N. and W. Band 10 Give Concert Tonight
The Norfolk and Western band will stage its fourth concert tonight at the band stand on Princeton avenue. Dick Ramage says a new program is used each time and invites public input on music preferences. The program includes E Pluribus Unum March, Autumn Leaves, Argentine Tango Las Flores, The Squealer march, Simple Simon, Sometime, and The U. S. A. National March among others.
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Norfolk and Western Band
Princeton Avenue
Dick Ramage
Fred Jewell
Mackie-Beyer
Chautauqua Guarantors Form Two Large Teams
Guarantors of the Bluefield Red chapter meet in the chain of commerce rooms to organize into two main groups and several named teams led by captains including Mrs W P Bane and Mrs Mary Becker. Becker's division lists Rev J W Hobson as captain along with members such as Herbert May Bram mer and J H Gollehon. Bane's group includes teams led by C E Foster and Mrs R L Edmonton among others.
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Guarantore
Bluefield
Chautauqua
Chain of Commerce Rooms
W. P. Bane
Mary Becker
Mre
Ben Williams
J. H. Gollehon
L. G. Scott
George Dillard
W. R. Crenshaw
T. P. Hubbard
H. B. Kitts
Rev
Ben
Johpson
Ean
Stra- Hicks T. Cruise
R. Xaeeitieenese
Quequemeyer
J. B. Kirk
R. T. Phelps
Asa Taylor
Tom Wilson
Mise Effie Loudermilk
Suffragist Dame Milli Fawcett Receives 1000 Pound Gift
London on June 29 Dame Milli cent Fawcett known as the grand old woman of the British suffrage movement received a 1000 pound donation raised by public subscription in recognition of her services. She immediately gave the sum to endow a room at the university women's settlement in Chelsea.
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London
Millicent Fawcett
Equal Suffrage Movement
Great Britain
University Women’s Settlement
Chelsea
Woman Named Chairman of Nebraska Board of Control
Mrs. Carrie A. Bliss of Omaha is named chairman of Nebraska’s board of control effective July 1. The board oversees 17 penal and charitable institutions and disburses about $3,000,000 annually. She is the first woman to head the board and has served on it since prior to this appointment.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Carrie A. Bliss
Omaha
Board of Control
Birss
Woman Names Iris For Col Lindbergh Inspires Garden Bloom
A Minnesota woman, Mrs. Paul W. Smith of Casco, names a new iris after Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. She spent five years developing the pink bloom from "Her Majesty" in her Lake Minnetonka garden, and it will be registered this summer with the garden club.
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Minneapolis
Col
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Paul W. Smith
Casco
Board of trustees adds woman after years of charity work
In 1923 she was appointed after long active charity involvement. the two colleagues on the board are men.
Michigan county export Beavers threaten reforestation
In Crystal Falls Michigan beavers thriving under state protection have become a menace to young timber in Iron County. Wardens call in a Washington naturalist to capture the animals alive for export to the Midwest. Beavers keep rebuilding dams despite efforts to destroy them.
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Crystal Fails
Mich
Michigan
Iron County
Upper Peninsula
Washington
Middle West
Kansas Wheat High in Protein Content
Topeka Kan June 29 A portion of the 125 million bushels of wheat now in Kansas will enter nearly every loaf baked in the United States this year. Kansas wheat, valued for its high protein, is sought by millers nationwide to blend with lower protein flour. The state’s climate favors protein rich winter wheat, with the belt mainly between Kansas borders and extending eastward over two thirds of the state.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
United States
Paris Council Consider Female Police Auxiliaries
Mme Avril de Sainte-Croix urges the Paris municipal council to appoint a corps of women auxiliaries for women and children work after prior unfavorable reports on female police officers. Also noted: twins with identical appearances show differing fingerprint lines. Manitoba marshes to be rice-sown by airplanes.
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Paris
France
Mme
Avril de Sainte-Croix
Madame de Sainte-Croix
Manitoba
Emperor Hirohito's rigorous daily schedule revealed
Tokyo reports that the Japanese emperor, 26, rises at 6 each morning, baths, reads papers, meets officials, attends various lunches in different uniforms, studies history and languages with tutors, rides, golfs, then dines with the empress and retires at 1730. Valets assist with multiple wardrobe changes.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hirohito
Nippon
Prince Albert
Picture to be taken of Bible school pupils
The First Christian church reports 196 pupils enrolled in the daily vacation Bible school and will not admit new pupils after this Friday due to limited equipment and space. A class photo will be taken tomorrow. boys should wear light blouses and girls light dresses.
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First Christian Church
Bible School
Cloth Posse on Suits for Men Across Paris
A Paris fashion note describes cloth possses used to brighten men’s suits after a failed dress reform. Tailors plan two years of work with large fabric carillons and other bright accents, while other items mention a Bruges carillon replica and an old Bible linked to German immigrant Nichlaus Hauer. The piece evokes memory and old boxing days as fans roar in the past.
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Paris
Jane
Florida
Germantown
Bruges
Albany
Bells For America Made In England
A brief note from June 29 in England cites Bella for America as a scene setter in a local notice. The fragment hints at a UK based item or person linked to the phrase but provides limited context or outcomes.
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America
England
Borough
Barbara Frietchie's Bible to be Sold in Frederick
Barbara Frietchie’s calf bound Bible with oak boards is up for sale in Frederick Maryland as the hometown heroine of the Civil War figure Barbara Frietchie is noted in an item datelined June 29.
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Barbara Frietchie
San Francisco Razes Old Dreamland Rink
San Francisco announces the razing of the Dreamland rink in July to clear space for a modern structure. The landmark venue once hosted major spectacles and drew wide crowds in the city.
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San Francisco
OLD Dreamland
San
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N. & W. Band
Chautauqua Guarantors
Woman
Iris
Col. Lindbergh
Michigan County
Paris Council For Women Police
Studebaker
Custom
F.o.b
Erskine
Flat Top Mots Co
W. VA
Emperor
Goodykoontz Drug CO
Liggett
Nichlaus Hauer
Neasau-Saarbrucken
Dillendorf
Hauer
Convenien
Splendid
Warlick Furniture
Coss
Martha Washington
Nunnally
Huyler
Bluefield, Pharmacy
East End Pharmacy
Fairview Pharmacy
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