Princeton Social Circles Dinner Party at Roseway
A large Princeton dinner party at Roseway hosted by Mr. and Mrs. G. KE. Hilsheimer drew numerous relatives and friends from Bluefield Cape Charles and Oklahoma City among others. Attendees included the Thorntons Hines Holloway and Johnson families plus local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roseway
G. KE. Hilsheimer
R. E. Thornton
J. M. Hines
Bluefield
W. G. Holloway
Isadora Thornton
Pe Charles
T. 8. Johnson
Oklahoma City
J. T. Thornton
Rinard
C. W. Thornton
Samuel Thornton
Mercer Coming Fast In Agricultural Way
Mercer is rapidly growing as a truck farming area with diverse produce at the curb market. Sprayed apples fetch higher sales while unsprayed fruit lingers, signaling modern farming methods spreading through Mercer County as a sign of thriving agriculture. For Rent furnished home best location Box 17 Daily Telegraph Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Mercer County
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
County Court Orders Bond Refunding for $300,000
Mercer county court at a special session directs the sheriff to fund outstanding county road bonds worth about 300000 using available sinking funds. The ruling awaits the supreme court by September 8 return date. The statute allows refunding by counties and school districts without a public vote, deemed constitutional testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Charleston
Ors
Mercer
West Virginia
Law test of refunding statute questioned this September
The state tax commissioner seeks to test a refunding statute before bond issues. The September 8 date will reveal if the legislature’s intent to pass the refunding law is constitutional.
Revival at Church of God Princeton Begins Sunday
A three Sunday revival starts Sunday at the Church of God at Stra ley avenue and Seventh street with services 11 a m and 7 45 p m on Sundays and 7 45 p m weekdays. Evangelist Rev W Rimmer from Indianapolis will preach. Rev C H Phipps presides at Presbyterian services. Rev Martin D Hopkins of China will speak at morning and evening worships. Christian Endeavor meets at 7 p m with 8 pm Bible and prayer service Wednesdays. An Episcopal service is led by Rev J Eimund Thompson at the Heavenly Mercer street church opposite Mercer street school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
Straley Avenue
Seventh Street
W. Rimmer
Indianapolis
Ind
M. P. Rimmer
Rimmer
States
Canada
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Heavenly
Mercer Street
J. Eimund Thompson
Glenwood Park
James L. Jackson
Princeton Presbyterian Church
Jackson
Park
Woman credited with improved health after Pinkham’s remedy
Mrs. Mary Benedict of Kewanee Illinois says Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured chronic ill health after marriage. She reports headaches, back and side pain, fatigue and irregularities vanished after using the remedy and Sanative Wash. She now runs her house and encourages others to use the medicines, noting she had two healthy daughters since starting the treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kewanee
Ilinois
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E Pinkham
Mary R. Benedict
Payson St
Kewanee, Ill
Sunday church schedule and events for First Baptist
The notice lists morning prayer and sermon at 11 a.m. and evening service at 8 p.m. with several activities including Sewing Circle, G. F. S&S candidates group, Girls' Friendly Branch, choirs, and orchestra rehearsals. It invites all to attend, bring a man, and join the congregation for songs and sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity
Ingyer
5. P. Kennedy
College Avenue
G. L. Todd
Circle Street
First Baptist
Sergie B. Ogle
Hartley Sanders
Berlenbach Declared Fit for September Title Bout
Promoters of the Paul Berlenbach Jack Delaney light heavyweight championship were ordered to proceed after Berlenbach's hands were found fit. The examination by a Fork stay tied to the New York athletic commission confirmed fitness, allowing the September 11 Yankee Stadium bout to go forward after the August 20 postponement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul Berlenbach
Jack Delaney
Yankee Stadium
Berlenbach
New York Star Athletic Commission
Mike McTigue
Sleepiest Japanese Women Say Study Cites Undersleep
Tokyo reports Dr Kayahara Kazan asserts Japanese women are the sleepiest female group due to chronic undersleep. He notes many are seen sleeping or feigning sleep on trains and ships as they rise early and stay up late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Kayahara Kazan
Kazan
Notice to creditors of Wm. B. Lusk deceased
Creditors of Wm. B. Lusk must present all claims against the estate to Commissioner A. M. Sutton in Princeton West Virginia by September 19 1925. The notice is dated August 1925 and requires adjudication of claims at his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. B. Lusk
Princeton
West Virginia
A. M. Sutton
Mrs Cooper Hewitt Receives Legion of Honor Honor
