Mercer Coal and Local Notices From Bluefield Area
A mixed item list from Bluefield WV includes Mercer Coal with phone 844 and weight details, a rental ad for 412 Russell Street with September 1 occupancy, and a sale notice of personal property by Fervenal Property receiver of the Coal and Coke Company. Also mentions local deliveries by Haakla Grocery and various community notes and ads from 1925.
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Russell Street
Ramsey Street
Liam H. Thomas
Betico
Ee Company
Corporaton
Raleigh Street
Coal and Coke Building
Bluefield
Merver County
West Virginia
M. B. Pos- Uethwaite
North Carolina trip planned for Bluefield boosters
A large Bluefield booster party is set for September 25 26 with about twenty cars. The delegation will visit Bland Wytheville Hillsville and Mt Airy then attend the Made in Carolina exhibition in Charlotte and return via Asheville. The trip aims to showcase Bluefield as a live city and strengthen highway plans.
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North Carolina
Bluefield
Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanise Club
Pikin N. C
R. P. Johnson
Lakestoleride Highway Association
Bincheld
Nna
Floyd Lanebury
at @tendance
Macel
Bluecield
Winefiel
Bland
Wytheville
Hillsville
J. Airy
Mr. Airy
Charlotte Chamber of Merce
Carolina” Expositione Tn
Asheville
Mt Airy
Stratesville
Death comes suddenly to Mrs S A White near Wittens Mills
Mrs S A White died suddenly at her home near Wittens Mills on Tuesday morning at age sixty. She leaves husband and nine children. Born Miss Brown of Roanoke, she was well known in the southwest. Funeral arrangements not set. burial expected at the home.
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S. A. White
Wittens Mills
Miss Brown
Roanoke
Pig With Eight Feet Claims By L. C. Toler
Baileyville, Wyoming county resident L Toler claims a pig with eight feet that are well formed can outfight and outeat other pigs on his farm. The animal reportedly walks easily with feet branching from leg ends, drawing interest from visitors to the farm. In Hartford, Dr. Charles Frederick Chandler, renowned chemist, died at eighty eight after a decade of illness.
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L. Toler
Baileyville
Wyoming County
the Telegraph
Mc. Toler
Hardford
Conn
Charles Frederick Chandler
New York City
New Hartford
Two Die and Two Fighting for Life After Wreck
Kert and Mullens operated an automobile business in Grundy and served as Chrysler agents in the area. The crash occurred near Bluefield around night, leaving two dead and two badly injured.
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Kert and Mullens
Grundy
Chrysler
Bluefield
Hamlet in Twentieth Century Setting Delights London Audiences
London August 26 The Kingsway Theatre presented Hamlet set in modern times to a crowded house. Costumes reflected current fashions with bobbed hair and tailored attire while a cigarette sparked modernism in the graveyard scene. Deets Hardwicke gave a sympathetic performance as Hamlet, earning strong approval.
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London
Hamlet
Kingsway Theatre
Hardwicke
Dane
County 4 H Camp visit planned by local group
A Bluefield chamber group travels to the Four H camp between Princeton and Athens today. Morning assembly includes talks on the Four M's values and a demonstration on an African harp, followed by volleyball games led by Gus Eckberg and county farm agent Roberts.
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Princeton
Athens
Init Roberts
Gus Eckberg
West Virginia
Eekberg
Ben HA
Williams
J. P. Gills
Moffet McOue
C. I. Cheyney
B. Bias
Conrad Brevick
Brevick
Jackson's Mill
United States
Tiere
City Police Court Dockets Include Loitering Drunks and Fines
In a City Police Court session several cases were heard. Charles Winston was dismissed for loitering. Three intoxicated defendants were fined $25 each. Ernest Gaines could not pay and remained in jail. Henry Moore and Reese Johnson were fined $25 each for offenses. Stella Altizer and Hark Rader disputed, Stella charged with assault and fined $10. Irene was cleared. A. C. Davis faced reckless driving after striking Simon Turley. Turley escaped injury and Davis paid a $20 fine.
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Charles Winston
Ernest Gaines
Henry Moore
Reese Johnson
Stella Altizer
Harkrader
Stella
Irene
A. C. Davis
Simon Turley
Turley
Davis
Eleven Coal Cars Wrecked East of Bluefield Delays Eastbound Trains
Eleven coal cars piled up in a cut near Wills just east of Bluefield last evening, blocking the line and delaying through traffic for hours. Passenger trains Nos. 3 and 16 were detoured via Matoaka and Big Stony Junction. No injuries reported and the cause was not determined at a late hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wills
Bluefield
Matoaka
Big Stony Junction
Paving Main Street Matoaka Bid Lets Report
The state road commission in Charleston opened bids on eleven road projects including paving Main Street in Matoaka. Projects also cover Putnam county areas and towns Pendleton and Randolph have two projects each as part of a bond funded program set for June.
