Brother Walter Bradley Dead After Paralysis Stroke
Rev. Rufus Bradley was summoned from Littleton to Birmingham Alabama on Monday after his brother A Walter Bradley suffered a stroke at his home and died Monday afternoon. A Walter Bradley grew up in Jackson Northampton County and attended Bagley School years ago. He was in Birmingham for ten or twelve years running a grocery and dairy business. He is survived by his widow and his brother, Rev. Rufus Bradley, with no children. Funeral arrangements were not yet set.
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Littleton
Rufus Bradley
Birmingham
Ala
Relatives of Mrs Wollett Injured Visit Washington
Relatives of Mrs. Wollett traveled from Littleton to Washington D C to visit Mrs Kenith Kennedy and her children Virginia and Joseph who were injured in an automobile crash near Washington Monday Their daughter Virginia remained hospitalized but was later moved to the Kennedy home and Joseph joined them.
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Littleton
A. J. May
Johnson
J. R. Wollet
Washington, D. C
Kenith Kennedy
Virginia
Joseph
Durham
Washington
Mrs. Jesse Hall Asbury Dies in Charlotte
Word reached Littleton that Mrs. Jesse Hall Asbury died Sunday night at her Charlotte home after months of illness. She was sister to Mrs. J. H. Newsom of Littleton and left town two weeks ago to visit. Funeral services were held in Charlotte Tuesday. She leaves her husband and five sisters including Mrs. Lola Carter and Mrs. Eva Galloway.
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Littleton
Jesse Hall Asbury
Charlotte
Asbury
J. H. Newsom
Newsom
Lola Carter
Greensboro
Eva Galloway
Farmville
Irene Hall
Agusta
Belle Hall
Asheville
Johnson
Wanted Girl to Work in Lunch Room
Want ads note a girl needed for a lunch room position at Quick Lunch in Roanoke Junction.
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Roanoke Junction
Sister Killed In Tragic Cape Crossing Crash
Mrs Clinton Egerton and Mrs Farrar traveled to Cape Charles Virginia after the death of Mrs Carston Richardson who was killed with a friend when their car was struck by a fast train at a grade crossing. Richardson’s husband and two sisters survive. Funeral services were held in Cape Charles.
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Littleton
Clinton Egerton
Farrar
Cape Charles
Carston Richardson
Richardson
M Clinton Egerton
Jim Jenkins
Mrs. Egerton
Jenkins
Barbara Barondess Shot During Russian Revolution Incident
Barbara Barondess, then with Paramount in The Pursuit of Happiness, bears a bullet scar on her shoulder from a shooting by a Red soldier during the Russian revolution.
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Barbara Barondess
Paramount
Steel Diving Bell Opens Door to New Undersea World
The article describes Dr. William Beebe and Otis Barton using the bathysphere to reach depths around 3000 feet, revealing bizarre marine life such as rat tailed fish and long tailed creatures, while noting the Atlantic maximum depth and the bathysphere’s sturdiness and lighting. Beebe calls deeper dives as exciting as Mars.
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William Beebe
Atlantic
Mindanao
Philippines
Dr. Beebe
Otis Barton
Mars
Local Social Notes Highlight Pittman and Shaw Families
Miss Annie Mae Pittman visits father H. M. Pittman while Mr and Mrs Caswell Shaw and Mr Ira G Shaw and Mr Foster spend Sunday in Norfolk. Miss Elizabeth Richardson returns to Sunset after a summer with her sister Mrs Edwin Coppedge.
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Annie Mae Pittman
H. M. Pittman
Caswell Shaw
Ira G. Shaw
Mr. Foster
Norfolk
Elizabeth Richardson
Edwin Coppedge
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Lewis Johnson
Evelyn Johnson
Miss Johnson
Margaret Dunning
FY. Payne
Wallace Sharpe, Jr
J. T. Killebrew
Hilda Hines
Hattie Humphries
Lena Johnson
Mary Alice Merritt
Virginia Ogletree
Aneta Harris
Fannie Harris
Clyde Fulgham
Mary Gibson
Fleetwood Sullivan
Halifax
Compcere Ee. Radon
Dixie Supply Company
Petersburg
Penn Magic
Pennsylvania
Penn Sharp
Enue - Roanoke
Weldon
Weldon HI
Macon
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