Mercer County Fair to Feature New Open Air Activities
Mercer County Fair announces a new slate of attractions including talent exhibitions by local bands and rural choirs, old fiddler contests, stunt nights, and an outdoor theatre, with prizes up to sixty dollars and a plan to send the band winner to a state contest in Charleston. The fair also adds a riding school with Colorado burro ponies and a growing automobile display as carpenters finish new buildings.
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Mercer County
At & Areiedkin
Bluefield Legion
Averiees
Norfolk Western Band
Virginian Railroad
Charleston
Marion
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Lions
American Legion
Woman's Clubs
Boys’ Clubs
Princeton
Mercer County Fair
Ember
Colorado
Indict Official Oversees Fall Fertilizer Purchase Plan
The Farm Bureau met at the courthouse and endorsed forming a cooperative warehouse to handle fertilizer, feed, seed, machinery and other farm necessities. The plan, first fall purchase by the bureau, aims to raise capital and stock members, each limited in shares, under cooperative marketing law.
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Court House
Bureau
Board of Directors
Farm Bureau
Princeton Society Hosts Surprise Bridal Party
The Princeton Society reports a charming bridal surprise for Miss Kath erine Dangerfield with hostesses Kath erine Ech olis Vera Payne and Mrs. Maxine Downey White. A live fairy gift bearer presented each present with a bride's gift as music and humor filled the evening. Other local notes mention Nellie Bee Campbell’s forthcoming marriage to William Saunders in August and several residents traveling to Florida or Mississippi.
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Katherine Dangerfield
Sue Echolis
Vera Payne
Maxine Downey White
Nancy Burton Godfrey
Maxine White
Mable Burton
Pete Downey
L. E. White
Wallace Street
Caldwell
Brown
Fall events and social notices in Bluefield area
Local society items list theater plans, visits, and travel by residents and visitors of Bluefield and nearby towns. Names include Emory Serber, W L Johnston, D C Rice, Straley Mahood, J R Rich, I A Downey, S H Straley, L T Cole, G P Lively, Hi F E Russell, Eva Warner, L F Compton, and many others.
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Emory Serber
Athens Road
Charleston
W. L. Johnston
Honaker Avenue
Bluefield
Pulaski
D. C. Rice
David
Beth
Wytheville
Forest Street
Straley Mahood
Hale Avenue
J. R. Rich
College Avenue
I. A. Downey
H. Straley
Florida
L. T. Cole
C. A. Wilson
Mattie Cole
S. W. Cole
G. P. Lively
Huntington
Meade Bailey
Hi. F E. Russell
Main Street
J. Evans, Jr
Atlanta
Mercer County Plans Seed Warehouse Network
Mercer county moves to establish a seed warehouse to handle local seed and fertilizer storage, following examples from neighboring counties that already operate successful facilities. The project aims to support timely distribution and improve regional agricultural logistics.
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Venience
Mercer County
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J. BE. Bee
Nellie Bee Campbell
William Lawrence Saunders
Washington, D. C
Jackson
Mise
Princeton Personals
Sky V. Straley
Irvin A. Downey
W. M. Poston
Bristol
O. O. Karnes
Roy Thompson
Mississippi
John Thompson
E. G. Hoke
Douglass Street
Prane
Adame Lilly
This City
C. EB. Schroeder
Roanoke
W. R. Kidd
C. C. Janey
Killer’s
Colonist Theatre
Bluefield Furniture Company
Mr. Witte
Lucy A. Witt
the Grey Sulor
Lucy Witt
Joe Rimmer
W. T
Indianapolis
Ind
J. B. Crozier
Highland Avenue
C. W. Newkirk
Lottie Newkirk
Miami
Eva Warner
L. F. Compton
Alderson
Llyn Comer
Bertha Snider
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
KE. G. Ayers
Christiansburg
Owen Hutchinson
Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
R. C. Bingham
Lee Dowdy and Son
Trent Street
Owen Hutcheson
R. H. Moore
Oscar Lilly
J. C. Bowling
H. L. Goodman
Horace L
Virginia
McKenzie Hospital
F. Lelac
Orman Campbell
Ted Peters
Richmond
Wm. Campbell
Miss Bertha Hale
Drie
Dix W. Noel
Harrison Noel
Mary Daly
Chicago
New York
J. W. Waters Co
Federal Street
Bluefield, W. Va
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Bluefield Water Work: and Improvement Co
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