Virginian railway electrification to boost coal transport demands
The article argues that once the Virginian line between Elmore and Roanoke is electrified, it could haul 12,000,000 tons of coal monthly, expanding capacity far beyond current levels. It claims the new electric motors double or more the weight per train, creating a major opportunity for industrial growth and regional wealth, including Princeton's stake in the rail expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginian
Elmore
Roanoke
Princeton
Town poised to boost business on Virginian Railway
The business element of the town aims to rise to the occasion and drive the next year to become Princeton’s greatest. The plan centers on leveraging the Virginian Railway to stimulate commerce and growth for the upcoming twelve months.
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Princeton
Woolworths to Open Princeton Store in Walker Building
Elaborate preparations mark the Woolworth five and ten cent store opening in the Walker building on Mercer street. A V Tappen arrives from Mansfield to manage the local operation with R E Brown due next week to assist. The Princeton store is described as one of the largest in the state with stock fixtures and remodelling complete. Public inspection Friday, with sales beginning Saturday and an afternoon and evening program. Souvenirs for children and a student staff of Princeton young women planned. Local merchants will help promote the opening.
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Woolworth Five and Ten Cent
Walker
Mercer Street
A. V. Tappen
Mansfield
Ohio
Woolworth Corporation
Pittsburg
R. E. Brown
Princeton
Woolworth
Princeton Merchants Association
Mercer Insurance Agency
City Hall
F. Cleghoon
Mercer Street Grades Beat Fighting Five 30-6
The Mercer Street grade school basketball team defeated the Fighting Five of Junior High on the Mercer Street Court by 30 to 6. Mercer Street led 16 to 2 at halftime. In the preliminary game the East Princeton boys won their contest.
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Mercer Street
Mercer Streets
East Princeton
Baptist Court
Baptist Midgets
Tigers
Welch
Princeton
Mercer Street Second Team 15 to 10 win
The Mercer side and Fighting Five competed with a roster featuring Hutcheson Piel Oxley Morris Fis Sasser Frye Burnett White Wheley Roney Boos Gwinn and substitutions Caldwell White Woods Owen. Referee Burton Pisgah. The sheriff reports a long list of purchases and a delinquent sale with many lands sold to the state without bidders.
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Mercer Street
Mercer &T
Fighting Five
Hutcheson
Ick Piel
Oxley Morris Fis
Sasser Frye
Burnett White
Wheley Roney
Boos
Gwinn
Caldwell
White
Roney
Woods
Morris
Owen
Oxley
Burton, Pisgah
Delinquent Land Sale Scheduled for Monday
The Sheriff Craumpecker will conduct the regular sale of delinquent lands for 1922 non payment of taxes at the front door of the courthouse Monday. Delinquent properties are large in size but bids have waned since the law changes and many tracts go to the state unless purchased at the school land commissioner sale where deeds pass directly.
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Craumpecker
Ohio Governor Demands Resignation of State Highway Director
The Ohio governor pressed for the highway director to resign after he refused to quit. The governor then directed State Finance Director Baker to halt contracts made by Herrick, but the state supreme court ruled the finance director lacked authority to do so.
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Ohio
Baker
Herrick
State Supreme Court
Fnance
Help For Nervous Women With Lydia Pinkham Remedy
A sensational health essay argues nervous women suffer from feminine airs and can be helped by Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The ad-like piece touts the remedy as a simple herbal cure used for over forty years to restore health and strength to American women.
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Lydia
Pinkham
America
Princeton Paragraphs local notices and sport updates
Notices include rent ads and lodging asks, licenses issued for marriages, court sessions, and local honors. Sports items report Mercer county basketball, high school sections tournament preview and results, with additional crime, court, and transport updates and theatre notes.
Mission Study Class Closes Welch Methodist Event
The Welch Mission Study class of the Methodist Episcopal Church South concluded a six week course with diplomas awarded to graduates. Mrs. T HM 8 Curd shared an illustrated lecture on China and Japan, showing Kodak images and local curiosities. Several residents were noted visiting relatives or on business in Welch during the day.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
South
T. HM
Curd
China
Japan
Virginia Avenue
Howard Curd
Edna Tabor
Lynchburg
Miner John Simpkins Killed by Motor at Lake Superior Mine
John Simpkins, 23, colored, died after leaping from a motor at Lake Superior Coal Company mine Wednesday evening. The trolley pole detached, causing a short circuit. Simpkins was struck as he jumped. His body was mangled, death instantaneous. He lived with his parents.