Mrs Peter Cooper Hewitt formerly Miss Lacy Work is named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by the French government in recognition of her valuable services as secretary of the Phare de France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Miss Lacy Work
Legion of Honor
Phare de France
Sleep deprivation blamed for illness in Kazan account
A Japanese woman’s pallor is attributed to lingering fatigue as she waits for him until midnight and beyond. She follows an hour or two later. The narrative links the woman’s low vitality to the prolonged sleepless wait observed by Kazan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kazan
Mystery Cures From Animals Reported By Doctors
Philadelphia doctors probe animal world for cures. A turtle serum reportedly helps tuberculosis. Gila monster poison treats locomotor ataxia. Hornet sting poison used against viper bites. Ants provide formic acid as a stimulant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philade
Animal World
A Woman's Faith at the Virgil Tonight
Alma Rieubens and Percy Marmont star in Kelland tale shown at the Virgil. Mountaineer style Tennessee setting with Trebie Company bringing scenes to life. The film runs today at 2 40 with a Saturday matinee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Buddington Kelland
Virgil
Alma Rieubens
Percy Marmont
Tianessee
Trebie Company
Thi Steen Miles
Teavetwe
Price Change Notice for Oakwood Cemetery Plots
The Princeton Cemetery Association announces plots in Oakwood Cemetery will rise from 50 to 100 after September 1. Until September 1 the price remains 50. Unpaid buyers must pay by September 1, 1925 or the plots, or remaining portions if graves exist, will be sold. J. and Chambers, Manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Cemetery Association
Oakwood Cemetery
Cemetery Association
J. &. Chambers
Appointment of Ernest D. Fizer as administrator in estate case
A county court order named Ernest D. Fizer administrator of the estate of Geseen W. Fiser deceased with a 2000 dollar bond. Other items note continuances in civil actions, upcoming divorce witness summons, and local weather and community incidents. A large bonus was paid to Brotherhood of Firemen and Engineers members, with services planned at Glenwood Park, and local sale notices and advertisements follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest D. Fizer
Geseen W. Fiser
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
C. D. Hopkins
Cleveland
B. L. Lafoon
Deepwater
Norfolk
Detroit
Life Saved by Scout Training in Welch Area
A 15 year old, Robert Murphy, rescued his 11 year old brother William from drowning in a 70 foot hole at Jenkin Jones. The rescue, aided by his Boy Scout training, showed the value of trained youth and was witnessed by neighbors who had doubted the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Maurice Murphy
William
C. E. Roberts
Jenkin Jones
William Raymond Murphy
Murphy
Robert Murphy
C. A. Murphy
Welch Briefs From Welch County Clerk and Local News
Marriage licenses issued include William Anderson and Ida Boyd in Wilcoe, Davis Turner and Catherine Martin in Roderfield, and Reuben Christian and Elvie Winston in English. Harry Klein and wife plan Florida home, staying with daughter May Klein Brown. Squire Hufford enlarges magistrate office to seat 200. George Stowe hurt at Cherokee Coal and Coke Co plant but reported improving. Mrs. Turner reports Welch to Martinsburg convention success. Gail Dudgeon and A Early head to Atlantic City. Sgt Joseph Cigich of Kansas City speaks seven languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Anderson
Ida Boyd
Wilcoe
Davis Turner
Catherine Martin
Roderfield
Reuben Christian
Elvie Winston
Harry Klein
Baltimore
Klein
Welch
Kleins
Florida
Lazarus Brown
May Klein
J. C. Turner
American Legion Auxiliary
McDowell County
Martinsburg
Gail Dudgeon
A. Early
Auxiliary
Atlantic City
Welch Rotary Club Holds Pleasant Banquet After Contest
The Welch Rotary Club held a friendly banquest where the Blue team defeated the Reds in a hard fought contest. L E Woods former club president and a Blues winner praised the attendees and noted the treat was well deserved. Arthur Coy Cleveland Ohio Rotarian entertained with humor and stories and A E Jennings led a lively Rotary band which is rapidly becoming Welch’s top musical group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch Rotary Club
L. E. Woods
Woods
Arthur Coy
D. J. F. Strother
Coy
Rotary Club
Cleveland
Ohio
Rotary
A. E. Jennings
Welch
Mrs Goodman to Visit Christiansburg for Month
Mrs Julius Goodman of Woodlawn Court Apartments will leave this morning for her parents home in Christiansburg Virginia where she will spend a month. Mrs Chester Harmon and Miss Jimmie Ballard returned yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill, Custis
Alice Toy
Bramwell
Tom Lentz
Nell Campbell
Lorain
Ohio
A. J. Grigaby
Nashville
H. B. Barber
Park Avenue
R. K. Simpson
Betty Jane
H. G. Simopson
Mahood Avenue
Pocahontas
Bessie
Canada
R. H. Yates
Charleston
City
Yates
Virginian Hotel
Frances Karnes
