Big Southwestern Virginia Survey Underway From Bristol
The Southwestern Virginia survey by Southwestern Virginia Incorporated began Monday from Bristol with David Rusk of Queen Printing Co. collecting data on the region's industrial agricultural and natural resources. The two month project aims to compile a record of available assets and publish booklets for distribution to attract capital and aid home industries.
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Southwestern
Virginia
Southwestern Virginia, Incorporated
Bristol
David Rusk
Queen Printing Co
Southwestern Virginia Incorporated
Wytheville
Chamber of Commerce
Women of Germany See Danger in Rum Business
Berlin October 15. Women doctors, lawyers and economists from Germany favor local option and view excessive alcohol use as a major danger. Delegates from the Association of German Women Physicians, the Federation of Women Lawyers, and the Association of Women Economists adopted a resolution urging the Reichstag to back local option.
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Germany
Berlin
Association of German Women Physicians
Federation of Women Lawyers
Association of Women Economists
Reichstag
British labor leaders amid society in London
Milton Bronner notes English labor leaders mingle openly with wealth and culture, attending dinners, races, and cabarets without social punishment. He observes tolerance in England versus America, where labor figures risk their standing for such associations. London faces a growing threat of unrest through labor leadership.
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Milton Bronner
London
Organized Labor
Labor Party
Tango spreads through Buenos Aires as royal visit inspires
The Prince of Wales enjoyed a lively stay in Buenos Aires fueling tango fever and casino tales. Hotels host Spanish and Argentine tango bands and restaurants promise lavish dishes at high prices. Jean Jaures, famed French socialist leader, is noted for his speeches and his brother serves in Parliament. An admiral recalls Jaures’ fame and warns against generic speeches.
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Buenos Aires
Bic
Spain
Jean Jaures
France
London Airdrome Project Aims for World Best Terminal
Croydon October 15 A scheme to make the London terminal airdrome the finest commercial station in the world is begun at a cost of nearly a quarter of a million pounds. Trees and hedges are being removed and a road diverted to gain adjoining ground, giving air expresses a clear two to three mile space for takeoffs and landings.
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Croydon
London Terminal
Weingartner and Byreson Named Leaders of New Intellectual League
Berlin October 15 Felix von Weingartner the famed musician and Henri Byreson the noted French nihilist have been elected chairmen of the newly funded league of nations commission for intellectual collaboration Weingartner born in Dalmatia in 1863 and called to the Berlin Opera as alternating chief
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Berlin
Felix von Weingartner
A Ndt
Hilosenher
Henri Byreson
League of Nations
Weingartner
Dalmata
Weingartner Prohibited From Conducting in Berlin for Sixteen Years
In 1898 von Weingartner conducted guest performances in Munich and Vienna without Count von Huelsen’s permission, triggering a contract breach ruling. The court barred him from Berlin conducting for sixteen years. In 1893 he held symphonic concerts in Fuerstenwalde, near Berlin, sparking nationwide discussion. He was married to American singer Lucille Marcel, who died in 1921.
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Munich
Vienna
Count von Huelsen
Berlin Opera
von Weingartner
Berlin
Fuersten
Night School and Banking Plans For Beaver Pond Colored Folk
The Beaver Pond district introduces a night school led by Prof. S A Hance and Mrs. Hance with sixty three learners registered for classification. A Mills plan bank for colored folk is proposed to assist housing, land, and mortgages with wide local interest. Bible Day and Willing Workers events are announced, plus a testimonial from Payne Boyd expressing gratitude to supporters and lawyers who aided his legal ordeal.
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Beaver Pond
Edwin Wade
A. E. Goodwyn
Genoa Avenue School
S. A. Hance
Hance
BANK
Mills Plan
Bank For
Copper Men Reelect Agassiz As President
Agassiz was reelected head of the Copper and Brass Association where membership now includes twenty six mining firms and twenty copper and brass fabricators and distributors. Recent additions include the New Jersey Wire Cloth Company.
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Seu Totseat
Aw Home Agassiz
T U
Hecla Consolidated Copper Y of
Boston
Copper and Brass Association
New Jersey Wire Cloth Company
Poole Finds Wallet Owner Grants Free Barbering for Life
Yakima Washington October 15 A man named Le Roy Poole found a wallet containing 100 dollars and located the owner a barber. Rather than accept a reward Poole refused money and the barber insisted on a lifetime free barbering as thanks.
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Yakima, Wash
le Roy Poole
Poole
Real estate transfers filed in county court clerk office
Real estate transfers recorded include W H Mitchell and wife conveying to Wilhelm Wallace and wife a Reese street lot in Bluefield for $1, William Wallace and others to W H Mitchell for the same Reese street lot, also George Irwin and wife to M Hogan a Maple Street acre for $260, and F B Barkley and wife to Beastie Fortrude Barkley a Spruce street lot.
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W. H. Mitchell
Wim. Wallace
Reese Street
Bluefield
William Wallace
George Irwin
M Hogan
Maple Street
Ton
F. B. Barkley
Beastie Fortrude Barkley
Spruce Street
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Ourvey
Strand
America
Jean Nash
Paris
Monsooy
Stewart-Warner
Bluefield Welding Co
Commerce Street
Bluefield, W. Va
Beaufont
BEA
Jamaica
Flat Top Grocery Company
West Va
the Sterling Grocery Company
W. Va
Eclipse Grocery & Milling Company
Mrs. Hance
North Side
Scott Street Baptist Church
New Golden Rule Hall
Bland Street
Tin
Kee
Folke
Payne Boyd
Agazziz
The
New Haven Copper Company
Magma Copper Company
Tanenhaus
Sth Ave
New York
the Square Deal Store
Princeton Avenue
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