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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1926
Page
2
The College Avenue Baptist Church hosts a revival sermon titled The Cure for Fear Tonight promising a solution for fear of nature, poverty, death, and the unseen. Despite Monday rain, a large congregation attends as interest grows with each service.
A man named Pruitt was arrested in Charleston for the theft of four automobiles after allegedly renting a car from U-Drive-It and leaving the city. He is expected to be returned to Bluefield for trial following police work by Charleston and Bluefield authorities.
City authorities ordered retrenchment in November, releasing three patrolmen from the police department to reduce expenditures. Patrolmen P. Bailey, I. O. Kitts, and C. Hill were dismissed. Dalley has been off duty due to injuries from a vehicle collision, while H. G. Aper and C. N. Wilson also reduced patrol duties.
Mrs W H Stickley age 54 of Monongah, West Virginia, died at Bluefield hospital yesterday morning from cancer. Widow of the late H G Stickley, she was formerly married to Pine and was connected with the Sandhield Coal corporation. Body lies in charge of Finney Undertaking. Burial prepared.
A vintage ad-style plea touts a 10 cent box that promises rapid cleansing of the bowels. It claims the product removes undigested food, toxins, and waste, improving mood, headache, and constipation by morning. The copy warns to keep children away and asserts universal brain and liver benefits.
A large list of members is urged to meet with the Bland Street Methodist pastor in Hamilton hall at 7 30 pm Wednesday for confidential discussion on an important matter. Attendees include many named parishioners and local residents.
Mountain State Transportation Company buses depart Bluehold Union Rua with routes to Tazewell Lebanon Abingdon and Bristol at 8:00 p m 1:30 p m and 6:90 p m times listed for Matoaka Beckley and Bristol connections. Beckley riders transfer to Thursday and Charleston service. Schedule subject to change without notice.
A fragmented public safety snippet notes a December 4 incident on West Frederick Street with multiple stray phrases. Items mention Debert of Akron enlisting in the U S Army and gifting a Kavex coach automobile to Sergeant Zimmerman at Bluefield recruiting depot. Additional lines advertise reduced prices on Quaker steel furnaces and a candy sale at Bland Street Methodist church benefiting the Salvage store.
A courtroom exchange centers on Pan American bid terms and Navy approval. A letter from Fall to H Foster Bain dated November 20 1921 is cited, suggesting Navy familiarity and no objection to the contract under review. Finney identifies the letter referenced by Hogan in the ongoing trial.
The First Presbyterian church congregation plans to hear Rev SH Yarron BD D of Charteston at 7:45 PM during the midweek prayer service. Dr Barron, former long time pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Bikina West Virginia, was known for his influence with students at Davis and Bikina colleges and his notable Southern Presbyterian leadership. It is uncertain if he will attend, but a large turnout is expected.
The department outlined a Pearl Harbor project and the interior department planned Navy execution. Hogan denies the plat originated in the Navy, while Bain carried blueprints to the Pacific coast in December 1921 to present to various oil firms. Finney cites a November 30 1921 loan of 100000 dollars from Tipheny to Fall.
Makita thel and J W Woodell, former Waldo hotel manager, toured the new North and South Highway from Clarksburg to Bluefield and St. Petersburg Mia. They praised northern West Virginia mountain scenery and predicted tourists will favor this route. Woodell cites Bluefield climate and Clarksburg as a potential tourist center like Asheville.
The Mercer county churches move to Montgomery Presbytery of Virginia and McDowell county churches to Abingdon Presbytery of Appalachia. Aimed to transfer to Synod of West Virginia, the issue was reviewed by a special committee last year and discussed again at Treckley. No agreement reached. matter referred to the general assembly committee.
The general assembly's commission will report to the next meeting in Arkansas without a decision. Montgomer y Presbytery and the head of Virginia oppose annexation arguing it slows church work, while the Synod of West Virginia supports it. Neutral stances from Abingdon and Synod of Appalachia, with several named clergy listed as attendees. A recent recount from Beck- complete.
A Telegraph report claimed only eight Mercer and McDowell churches were not in the Synod of West Virginia. The record now shows thirty three eastern panhandle churches in Winchester Presbytery of the Synod of Virginia and have not been moved to West Virginia.
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