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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1909
Page
3
Gra ham Commandery No 22 Knights Templar will hold services at the Pearlsburg Methodist church tomorrow at 11 o clock with Rev Jacob Tyler Frazier of Chilhowle delivering a special Masonic sermon. Mr Frazier is a Giles county native respected by former neighbors.
Results from yesterday show Lynchburg Roanoke and Richmond Ports mouth postponed by rain. Standings list Danville as first with 15 wins, Richmond 13, Norfolk 12, Roanoke 10 and Lynebourg 8. Today Lynchburg visits Roanoke, Portsmouth visits Richmond, Danville visits Norfolk. Also Major League scores include St Louis beat New York 2 to 1, Detroit 4 Philadelphia 8, Cleveland 4 Washington 1, Chicago 3 Boston 9, and Chicago 7 Boston 1 in the National League all other NL games postponed by rain.
In Montreal on May 22 St Yves and Shrubb ran twenty miles starting at 8 41 p m. Shrubb led early and kept it almost the whole way as St Yves chased. Shrubb finished in 1 54 25 with a 680 yard margin.
The list from New Industries Chattanooga covers West Virginia entries including Ravenswood a $25,000 hardware and furniture firm. Wayne a $5,000 land company. Hurricane a $20,000 milling company. Charleston a $50,000 oil and gas company. Richmond a $5,000 printing firm. Huntington a $10,000 transportation firm. Charleston a $5,000 vehicle company. Parkersburg a $50,000 construction company.
May 22 Princeton reports greet a crowd of teachers arriving for a county exam. The Princeton Water Works Company organized largely with non residents owning stock. Prof J H Gadd and Dr James Vermillion among local figures noted. An ice plant soon to operate, mint crop promising though Bluefield nearby.
Elkhorn West Virginia May 22. Col IT Houston of Blue Ridge Pennsylvania and George M Graham of New York visit Elkhorn on business. H H Houston of Chester Pennsylvania stays with Col T E Houston. J J Lincoln leaves for Johnson City Tennessee to visit Mr and Mrs M Ly Caples. Jnok Lewis and Edward Lyons travel for business. Mrs Geo Pile of Ennis calls on friends. Mary Dinwiddie of Bedford City teaches here before returning home. Mins Annie May Green continues elsewhere.
A teacher remained in town during winter then left Wednesday for Peters burg Virginia. W R Lewis, after studying at Ithica New York, is home for the summer with his parents. Mrs W J Stone and Milas Annie Wickham shopped in Pocahontas Wednesday. J J Tierney traveled to Roanoke on business. Maude Stratton of Roanoke returned home Monday after visiting Elkhorn friends. J T Woody of Coaldale called on friends here recently.
An early 20th century notice announces a rummage sale by the Ladies Aid Society of the Christian church at Bland street opposite Hawley Merchandise Co. The sale starts Tuesday morning May 25 in Hawley’s vicinity.
On the 2nd day of June 190%, I as deputy sheriff of Mercer county residing in Bramwell will apply to the circuit court of Mercer county. The named party is George Pence. Dated 6 20 10 and published in the Daily Leader.
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