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State Road Commission
Charleston
Putnam County
Pendleton
Randolph
Matoaka
Izetta Jewell Brown to Tour the Orient
Kingwood West Virginia August 25 Mrs Isetta Jewell Brown a nationally known Democratic woman leader will leave next month on a trip to the Orient. She has engaged passage on the President Wilson and will sail from San Francisco September 19.
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Kingwood
W. Va
Isetta Jewell Brown
Wilson
San Francisco
Washington Shipping Board Reels in Lake Type Vessels
The report notes moves by the Shipping Board to assign lake type vessels, with references to officials including Daniel F. Steck and Horace J. Beonsllo in local roles. It mentions a halted retreat by McMillan amid an ongoing Senate recount and China's invitation to a Peking customs conference, along with an appointment in naval economic affairs.
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Shipping Board Board
McMmlan
Daniel F. Steck
Horace J. Beonsllo
United Tes
China
Peking
Kentucky
Two Good Talks Heard by Rotes at Radford Meeting
Charles Frazier reported on the inter city Radford gathering where Mose Moseley received a roving cup for best speech. Ruth Wetcalfe presided and selections were enjoyed as L Purret Bluefeld and M G Campbell of Welch visited.
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Charles Frazier
Radford
Mose Moseley
Charles
Ruth Wetcalfe
Weygold Bound Over After Church Talk Disruption
Frederick Weygold 55, artist of Louteville Kentucky, interrupted Dr. John Roach Stratton during a Calvary Baptist sermon on evolution, triggering a near riot. He was escorted out by police and released on a $300 bond to appear before a grand jury. Weygold later said the incident was a discussion on science, not worship.
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Louteville
Frederick Weygold
John Roach Stratton
Calvary Baptist Arch
New York
Stratton
Germany
Weyzold
Weygold
Eygold
Mrs. P. W. Strother Called To Her Reward
Mrs. Nannie Pendleton Strother aged about seventy, of Giles county, died Tuesday morning from infirmities. Funeral at Hill Top near Pearisburg this Friday at 2 PM, with ministers A D Rich, B E Hughes, and others assisting. Interment in Strother plot East Side cemetery. Survivors include sons Judge James French Strother of Welch and A P Strother of Roanoke, daughters Mrs Joe Barnes of Tazewell, Mrs I C Hale, Elizabeth Strother of Pearisburg, and Mrs J L Morris of Beach Bottom, Pa. Born in Giles, daughter of Albert G Pendleton, Virginia legislator and 1860-61 constitutional convention member. Married January 3, 1867, to P W Strother, who died in 1922.
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Nannie Pendleton
Giles County
Hill Top
Pearisburg
A. D. Rich
Christ Church Pearisburg
BE. W. Hughes
G. W. —— Yuastor
Se Church
Roller
Welch Episcopal Church
Strother
East Side
Pearlsburg
Southwest Virginia
James French Strother
Welch
A. P. Strother
Roanoke
Joe Barnes
Tazewell
I. C. Hale
Misa Elizabeth Strother
J. L. Morris
Beach Bottom
Sedi
Albert G. Pendleton
General Assembly of
Virginia
P. W. Strother
Pythian Knights and Sisters Gather in Fairmont
Fairmont West Virginia hosts the fifty sixth annual Knights of Pythias stand lodge convention and the twenty first annual session of the Pythian Sisters grand temple. Delegates from across the state arrive as officers convene for a joint two day program beginning tomorrow at 10 o clock.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Stand Lodge
Knights of Pythias of
West Virginia
Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters
Logan Officials Ordered to Leave After Injunction Served
Logan West Virginia August 25 United Mine Workers leaders and organizers were told to depart town by a chamber of commerce committee after notices of a perpetual injunction issued in 1923 by Circuit Judge Robert Keech Cannon. The restraining order targets the International Union United Mine Workers and all employees and officers of district 17 in Logan.
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Logan
W. Va
Robert Ceech Cannonniields van A. Dutzer
Party of
United Mine Workers
Chamber of Commerce
Logan Fields
Keeesey
Cass
Logan County
Trade Board
Bittner
International Organization United Mine Workers
District 17
Amity Traces Fade From New York Fight
Former Governor Wil Sulzer wrote to the mayor praising his administration as the Amity traces disappear from New York's political clash.
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New York
Wil Sulzer
Miss Catherine Minassian to Wed W A Clarke in Butte
Announcement at a tea in Butte, Montana, reveals Miss Catherine Minassian of New York will marry W A Clarke, son of W A Clark Jr and the late Senator Clark. Clarke is described as a Montana mining magnate and multi millionaire.
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Butte
Mont
Catherine Minassian
New York
W. A. Clark
Reindeer Hit by Foot and Mouth Disease in Sweden
An outbreak of hoof and mouth disease in northern Sweden strikes Tarna district reindeer of the Lapps. Authorities work to isolate the area to stop spread to other herds and farms.
