Princeton Assessed Valuation Rise Ties to Mercer County Tax
The Board of Equalization and Review added about one million dollars to Mercer County property values led by mining districts. City values in Princeton and Bluefield also rose but were offset by reductions elsewhere. Mercer County may see about 42 million dollars in taxable property for the 1920 tax levy. Criminal Court hearings continue with the state versus J D Warren as both sides present two hours of argument. a jury decision is anticipated soon. The Bluestone Lumber Company begins laying off a large lumber yard west of the macadam road near the Princeton Brick Company plant.
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Board of Equalization and Review
Bluefield
Mercer
Criminal Court
J. D. Warren
Bluestone Lumber Company
Princeton Brick Company
Infrastructure notes and community updates from Princeton
Siding extensions for Brown Bros. Lumber connect to the city rail line while Episcopal Church renovations progress toward September completion. Protracted tent meetings with Rev. Lykens run nightly on Straley avenue and Seventh street, and Center Street to be paved with concrete, promising notable improvements. Court schedule adjusts around August 10 convention, Crumpecker & Bay near finishing on Main Street, with plans for a restaurant and barber/pool room. Social events honor visitors Misses Virginia Wiggins and Mae Coen. dry weather worries farmers. Sunday services planned citywide. Notables John F. Gore, former Sheriff Lewis B. Farley, and Andrew Bowling noted among locals.
Indian Born During Independence Year at Laguna Mountains
Laguna Mountains California July 31 an elderly Digger Indian chief Womingo Jacinto observed a local Independence celebration with his daughter granddaughter and great grandson. Claimed to be born in 1776 making him older than ancient pines at the resort and he remains able to walk see and hear despite feebleness.
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Laguna Mountains
Cali
Womingo Jacinto
Lagune Mountains Resort
Imperial
San Diego Counties
Fables Rooted in Early Buddhist Moral Stories
An overview notes that fables derive from early Buddhist moral tales, shaping narrative devices, ethical lessons, and animal allegory. It traces how Buddhist Jatakas influenced later fable traditions and their use in teaching virtue across cultures.
Bluefield Public Library July Report
Bluefield Public Library annual July report shows total circulation 2846 with 106 average daily. New books 20 and new members 1 cuts bring total members to 3891. library houses 8280 volumes. The notes praise steady circulation and comfort, noting Sunday hours 2:50 to 5:30 p m. Telegraph Want Ads bring results.
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Bluefield Public Library
Crete
Widow Smuggler Madame Hartmann Sentenced in Lindau
The young widow of an Austrian officer, Madame Mella Hartmann, has been fined 50 000 marks and jailed one month in Lindau for smuggling. Authorities accuse her network of defrauding Berlin and Vienna officials of more than 3 million dollars via a staff in Constance using six cars two boats and other equipment.
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Geneva
Mella Hartmann
Lindau
Berlin
Vienna
Take Constance
State Dept Issues Over Twelve Hundred Teacher Credits
More than 1200 coupens of credit issued this year by the state department of schools to teachers. Eight hundred cover summer school room projects, and 100 each are for examinations and for boys and girls club work.
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State Department of Schools
Nurses Convene State Convention At Elkins
Elkins was chosen as the host for the West Virginia Graduate Nurses Association state convention set for September 1, 2 and 3, 1920. The event gathers nurses from across the state to discuss professional matters and standards.
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Elkins
West Virginia
Graduate Nurses’ Association
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Wm. M. Scholl
DR. Scholl
Mangus - Phillips Shoe CO
Virginia
Brown Bros. Lumber Company
Episcopal Church
Mr. Lykens
Straley Avenue
Seventh Street
Center Street
Princeton Hospital
Mercer County
Welch
Crumpecker & Bay
Main Street
Virginia Wiggins
Mae Coen
Winston-Salem
Bettie Mahood
Tocn
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John F. Gore
Coeburn
Lewis B. Farley
Baltimore
John Hopkins Hospital
Andrew Bowling
Green Valley
William H. Carr
Osteopath
James B. Eades
Osteopathic
Kelley & Meyer Burg
Bluefield, W. VA
Phillipine
Telegraph
Georgette
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