W. E. Whitt
Straley’ Avenue
Ebert Ballard
Glenna
T. S. Johnson
Oklahoma City
Princeton
Bluefield
R. O. Secrest
EB. K. Ketron
Walnut Street
Virginia Woolfolk
Detroit
R. C. Dangerfield
Craig Healing Springs
Yellowstone National Park
Jennie B. Payne
Bernice
Peace Springs
Ben Roller
Mountain Lake
Floyd Waldron
Jane
McGinnis Hatfield
N. R. Hicks
Keystone
Sam Hermanson
Billy Williams
Welch
Thomas I. Nolan
Motor Sales Company
Packard
Col
Harry Bank
Kimball
Robert L. Page
Berwind
J. W. Baldwin
Charles Boone Houston
Margaret
Champ Clark
Sam Solins
Skipper Lytton
Falls Mills
James H. Barker
Gary National Bank
James Zingle
Sam Polon
Cincinnati
Charles B. Houston
Isadore Katzan
Louis Goldstein
Graham Sale
Williamson
Huntington
Logan
Dora Hermanson
New York
W. R. Keyser
Welch Daily News
Wheeling
Conotton
Julius Goodman
Woodlawn Court Apartments
Christiansburg
Chester Harmon
Medicine Show Run Afoul in Davy By frisky youths and a chained monkey
In Davy the traveling medicine man Rajah faced disruption when local boys Bill Parks Ed Smith and Fred Hubbard allegedly taunted his show with snakes and a chained monkey. They sparked a disturbance, were fined five dollars and costs, and Deputy Sheriff Thomas Morgan dropped later charges after the trio fled court smiling. The piece also notes a Welch Drug Company fountain installation by Bert Downs to improve service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rajah
Davy
Bill Parks
Ed Smith
Fred Hubbard
Boys
Thomas Morgan
Squire A. C. Hufford
Fach
Morgan
Welch Drug Company Opens With New Look
Welch Drug Company opens today with an entirely new appearance. The store ranks as one of the oldest in the county yet showcases the latest equipment including dustproof cigar and tobacco cases, a distinctive candy case at the entrance, and a top modern soda fountain, among other updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liquid Fountain Company
Bert Downs
Welch Drug Company
West Virginia
Negro charged with murder held in McDowell Jail
John Casey Davis, a Negro, is locked up in McDowell county jail by Deputy HJ Rutledge on a murder charge. The victim, Walter Miller, a Negro, was shot dead on July 20, 1924, after Davis reportedly aimed at Dave Wallington. Miller intervened and was fatally wounded. Davis, who had eluded officers for a year, was arrested in Cleveland, Ohio, and brought back. no bond is set at present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Casey Davis
McDowell County
Eer
H. Jutledge
Anawalt
Walter Miller
Davis
Cleveland
Ohio
Rutit
Miller
Peer Davis
Dave Wallington
Ington
Wallin Empree
Wallington
Criminal Court
Miner Oscar Hensley Dies After Coal Fall At McDowell
Oscar Hensley twenty nine a miner for Arlington Coal Company at McDowell died at Grace Hospital after a fall of coal in the mine. He was crushed beneath the load and died at 10 30 p m. Local doctors said ruptured intestines required removal of a large portion of bowel in vain attempts to save him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Hensley
Arlington Coal Company
McDowell
Grace Hospital
Hensley
Life News From City as Father Arrives
Word reached his father that he may arrive in the city today to join the family in a time of news about a local life event, with authorities awaiting further word and the public urged to remain tuned for updates.
Football Weather Spreads Across the Midwest
Chicago reports a cool snap with late fifties to sixties and showers while New York falls from 84 to 57. Oklahoma sees a freak snowburst and White River Ontario notes a freeze near zero. Kansas cooled from 106 to 61 as Chicago nears 60. The MacMillan North Pole expedition notes early Arctic winter signs as football lingers a few weeks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Middle West
East
Oklahoma
White River
Ontario
MacMillan North Pole
Arctic
New York
Kansas
Mercury
Strasbourg Woman Sentenced to Guillotine for Husband Poisoning
A woman from Strasburg was condemned to die by guillotine for poisoning her husband. Her young lover, who she claimed urged the crime, received a twenty year prison term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Strasburg
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J. K. Ball
F. H. Knode
Maci] Walker
Ocean View
Virginia Beach
Helen Bowling
Honaker Avenue
Erma Riner
Stra& Mahood
Bank of Princeton
Thornton Brothers
Frank
Ray, King
Fred
Edward
Harry
A. G. Hoff
R. D. Karnes
Lentz
Isidora Thornton
Cape Charles
W. P. Liam
Paulette
Erwin
Tenn
State Home
Memorial Hospital
R. M Yaego
Staunton
MME. Savver
W. VA
Woolworth’s
the Collection Service CO
Sir Mercer Sr
Princeton, W. V
Princeton Churches
Lydia E.pinkham
H. C. Baugh
R. E B. Lazenby
Dollie Tabor
City of
Herndon
B. W. Bird
Harrison Street
Stove Wood
Phone 42
Pioneer Coal Co
Daily News Review
Boy Scout
Welch Briefs
Squire A. ©. Hufford
George Stowe
Cherokee Coal and Coke Company
Ashland
Stowe
Stone
Joseph Cigich
Kansas City
Alabambra
S. V. Hyman
Graham SA Sales
Medicine Man
Middles West
Welch Drug CO
West VA
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