Concord State Normal School Opens In September
Concord State Normal School will open Monday September 17 and becomes a four year state teachers college. Three AB degrees were conferred in June with standard academic degrees also offered. The college offers pre medicine and preparation for law school with ten month programs priced around 285 to 290 dollars including books and trolley transportation.
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Concord State Normal School
Concord
C. C. Rossey
Athens
W. Va
James Caldwell Drowns With Horses Near Pembroke
James Caldwell a Pembroke Virginia teamster and his two horses drowned early yesterday in New River after his wagon toppled into the water near an embankment. The horses spooked causing the plunge. both horses and Caldwell reportedly sank in quicksand and perished before aid arrived. He leaves a widow and seven children.
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James Caldwell
Pembroke
New River
Caldwell
Serious Congestion on Princeton Avenue Slow Traffic
Paving crews and utility workers on Princeton Avenue between Lee and Mercer streets advance arid curb and gutter work along the north side from Mercer to the passenger depot. Traffic is controlled by police as street railway base construction reaches Summers Street and about thirty percent complete.
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Princeton Avenue
Lee
Mercer Streets
Mercer Street
Summers Street
Automobile Victim Dead From Injuries in Crash
D C Balton, forty, of Fredericktown Missouri, died after his auto skidded and overturned on the National highway near West Alexander Pennsylvania. He was extricated and died within a half hour. his wife and two small children escaped with minor injuries while en route to Beaver Falls to visit relatives.
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Wheeling
W. V
West Alexander
Here
D. C
Balton
Fredericktown
Missouri
Beaver Falls
Dead Baby Morgantown Not Lillian McKenzie
Morgantown West Virginia September 18 The baby who died in a local hospital last Saturday night from malnutrition is not Lillian McKenzie the missing New York infant, Mr and Mrs Peter McKenzie said after viewing the body. The parents arrived from New York with a detective and viewed the body at a local undertaking establishment.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Lillian McKenzie
New York
Peter McKenzie
Officers to Be Sent for Mixon and Wife
Morgantown West Virginia September 18 Prosecuting Attorney R P Poston telephoned Meyersdale Pennsylvania police an officer would be sent there tomorrow for the man and woman who gave names as Mr and Mrs Jack Mixon arrested there in connection with a four month old child left at a local hospital Saturday and who died of malnutrition The dead child was Shirley May Meddick a daughter by a former marriage of the woman under arrest The couple gave their address as Syracuse New York Earlier in the day Mr and Mrs Peter McKenzie of New York dispelled the theory that the dead child was the missing New York infant when they viewed the body in a local morgue and said it was not their child
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Morgantown
W. Va
R. P. Poston
Meyersdale
Jack Mixon
Shirley May Meddick
Syracuse, N. Y
Peter McKenzie
New York
Newspapers Warned Against Fight Pictures
The article notes legal caution for newspapers showing fight pictures housed in New York and discusses the law restricting displaying films to sit or moving pictures when transported in interstate commerce.
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New York
Is the Job Unlucky Five Die After Election
Five men who elected the president of a Manchester mercantile firm have died in quick succession. The post carries a $25,000 annual salary.
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Manchester
Eng
Elberta Peaches and Keiffer Pears Arrive Soon
Carload Elberta peaches arrive from Ohio with A grade fruit priced at 3 per bushel and fancy Keiffer pears priced per full bushel. Orders are taken for delivery early next week with prompt service across the city and phones 846 and 534 for orders.
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Elbertas
Ohio
Kiwanis District Convention Plans Advance in Bluefield
Plans for the Kiwanis district convention to be held in Bluefield in mid October are shaping up. The general convention committee has named the entertaining committee led by Mrs. F. L. Black, with members including Mrs. Henry Perkins and others. Delegates and visitors, mostly with wives, from Matoaka Welch Williamson are expected to attend, and the committee promises ample hospitality during the stay.
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Kiwanis
Bluefield
F. L. Black
Henry Perkins
Robert T. Peters
Thomas A. Settle
Louis D. Wilmore
W. A. Pankey
Russell
Russell 8. Ritz, Mrs. W. E. Ross
Claude EB. Taylor
Ralph W. Smith
Matoaka
Welch
Williamson
Trade Official resigns to join Bluestone Furniture project
The Bluefield Chamber of Commerce secretary-manager Robert Y. Barkley resigns to help lead Bluestone Furniture Manufacturing Corp as it begins building a Graham factory. Barkley credits his work to lure industries and predicts payroll of about 7000 monthly, boosting 200 to 300 local jobs. A committee will search for a replacement.
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Barkley
Chamber of Commerce
Bluestone Furniture Corporation
Chamber of Cmmerce
Robert Y. Barkley
Bluestone Furniture Manufacturing Corporation
Graham
Bluefield
Mr. Barkley
Chamber
Japanese Cruiser Naka Destroyed in Yokohama Earthquake
The 5,500 ton cruiser Naka, ready for launching at Yokohama, was destroyed by the September earthquake and fire. Reports say half of Tokio's 5,000 telephone operators are missing. Nichi Nichi lauds American help as long remembered by the Japanese.
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Tokio
Naka
Yokohama
Nichi-Nichi
Japan
Ward murder trial opens in White Plains
State begins presenting evidence in the Walter S. Ward murder case of Clarence Peters. Witnesses describe Peters body found on a Westchester road, autopsy results, and firearm entry points as the extraordinary grand jury reconvenes to hear testimony. Ward, his wife, and brother sit as spectators endure courtroom scrutiny. Trial resumes tomorrow.
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White Plains
N. Y
Walter S. Ward
Brooklyn Baker
Clarence Peters
Exmarine
Supreme Court
Wagner
Peters
Westchester Road
Harry J. Vier
Ward
Ralph
Eldridge Peters
James J. Cunningham
New Rochelle
Duncan N. Rose
Harry Green
Eatwell Wins Bun-Eating Contest at Cricklewood Meet
Cricklewood England locale reports John Eatwell securing first place in a bun-eating contest at a local sports meeting. The event highlighted informal competitions and community sports.
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Eatwell
East Well
Cricklewood
Eng
John Eatwell
Bluefield Chamber asks Concord College stage big games here
The Bluefield Chamber of Commerce board passed a resolution sending to Concord College’s athletic director requesting that major athletics events scheduled for Athens be staged in Bluefield. Directors argue Bluefield support could aid college athletics without moving all home games, emphasizing major events incur high transportation costs.
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Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Concord College
Athens
Bluefield
Chamber of Commerce
Concord
Bank Bandits Hold Cleveland Village At Bay
Five bandits barraged the First State Bank vault doors in Cleveland near Mankato Minnesota with explosives for over two hours and fled in a stolen car with cash and bonds valued at 14000 to 18000 dollars.
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Mankato
Minn
Cleveland
Here
First State Bank
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Coalfields
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Princeton Ave
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