Shrine Club Dance Friday at Masonic Temple
Local notices list events and ads including a Shrine Club dance at the Masonic Temple on Friday the 28th. Also items on coal dealers, a modern soda fountain by Pas-Drag Co, and funeral notices for Strother and Dickerson. Public concerts scheduled. a car dealer advertises Nash sedans priced 200 to 400 dollars.
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Shrine Club
Masonic Temple
Masons
Pas- Drag Co
Dailey-Penn Drug Pany
Keepig
Treatise on Norfolk and Western railway development
Professor Herman P. Thomas of Bluefield College presents a study tracing the Norfolk and Western system from its origins to its modern form. Part II examines economic growth along the lines, highlighting agriculture and manufacturing spurred by the railroad, with the work placed in the library for reference.
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Herman P. Thomas
Bluefield College
Thomas
University of Virginia
Norfolk and Western
French Troops Win Victory at Djebel Amesses Ridge
Fes Morocco August reports that French troops in Barnes territory achieved complete success. The Djebel Amesses ridge was occupied and forces are advancing beyond that point with the objective met.
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Fes
French Morocco
Barnes
Djebel Amesses Ridge
Notice in Bankruptcy for Omas Pappas creditors meeting
District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia oversees the bankruptcy of Omas Pappas. A meeting of creditors is set for September 1 1985 at 10 o clock in Bluefield Mercer County to prove claims and appoint a trustee. The debtor operated the Main Cafe Matoaka WV. Proof of claim must follow prescribed forms.
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District Court of United States
Thomas Pa
Omas Pappas
Toaka
Mercer Ang
Eal
Bluefield
Mercer County
Vo Ja
Vo ja, on 1 Sth day of +tember
Matoaka
West Virginia
Hylan accused of working with the Klan at 1924 convention
Gov Alfred E. Smith charged Mayor Hylan with secret talks with Klan representatives at Madison Square Garden during the Democratic convention in 1924. Smith stated Democrats stood against religious and racial bigotry while Hylan was in conference with Klan figures, though he did not specify the conference's purpose. He defended his own record and criticized Hylan's ties to a powerful boss.
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Smith
New York
Meyer
Madison Square Garden
Alfred EB. Smith
James J Walker
William Randolph Hearst
Hard coal miners directed to quit Monday midnight
The article outlines a planned suspension of operations by hard coal miners, detailing the negotiation deadlock over working conditions for maintenance staff, the demand for guaranties against wage-cutting substitutions, and the regional impact across 272 collieries operated by major companies.
Shriners Plan Major Ceremonial in Bluefield
Pr at t potentate of Beni Kedem Temple and supporting officials joined Bluefield Shrine members to organize a large Shrine ceremonial set for Friday October 9 in Bluefield The Colonial Theatre will host the ceremony with a parade banquet and dances at local venues An invitation will go to Kazim Temple Roanoke to attend and bolster the event plans
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Cn Pratt
Beni Kedem
Charleston
Guy W. van Hoen
Frank H. Kincheloe
BK. A. Fruth
Bluefield Shrine
Bluefield
Bluefight
Colonial Theatre
West Virginian Hotel
Masonic and American Legion
James I Pratt
Kazim Temple
Roanoke
Smokeless coal demand rising amid looming anthracite strike
The Norfolk and Western Railroad reports its largest Virginian tonnage since Western business began, with 165 loads at Matoaka and daily averages near 2234 cars, expected to rise to about 2260 as demand increases. Prices have already nudged higher as producers brace for September 1.
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Wetendhy
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Matoaka
Norfolk and Western
Virginian
Pocahontas
Funeral for S. K. Bane Held in Narrows Va Today
Funeral services for S. K. Bane of the Kell wholesale family will be at the Presbyterian church in Narrows Va this afternoon. Interment follows at White Gate Va. Bane died from injuries after a midnight crash on the Bradshaw Grundy road that killed Dr. Burton O. Wire and J. Wilson Lambert of Grundy Va. The Kell corporation will have attendees and all departments will be closed for the day.
