Bear Drive Plans Discussed For Virginia Side Farm Area
News from Bluefield Virginia Side reports bears raiding crops in Dismal Swamp and Beartown areas prompting a proposed annual drive. Farmers have organized to trap and hunt, while the community prepares for school openings and a slate of fall meetings led by Dr Gray of Bedford.
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Sentus
Norfolk
Beartown
Planations
Burke's Garden
Grover L. Strong
Burke’s Garden
Virginia
Beartown Mountain
Bluefield
Charley Gone
Burke Qg
Bluefield Fair
Moesteck
Boots and Her Buddies Pumpkin Night plans loom
The meet will last ten days and Presbyterians expect Pumpkin Night to be celebrated on Halloween. The community plans to stage the annual event with noticeable enthusiasm this year.
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Hallowefen
Cielon
Ben Harden Hanging Recalled By Bluefield Writer
W A Bennett of Bluefield recounts memories of the Ben Harden hanging near Bland County about seventeen years earlier. He notes details from Barclay Dodd and the double barreled gun, mentions Burns, and adds a weather prophecy aside before closing with hay fever notes and a brief self teaser.
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W. A. Wbnnett
Bluefield
Bland County
Ben Warden
Ah. Winnett
Balter
Virginia News
No Man’s Land
Ben Harding
Polandt Court House
Peo
Burns
Tazewell County
Barclay Dodd
Jeffersonville
Harden
Mr. Dodd
Tazewell
Bland Court House
Virginia Side Prepares for Bluefield Fair This Year
Readable fragments recount the Bluefield Fair opening next week with notes on its 115 year history. Editorials discuss the first fair 116 years ago in Europe and its growth to 2,000 fairs yearly, highlighting agriculture ties and evolving features including baby shows.
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Virginia
United States
Europe
Teen Valley
England
Bluefield
Oldest Coin Contest Gets Red Hot In Bluefield
The Bluefield Virginia News reports a growing interest in the oldest coin contest with readers sending in ancient coin specimens. Miss Allie Millard of Tazewell submitted a foreign dime sized coin bearing a crowned woman's head and mounted knights. the prize and identification help are discussed as experts study the piece. George P. Crockett, a collector, plans to publish more coins from his bag and notes a rare 1853 American half dollar potentially worth hundreds.
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Bluefield
Virginia News
Allie Millard
Tazewell
Millard
George P. Crockett
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