Local men face bold mother bear in wild cave encounter
In Bluefield Virginia News style a true bear tale unfolds from Burkes Garden where C Kitts and George Neel recall a moonlit hunt. A possum drive ends with a mammy bear and cub bursting from a hollow tree, leaving hunters shaken as they return home with the lantern and a tale of danger.
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Bluefield Virginia News
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Flat Top Yard
Big Creek
Jeasie Bennett
George Nowlan
O. B. Page
Binnefield
C. Kitts
Sexton
Maple Hill Cemetery
George L. Neal
West End
Mr. Kitts
Neel
Burkes Garden
Bear Town
Mr. Neel
Sharon Springs
George
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Reminiscing on Coal Trains and Town Growth in Bluefield
Veteran Norfolk and Western railroad men recall Bluefield in its early days thirty-six years ago when the town had no electric lights and mud streets as coal trains hauled by electric motors grew the Pocahontas division. Engineer Wade Miller along with others recounts the transition from a one-track line to a modern network while noting few original workers remain. Virginia musicians Eva and Annie Amato Sisters gain local attention as rising talents on violin and piano, signaling brighter times ahead.
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Pocahontas
Mammoth Electric
Pioneer
Norfolk and Western
Wade Miller
Bluefield
Miller
Christiansburg
Graham
Mr. Miller
Clinch Valley
Tazewell
J. T. Cary
R. L. Shelton
Gardner
George Barker
Charley Akers
Calfee
Thomas
Simons Creek
Bluestone
E. L. Bailey
Virginia
Amato
Eva
Annie
Danish organist installs pipe organ at new church
Mr Lund of Denmark, now a citizen of Washington, installs the handsome pipe organ for the new Christian church. He represents the M V Mowler Company from which the instrument was purchased. Miss Annie Dudley has lessons and will operate the organ. Methodist ladies plan to order a second organ to be installed by the church opening.
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Lund
Denmark
New Christian Church
Greever Avenue
Washington
M. V. Mowler Company
Annie Dudley
City and Town Schools Largely Local Problem
The article argues that city and town schools are mainly a local issue despite statewide education progress in Virginia. It calls for strong citizen cooperation and funding without cuts, noting successful commencements show the value of quality schooling and that a strong school system helps attract people and bolster community growth.
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Virginia
Mud Turtle Treed After Five Mile Dryland Trek
Report from Wright's Valley recounts mud turtles hiking from Mud Creek to Wright's Valley Creek, a five mile journey by land. A dog treed a large mud turtle in a hollow tree, proving the species can travel on dry land rather than stay waterbound.
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B. B. Competon
John Wimmer
Wright's Valley
Mud Creek
Wright's Valley Creek
Johnstown Flood Remembered on May 31 1889
A local pioneer recalled the date of the Johnstown disaster, May 31, 1889, and asked who still has a newspaper telling of the catastrophe and the toll of lives lost. The question reflects on the historic flood that devastated Cambria County and nearby areas, with a call to locate archival coverage.
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Johnstown
Divorce code effort in Free State courts
Dublin reports efforts are under way to establish a legal divorce code for Free State courts where no divorce system currently exists in the court structure.
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Dublin
Free State
Courta
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