Notable Visitors and Residents Seen Across The City
A string of local notes records several residents and visitors in the city yesterday and last night. G D Kendrick and Sol Pyman from Welch and Keystone respectively were in town, while J B Jenkins and T W King conducted business here. Governor Smythe of Bramwell collected scare headlines, with Hon C Bascom Slemp visiting as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Kendrick
Welch
City
Sol Pyman
Keystone
Governor Smythe
Bramwell
C. Bascom Slemp
Virginia
Glass Guests and Local Moves Mark City Visit Days
Glass guests of Mr and Mrs J H Cook along with Mr and Mrs Chas Conner of Tecumseh Oklahoma stay with Miss Mae Haywood on Princeton avenue. Mrs H J Santer of Roanoke visits friends then heads to Columbus to see her parents. Ron B F Keller returns home to Bramwell after presiding over federal court in the city. Henry Spangler and family plan to move to Pennington Gap for a new job while storing their furniture locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Chas, Conner
Tecumseh, Oklahoma
Mae Haywood
Princeton Avenue
H. J. Santer
Roanoke
City
Columbus
Ron. B. F. Keller
Federal Court
Bramwell
Woman saves horses in Syracuse barn fire
Miss Lillian Hitchcock, housekeeper, drove nineteen horses to safety as a fire at Joseph Alair’s summer home near Chittenungo destroyed a barn carriage house and two autos. Incendiary origin suspected. loss estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Joseph Alair
New York City
Chittenungo
Lillian Hitchcock
Blair
Local Theatre Tragedy Touches Forbes Family
Frank Forbes of the Pullen-Bailey Stock Company performed last night as his wife Grace Carroll Forbes lay dying in Cincinnati. Doctors deemed her a rapidly failing tuberculosis patient and sent her home after a brief visit with her parents to end her stay on the stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Forbes
Train
Wife
Cincinnati
Peos
Pullen-Bailey Stock Company
Rulsmans
New York City
Mr. Forbes
Grace Carroll Forbes
Tornado at Tucumcari Leaves One Dead In New Mexico
El Paso reports a tornado struck Tucumcari New Mexico killing one person injuring eighteen and causing extensive property damage. Authorities are assessing the destruction as rescue teams continue search and aid efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
T Cumeari
N. M
Incendiaries Active in Norfolk Business District Fire
Incendiaries are still at work in Norfolk. Three fires in the business district were reported between midnight and 6 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Earliest Use of Mother Earth and a Class Joke
The excerpt notes the Delphic oracle warns Junius Brutus and Tarquin’s sons that the first to kiss his mother will rule Rome. Brutus kisses the earth, calling it mother of all. A classroom exchange then questions a sentence about a pupil loving his teacher, answered as sarcastic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kodol
Junius Brutus
Tarquin
Superbus
Rome
Brutus
Earth
Cascasweet Baby Remedy Promises Quick Soothing
Cascasweet, a pediatric remedy, claims rapid soothing for babies and children. The bottle lists ingredients and notes no opiates. Sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drugaists
DeWitts Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve Endorsed for Piles
A local notice promotes DeWitt’s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve as the best remedy for piles. It advises purchasing from all druggists and instructs readers to mark an X in the circle under the Eagle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
DeWitt’s
International Meeting of Bible Students Opens in Columbus
The Y M C A college study department has arranged the first International Student Bible Convention in Columbus starting tomorrow for a three day session. About 2000 student delegates and hundreds of professors ministers and Christian workers are expected with Jobn RR Mott as presiding officer and speakers including Bishop McDowell Robert E Speer Dr Shailer Matthews and Dr F M Sanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Christian Workers
Jobn RR
Mott
Bishop McDowell
LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets Promise Quick Cure
Patent medicine advertisement touts a one day cure for colds with LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. K W GROVE is printed on each box. Price 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. W. Grove
Family health benefits from Dr Kings New Life Pills
L A Bartlet of Rural Route 1 Guilford Maine praises the pills after three years of use. The advertisement claims the product cleanses and tones the system gently and costs 25 cents at all drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
L. A. Bartlet
Guilford
Maine
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Bluefield
West Virginia
L.C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Victor Talking Machines
THE
Flat Top Book and Stationery Company
New Book Store
Opera House
Bland Street
Bluefishd Brewing Co
W. VA
Joseph Fox
South Bluefield
S. W. Patterson
Vivian
J. B. Jenkins
Lynchburg
T. W. King
Matoaka
Roy T. Wright
Hiawatha
S. Frazier Stowers
Bland County
W. J. Borden
Christianburg
Joseph McKee
Pullman
Philadelphia
Col. L. B. Tierney
Powhatan
Phillip Goodwill
A. Potts
Gon. M. E B. Potts
Pearishburg
G. H. Lawrence
8. WY. Cook
Pocahontas
C. W. Yancey
White Pharmacy
Princeton Ave
Bland St
Mrs. J. H. Cook
Henry Spangler
Pennington Gap
Mr. Spangler
Hursta
Mr. Weir
W. Gould Brokaw
New York
Canal Dover
Tuscarawas County
Cy" Young
County Fair Grounds
Boston Americans
Hans Wagher
Pittsburg
S.S.S
S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
Savoy
Manhattan
Madras
Oxford
Pongee
Metropolitan Men's Furnishing CO
Elks’ Building
Anohor
Randos
M. G. Whitlow How. Co
Samuel Turk
Pringeton
Avenue
Bluefield West
Elks Opera House
Wm. GC. DeMille
Margaret Turnbull
James
Que
Mother Earth
International Meeting OF
BILE
District Court of the United States
Oathes O. Allen
Mercer
Mercer County
G. J. Holbrook
Shumate Clothing Co
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