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Pearlsburg
Strother
Congrea J. Preach Strother
Yelch
S. K. Bane
J. Kell
Presbyterian
Narrowa Va
White Gate
Bane
Hradshaw-Grundy Road
Burton O. Wire
J. Wilson Lambert
Grundy
Mr. Bane
Welch
S. J. Kell
Plans to Expand West Virginia Medical Auxiliary
Discussions this week map plans to push the women’s auxiliary of the West Virginia State Medical Association into almost every county. Officials say the auxiliary will be sponsored by the state medical association’s 28 component societies and members’ families will gain social and professional ties.
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Woman's Auxiliary
West Virginia State Medical Association
O. Neale
Hinefield
Mra
A. G. Rutherford
Welch
C. M. Scott
Maine
H. G. Steele
Bluefield
J. Howard Anderson
Marytown
State Association
Neale
de. Rutherford
Welch Hospital No. 1
Association
West Virginia
Mountain Lake
Southwest Virginia Medical Society
Aorts
West Virginia Medical Association
State Department of Health
Saie
Debs Predicts New Social Order Based on Cooperation
Terre Haute Ind Aug 27 Eugene V Debs Socialist leader told the Indiana State Federation of Labor that a new industrial system rooted in cooperation will replace competition. He urged the labor movement to lead world transformation as the old order breaks down and captains of industry fail to provide employment. He said labor can prevent war and foster peace.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Eugene V. Debs
Indiana State Federation of Labor
Mr. Debs
Local Visitors Stay at West Virginian During Weekend
Mrs. Wolf of Beckley formerly Bluefield is in town for the weekend and registered at the West Virginian. Rev. Fred Steck pastor of St. John's Lutheran Knoxville Tenn and Mrs. Steck with sons Charlies and Rieland visit the Heffners on College avenue. Steck formerly pastor of Immanuel Lutheran here.
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Wolf
Beckley
Bluefield
Fred Steck
St. John's Lutheran Church
Knoxville
Tenn
Steck
Charlies
Rieland
C. V. Heffner
College Avenue
Mr. Steck
Tor
Immanuel Latheranch
Women to organize union at Midway church
A large audience gathered at Midway Christian church as Rev. Harvey C. Bream delivered a sermon on The Divine Acceptance. A women’s union will be organized at 2:30 pm with Mrs. J. A. Black assisting. an all day session follows Sunday with service, dinner, and an afternoon meeting. Delegations from Matonka and Pocahontas are expected.
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Midway Christian Church
Midway Christian
Harvey C. Bream
Jesus
God
Evangelist
See
Walter Foreline
Midway
New Midway
J. A. Black
Woman's Union
The
First Christian Church
Matonka
Pocahontas
Registered Mail Disappears Between Chicago and San Francisco
Chicago inspectors question hundreds of U S mail service workers after a pouch of registered and other mail vanished en route from Chicago to San Francisco. The loss, described as first in air mail history, involved valuable commercial mail sent by Chicago banks.
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Chicago
San Francisco
United
Suerte
Omaha
Denver
Salt Lake City
Mongolian expulsion of Am Museum expedition urged
The Mongolian mission in Moscow says the American Museum of Natural History expedition led by Roy Chapman Andrews was expelled from Mongolia for violating agreements. The statement claims the May entry was armed and included British officers and other persons whose names Andrews did not release.
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Moscow
American Museum of Natural History
Roy Chapman An
Urga
Mongolia
Andrews
President Receives Hundreds of Callers at Opening Day
President Coolidge opened the court gates as hundreds of callers arrived, marking a notable scene of public interest on August 17. The event drew a large crowd and set a bustling tone for the day.
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T Coolidge
Dedication of Largest Flatpole Draws Crowds to Lynn
A crowd gathered as hundreds of callers moved to Lynn for the dedication of the largest flatpole in New England. The event drew local residents and onlookers hoping to witness the historic landmark reveal.
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Lynn
New Bingland
After dinner boards Mayflower at Marblehead for night
The narrator moved to Marblehead for the evening aboard the Mayflower and plans a cruise the next day to Massachusetts.
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Marblehead
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KLAN
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Hotel Traymore
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EB. C. Ingram
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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R. T. Harker
Harry Atkins
Wiggins I.M
Northfork
Anewet
Narrows
Horlick
Women's Union
Quemit
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