Industrial and Agricultural Survey Planned for Southwest Virginia
The Southwest Virginia Incorporated executive committee moved to launch a comprehensive industrial and agricultural survey of nineteen counties and four cities. An expert was hired, data will be compiled in eight weeks, and findings will support a booklet for attracting outside capital while promoting local manufacturing.
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Southwest Virginia, Inc
Southwestern
Virginia
Mountain Empire
Southwestern Virginia, Incorporated
The Talker at Colonial Theatre Features Anna Q Nilsson
Anna Q Nilsson stars in The Talker a domestic drama at the Colonial Theatre with Lewis Stone and a large cast. The film centers on a modern woman who defies her husband leading to tense love scenes and thrills.
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Anna Q
Nilsson
Lewis Stone
Colonial Theatre
Pame
Anna Q. Nilsson
Tully Marshall
Barbara Bedford
Ian Keith
Shirley Mason
Lydia Yeamans Titus
Beb Daniels Comes In Mile A Minute Film
Beb Daniels stars in Wild, Wild Susan a Bebix feature with Rod La Ro as her co star. The plot centers on a wealthy manufacturer’s missing cone and a prank by a London fashion group to win her love.
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Bebe Daniels
Bebix
Emery
Rod la Ro
Miss Jeture
Miss Daniels
Tsdnapea Facion
Chauffeur Guides Amissionary in Desolate House Ventures
A driver in disguise assists a woman on missions described as exciting ad ventures in a deserted house. The tale promises thrills and a rapturous climax amid mystery and peril.
Raven News Notes Local Guests and Visits
Miss Gladys Painter of Richlands University visits Raven with Hazel and Clara Kinson. Mrs. McCreary from Triangular Mountain Institute stays two weeks with Mrs. Robert Burton. Nora Warner of Richlands attends the box supper. Martha Boyd Taylor admitted to Mattle Williams Hospital for operation. George W. Oliver of Roanoke visits Mrs. John J. Draper. Peery Gillespie resigns from Clinchfield Coal at Dante and returns home. Henry Obshire of Graceland on business in Raven. Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Wilson and Jake MacGlothin return from Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller of Wilder spend weekend with the Gillespies. Mrs. I Hand and sons George and Edward visit Roanoke. Edward Matz of Matz Coal Corp leaves for Bluefield. L C Hynes trips to Tazewell. Ruth Blankenship improving after illness.
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Southwestern Virginia, Incorporated
J. P. McConnell
Radford
Lee Long
Dante
H. L. Bonham
Chilhowte
Bernard Mason
Peartshure
BE. Harman
Pulaski
Irvine Lewis Spear
Wytheville
J. H. Peters
Gate City
Tom Wallner
Fast Radford
Frank Smith
Abingdon
Charles C. Lincoln
Marion
W.T. Baldwin
East Radford
Henry Kendrick
C. J. Cheney
Bluefield
W. Va
R. EB. Williames
Grundy
W. H. Gibson
C. T. Alexander
Bristol
Va.Tenn
H. H. Bruce
P. E. Byrd
White Gate
W. Reeves Gardner
Galax
Miss Delva Goad
Hilleville
George W. Layman
New Castle
Senator R. Chase
Clintwood
Skeen
Brown Howard
Joe C. Profit
Floyd Courthouse
Pearisburg
M. K. Farrier
J. 5S. Jones
R. T. Smith
Independence
L. N. Robinette
Jonesville
R. E. L. Chumbley
Pennington Gap
B. M. Hagan
Christiansburg
Tom Waliner
T. M. Dobyns
Dublin
D. D. Hall
Edwin Michael
Roanoke
W. T. Baldwin
John Henry Smith
Pik Garden
Finney
Lebanon
J. P. Broome
Marvin J. Anderson
Salem
Charles C. Lincoln, Jr
C. Brown Cox
Sam Thompson
Jack W. Witten
Tazewell
George A. Lambert
Rural Retreat
T. E. Simmerman
R. C. Graham
Norton
Mra. R. Tate Invine
Big Stone Gap
L. C
Gladys Painter
Richlands
Auest
Hazel
Clara Kinson
McCreary
Triangular Mountain Institute
Robert Burton
Nora Warner
Tre Martha Boyd Taylor
Mattle Williams Hos
Norfolk
Fuller
Wilder
Samuel Gillespie
Canada nets big return from American tourists
Ottawa reports that American tourists contributed about 150 million dollars to Canada in 1925. The figure equals one quarter of the wheat crop and matches the annual mining output of Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia combined. Over 2.9 million American automobiles were recorded entering Canada this year.
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Ottawa
Ont
United States
Canada
Dominion
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Tourism and Rice Trade Flows Across the Dominion
Ninety lakh visitors represent one tourist for every man woman and child in the Dominion. Each rice shipment routed 1 376 988 cents from the United States into Ontario with 163 878 remaining for two to thirty days and 1 645 for one to six months, the rest for shorter periods.
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Dominion
United States
Ontario
Nobel prizes total four million to 125 winners
Stockholm October 3. Prizes of about four million dollars will be awarded to 125 winners as the Nobel Foundation enters its twenty fifth annual prize distribution. Foundation funds exceed eight million dollars and this year’s award is 118 165 kroner each about thirty one thousand dollars. Three prizes from 1925 were held over.
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Stockholm
Nobel Foundation
Zea
1924 Nobel Prize Awards Geography of Science
Fragmentary notes from 1924 list Nobel Prize awards in physics and chemistry. It mentions Peace prize history through 1901 to 1924, notes American recipients count, and compares leading nations with Britain and England receiving numerous prizes.
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God the
America
Srenes
Radio Craze Forces Tokyo Schools to Ban Evening Listening
In Tokyo orders from middle school authorities bar students from listening to radio during evening hours. Officials say the habit interferes with study and neglect of school work led to the ban after investigations.
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Tokyo
Japan
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Konnarock
Frank Amith
R. C. Wililama
Anna Q Nilsson
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the Tailer
Same. Rork, Inc
Raven, VA
Field
L. C. Hynes
Ruth Blankenship
Thornton-Laird CO
Bluefield, W. V
Paris
Thornton-Laird’s
Gossard
Aphenes
Botany
Mirrobella
Marchan
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