’s New Life Pills Praise
Paul Mathurka of Buffalo New York reports a year of using Dr King’s New Life Pills described as a blessing for stomach liver and kidney troubles. The ad notes the remedy as cheap at two cents at druggists.
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Dr. King
Paul Mathurka
Buffalo
N. Y
Fight on upper berths in Pullman cars begins in Oklahoma
The state of Oklahoma files a petition with the Interstate Commerce Commission challenging Pullman Company and several western railroads over equal charges for upper and lower berths. It argues upper berths are less desirable and that charging the same price is unjust and discriminatory.
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Washington
Pullman Company
Oklahoma
Interstate Commerce Comession
Territories
Betting on the sly shocks London court
In a West London county court case society women admitted they secretly bet on horse races. They bought hats from a west end milliner who lent backing for horses, with prices misrepresented as simple hat costs. One entry misread as a hat price actually signaled a betting stake.
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London
Letteg
West London County Court
West End
Billy
Desmond
First Bale of 1910 Cotton Sells at Auction in New York
The first bale of the 1910 cotton crop sold at auction in New York for 60 cents a pound. Weighing about 416 pounds, the Hidalgo county Texas bale was classed good middling and destined for Liverpool after shipping via Houston. Proceeds go to charity.
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New York
Hidalgo County
Texas
Houston
Texon
Liverpool
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John M. Wirgman
Philadelphia, Pa
Wm. McCarthy
Kelly & Moyers
L. Lazarus & CO
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Bluefleld, W. VA
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Julia Saunders
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Jean Davidson
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Northfork
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H. B. Frazier
Chilhowie
Rev
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Washington and Lee University
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Pocahontas
William Mosley
Buchanan County
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Boissevain
Carter County
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James H. Meadoe
Powell Avenue
Persone
C. C. Frazier
Eakin
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Joe Kwass
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Keystone
Lewis Elsinger
Cinennati
J. Baach
Esther Rappenport
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John Greesawalt
John W. Owens
Bramsmell
W. H. Bayles
Welch Hospital
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Philadelpha
J. D. Scott
Mrs. Neal
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Bo Eldean
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Tazewell, Va
W.B. Corsets
Weingarten Bros
Mercer County
Warner J. Kenderevne & CO
W. J. Longley
Virginia
Wolffe
Western Town
Bo. Carter
Marsy
Lion-Frow
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the Dental Specialists
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