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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1925
Page
9
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph ad page lists numerous rental options from seven to nine rooms with steam heat to furnished and unfurnished rooms near Princeton Avenue. It also includes sales notices for homes, furniture, and appliances plus help wanted and business opportunities.
Trustees announce sale of land in Princeton Mercer County to satisfy Shenandoah Life Insurance debt. Sale set for September 26 at 3 PM at Mercer Courthouse, with deed of trust recorded in Clerk's Office Book 76 Page 314. Trusts include W. J. Henson and W. L. Andrews as trustees.
The trustee will sell at public auction on September 14, 1924 at 10:00 a.m. the property described as No 1 section 856 Oakland Addition in Bluefield Mercer County West Virginia to satisfy defaulted notes under a trust deed dated July 12 1921 by I C Duncan and Erima P Duncan to A J Cole trustee. Cash in hand on day of sale.
In Mercer County Circuit Court on July 6 1938 the Co Operative Pact Company seeks to wind up the affairs of multiple corporations including Basco Fuel Company Manufacturers Finance Co Elkhorn Gas Coal Co Brown Kyle and Co and others The order requires non resident defendants to appear within one month after first publication to protect their interests and surrender the charter Attest H D Karnes Clerk BF Kingdon P
Properties for sale or trade include rooming houses on Penn Street and north Frederick Street extension. Rentals offered with hot water heat and hardwood finishes, from 50 to 70 dollars monthly. Also two five room apartments and several vacant lots on Princeton Road Oakdale Avenue Bluefield Avenue. Call Flat To Realty Co room 116 phone 678.
The notice lists paving items for Princeton Power Co and Virginia Holdings Corp, detailing lot sections frontages and car track paving costs. It references rail and street sections, amounts due, and mentions city clerk Raymond Sanders.
A string of lost and found alerts lists items including a Ford tire and rim, a black mare pony with a forehead spot, a Firestone tire and cover, and a savings pass book, with rewards offered. Names include James Peery and Jim F Burton, locations in Bluefield and Coalwood West Virginia, plus a recovered Reo touring car notice.
Listings show multiple orchestra broadcasts and talk shows across markets including New York Chicago Philadelphia Davenport and Dallas. Programs feature Naethen Abas Orchestra the Visiting Art Night and diverse organ recitals with times in EDT EST and CST.
A narrative excerpt describes Swiss mountain people who carve wooden items and clocks to cope with long winters. Cuckoo clock lore explains fairies guarding cattle, high pasture dairying, and the bond between farmers and woodcarvers in village life. A separate note mentions a Colorado meteorite prospect and a lightning strike in Montana.
Local ad listings include moving services from Twin City Transfer Co and Economy Home Furnishing Co, furniture uph restling and repair by Cochran Co, boarding requests, employment for an elevator engineer, and a widow seeking a gentleman partner. Also notices for rent, buying transit, and Lightning Go battery ads appear among scattered items.
A large ad touts Ferraline as a cure for heartburn indigestion and biliousness promising perfect digestion or a refund. The copy claims Ferraline is a nature based concentrated mineral water treatment and asserts one bottle equals many gallons with a money back guarantee.
Vermont public notice states that paving on Wyoming Street from Roont to Ridge is accepted and a portion assessed against adjacent properties. It lists assessed amounts, properties and owners, and directs affected parties to appear before Bluefield at the next regular meeting within thirty days to show cause why the assessment should not be final.
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