Bulgarian unrest and currency rise amid Sofia crisis
Reports describe Bulgaria's chaotic day as streets in Sofia saw fighting and arrests while government moves to quell unrest. The exchange market showed the lev rising above Romanian lei and Yugoslav dinar, buoyed by premier Zankoff’s economic leadership. Nearby nations mass troops along Bulgarian frontiers as diplomacy falters.
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Zankoff
Sofia
Balkan
Exchange
Vienna
Belgrade
Stambulisky
Bulgaria
Balkans
Jugo-Slavia
Greece
Roumania
Bible Thoughts for the Week
Daily meditations from scripture outline themes for a week. Lines mix verses from Matthew Proverbs Psalms and include a stray fragment about a cowboy claim but keep focus on faith guidance and praise.
The Advantage of a Non Smoker Against a Smoker
The Roanoke W C T U contest awarded first prize to Miss Imo Bear and second to Miss Garnet Smith for essays arguing tobacco harms. The piece outlines nicotine dangers, health and social impacts, and shows examples from sports and rifle testing where non-smokers outperform smokers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Imo Bear
Garnet Smith
Roanoke Hands Club Cigars a 6-0 Shutout Victory
Roanoke defeats Fort Wayne Club Cigars 6 to 0 at Oak Grove park. Pitcher Reeves allows only two hits as C Redding hits a triple and Heater a double. Club Cigars had not lost in seven games before this setback.
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Roanoke
Club Cigars
Fort Wayne
Waterloo
Oak Grove Park
Reeves
Co. Redding
Cigars
Reeves and Hoke
Schoenle
Walsh
C. Redding
Local team eyes Roanoke scalp at Oak Grove park
Sunday afternoon at Oak Grove park the locals anticipate defeating Roanoke for the first time this season. They note Roanoke has beaten them in all games except one tied affair last season.
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Oak Grove Park
Roanoke
Release of Lincheng bandits prisoners after demanding indemnities
Captives released today after over a month in a mountain stronghold near Shantung. American relief aid aided the captives, while negotiations led by Commissioner Wen secured terms including enlistment of bandits in the Chinese army. One British subject was killed during the May 6 train wreck. The United States will sit on two commissions to fix indemnities and travel safety aboard Chinese railways.
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Shantung
Tsao- Chwang
Lincheng
Lucy Aldrich
John D. Dockefellow
Pinger
Robert Allen
Senora Verea
Manuel Verea
Roy Anderson
Wen
J. B. Powell
China
Girl Injured in Auto Wreck Near Roanoke
The 12 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs D H Feighner of Huntington suffered injuries Saturday night when the family car turned over about three miles east of Roanoke. She was thought to have a fractured hip while her parents were uninjured. The car slipped off the road and toppled into a ditch near the John Crabb farm as Mr Feighner pulled aside to let another vehicle pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Feighner
Huntington
Roanoke
N. O. G Club Meets at Miss Nellie Wilson Home
The N. O. G Club was entertained at Miss Nellie Wilson's home Friday evening. Prizes in contests went to Miss Nellie Barnbrook and Miss Clowey Goff. A two course luncheon followed in pink and white with rose bud decorations. Out of town guest Mrs. Herman Thomas of Huntington attended.
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N. O. G Club
N. O. G. Club
Nellie Wilson
Nellie Barnbrook
Clowey Goff
Herman Thomas
Huntington
Mrs Jed Feighner and Daughter Visit Relatives
Mrs Jed Feighner and her daughter accompanied by Mr and Mrs on a several days visit with relatives.
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Jed Feighner
Dew Days
Suburban market and residence trade in Huntington
Mort McFarren exchanged his Second street property for a suburban grocery market and a residence, taking possession of the Beery &ae store at Mr McFarren’s place.
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Huntington
Mort McFarren
Second Street
McFarren
Man named Ford travels from Orlando with family by wheelbarrow
A man identifying himself as Ford arrived with his wife and two young children on Wednesday evening. They walked from Orlando via Washington covering over four thousand miles, pushing a wheelbarrow with passengers and baggage. They traveled about ten miles daily while selling post cards and left for Huntington on Thursday.
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Ford
Orlando
Fla
Washington, D. C
Huntington
Milk cattle slaughter age and price survey
A U S Department of Agriculture nationwide survey shows the average slaughter age for milch cows is 10 years with prices about half the milking cows’ value. State averages range 9 to 11 years, with 11-year states including Maryland West Virginia Florida Wisconsin Louisiana Utah Nevada, and 9-year states including New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut South Carolina Georgia Alabama. The spring sale price averaged 32 dollars per head for slaughter cows, about 50 percent of the 63 dollars for milking cows.
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Uited States Department of Agriculture
Maryland
West Virginia
Florida
Wisconsin
Louisiana
Utah
Nevada
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Bozer Family Weekend Visit in Fort Wayne
John Bozer of Fort Wayne visited his parents Mr and Mrs Adolph Bozer on Saturday. Flo was accompanied home by his sister Miss Nellie Bozer who spent the weekend with him.
