Diverse Local Ads Echo Coal and Goods Trade
Short items show coal price deals from Pocahontas and Genine Haven Red Ash with guarantees, plus Bluefield firms offering services from ice storage to furniture and grocery sales. Notices cover voting registration, overdue library books, and a public meeting for Voyageurs Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genine Haven
Citizens Coal & Supply Co
Pocahontas R. O. M
Glen Alan Egg
Bluefield Ice & Cold Storage Co
Beaver High School Gym Stunts Exhibition Planned
Beaver High School gym classes present their annual exhibition across Mercer Street bridge at the Boys Club Gymnasium supervised by M. L. Smith and Miss Georgia Willis. The two night event runs Friday and Saturday at eight with medals and letters awarded Saturday.
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Beaver High School
Boys’ Club
Mercer Street Bridge
M. L. Smith
Georgia Willis
Real estate deal of importance seals sale of Turk store building
The building at the northeast corner of Bland street and Mc Culloch avenue, formerly the McCulloch building and occupied by J. B. Turk of The Reliable Store, was sold to M. E. Sameth. Price not announced. Plans include improvements and remodeling in a prime business location.
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J. 5. Turk
Reliable
McCulloch
M. BE. Sameth
Bland Street
McCulloch Avenue
Thomas Gill laid to rest in Coeburn Cemetery
Thomas Gill of St. Paul Virginia died April 16 at age eighty six after eight years as a cripple. Survived by wife and two children Luther Holbrook and Frazier Gill. three brothers Robert Mack and George Gill and two sisters Jennie King and Julia Nicewan der. Funeral at home April 17 conducted by Rev Belcher under Odd Fellows and Red Men auspices. Interment in Coeburn Virginia.
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Thomas Gill
Jennie King
Julia Nicewander
Bluefield
St. Paul
Luther Holbrook
Dante
Frazier Gill
Robert
Mack
George Gill
Montcalm
Mr. Belcher
Odd Pellows
Red Men
Coeburn
News of Colored Folk SOPHRONIA'S WEDDING
A comedy in three acts will be presented at Jones Street Christian church Thursday at eight o'clock. The N and W band will provide music. Refreshments served. Admission adults ten cents, children five. Citizens at large are invited.
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Sophronia
Jones Street
W. Bang
Madam Worden Madam Worden Hand Reading Card Ad
An old style ad promises palm readings by Madam Worden noting she can reveal past present and future. It claims confidentiality, satisfaction or money back, and asks readers to bring the card and one dollar for a full reading.
Virginian Norfolk and Western lease debated in rail consolidation study
The note discusses Prof Ripley’s consolidation ideas linking the Virginian with Norfolk and Western and other lines to create a western coal outlet. It notes existing Matoaka connections, critiques the plan as factually shaky, and explains the commission’s approach to evaluating public interest and potential efficiency gains.
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Norfolk and Western
Ripley
Toledo
Ohio
Virginian
Matoaka
W. Va
Commission
Professor Ripley
Commission Ons
Central Pacific
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
New York Central
Baltimore and
Nickel Plate
Real estate transfers filed in county clerk's office
Transfers listed include G W Mills to L H Akers for 2.60 acres near Matoaka at 600. T O J Wilson to L A Leffel lot 6 section 62 Bluefield at 2750. Oliver to Stevenson lots 1 and 2 section 234 Bluefield at 10. Bird to Stevenson and wife lot 47 section 886 Bluefield at 10. Craft to John Lowry lot 6 part lot 5 section 504 Bluefield at 1250. Kimble to J D Harvey lot in Bee Addition Princeton at 1. Davis to Carr lot 8 section 895 Bluefield at 3000. Richardson trustee to Bluefield Produce and Provision Co lot on Powhatan Bluefield at 500. Real estate transfers listed for Tuesday include Compton to Coen lot 3 section 868 Bluefield at 5500. Reynolds to Josie Simmons 2.58 acres Widemouth at 1. Ireson to L Coen lot 10 section 864 Bluefield at 6500. Johnston to Wilson lot 6 section 62 Bluefield at 5. Tabor to W P Tabor et al lot 1 section 7 Grahinfeld Bluefield at 100.
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Office For Recordation
G. W. Mills
L. H. Akers
Matoaka
T. O'J. Wilson Et al
L. A. Leffel
Bluefield
KE. T. Oliver
J. A. Stevenson
R. P. Bird
J. T. Craft
John Lowry
J. A. Kimble
J. D. Harvey
Bee
Princeton
Joseph G. Davis
Robert R. Carr
George Richardson
Bluefield Produce and Provision Company
Powhatan Street
County Court Clerks Office
Compton
G. P. Coen
W. 8. Reynolds
Josie Simmons
Widemouth
William W. Ireson
J. L. Coen
W. H. Johnston
T. O'J. Wilson
B. W. Tabor
W. P. Tabor
City of Norfolk May Oppose Virginian Lease
Norfolk and Western seeks Virginian Railroad lease with Interstate Commerce Commission review. City council and port commission to meet jointly as the state corpora tion commission already opposes mergers seen as harming Hampton Roads. Stockholders meetings set for May 2 and May 23 to consider and likely ratify the proposal.
