Mrs. Mary Shott Dies in Bluefield Leader in West Virginia
Mrs. Mary Katherine Shott wife of Hugh Ike Shott Jr publisher of Bluefield Telegraph and Bluefield Sun Set News died after brief heart illness born November 25 1871 in River Philip Nova Scotia. She lived in Bluefield most years raised civic and church work led Bland Street Methodist Episcopal church. Survived by husband two sons Hugh Ike Jr and James a daughter Mrs Clark Brant of Washington a brother Howard Chisholm Norfolk and sister Mrs Albert Burnham Lynchburg. Funeral tomorrow at 2 pm at the home with Rev. W. P. Eastwood and burial Monte Vista cemetery.
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Bluefield
Mary Katherine Shott
Hugh Ike Shott, Jr
Bluefield Telegraph
Bluefield Sunset News
Shott
U. S
Washington
James
Clark Brant
Howard Chisholm
Norfolk
Albert Burnham
Lynchburg
W. P. Eastwood
Bland Street Methodist Church
Monte Vista Cemetery
Roman coin found at Welsh school grounds dating to Rome Egypt conquest
A Roman coin unearthed on school grounds near Porthcawl Wales is about 2000 years old. It bears an image of a crocodile chained to a palm and commemorates Rome's conquest of Egypt.
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Porthcawl
Wales
Rome
Egypt
Obituary for John V. Arthur 82 Cannelton
Services for John V. Arthur 82 of Cannelton who died Tuesday will be at 2 p m today at the home of his daughter Mrs Victoria Nichols in Meadow Bridge. Burial will be in the family cemetery.
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John V. Arthur
Cannelton
Victoria Nichols
Meadow Bridge
Rites for Mrs. Alice Scherer at Eskdale Baptist
Mrs. Alice Scherer 76 died Wednesday in a Charleston hospital. Rites held at 10 a m today at Eskdale Baptist Church. Rev. Robert McCoy and Rev. D C Patchell to officiate. Burial in Rose Hill cemetery near Ashland Kentucky.
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Alice Scherer
Eskdale Baptist Church
Charleston
Robert McCoy
D. C. Patchell
Rose Hill Cemetery
Ashland
Funeral services for Mrs Myrtle Buckley held at Handley
Mrs Myrtle Buckley aged 61 dies at her Handley home Wednesday. Services will be at John Buckley residence at 2 p m today, with burial in the local cemetery.
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Myrtle Buckley
John Buckley
Handley
Infant Rudolph Kemp Dies at Deepwater Home
Rudolph Kemp infant son of Mr and Mrs Rudolph Kemp of Deepwater died yesterday at the family home. Body remains at Campbell funeral home Montgomery awaiting arrangements.
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Rudolph Kemp
Deepwater
Campbell Funeral Home
Montgomery
Charley Higginbotham Rites Planned in Brounland Baptist Church
Charley Ellis Higginbotham, 72, who died Wednesday at his Sixth Avenue home, will have services at 2 p m tomorrow at Brounland Baptist Church with Rev. Edwin L. Parsons officiating. Burial follows at Brounland Cemetery. The body will be moved from Cunningham Mortuary to the home of his son Wilbur Higginbotham in Lico at 2 p m today.
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Charley Ellis Higginbotham
Brounland Baptist Church
Sixth Avenue
Edwin L. Parsons
Brounland Cemetery
Cunningham Mortuary
Wilbur Higginbotham
Lico
Services for Mrs. Mary Toney Held at East Bank Church
Mrs. Mary Toney 80 died Wednesday night at her daughter Mrs Wade Clarke East Bank. Services set for 2 30 p m tomorrow at Missionary Baptist church East Bank with Rev C E Walker and Rev John Hartman. burial in Hawk's Cemetery Hernshaw. Pryor mortuary in charge. Survived by another daughter Mrs John Penix Marmet.
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Mary Toney
Wade Clarke
East Bank
Missionary Baptist Church
C. E. Walker
John Hartman
Hawk’s Cemetery
Hernshaw
Pryor
John Penix
Marmet
Transfer of Burials and Obituaries from Greenville
Bud Ephriam Gregory 42 died at Acme home. Survived by wife Martha and eight children. Burial at Red Warrior cemetery with Pryor mortuary in charge. Thomas Taylor Farr 61 died at home after eight days illness. Services at Baptist temple and in Greenville. Interment in family cemetery. Claude Hurt 62 died at Institute home. Survived by brother George W. Hurt and niece Claudine Hurt. Matthew Horrocks 92 died at home Dry Branch. burial in Dry Branch cemetery. surviving daughter Victoria Horrocks.
