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Newspaper
Salem Times Register
Location
Salem, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1903
Page
3
A shopper urges careful grocery selection stressing cheapest isn’t best. The ad touts best brands, large market buying, fresh wholesome stock, full staple and fancy groceries, flour and hay with guaranteed satisfaction or money back.
Bluefield visitors include Mr Wheeler Hurt and Mrs Rosalynd Evans while Miss L M Hickok and Miss Annie Koster stay with local families. The Methodist church plans improvements. Local business and sports items, court duties, and a call for Victor Liger Syrup are also noted in this community roundup.
Mr. G. P. Roller proprietor of The Crawford hotel married Miss Katie Reid of Luray in the Methodist church at Luray performed by Rev. W. H. H. Joyce. The bride wore white silk and lace, carried a bouquet, and the couple toured the East before a Salem reception with a serenade from the Salem band.
DeWitt announces Little Early Risers pills famed as a quick relief remedy. The ad highlights a brand trusted by households for prompt digestive and stomach comfort.
The session closed with three graduates all young ladies at Town Hall. Miss Mattie V. Cronk read an essay on A Retrospect in Southern Poetry, Miss Margaret J Frantz spoke on The Garden of the Heart, valedictorian Miss Berta M Reynolds praised the school and teachers. Medals awarded by Rev J O Knott and Dr Robert Frazer of the Southern Education Board accompanied the event.
Mr N Floyd Featherston presents a two part program of musical and humorous entertainment at 8 o clock in the Town Hall with banjo glass bells imitations and impersonations. The engagement is endorsed by The Washington Post and tickets cost 25 cents for adults 15 cents for children.
D. B. Strouse announces Mr J R OC Brown will deliver a series of Sabbath lectures at 3 20 PM based on Moody Bible Institute teachings from Chicago. The course aims to benefit teachers of the Bible and all who can attend are urged to hear and be instructed.
Hollins Institute ladies gather at Dr. Charles L. Cocke’s grave for the anniversary of his death. Faculty and students sing his favorites, offer a prayer, read verses, and lay flowers at the hilltop burial site.
Roanoke College announces the graduating class will appoint speakers for Commencement Day in June. Virgil Greiner Copenhauer from Adwell and Wan will discuss Utilitarian Trend of Education. Kinsio Kimm of Seoul Korea talks on Russia in the Far East. Herman Paul Mann of Cumberland Md speaks on Organization of Social Forces. Littell Gwinn McClung of Salem Va presents The Louisiana Purchase. Erre Hogan Crear of Coal Mo covers Co operation in Church Activity.
Governor Montague will be joined by Colonel Alexander K. McClure and President Charles W. Dabney to address commencements on June ith. The Roanoke College faculty enhances the week’s programme announced earlier.
Roanoke College awards another Bachelor of Arts to Korean student Kiume Kimm, the second from Korea to earn the degree anywhere. The first was Kiu Beung Burb who received his A. H. in 1895. Kimm is an accomplished speaker who won a declamation prize, and Korean minister Min Hui Cho is expected to attend Commencement.
The Semi Centennial committee at Roanoke College names sub committees for arrangements. R W Kime chairs. entertainment led by Frank H Chalmers with C B Cannaday as secretary. Moffett heads finance and Ambler decorations. reception committee to be formed. Graduation class to handle illumination on an extended scale.
A one fare round trip is set for the Semi Centennial Celebration and Commencement at Roanoke College June 7 to 11. Valid on the Norfolk and Western lines and other railroads across Virginia West Virginia Maryland and North Carolina. Tickets are iron clad signature form and usable both directions with sale June 5 through 10 from Virginia and Washington and June 5 through 8 from other points. Final date June 15. Passengers should notify agents in advance to ensure hand on tickets. Regular summer excursion tickets to Salem available June 1 to October List from many points.
The Salem Graded and High School awarded First Distinctions for averages 95 to 100 percent to a large list of students across classes from First to Fourth Primary and Grammar grades. A second group earned Second Distinctions for averages 90 to 95 percent, including numerous names across all grades.
The Friends of the Botetourt Monument Association will host an event at the Y M C A Hall in Roanoke on Wednesday May 20 with Miss Neeley of Norfolk performing recitations and other attractions.
Capt. Adam Given sold his farm in Union district near that county seat and plans to relocate with his family to Salem Virginia. He recently bought a Broad street residence from D. G. Armstrong, owned by J. Q. Baer, paying 4000 dollars in cash. The Mooroe Watchman notes the county will lose little, while Salem welcomes him as a useful citizen.
A note thanks friends of all races for support after a death in the family. An ad promotes Longman and Martinez Pure Paints with claims of 27 years service, large sales, guaranteed repaint if unsatisfied, and low cost about 1 25 per gallon, sold by O D Oakey Salem Va and J E Worriill Medley Va.
E M Fitzgerald announces the sale of his entire stock of books and stationery to Hubard and Logan and urges all debtors to settle accounts at their store promptly. He asks due payments now and not to wait for a second notice.
Central Committee reports numerous donations toward Roanoke College building land. Contributors include Dr. A A Cannaday New Roanoke Rev C A Marka Richmond Rev GC Armand Miller New York City Rev R C Hollar Charlottes Sal Rev Edward W 4 Pittsburg Col Geo Cabell Jr Danville Rev Paul Seig Wytheville Rev P H Miller Wesminster Md Geo D Brown Corinth Floyd B Brown Enochville H S Bales Rural Retreat Rev W P Huddle Madison C G White Rock J C Ballentine etc with amounts from 25 to 100 dollars and a prior listitem from Frank H Chalmers Salem
The Town Council committees and local groups oversee repairs to the aging Salem Town Hall amid debate over selling the building or tearing it down. The Times-Beetwen urges a modern, progressive replacement on the same site to provide a respectable public hall for the town in Virginia.
A letter from W. DeVoe & Co of New York argues that Devoe Lead and Zinc is pure and cheaper per value than adulterated mixed paints. It claims adulterants reduce quality and volume, increasing total painting costs and labor.
A catalog of varied literary works and authors including The Firebrand by 8 R Crockett The Stickit Ministers Wooing by S R Cockett A House Party by Paul Leicester Ford By Bread Alone by I K Friedman and more. The list spans novels poetry and essays with authors such as Margaret L Woods Anna Katherine Green Edwin Asa Dix and Paul Lawrence Dunbar among others.
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