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John Bozer
Fort Wayne
Adolph Bozer
Flo
Nellie Bozer
Pleasant Chapel U B Church Service and Class Schedule
Sunday school at 9 30 devotion class 10 30 Christian Endeavor 2 0 20 prayer 10 45 preaching service all are welcome Supt Perry Miller class leader Boyd Dinius C EB President Glenn Rupert Pastor Oliver P Givens
Tobacco harms the body and stunts growth
A cautionary note outlines how tobacco products harm health. It mentions nicotine affecting the heart and nerves and claims tobacco stunts growth in many cases, followed by a reference to examining ghoul pupils and non-smokers being properly weighted and sized.
Kreamer Family and Friends Gather at Ray Houser Home
Social notes report Mr and Mrs Nick Kreamer hosting guests at the Ray Houser residence on Wednesday. Grandma Kreamer visited Mrs Mary Houser in Roanoke Saturday. Ernest Barnbrook rumors of improvement after measles illness. Ben Showalter remodeling his barn. Paul Johnson and Edwin Barnbrook visited Will Wohlford’s on Sunday. Miss Mary Eschbach of Huntington spent Sunday at the Nick Kreamer home with callers including Charles Kreamer Harvey Kreamer and family Fort Wayne residents Mr and Mrs Fred DeWitte and Mr and Mrs W H Bice.
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Nick Kreamer
Ray Houser
Grandma Kreamer
Mary Houser
Roanoke
Ernest Barnbrook
Ben Showalter
Paul Johnson
Edwin Barnbrook
Will Wohlford
Mary Eschbach
Huntington
Nick “Kreamer
Kreamer
Charles .Kreamer
Harvey Kreamer
Fort Wayne
Fred. DeWitte
W. H. Bice
Hazel Brock and Eldon Withrow Wedding in Huntington
Miss Hazel Brock daughter of Harry T. Brock of 340 Mayne Street Huntington wed Eldon D Withrow of Roanoke Friday at 8 PM in the Evangelical church parsonage Be By Smith officiated The couple were attended by Mr and Mrs Harold Hughes They left Saturday for Columbus Ohio on a wedding trip and will reside in the McFarren property on First Street Huntington Miss Brock is a stenographer at Schaff Bros piano factory and Mr Withrow works at Purvis Drug Store.
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Hazel Brock
Harry T. Brock
Mayne Street
Huntington
Eldon D. Withrow
Roanoke
Evangelical Church
Hungington
Smith
Harold Hughes
Columbus
Ohio
Schaff Bros. Piano Factory
Withrow
Purvis Drug Store
Dynamite Loot Recovered Near Little River Bank
Two fifty pound boxes of forty percent dynamite stolen from the N. W. Nelson powder house east of Huntington were recovered Monday by Cheff of Police Philip Baker and Sheriff W. S. Payne. The boxes were found near the Little River bank by O. H. Bowers on Sunday and match explosives missing from the Nelson plant weeks earlier.
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N. W. Nelson Company
Liuntington
Philip Baker
W. S. Payne
Little River
Bowerstown
O. H. Bowers
Nelson Company
First Roanoke Community Band Concert Opens Season
The Roanoke Community Band played its first concert of the season on Wednesday evening to an enthusiastic crowd. About fifty boys participated as the band, newly organized, delivered an exceptionally good program. The next concert is scheduled for next Wednesday evening.
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Roanoke’ Community Band
Roanoke to Get New Garage From Fred Sonner
Fred Sonner, now operating a Gobelsville garage, will open a Roanoke facility Monday in the building formerly occupied by Hartley Bros on North Main Street. He brings years of auto mechanic experience from Huntington and plans to offer his services in Roanoke.
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Fred Sonner
Hartley Bros
North Main Street
Mr. Sonners
Gobelsville
Roanoke
Huntington
Coe Family Weekend Visit to Battle Creek Michigan
Mr and Mrs Chester Coe and their child arrived by car in Battle Creek Michigan on Saturday to spend the week end with Mrs Coe s sister Mrs Clarence Prolo and her family.
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Chester Coe
Battle Creek Michigan
Prisoners Freed After Shantung Bandit Hostage Crisis
On May 6 Shanghai express wreck victims held by Shantung bandits were released. At 6 p m on June 12 the last batch of eight captives, including four Americans, regained freedom after over a month in captivity.
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Shanghai
Shantung Bandits
United Brothern Church Services and Study Plan
The United Brothern Church schedules Sunday School at 9 15 led by N L High lands as superintendent. The 10 30 worship theme is The Grace of Endurance and the 7 30 service Great Things for God. Prayer service and choir rehearsal Thursday evening led by Pastor G F Byrer.
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L Highlands
Esther
G. F Byrer
Methodist Church Wedding Month Note
A brief church notice invites couples to dedicate two months to weddings with vows to Christ and the church. Also lists Sunday school, morning worship with sermon, Epworth League activities, Children’s Day program, prayer meeting on Thursday, junior league events, and Saturday activities.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Christ
Een Esemwan
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