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John Simpkins
Lake Superior Coal Company
James Holley
Pene Simpkins
Priine
Ndertaking Company
Shioda
Welch Kiwanis Hear Tom Carney Speak on Road Committee
Tom Carney of Charleston addressed Welch Kiwanis Club about the state road committee. Dr Trigg Thomas Wade Cullen Judge Counts and Dr Kirkpatrick spoke on local benefits and luncheon club work. The club discussed sending the Kiwanis quartette to the international convention in St Paul Minnesota.
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Tom Carney
Charleston
Kiwanis State Road Committee
Welch Kiwanis Club
Carney
Trigg Thomas
Kansas City
Welch
Wade Cullen
G. L. Counts
McDowell County
Felch
Kirkpatrick
Kiwanis International
C. C. Morfit
Welch Club
Welch Kiwante Quartette
St. Paul
Mint
Kiwante
Johnny Donohue Sentenced For Moonshine Possession
Johnny Donohue, a Black man with an Irish name, was arrested after a liquor run was halted near Pen Cove. He was found guilty of possession in Squire Hufford's court and given three months on the road and a $300 fine plus costs. Officers involved included Deputy Sheriffs Chafin Verano Kattern and Johnson.
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Johnny Donohue
Pen Cove
Squire A. C. Hufford
Donahue
Harry Chafin
Nick Verano
Katren
J. J. Johnson
Wiseman Loses Right Arm At Coal Plant
John Wiseman of the Domestic Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company was brought to Grace Hospital with a severe injury to his right arm. The arm was mangled and amputated above the elbow after his sleeve became caught while boring holes through steel at the plant.
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John Wiseman
Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company
Grace Hospital
Mr. Wiseman
The Drill and the Steel
A worker suffered severe arm injury after a drill operated before stoppage. The incident description notes the arm was practically mashed off before the drill was halted.
International Clock System to Be Installed at Welch High School
Workmen will install the International Clock System at Welch High School next Monday. A master clock will regulate all clocks in rooms and halls, enabling synchronized class start times by a single gong. The system represents another modern McDowell County educational idea.
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Welch High School
McDowell County
Deputy Sheriff Narrowly Escapes Injury in Vehicle Collision
Deputy Sheriff J. Lawrence Collier had a slim escape when his car struck a stump on the Gary road. The stump jutted into the path and the sudden stop threw him against the windshield, causing a cut on the left side of his head though he was otherwise uninjured.
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M. R. French
H. G. Simpson
Mercer County
State Penitentiary
Moundsville
Beste Poole
Tomach
Sam Sizemore
McKinley Fox
Ollie Thompson
Dennis Red
William Williams
Willie Wright
Robert Gibson
Widemonth
Sizemore
J. Lawrence Collier
Gary Road
Mr. Collier
New Japanese Ambassador Arrives in Frisco
Tomeo Matsudaira the new Japanese ambassador to the United States arrived in San Francisco from Yokohama aboard the Shinyo Maru. He traveled with Mrs Matsudaira their son and two daughters and members of his official party.
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San Francisco
Cal
Tomeo Matsudaira
United States
Yokohama
Corporal Snyder Dies of Burns After Schofield Blast
Corporal Alfred Snyder of Buffalo New York died from burns sustained in an explosion that burned eight soldiers at Schofield Barracks near Honolulu on Tuesday. The tragedy occurred during the powder explosion and Snyder was among the victims.
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Honolulu
Mar
Alfred Snyder
Buffalo
N. Y
Schofield Barracks
Here
Government Sues over Cement Trade Practices in New York Case
In federal district court at New York the government argues the cement trade association used a blacklist to control the market and stifle competition. John W. Davis opened the case. J. A. Fowler contends the practices seek domination by members, while the defense questions Sherman law interpretations.
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Federal District Court
New York
John W. Davis
Supreme Court
Ceneral J. A. Fowler
Assoc
Missing New York clue prompts search for Betty Britt
Warren reports Betty Jane Britt East Junior High teacher missing since February 13. Investigators followed clues turned over tonight indicating the search may have shifted to New York with new information guiding efforts.
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Warren
Betty Jane Britt
East
New York
Distribution Of Trade Data Placed On Trial
Washington March 6 The distribution of statistical data through trade organizations was on trial in the supreme court today in an appeal brought by the Cement Manufacturers Protective Association to have set aside a restraining order to evade.
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Washington
Greme Court
Cement Manufacturers’ Protective Association
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