Scenic circuit through Tazewell County memories of Abel Abbs Valley
A travelogue recounts a roundabout tour from Pocahontas into Abbs Valley, detailing early settlers, Indian massacre of 1786, and the lineage of Old Yorick the Arabian stallion. It notes Abbs Valley’s lime stone geology, lack of streams, and ties to Raleigh County, with reflections on beauty and regional history.
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Maude
Abbs Valley
Old Yorick
James Moore
Captain Moore
Moores
Cowpens
Guilford Court House
Kings Mountain
Martha Poague Moore
Jane Moore
Chillicothe
Ohio
William
Alexander
Margaret
John
James
Mary Moore
Maiden Springs Fork and Burke's Garden Echo Epic
A vivid sketch describes the Maiden Springs Fork of the Clinch river bursting from a cliff into Plum Creek, the valley’s bluegrass hills, and Burke's Garden discovered by James Burke. It paints an Edenlike bowl with oak shade, brick homes, and distant Kings Mountain warriors watching over a timeless paradise. A tale blends rescue, landscape, and mythic memory without modern specifics.
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Maiden Springs
Clinch River
Coleridge
Xanadu
Clear Fork
Kings Mountain
Alabama’s 1832 Florence to Decatur Rail Line Claim
Alabama asserts a short railroad built in 1832 between Florence and Decatur was the first west of the Alleghenies. The claim highlights early U.S. rail construction and regional development in the pre-Civil War era.
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Alabama
Florence
Decatur
Alleghenies
Continue Hunt For Kunselman
Washington police and county detectives search for Ray Kunselman 35 oil field worker in the slaying of Dorothy Horne 19. $300 stolen from a grocery store near his home on the night the girl was killed. His car found abandoned near the S Bridge west of Washington. Investigators noted reports of sightings in Greene county Ohio and Erie but yielded no result. Two detectives reassigned to a Greene county stabbing case in Hendersonville. Clyde Irly 30 Negro coal miner stabbed through the heart after an all night party. Police sought Henry Thompson 30 another Negro miner from Reis Sing. Irly resided Montour Number 2.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ray Kunselman
Dorothy Horne
Paul Associated
West
Chestnut Street
Buffalo Township
Kuselman
S” Bridge
Kunselman
Greene County
Ohio
Erie
Hendersonville
Here
Clyde Irly
Henry Thompson
Reissing
Irly
Montour
Rose Long Found Love At Cake Contest In 1913
Rose McConnell won first prize in a Shreveport cake baking contest that sparked a romance with Huey P. Long. They wed in Memphis and built a life as he pursued law and rose to govern Louisiana, where she remained private, caring for home and their three children.
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Rose McConnell
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Shreveport
Huey
Memphis
Tenn
Rose Long
Rose
Palmer
Russell
Social Notes From Crichton And Vicinity
Crichton West Virginia hosted visitors including Mrs J F Biggers and Mrs Bloom from Lookout and Mrs W G Smith from Covington. John H Miller from Du Boise Penn stayed with N C Miller. Tom O Dell is ill with pneumonia at Greenbrier Valley hospital Ronceverte. Mrs William C Miller and son Myol returned from Ronceverte after three weeks with pneumonia. J B Pennman returned home from Marion visiting her mother. W G Smith Jr attended finals at VPI Blacksburg. Mr and Mrs J A Hogg visited Christiansburg and Blacksburg. A dance near Crichton school ground featured guests Mr and Mrs W C Miller John Miller Mr and Mrs Bus Donlop and Marshall Fayne. A tent meeting led by Rev Smith from Beckley draws large crowds.
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J. F. Biggers
Bloom
Lookout
E. R. Biggers
W. G. Smith
Covington
J. A. Hogg
John H. Miller
du Boise
Penn
N. C. Miller
Tom O'Dell
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Ronceverte
William C. Miller
Myol
J. B. Pennman
Marion
W. G. Smith Jr
V. P. IL
Blacksburg
Christiansburg
W. C. Miller
John Miller
Bus Donlop
Marshall Fayne
Lovers Leap
Crichton School
Rev. Smith
Beckley
Two Injured As Cops Chase Man Montgomery
Two bystanders were wounded when a state trooper shot during an arrest in Montgomery county. Ethel Cooper, 20, of Smithers, was hit in the neck and treated. Bob Pell of Smithers was wounded after confronting trooper Raymond W. Boyles with a pistol. Pell was captured after allegedly hurling stones through a beer parlor window and fighting with a man. Troopers said Pell pointed a gun at Boyles, who fired twice.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ethel Cooper
Smithers
N. T. Sites
Miss Cooper
Bob Pell
Raymond W. Boyles
Pell
Charleston
Cooper
Boyles
Paul Swiger
Mare in London cinema joins race film chaos
Curious onlookers took a hunter mare to a London cinema to watch a horse race film. The mare attempted to join the imagined race and smashed 20 seats during a private showing with no casualties reported.
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London
Social News From Glen Rogers and Surrounding Towns
Glen Rogers and family spent a week in Charleston with friends and relatives returning with Waneka Cooke. Several residents traveled for visits and schooling including Athens Upshur Montgomery Beckley Jenkins Harlan and Kentucky trips. Local folks attended events and visited relatives as summer plans unfold with births and homestead notes.
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W. B. Bradley
Charleston
Waneka Cooke
Lon L. Dillon
Belle
Fred Hilton
Greenup
Mae Dillon
Everett Roby
Upshur County
Abe Wyatt
Athens
Black-Draught Promises Relief and Efficiency
A historical advertisement touts Thedford's Black-Draught as a pleasant relief laxative. It claims improved elimination boosts energy and work efficiency, with a testimonial from W. J. Walters of Paragould, Arkansas who uses it as a purgative for sluggishness and fatigue. Old reliable and purely vegetable.
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Thedford
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Ben Bolt
Burke’s Garden
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O. C. Daniel
Leslie
Sophia
W. A. Riffe
Tazewell
Pocahontas
N. and W
Absalom Looney
Rockbridge County
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Moore
Abbs
Raleigh
George P. Daniel
Glen Daniel
Martha Evans
Canada
Thomas Evans
Westfalia and Anhalt
Reinsdorf
Wittenberg
Germany
New York
Shrine Club
Black Knight Country Club
Master Masons
Stanton
Ready Made
Rex Moore
Crichton, W. Va
Glen Rogers
W. Va
Lacy Dillon
B. B. Wilson
Pearne Dickson
North Carolina
Woodrow McGraw
Tipple
W. H. Branham
Kentucky
Zimmerman
Jenkins
R. Davis
Della Mae Daviel
Harlan, Ky
Clowers
Nina Lesler
J. W. Barrett
Corbit Caudell
Babe
Ruth Richison
Marie Daniels
Raven Brooks
Ruth
June Dickson
U. S. Dickson
Edythe Hamlet
Marjorie Collins
J. L. Hamlet
Affinity
Keyser Funeral Home Funeral Directors
S. Oakwood Ave
Well Catron Motor Company
Dodge & Plymout
Prince St
Business Directory
FR Theatre EE
the Informer
Palace Theatre
Victor McLaglen
Heather Angel
Preston Foster
Margot Grahame
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Main
R. D. Watts
Ins
Bair Bldg
Miss
Maxine Kitts
L. Lawrence Lilly
City Avenue
Beckley, W. Va
Clean System For Health
Laurie Moore
Mark Albery
Raleigh Register
Liccerr & Mozas Tosacco Co
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