Smyth County Fair to Feature Nat Reiss Shows
The Marion Virginia News reports the Nat Reiss Shows debut on the Smyth County Fair circuit, praised as the cleanest midway production seen locally. Promoter Austin C Wilson schedules dirt track racing with lowered record hopes and invites local drivers, while hippodrome events and a wild west rodeo promise thrills as grounds open next Monday with free admission for children.
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Marion
Smyth County
Nat Reiss
Bluefield Fair
Austin C. Wilson
Wilson
I. X. L. Ranch
Oxley’s Orchestra to Play at Colonial Theatre
Harold Oxley and his orchestra bring a renowned act to Bluefield for tomorrow and Saturday with three performances daily including an afternoon show and two evening shows. The group, once barnstorming in this region, has played Keith's vaudeville circuit and the Cinderella ballroom on Broadway and earned wide acclaim from cities such as New York Montreal and New Orleans.
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Harold Oxley
Bluefield
Oxley
Roanoke
Mr. Oxay
Keith
Cinderella Ballroom
Broadway
Hylan
New York
Prince of Wales
Montreal
New Orleans
Colonial Theatre
Street of Forgotten Men at Colonial Theatre Thrills Audiences
The Colonial Theatre presents The Street of Forgotten Men a tale of Easy Money Charlie a fake cripple who deceives New York crowds while living quietly outside the city He guards a baby daughter entrusted by a Diamond Mike hanger on amid threats of exposure and fights to protect her from a harsh truth The drama pits love against deception in a Bowery Cinderella story with a beggar who loses himself for love.
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Diamond
Mike
Charlie
É¢Ame
Bowery
Pennington in County Jail as Murder Case Proceeds
Gilbert Pennington remains in the county jail at Princeton awaiting a Monday September 21 preliminary hearing for the murder of his brother in law Tommy Tabor. The hearing was postponed at defense counsel’s request. A large crowd gathered at the Coal and Coke building for news and updates as the case draws North Side attention. Tabor’s body showed a single center belt wound from a shotgun. his belt buckle bore marks from the shot. The funeral for Tabor is scheduled at Brush Fork Church at 2:30 PM with burial in Brush Fork cemetery. Active pallbearers are listed.
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Tommy Tabor
Gilbert Pennington
Stony Ridge
Princeton
Tabor
North Side
Squire Kitts
Coal and Coke
H M. Tanner
Pennington
Hawkins
Frazier Farmer
Charlie Fletcher
Jim Wynn
John Carter
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McCormick & CO
Baltimore
Oxley’s
Thrilling Story
Forgotten Men
MacMillan
Arctic
Hen McMillan
Arcetic
Frigidaire
Bowdoin
Appalachian Power Company
Bramwell Pocahontas
Keystone
Welch
Matoaka
Christiansburg
Pulaski
Wytheville
Galax
Monaker
Grandy
Dayton, Ohio
Ceneral Motors Corporation
Warlick Furniture Company
Detroit
Warlick
Warlick’s
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