Mudfork coal field touted near Bluefield with new mine plans
Mudfork in Tazewell county Va shows a new coal seam widespread mining with eight to ten foot veins at Higginbotham Holbrook sites and potential for a larger field. New York syndicate interest and rising land values accompany talks of a bucket line and railroad spur to Halley.
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Mud Fork
Iudfork
Bluefield
Mitchem
Halley
Mudfork
Tip Top
St. Clairs Crossing
Holbrook Place
Pocahontas
Highinbotham Place
Mitchem Farm
Michem
New York
Moudfork
Greater
Tazewell County
Roads Improved Promise Easy Travel and Suburban Growth
A Virginia woman envisions highways becoming hard surfaced with bridges easing travel. She predicts quick trips to Wytheville Buchanan county and Bluefield suburbs like Beckley Peterstown and Pearisburg as roads widen and rivers bridge. She argues opponents of highway improvements belong in the distant past.
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Virginia
Wytheville
Buchanan County
Bluefield
Grundy
Prater Creek
Cornell
Knox Creek
Hinton
Beckle
Peterstown
Pearisburg
Possum Hunt Planned Despite Wet Grounds For School Staff
R. H. Palmer and the committee on grounds refused to call off the annual teachers possum hunt despite soggy grounds. All local schools invited with assembly on Morton street by 7:15 PM. Chaperones ride in rear cars. care for wraps. roast and coffee served. follow the possum car and listen for the bugle at Graham Pharmacy.
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R. H. Palmer
Falls Mills
Nemours and
St. Clair
Bluestone
Springville
Bailey
Morton Street
Methodist Church
Twin City National Bank
Poseum Hunters
Cade
Fulton B. Kegley
Homestone Valley
Mr. Breckenridge
W. J. Renbow
Graham Pharmacy
Local builder finishes two new homes this week
Bill Scott completes the Clarence Boyd house and Mrs. George Dodd dwelling, both near ready for occupancy. He also secured the contract for the new Crockett house, the handsome residence recently erected.
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Bill Scott
Clarence Boyd
George Dodd
Growth and New Homes Spread Across Virginia Side
The report notes multiple costly buildings by Mr Scott and other contractors on the Virginia Side this year. Five expensive structures, a mammoth garage, two brick blocks, and the $85 000 Methodist church highlight broad expansion. Shelby Heights addition also nears municipal incorporation.
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Presley Shawver
East End
Wells
Main Street
Scott
Virginia
Virginia Side
Shelby Heights
Five Good Rains Refresh Virginia Farm Lands
Five good rains fell this week across Virginia delaying drought effects. Soil is now saturated several inches deep and streams have begun to swell. A Virginia game meeting at Roanoke reported 2,000 hawks seen overhead, with 307 hawk scalps paid as bounty after southward migrations and mass shooting near Standardsville courthouse.
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Virnia
Ferday
Blue Ridge
Roanoke
Standardsville Courthouse
Game Department
New England
Maryland
Virginia
Mexico
West Indies
California
Hawks Migrating South Noted by County Supervisor Fawley
Thousands of hawks moved southward over Greene County as reported by C. R. Fawley, supervisor of the Seventh Congressional District, during the annual meeting of the department supervisors.
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Greene County
C. R. Fawley
Seventh Congressional District
Department of
Bluestone Motor moves to new home and garage opens
In New Howe Bluestone Motor Company relocates to a newly leased Ferh er building previously the old hotel property. Walter Speed opens his garage there after Bluestone vacated the premises. Basketball today features Burkes Garden teams facing Virginia Side squads in a hot afternoon melee.
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New Howe
Bluestone Motor Company
Walter Speed
Fieher
Ford
Burkes Garden
Virginia
Local teams win as Pocahontas challenge ends
Locals defeated Pocahontas boys and girls here Monday in well played games. Hain interfered with the girls contest, stopping play briefly before the time limit expired. Burkes Garden will bring supporters this afternoon. Two fine teachers from Shawver Mill on Clear Fork report the county’s schools doing well. Miss Hartesell and Miss Neel, former Graham High School graduates, are noted as talented. Mrs. Neel had tonsils removed recently and is recovering.
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Pocahontas
Hain
Burkes Garden
Shawver Millet
Clear Fork
Louise Hartsell
Nellie Neel
W. B. Neel
Graham Hgil School
Mise Hartesell
Roanoke
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Tomorron
Gibson
Pook Ranch
Possum Hunt
Warrick
Raleigh Street
Bluefield, W. Va
Dr. Blades
Pinefield
SWAT
Claude Harman
Cumberland
Mr. Harman
Bidakous
West End
Kenova
Cincinnati
Arthur MacDonald
Washington
Allen
Sale
Silk
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