Local items listed from Bluefield area notices and ads
Community notices and small ads from Bluefield and nearby areas. Topics include window gear sales by Central Sales and Purchasing Co.. lodging, laundry services, and a Moose meeting in Norton. Joyce Jewelry opening on Bland Street. an old-time dance at a boarding house. football attendance reports from Roanoke. tax discount updates. a meeting of Voiture Locale No 510. illness in the Epperson family. a community chorus and Bible class. and Bays News Stand purchase by Harry Shepherd.
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F. A. Carlton
Bland Street
Mrs Johnstone Family Visits in Nelson Canada
Mrs James Johnstone and her daughters Katherine and Alla of Nelson British Columbia visit Mrs C A Johnston on South Mercer Street.
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James Johnstone
Katherine and
Alla
Nelson, B. C
C. A. Johnston
South Mercer Street
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Outlook
West Virginia sees showers then warmer Friday with a return to fair and colder conditions Saturday. Virginia forecasts cloudy and warmer Friday with a local shower and a cooler Saturday after Friday night or Saturday.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Excavation Begins on Bradshaw Property in City
General contractor J. O. Mitchell has started rock excavation on the Bradshaw property north of Captain Bailey’s site at Bland and Federal. Work will require blasting as the Bailey basement nears completion, with a 60 foot cut along the Bradshaw frontage and about 15,000 yards of dirt moved in total.
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Captain E. L. Bailey
Bland and
Federal Streets
J. O. Mitchell
Bradshaw
Captain Bailey
Mitchell
Bailey
Representative James R. Mann Illinois Passes
A tribute to Representative James R. Mann of Illinois notes his long service in Congress, his leadership style likened to a marching general, and his dedication to farm interests. Born on a farm and a University of Illinois graduate, Mann influenced farm legislation and opposed bloc politics.
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James R. Mann
Illinois
Mann
Cannon
Gillett
Henry Allen Cooper
Wisconsin
Cooper
Representative Mondell
Victor Berger
United States
The
University of
Ilinois
Revolt Reports Unconfirmed as Turkish Turmoil Spreads
AP reports turkish disturbances in western Thrace with no confirmation of a revolt near Dedengatch. Times dispatches note possible exaggeration but acknowledge fighting involving Greek troops and Turkish soldiers. Bulgarian Comitadjis suffer losses and executions follow clashes at Salonica.
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Associated Press
London
Thrace
Dedengatch
Aegean Sea
The
Times
Constantinople
Athens
Salon
Mrs Emily Cochran Dies in Fairmont at 77
Mrs Emily Cochran widow of N C Cochran longtime Fairmont jewelry store owner died today aged seventy seven. A life long Fairmont resident she was daughter of the late Alion Meming and had lived in the same home for fifty years. Several children survive.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Eimily Cochran
N. C. Cochran
Aliaon Meming
Four Hurt in Clash at Mexico City Hall
Four persons were injured when armed police clashed with demonstrators who tried to storm Mexico City hall in protest against aldermen over water famine negligence.
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Mexico City Hall
Associated Press
Mexico City
Navy
Factory Fire Destroys Toledo Plants in $200,000 Loss
Fire in Toledo near Sandusky Cooperage and Lumber and American Steel Tube Company destroyed two factories tonight. The estimated total loss stands at $200,000 with smoke and flames visible across the river. Local authorities suspect unknown origin as investigators begin work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Sandusky Cooperage and Limber Company
American Steel Tube Company
Laughter fills Grace Church during Rev Roy Early visit
Rev Roy Early entertained a packed Grace Methodist church last night with an hour of jokes and comments after an Epworth League gathering. A 9 pm follow up lecture is planned with another money collection for expenses. About twenty visiting youths need homestays, and volunteers are urged to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Early
Grace Methodist Church
Epworth
J. M. Carter
Mr. Early
Grace Church
Early
Leon Jerolmens
Herschel Abshire
Billy Sunday to Speak in Cincinnati Address
C. B. Short of Wilmore and Short will travel to Cincinnati Sunday night to report Billy Sunday’s address to a state life insurance agents meeting on Monday. E. C. Peoples heads the organization and secured Short’s services. Peoples is related to Henderson and helped in Sunday’s local campaign. Short was praised by Sunday for a Bluefield sermon report.
