Building Boom Expands in Bluefield Virginia
Bluefield Virginia sees rapid construction with C F Tolbert home nearly finished on East Sandere live and new dwellings planned for Terry Tibbs and J H Holbrook. Wells and Leedy start on Main Street business houses while a Stovall building foundation resumes. Methdist church project and a prospective Masonic Temple add to spring activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Tolbert
East Sandere
Mr. Tolbert
Terry Tibbs
Virginia
Wells
Leedy
Main Street
Stovall
J. H. Holbrook
New Methodist Church
Slemp Opens Washington Law Office in Slemp Place
A Virginia visitor notes C B Slemp runs the Washington branch of Good Childs Bobb Westcott at 15 Fifteenth Street NW. The main Chicago office is at 231 South LaSalle. Slemp joined the Washington office around March 1 after legal work with R Tate Irvin. Rumors hint Slemp may seek another congress nomination next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Fifteenth Street
N. W
Washington
D. C
C. B. Slemp
Slemp
of Good, Childs, Bobb & Westcott
South la Salle Street
Chicago
Florida
Ninth
Congress
Sheip
Big Stone Gap
R. Tate Irvin
Mr. Irvin
Office of Good, Childs, Boon & Westcott
Real estate boom fuels fever in Miami area
J H Longworth returns from Princeton Florida where he owns an orange grove and a winter home. He notes Miami’s streets crowded with real estate agents buyers and speculators as fortunes shift hourly. His 20 acre Princeton holdings have risen considerably in value. Princeton lies 350 miles south of Jacksonville.
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J. H. Longworth
Princeton
Fla
Dade County
Miami
Florida
Mr. Longworth
Longworth
Jacksonville
Swings Arm After Nine Years In Pocahontas Case
Mrs. W B Church of Pocahontas, aged fifty, can swing her arm for the first time in nine years after an adjustment by Dr Ward Martin a chiropractor from Bluefield Virginia on March 11. Dr Martin visits Pocahontas twice weekly and has an office in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
W. B. Church
Bluefield Virginia
Pochontas
Frost Could Harm Young Wheat After Cold Morning
A strong frost Monday morning threatened newly sprouted wheat with potential damage. Reports note blossoms and swelling buds on fruit varieties while some plants may have survived shielded by frost.
Mrs J R Anderson Injured In Roanoke Fall
Mrs J R Anderson of Roanoke mother to Reese and Frank Anderson fell at her Roanoke home sustaining a badly fractured arm. She had just returned from a visit here when the accident occurred and is in considerable pain. Walter Steele of Tazewell is auditing the town's books as an expert accountant and systematizer.
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J. R. Anderson
Roanoke
Reese
Frank Anderson
Anderson
Walter Steele
Tazewell
Steele
Gillespie Burial This Afternoon in Bluefield VA
The body of D. A. Gillespie, death in Rochester Mina, arrives Bluefield and is taken to Mrs. E. K. Bailey’s Cumberland Road home for a 2 PM funeral service led by Rev. J. M. Carter. Interment follows at Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield VA. Active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed.
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D. A. Gillespie
Rochester
Mina
Bluefield
Gillespie
E. K. Bailey
Cumberland Road
J. M. Carter
Maple Hill Cemetery
J. EB. Ritter
Grider
W.H. Gillespie
Clean Up Day Urged to Make Bluefield Beautiful
The Virginia side prepares a spring clean-up campaign with residents urged to join the effort. Grass grows and early flowers near bloom while the slogan Make Bluefield a City Beautiful guides the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Bluefield
Speeders Pinched on Bluefield-Tazewell Highway
Several speeders were pinched on the Bluefield Tazewell highway on Sunday and ordered to appear before county magistrates. Traffic was unusually heavy all day with many drivers appearing to chase records. Motorcycle officers worked throughout the day to curb speeding.
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Bluefield-Tazewell
Virginia Side Personal Notes Mention College Visit and Guests
Miss Thelma Phiegar travels from Washington College Richmond to visit her parents Dr and Mrs C K Phiegar. Clay Callaway arrives from V P 1 for the weekend. Mr and Mrs R E Baylor accompany. Also advertised is a seven room home for sale at 131 Tazewell Avenue with six closets butler’s pantry breakfast room full basement hot water heat bath and easy terms.
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Virginia Side
Thelma Phiegar
Washington College
Richmond
C. K. Phiegar
Clay Callaway
R. E. Baylor
Tazewell Avenue
Viennese Prize Honored Miss Elsie Fuller
Viennese artists and sculptors awarded a beauty prize to Miss Elsie Fuller mentioning an American accent. The brief item ponders whether she could pass for a home-town girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Fuller
Local Residents Return and Move in Bluefield Area
Visitors from Dante Wytheville and Tennessee call on friends and family in Bluefield Virginia as Willard Metcalfe returns from Winding Gulf and Leon Worley improves at Bluefield Sanitarium. Earl H. Cook travels with Mrs. Martin. Rev. Evans remains ill but reads local news. Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Witten relocate to East Tazewell Avenue. Slaughter family moves to Lovers Lane. Reynolds and Witten Pharmacy promotes a new soda fountain.
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Ann George
Dante
Willard Metcalfe
Gulf
Leon Worley
Bluefield Sanitarium
Earl H. Cook
Wytheville
Ward Martin
Martin
Harry Garst
Tennessee
North Carolina
Garst
Kansas
Senator Trimmel asks FTC to probe gasoline prices
Florida Democrat Senator Trimmel sent a letter to FTC Chair Thompson asking the agency to investigate for possible anti trust violations driving gasoline prices higher. He suggested an emerging consensus among senators was blocked by a minority, hindering Senate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Trimmel
Florida
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Thompson
Commission
Trammel
Heart disease tops tuberculosis as leading death cause
An article cites Dr. Haven Emerson stating heart disease now leads as the greatest single cause of death in the United States, affecting about 2,000,000 people. It warns against caffein and tea coffee poisons and promotes Postum as a caffeine free alternative, offering a free trial and preparation guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Haven Emerson
New York
Ecansed Pring
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Council
NEW Law Office
MR. Slemp
Susy Place
Palace Theatre
Pocahontas, VA
Jack Hoxie
Just
Bluefield Parts & Bearing Co
Bluefield Avenue
Reynolds & Witten Pharmacy
Chesterfield
Asks Trade Commission
Ative
Carrie Blanchard
P. Cc. Co, Inc
Reaua
PostewCeneat Co., Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
Altar Star
Inevawr
Bluefield Telegraph
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co
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