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Immigrant life and lore shaping Pocahontas Bluefield era
A dense historical account links 1883 to Emma Lazarus and The New Colossus with immigrant movement into Pocahontas and Bluefield Virginia. It notes L Lazarus liquor dis tributorships, relocations during Prohibition, and a surge of diverse migrants to Southern West Virginia and Southwestern Virginia coalfields. The piece cites Abraham I. Scmedling and Zoltan Gombos on ethnic contributions and assimilation amid early 20th century growth.
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L. Lazarus
Pocahontas
Railroad Avenue
Lazarus & Company Family
Princeton Avenue
Stewart Street
Bluefield
Norfolk & Western Railway
Abraham I. Scmedling
West Virginia
Baltimore
Charleston
Shmedling
Lazarus
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
L. Lazarus & Co
The
Lazarus & Co
Perid
Virginia
Zoltan Gombos
Gombos
Cleveland
Ohio
U.S