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Stockholm
Lapps
Sweden
Tarna
End of U-20 Submarine Ends World War Drama
Copenhagen reports the German submarine U-20 was destroyed at Veliby beach West Jutland after surfacing and sinking the Lusitania on May 7 1915. Explosives nearly a ton were used by Danish authorities to blow the boat, ending a chapter in German U-boat aggression that drew the United States into the war.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Veliby
Jutland
Germany
United States
Conan
Comander
Effort to Bring Opposing Sides Together Fails
A UK citizens committee plans to push for a joint conference in Wilkes Barre at 3 p.m. to broker a deal between mine owners and workers amid a year of high coal profits and industry suspensions.
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Lewis
Glen Alden Coal Company
Scranton
Inglis
Well Street
Delaware Company
Governor Pinchot
Hudson Coal Company
Coal Department of the
Delaware and Hudson Company
Lewis Sai
United States Coal Commission
Mr. Lewis
Citizens Committee
Wilkesbarre
Real estate transfer records show Archer to Archer deed
A deed filed yesterday records John Archer and wife conveying 30.4 acres in Rich Creek to Dave Archer for $500. The county court clerk's office documented the transfer for the real estate file.
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John Archer
Dave Archer
Rich Creek
Gasoline Prices Fall Across Several States
Gasoline prices drop across Atlantic states and Midwest as major refiners cut rates. Standard Oil initiates a half cent cut in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Gulf Refining and Sinclair follow with three cent wagon cuts in New Jersey and Maryland. Upstate cities see sixteen to eighteen cents. Pacific Coast imports cited as influence. Imperial Oil trims imperial gallon from 28 to 27 cents.
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New York
New Jersey
Sallon
Gulf Refining Pompais
Sinclar Oland
Maryland
West Virgin
North and
Carolina
District of
Standard Oil
New York City
Yonkers
Long Island
Tidewater Oil Sales Corporation
Gulf Refining Company
Upstate
New England
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Atlantic Refining Company
Midwest
Indiana
Sinclair Corporation
Pacific Coast
Canada
Imperial Oil Company
Lttd
French debt talks stall as Caillaux and Churchill seek new propositions
After a third round with Winst n Churchill, French finance minister Caillaux said no agreement is reached for now. He will return to Paris with new propositions on Thursday and ask cabinet review, while Churchill plans fresh ideas for his ministers. The piece closes with a quip on fate and a wine joke.
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Britain
Winst
Churchill
M. CafMiaux
M. Caillaux
Paris
Road Contract Awarded for Washington Street Link
A county court session in Princeton awarded the road contract for the Washington Street intersection with the Cumberland Turnpike. White, Rich & Co. of Princeton submitted the low bid of 27854 dollars and will complete the paving by January first, linking the western counties to Florida and the southern states.
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Princeton
Washington
Cumberland Turnpike
South
Bluefield
Bland County
Abshire Gap
Harry M. Waugh
W. L. Peper
R. L. Lipscomb & Co
Wright & Hays
White, Rich & Co
Jenkins Construction Company
G. T. Fogle & Co
G. T. Pranklin
Walton Suddath Co
Renewed Tong Warfare in Pittsbure District After Truce
The clash followed a signal for renewed tong warfare in Pittsbure. Officers in plain clothes were assigned after an ambush on Shing and Tam. Shing died from a heart shot while Tam took cover and escaped as gunmen fled through a laundry and into the street.
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Pittebure
Eaching
N. G
Shing
Tam
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Coalfield
Mercer Coal
Service Coal Company
J. C. Mitchell
the Coal Co
Neon Avenue
Vally
HS. Lefter
4 Avenue
Bluefeld
Asto
Wink Yop Come Espany
Bluefeld Bottling Cr
Rosenbeim
Mary and
Giesa Piko
Rhaid Mre
Harre Gwaltney
James Rosenheim
Frederick
Haakla Grocery Company
Eetaboizonment
Gowthweet
Virginie
J. B. Eades
Bete
Harry L. Greenspon
Peery Building
N. Y
Jas. G. Lita, Agt
Commercial Bank
P. D
Mercer Funeral Home
Bland Street
R. L. Morris
Bluefield, W. Va
WM. H. Carr
Coal & Coke Building
Res
Altamont
L. C. Toler
Aliff Transfer Co
Bluefield Ave
Thomas St
Bluefield Hardware Co
County
Izetta Jewell Brown
Orient
ROTES
Brass
Grand Jury
Pythian Knights
Bittner Party
Logan Chambers of Commerce Committee
Miss Minassian
W. A. Clarke
Eleca
Appalachian Power Co
For
Atlantic Coast
Middle Western States
Washington Street
Cumberland Pike
Gap
Sparklers
A. F. Tinsley
Federal Cee Bluefield
Manufacturing Jeweler
Goodykoontz Drug CO
Three Good Drug Stores
Goodykoontz Drug Coast One
Slubeicls
Princeton Avenue
Efield Avenue
Fairview
Bland and
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