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C. B. Short
Wilmore & Short
Court Reporters
Cincinnati
Billy Sunday
E. C. Peoples
Denderson
Peoples
Short
Sunday
Bluefield
Large number spend Thanksgiving in woods
A large number of Bluefield sportsmen hunted in the woods and fields on Thanksgiving Day for quail and pheasants. Few birds were killed, some hunters returned with little or nothing, but the birds have had a favorable season and should be plentiful next year if weather cooperates.
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Bluefield
Brick Work Starts on North Side of Commercial Bank
Brick layers begin on the bank building north side after weeks of delay from late stone shipments. The stone base is in place and work is expected to speed up, with brick work on the east and south sides reaching the sixth floor.
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Commercial Bank
Deserters in Ouachita County Oil Fields Reported by Sheriff
Camden Ark November 30. Over 1000 alleged undesirable citizens have left the south Ouachita county oil fields since a raid by vigilantes. One man killed, many tarred and feathered, some looted, and several resorts destroyed in raids by 200 or more men from area towns. Sheriff Ed Harper says exodus continues with about 100 more departing to catch trains and that no further trouble is indicated. He notes reprisals reports are unfounded.
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Camden
Ark
Ouachita County
Ed Harper
Harper
Pistol duel ends with both men dead in street
Charles Sutton and William Ehern were mortally wounded in a several minute exchange of shots at the corner of Somerset and Memphis streets. Both men died soon after. Police have not established a motive and bystanders gathered at the scene.
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Philadelphia
Charles Sutton
William Ehern
Somerset
Memphis
Mad Monk of Russia Arrives in New York
Sergei Mich ealowicch Turfanoff known as Heli dorus or Hiadere the Mad Monk of Russia lands in New York aboard the liner Lituania He aims to become a citizen and a Baptist minister and to work among Russian Baptists after exile and disobedience to the Holy Synod.
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New York
Sergei Michealowicch
Turfanoff
Helidorus
Hiadere
Russia
Tsaritsyn
Lituania
Liadore
Mussolini to Protest to Greek Government
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Rome says Premier Mussolini told the Italian cabinet he would protest to the Greek government over wholesale executions of former public men. He planned to take a purely humanitarian stand on the matter.
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London
Rome
Mussolini
Added
Polynesian race traced to Aryan origin say researchers
Alfred Newman of the Polynesian Society argues in Who Are the Maoris that Polynesians descended from an Aryan people who migrated from the Punjab to the Ganges valley around 2000 to 1600 BC. He notes later movement into Burma and Java, with Maori roots in Malay Archipelago migrations between 200 and 300 AD.
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Sydney
Alfred Newman
Polynesian Society of
New Zealand
Newman
Punjab
Ganges
B. C
Burma
Peninsular
Java
Borneo
New Guinea
Mr. Newman
Malay Archipelago
Gamoa
South Pacific
Highly Organized Anti Cruelty Crusade Commissioned 12 000
Chicago reports twelve thousand Illinois men commissioned as special constables in a large anti cruelty society. The department of constabulary supports mobile patrols and a vice and crime intelligence service across Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin with 159 troops statewide.
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Chicago
United States
Department of Constabulary
State Society For Prevention
Indiana
Wisconsin
Walter P. Stuart
Constabulary
Miners Strike in Lonaconing Over Wage Dispute
More than 200 workers at George's Creek Coal Mining Company walked off the job in Lonaconing Maryland in solidarity with fifteen laborers who quit after a wage dispute. The strike proceeded despite guidance from Francis J. Drum district No 16 UMWA president.
No Change in Policy as to Troops on Rhine
Informally officials said there has been no change in the policy of keeping a small American force on the Rhine for now. No new orders have been issued, none deemed necessary, and no formal announcement has been made.