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Bud Ephriam Gregory
Acme
Martha Gregory
Lilly Mae
Ida
Inez Gregory
James
Lee
Oliver
Joseph
Newton
John
J. Gregory
Acme M. E
Red Warrior
Pryor Mortuary
East Bank
Thomas Taylor Farr
Armour and Company
Carr Apartments
Farr
Charleston
Greenville
S. C
Armour Branch
Armour Company
Baptist Temple
Virgil L. Flinn
W. A. Spruce
L. L. Mason
J. F. Nelson
F. H. Martin
Waldo C. Henson
The
Claude Hurt
Institute
Harden and Harden Mortuary
George W. Hurt
Claudine Hurt
New York City
Dry Branch
Matthew Horrocks
Victoria Horrocks
Births announce Linda Lou Stone on June 13
Mr and Mrs Walter Stone of Cinco are the parents of a daughter Linda Lou born June 13. Mrs Mary E Pettry and Mrs Alice Wright of Hugheston have three sons W W Horrocks of Dry Branch and R J and W M Horrocks of Hugheston. Pryor mortuary at East Bank handling arrangements.
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Walter Stone
Cinco
Linda Lou
Mary E. Pettry
Alice Wright
Hugheston
W. W. Horrocks
Dry Branch
R. J. and
W. M. Horrocks
Pryor Mortuary
East Bank
Iron worker jailed after helping build beds
Kansas City June 15. Jack Cady, arrested for speeding and unable to post bond, built his own bed in the city jail but could not sleep. In court Judge Thomas V. Holland asked if he slept well and Cady replied no, saying he's an iron worker who helped build the beds and did not like his bed. The judge commented that he had been punished enough.
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Kansas City
Jack Cady
Thomas V. Holland
Cady
Saa
I Now He's An American
An applicant for citizenship knew the capital was Washington D C.
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San Jose
Calif
Washington, D. C
Citizenship Granted Amid Political Inquiry
The examiner pressed the applicant asking who lives there and who runs the government. The applicant replied I know the Democrats. The court granted citizenship.
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A. T. Hunter
German falcon dinner call leads to chicken theft case
SCOTTSBLUFF Neb June 15 Mrs John Steinbrecker who speaks German fluently spied 12 barred rock chickens in another pen and gave them a German dinner call They came running she told County Judge C O Lyda while the owner John Florez said he spoke a little Spanish The judge bound him over to district court under 300 bond on charges of chicken theft.
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Scottsbluff
Neb
John Steinbrecker
C. O. Lyda
John Florez
Man Drowns As Street Lake Forms In Stuttgart
A man drowns while filling a bottle at a fountain when a sudden street lake forms during a flood after heavy rains in Stuttgart Germany. Parked cars are swept away and river embankments loosen releasing stone blocks along the Nese river.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Mrs Helen Wright Dies at Huntington
Mrs Helen Bromley Wright of 1714 Kanawha Street died yesterday in a Huntington hospital after an operation ten days earlier. Wife of John W. Wright manager of Elk Refining's retail division she had lived in Charleston ten years. Survived by a son John W. Wright Jr. Burial will be in Spring Hill cemetery in Huntington.
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Helen Bromley Wright
Kanawha Street
John W. Wright
Elk Refining Company
Huntington Hospital
Wright
Huntington
Spring Hill
Charleston
John W. Wright, Jr
Rear Admiral Nimitz Named New Navigation Chief
Washington June 15 Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is named the new navigation chief. The Navy announces the assignment as part of a leadership reshuffle and modernization push.
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Nimitz
Washington
INS
Chester W. Nimitz
Navy appoints new chief of navigation bureau
The Navy Department announced that today the duties of chief of the Bureau of Navigation were assumed by O. Richardson, who has been named commander of the battle force of the fleet to assume duty June 24.
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O. Richardson
Navy Department
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H. L. Shott
Cincinnati
Boston
Dons Reds
Fighting Reds
Pennanteteria
Chesapeake and Chio
Armour
Thomas T. Farr
U.S
General Electric
Seege
Virginia Street
GENERAL &@ ELECTRIC
Mn, Op” FT
Travel
Helen Wright
Husband
Bureau of Navigation In the
Navy
New York
HOTEL
ST. George
Alvan E. Kallman
Mgr
Clark Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Penn Station
Grand Central Station
Seventh Avenue I.R.T
B & O Motor Coaches
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