Local Business Notices and Classifieds Online
Mini ads show coal prices from Citizens Coal and Supply Co and Bluefield Ice Cold Storage. several rental offers including tea rooms and halls. sale of furniture items at Raffel Furniture Co.. a bond election voter notice. resignation and debt notice. and cabinetry and awning stock from Bluefield Awning & Furnace Co. Multiple local entities named including Bluefield, Pocahontas, and Glen Alun. Funding, dates, and prices span 1925 era city classifieds.
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Glen Alun
Fresh meat and country hams advertised by Han kle Grocery
A jumble of ads lists Han kle Grocery and Big City Meat Market promoting fresh meats and produce at 181 and 188 Bland Street. Wan-Cott Ginger Ale ads claim mineral water origins and stomach aid. Notices urge quiet in schools hospitals and motorist horn limits and street widening proposals on Tazewell and hring streets.
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Annie Brown
Beavers School
Big City Meat Market
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
C. J. Pedigo
Hankle Grocery
Big City
Tazewell
Hring
City Rd of Directors
Bringing Up Father sermons draw standing ovation at Bland Street
Dr Knickerbocker urged men to honor fathers and lead in the home, recounting a mother and daughter tale to emphasize duty. He recalled Henry W Grady and called for Christ centered homes and nation. A 10 AM service at Appalachian Power Co building then 10 30 AM church service with a 8 PM sermon on Bringing Up Mother.
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Bland Street Methodist Church
Dr. Knickerbocker
Maggie
Henry W. Grady
Georgia
Appalachian Power Company
Mother
Boomerang for M. P's London Rail Fare Tax
MPs who granted themselves free rail travel must pay income tax on salaries, exceeding rail fare costs. In Moultrie Georgia a judge ruled a man was right to spank his wife. That town will grow.
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M. P
London
Moultrie
Sanitary Sewer Accord Reached in City Planning
City directors reach agreement with W E Ross to extend the sanitary sewers through Frederick street extension plat. Ross pays 2100 dollars. city covers connection fees and related costs. Also approved Norfolk street sewer petition and land grant for Loudoun street widening.
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Frederick
W. E. Ross
City
W. E Ross
Frederick Street
Ross
Norfolk Street
Planning Commission
W. H. Hetherington
Loudoun Street
Ridley
J. H. Pearson
Olives
Federal Street
Kahleaved
Spring Grove
Jefferson Street
Retail Merchants Association
Bluefield
Commerce Street
Power Lines Were All Right Monday
Herbert Markle general manager of Appalachian Power Company denied reports that coal firms served by the company were forced to suspend loading Monday due to storm damage. He said all damaged lines were repaired and serviceable by Monday morning and any firm wishing to load could have done so.
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Appalachian Power Company
Herbert Markie
Daily Telegraph
Markle
School Bond Issue To Be Discussed By Chamber
A Bluefield Chamber of Commerce meeting Friday night will discuss the forthcoming school improvement bond issue. The West Virginian Hotel will host a thorough program with six committee chairs meeting with directors on Tuesday and the following Tuesday to report and suggest improvements. Two referendums from the United States Chamber of Commerce cover inheritance taxes and bank powers, with two special committees to study and advise the board. A committee will also meet with an Automobile Club group to discuss joint headquarters.
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Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
West Virginian
United States Chamber of Commerce
Automobile Club
N. and W. Lease the Virginian Railroad
The Norfolk and Western system plans to lease the Virginian Railroad to secure bunker and cargo coal from Norfolk and Western sources. They argue that combining operations will provide better service amid wartime coal overproduction and rising demand for export coal.
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Norfolk
United
Funeral notices and trial update from Princeton
The funeral service for Sarah Dangerfield of Princeton will be held this afternoon at her daughter's home, Mrs. Harry Karnes. L Hubert Burch, who died in Huntington, will have services at 2:30 pm in Athens Baptist church. The jury in the Price Joiner murder trial in Princeton was unable to reach a verdict and was locked over for the night pending further deliberations.
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Sarah Dangerfield
Princeton
Harry Karnes
L. Hubert Burch
Huntington
Baptist
Athens
Price Joiner
Walter Armstead
At Last Some Effective Wrinkle Remedy
An old homemade tarkroot and lemon paste promises quick wrinkle removal. Apply a spoonful, rest 15 minutes, wash off to reveal a smoother firmer face. Claims include reduced bagginess and youthful contour at a low cost by purchasing tarkroot.
Daily Telegraph Briefs From Princeton Missing Sections
This morning the Daily Telegraph publishes without its standard Princeton items as part of a brief newsroom variation. Readers see a condensed page with core news and features, skipping customary Princeton briefs for the edition.
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Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Flat Top Fuel Co Implements Summer Working Hours
Beginning May 1 the Flat Top Fuel Company will shift employee hours to 7 30 a m to 4 p m for the summer. The change aligns the Bluefield office with the New York office on daylight saving time, keeping both offices on the same daily schedule and allowing more daylight recreation after closing.
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Flat Top Fuel Company
Bluefield
New York
Flat Top Fuel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Citizens Coal & Supply Co
Ren
Board of Directors
Devenetts
Raffel Furniture Co
Bland St. Bone
Bristol
Cadillac
Economy House and Material Co
Board of Education
Law and Commerce Building
Bluefield Awning & Furnace Company
Altamont
N. Y
Jas. G. Lite, Agt
Commercial Bank
Nixon
North Side
the Joyce Co., Jewelers Hotel
West Virginian Bidg
Rogers S&t
DR. N. M. Counts
Honaker
Steve Bidg
Law and Commerce
J. B. Eades
Osteopathic
West Virginia
Bland St
Underwood
Biesheld, W. V
Rusco
Bluefield Welding Company
Commerce St
Mercer Funeral Home
Harry L. Greenspon
Bradmann Bidg
Hall Radio Supply Co
R. L. Morris
Bluefield, W. Va
Mportant
Philadelphia
Hankln Grocery
Bland Street Church
WM. H. Carr
Abrams
Coal & Coke
Res
Madam Worden
Glenwood Park
Elvefeld-Princeton Road
Ben Alle
Walter L
Chamber of Commerce
Virginian Railroad
Flat Top Fuel CO
Backsackson-Mhenderson Ceesan. Co
Federal Strea
A. F. Tinsley
Ameen
Roanoke
J. M. Harris & CO
Roanoke, Va
Beth
DR. I
Compton
Goodykoontz Drug Co
Three Good Drug Stores
East End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield Ava
Fairview Pharmacy
Bland and
South Streets
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