Local notes include church services and community items
City notices report masses at Sacred Heart Church and benediction, sales trip for W J Lilly Co, and a new department store remodel. Also covered are Rev D R Moss departure, upcoming Leonora Gillespie and William Newberry nuptials, Oakvale Telephone Company charter, and various local society and court items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Sacred Heart
Robert L. Gillespie
Leonora
William Harvey Newberry
Wartburg Lutheran Church
Graham
Virginia
Widemouth
W. Va
The Man Killing Camel At Raifeh
Norman Duncan recounts a Turkish soldier in Raifeh who tethered a docile camel that viciously trampled its owner. The Turk, alarmed by the attack, contemplates selling the beast in Beersheba while noting the creature’s dangerous potential and uncertain fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebron
Rafieh
Mohammed
God
Beersheba
Norman Duncan
Harper's Magazine
Kennedy Laxative Cough Syrup Promises Gentle Relief
Advertised Kennedy laxative cough syrup claims to ease cough irritation and throat inflammation without causing constipation like older remedies. Described as moving the bowels gently while treating throat irritation, available at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Sell SAUER'S pure flavoring Extracts at any price
Advertises SAUER'S pure flavoring extracts as best value with price points stating 10¢ and 265c. The line emphasizes selling at any price to attract buyers for flavoring products.
Local Market Fresh Produce and Groceries Displayed
Good Cheer offers genuine Rocky Ford cantaloupes Virginia watermelons Bartlett pears Malaga and Concord grapes peaches apples bananas oranges lemons sweet potatoes tomatoes corn string beans cucumbers eggplant carrots celery sweet peppers fresh country butter and fine plump chickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Ford
Virginia
Concord
Norfolk Defeats Lynchburg 6 in Virginia League Game
Norfolk pulls away for a 6 0 win over Lynchburg in the Virginia League. Danville 2 Roanoke 3 and Richmond 3 Portsmouth 3 games went to ten innings before darkness halted play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Lynchburg
Danville
Roanoke
Richmond
Portsmouth
National League Baseball Scores Across Cities
Brooklyn 2 Boston 3 in ten innings, Pittsburg 1 Chicago 0, Philadelphia 1 New York 8. Key games noted with extra innings and decisive Philadelphia victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Boston
Pittsburg
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Baseball Scores and Local League Outlook
In American League action New York fell 0 to 3 to Washington and Boston defeated Philadelphia 7 to 1 while Boston beat Philadelphia 10 to 1 in a later game. St Louis outscored Detroit 4 to 2 and Chicago crushed Cleveland 38 to 2 in eleven innings. A Pocahontas vs Keytone game is set for Bramwell Tuesday. Keystone beat a Pocahontas selection 7 to 2 and Princeton led Green Valley 55 to 1 in an ongoing exhibition. At Tower Grounds a doubleheader features Wholesale vs Motive Power at 2:30 and Retail Clerks vs Transportation at 4. The Saturday Afternoon League clubs seek stronger rosters ahead of Virginia League play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Boston
Philadelphia
Philadelpia
St. Louis
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
Pocahontas
Keytone
Bramwell
Keystone
Princeton
Green Valley
Tower Grounds
Band on the march outruns regiment from Dover to Aldershot
In a London Scraps note a regiment marching from Dover to Aldershot breaks formation by advancing the band and drums ahead. An officer demands why the band sergeant claimed the band was not out of sight while witnesses say otherwise. A heated exchange follows near a hill bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Aldershot
London
Emperor vows to rebuild Moscow opera house exactly as before
The emperor Nicholas V witnessed a fire at Moscow's grand opera house during Lucia di Lammermoor. He told the governor general he would return next year to find the theater rebuilt and the same company performing Lucia, and he was believed to be obeyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas V
Moscow
Opera House
Russia
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Autumn Ladies Home
Ladies’ Home Journal
Ferrell Mercantile
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
West Va
Westinghouse
A. G. Motors
Bluestone. Traction
Company
Bluefield Bottling Company
Mas, Lettie Goodwyn
Albert
Baker's Bar
Bluefield Avenue
B. F. Baker
A. G. Wold, M. D
Thornton Bldg
Altamont
B. M. Cohen
Opperte Pesenger
Everett
S of the World
Ford Music Co
Bland Street
H. A. Lilly
W. J. Lilly
Athens
Baltimore
W. J. Lilly & Co
Miss Chapman
Henry A. Lilly
W. H. Harry & Co
D. R. Moss
The
Christian Church
Daily Telegraph
Mrr. Moss
Homestead
First Christian Church
Bluefield Lodge
Knights of Pythias
K. of P
Moss
Telephone Company
Oakvale Telephone Company
Secretary of State
Oakvale
Mercer County
J. R. Boyd
Willie Bullard
P. C. Clark
Presbyterian Church
Ior
Newspaper Incorporated
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Headlight Printing and Publishing Company (Inc
H.M. Smythe
Cahontas
H. W. Shields
S. W. Patterson
Miriam Calloway Beckett
Scottsburg
Sidney Bryan Jeffreys
Chase City
Miss Beckett
Henry Clay Beckett
State Female Normal School
Farmville
Mercer
Monroe
Tazewell
Jeffreys
Robert Cale
Algoma
Boydton
Mecklenburg County
Supreme Court
Kahle
Schoen
Hale
J. W. Hale
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Union Bank and Trust Co
John D. Dally
Internal Revenue
Carroll County
Galax
North Carolina Line
Daily
A. H. Sayers
Northfork
Wesley Wilkes
Barren Springs
Wythe County
Dr. Everett Spangler
Co. M. Spangler
Peterstown
W. Proctor
Black Lick Bridge
Black Lick
Virginian
J. L. Treuthart
Flora E. Treuthart
George P. Johnson
George C. McClure
Martin’s Ferry
Portsmouth Steel Company
Geo. P. Johnson
Maud Treuthart
Lee
Elks Opera House
Stennedy
Camel
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Baseball
Virginia League
Baseball Notes
Duffy’s
Duffy’s Pure
Duffy
Duffy Malt Whiskey Company
Rochester
Seston
Concord State Normal School
Athens, W. VA
West Virginia
Concord Normal
Cc. L. Bemis
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