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Norfolk, Va
Virginian Railroad
Norroad
Norfolk and Western
Wright
Interstate Commerce Commission
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Hampton Roads
Hels ‘Tyler
City Port Commission
Roanoke
Greatest Institution in Bluefield Is Home Say Knickerbocker
In a Bland Street Methodist Church sermon Knickerbocker praised the Bluefield Daily Telegraph as a community asset and urged that the home is the town’s greatest institution. He delivered ten commandments for mothers and warned against neglect of home life, church, and family.
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Bland Street Methodist Church
Knickerbocker
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Appalachian Power Company
Thornton-Laird’s
Jim Brown
Dr. Knickerbocker
Hamilton Hall
Bluefield
Knickerbocker Sermon Draws Packed Bland Street Church
Dr Knickerbocker used wit and pathos to draw a full crowd at Bland Street Methodist last night. He urged stinginess until fifty and pledged a dollar if the offering reached forty, quipping about wives and blessings from the Lord.
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Knickerbocker
Bland Street Methodist Church
Brother
Solomon
Paradise
Personal testimony for Dr. Pierce remedies from Irvin Johnson
Irvin Johnson of Huntington West Virginia recounts decades of selling Dr. Pierce family medicines. He endorses the Golden Medical Discovery after using six bottles to restore vitality, improve digestion, and renew energy, urging readers to seek free medical advice from Dr. Pierce, president of the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York.
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Irvin Johnson
Huntington
W. Va
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
12Th Ave
President Invalids
Buffalo, N. Y
Los Angeles Stays At Hamilton Overnight
The dirigible Los Angeles will remain at Hamilton Bermuda overnight and not return to Lakehurst as winds ease. it arrived this morning from Lakehurst and moored to the tender Patoka. Commander reports the ship lying at Patoka’s mast in a northwest wind about 35 mph likely to diminish and shift by sunset.
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Washington
Los Angeles
Navy Department
Hamilton
Bermuda
Lakehurs
Lakehurst
Patoaka Mast
Chesapeake and Ohio exercises option to buy Shelby Valley line
Huntington reports the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway will acquire the 41 mile Shelby Valley and Elkhorn Railroad from Consoliation Coal Company and integrate it into its Big Sandy division in Eastern Kentucky. The line previously loaded 75 to 100 coal cars daily.
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Elkhorn
Shelby Valley
Big Sandy
Kentucky
Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Shelby Valley and Elkhorn Railroad
Garrett B. Wall
Chesapeake and Ohio
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Shelby Valley and Elkhorn
Consolidation Coal Company
Shelby, Ky
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Jenkins
Baltimore and Ohio Company
Caterpillar Seeds Shrub Germinates in Its Head
Wellington scientists in New Zealand discover a caterpillar whose head hosts a small shrub seedling, raising curiosity about unusual plant insect interactions.
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Wellington
N. Z
New Zealand
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Daily Telegraph
Ane Street Coal Company
Devenetis
Kaffel Furniture Co
Bland St
Brookfield
Clyde C. Sarver
College Ave
Giuefeld
Bristol
Cadillac
Do. J. Pedigo
Board of Education
Law and Commerce Building
Burroughs
Bluefield Awning & Furnace Company
All Isens
Altamont
N. Y
Jas. G. Litz, Agt
Sulie
Commercial Bank
P. D
Nixon
North Side
the Joyce Co., Jewelers Hotel
West Virginian Bidg
Rogers ST
J. B. Eades
Osteopathic
West Virginia
Underwood
Ompany Blueheld
W. Y
Rusco
Bluefield Welding Company
Commerce
Mercer Funeral Home
Harry L. Greenspon
Bradmann
Hall Radio Supply Co
Bradmann Building
R. L. Morris
WM. H. Carr
Abrams
Coal & Coke
Res
Boy Scouts
O. C. Phelps
Bluefront Cash & Tote
Princeton Avenue
Giles Street
Blue Front Cash & Tote
Twin City Coal Company
Bluefield Sea Food Co
Raleigh Street
Moose
W. G. Peck
Matt
Coeburn Cemetery
Madam Worden
Glenwood Park
Princeton Road
City OF
Norfolk
Rom
Bellas
Fackson-Benderson Co
Bivefeia
N. E. Rierson
A. F. Tinsley
Federal ST. Bluefield
Exclusive Manufacturing Jeweler
Goodykoontz Drug Co
Three Good Drug Stores
Klenzo
East End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
Bluefield Ava
Fairview Pharmacy
Bland and
South Streets
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