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Rhine
Washington
Wanamaker in Grave Condition After Illness
Philadelphia reports John Wanamaker’s illness has taken a grave turn. Physicians said at 9:30 p.m. he rested comfortably but endured exhausting coughing fits, signaling a serious decline in his health.
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John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Democrats Ready to Resume Filibuster on Lynch Bill
Senate Democrats, recharged after the holiday session, said they would resume their filibuster against the Dyer anti lynching bill. Republican leaders signaled the majority would press on in support of the measure. The question was when the filibuster would end before the extra session concludes.
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Washington
Senate
Vail Memorial Medals Awarded to Ten Telephonists
In New York on November 30 six women and four men from the Bell system received Theodore N. Vail memorial medals for public service and lifesaving heroism during 1921. The ceremony also distributed 2750 dollars in cash among honorees.
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New York
Bel Telephone System
Theodore N. Vail
Funeral set for Jordon Nelson 94 at Bluefield residence
Jordon Nelson born November 20 1828 Medison Boone Co served four years in the Confederate army died last night at 10 o clock at his daughter Mrs Sarah Smiths home 207 Jefferson Street Bluefield. Survived by six children including Mrs Rebecca Tabor Mrs R M Evans and Scott Nelson. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm at Mrs Smiths residence conducted by Rev T S Hamilton with burial in Walnut Grove cemetery.
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Jordon Nelson
Sarah Smith
Jefferson Street
Nelson
Medison
Boone County
Pocahontas
Bluefield
Smith
Rebecca Tabor
Cooper
R. M. Evans
Kimball
B. M. Hager
Clothier
Oregon and Washington Tie 3-3 in Coast Conference Clash
Seattle game report says the University of Oregon and the University of Washington football teams played to a 3 to 3 tie in Seattle. The result leaves both schools tied for the Pacific Northwest conference championship.
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Seattle
Wash
University of Oregon
University of Washington
Leonard Pedigo Dies of Gunshot Wound in Hunting Accident
Leonard Pedigo aged twenty five died at Mountain View Hospital from a gunshot wound suffered Tuesday while hunting on the Killum farm northeast of the city. He and Walter Scott Pruitt were killed in hunting accidents as guns discharged while being handled. Funeral services for Pedigo were to be held at the family home at 11 this morning with burial in Walnut Grove cemetery.
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Leonard Pedigo
Mountain View Hospital
Killum
Mr. Pedigo
Walter Scott Pruitt
Bluefield Sanitarium
Brush Fork
Stony Ridge Gap
Walnut Grove Cemetery
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William H. Carr
Osteopath
Kelly & Moyer
Bluefield, W. Va
Frederick W. Black
Bluefield, W.va
H. G. O’neil
St Bland St. Kinefield
W. V
N. E. Rierson
Princeton Ave
J. P. Andrews
Chiropractor
Northfork
Bluefield Foto
Busy Bee Restaurant
Katherine Philpott
Graham Virginia
al Oe
Central Sales & Purchasing Co
Law and Commerce
West End
Wade School
White Star Laundry Company
Lynchburg
G. C. Tucker
Moose
Mercer Legion
Norton
W. G. Peck
Herder
Joyce Jewelry, Silver and Novelty Shop
W. & D. Electrical
P. M. Joyce
West Virginia Top Co
Poplar Street
Bluefield Avenue
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Points
Welch
Akers
Hunt
la Societe Des 40 Hommes Et
J. B. Epperson
Altenvront
C. FP. Steck
Union Bible Class
8. R. Echols
Clark Street
Bays News
Harry Shepherd
Nixon’s Wallpaper Store
Roanoke Street
Easley, Perkins & &C
Emily Cochran
Dr. Roy
Epworth League
Will
Hev
Billy
Woods
Mad Monk
Vail
Oregon
Lea
Walnut Grove
J. B. Eades
Osteopathic
Mayer Building
Iff
Lemkuhl
Shepherd
Mic
Victor
Bluefield Furniture Co
Big
Coodyegontz Drug CO
East End Pharmacy
REXAL
Bluefield Pharmacy
Bluefield Avin
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