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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1920
Page
10
The Board of Stewards invites Grace Methodist Church members and friends to an informal get acquainted meeting at Grace Methodist Church at 7 pm. The ladies provide a program of numbers and a plated luncheon to foster church camaraderie and prompt attendance.
The article states the tolerance pack in British Columbia totals seven million dollars for the season with cheaper grades valued at roughly the same figure in Canadian markets.
Announcement confirms petroleum discovery in the Auvergne region of France with ongoing bore tests showing satisfactory results. The note on nail growth is presented as a health indicator.
A National Geographic Society bulletin notes Har borough Rocks and other Druid Circle monuments face breakup for homes. It discusses origin, survival of ancient works against modern use, cites Stonehenge as sun temple, and dates Stonehenge to about 16805 B C with smaller circles and avenues likely burial sites.
An advertisement touts Bulgarian Blood Tea as a secret from Europe to prevent disease and aging. It credits H. H. von Schlick and Bulgarian Marokeff with miraculous health recoveries and claims dominance during the 1918 1920 influenza era. The Marvel Products Company of Pittsburgh endorses the product with a money back guarantee and nationwide distribution.
On December 2 East Liverpool reports clear price cuts across essentials. Bread fell from eighteen to fifteen cents for a twenty four ounce loaf while coal dealers trim fifty cents per ton to 825 dollars per ton. Pork chops drop to thirty cents and pork steak to thirty five cents a pound. Potatoes wholesale price reduced to 1.60 dollars per bushel.
Clearfield Pennsylvania December 2 A two inch snowfall creates ideal tracking conditions for deer hunters who arrived last week. By nightfall five camps claimed kills including a big buck at Schrot camp. A wildcat tried to steal the buck but was subdued and hung beside the deer.
Arthur Wray applied to the court in London to set aside a maintenance order for his wife and two children claiming his wife was the widow of his uncle before their marriage. The court refused the application.
Fifty thousand school children took part in the Safety First essay competition organized by the London Safety First Council. Princess Mary distributed the awards to the winners.
London reports the arrival of 1000 cases, each with 1414 eggs, the first consignment since the war. Similar weekly quantities are promised in the fortnightly schedule.
Donald Garner, 20, a private in the Gordon Highlanders, was found guilty of robbing a clerk in London and sentenced to 12 strokes of the cat and three months' imprisonment.
A Swiss mechanic named Argand idly placed a bottomless oil flask over a flame, and the resulting action of a child playing with it gave rise to the lamp chimney.
The Bluefield Fair Association purchased forty two acres from Mrs Hoge Mason and three adjoining acres, aiming to create a premier state fair site. Plans include landscaping, interior grading of the race course, and new athletic grounds with grassed areas. Officials target several major football games with strong eastern teams next fall.
Evening services at the synagogue at 8. Rabbi Goldberg speaks on Education during education week. Saturday morning services at 10 and Sunday school at 10. Maccabean Club meets Sunday after Bible class at Miss Jennie Baker’s home. Haddash holds meeting Sunday at 3 at Mrs Angrist’s home. Maccabean Club hosts a Chanukah dance Monday at the Masonic Temple. all invited.
Herbert De Puy former president and chairman of Cru cible Steel Company of America is indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to defraud the United States on income and excess profits taxes and will appear in court in Pittsburg tomorrow to post bail per U S Attorney D J Driscoll
Francis E. Nichols of Fairmont dies at age seventy four after a long life in Masonry and Knights Templar ranks. He will be buried Sunday with a family home service at two o'clock. Nichols served for many years as grand recorder of the Knights Templars in West Virginia and held high rank in state Masonic bodies.
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