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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1925
Page
9
Census takers on the Virginia Side report brisk field work and public cooperation as Virginia Side residents await totals from the 1925 enumeration. Local items note turkey shipments, hawk hunting reports, church choir music, and community updates on residents and injuries with brief personal items in Bluefield Virginia.
Evangelist McCown preached last night at Highland Christian Church on the blue ribbon symbol, tying it to commandments, Sabbath keeping, and faithfulness. He traced the ribbon from Israelite garments to the cross and Christ’s blood, urging memory aids in the New Tent and unity in the Christian life.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a property sale scene near Shelby Heights in Virginia, mentioning an amount of 4500 dollars and a buyer on Greever Avenue. Names and places are partly garbled but point to a local real estate action in a 1926 era setting.
A farmer reported sixteen elk seen in the Dismal area of Giles county after a recent storm. The Virginia elk season is closed and a previous fine was issued for killing one. Elk were introduced a decade ago by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and have thrived in certain mountains.
Luther Wynn returns to Kennewick Washington after years away and says the Kennewick area is thriving. He notes M. Prazier bought more property and is making substantial profits from fruit and potatoes as thousands of bushes yielded a strong harvest sold at high prices boosting local truckers.
The Barnett Brumfield Garage on the Virginia Side now offers official maps and current motorist information. Pearl Brammer, secretary of the Blue Field Automobile Club, reports many new members and steady growth as history of Virginia attracts interest through the club. The Motorist magazine highlights Old Dominion lore to promote tourism.
Fred Bowling of Fiat Top Yar is recovering at Binfield Sanatorium after an accident last Saturday that required amputation of his foot. The eight year old watched a coal train start and was crushed under a car, leading to the loss.
Doctors and druggists now recommend Calotabs a purified calomel tablet to break up a cold overnight or shorten flu symptoms One or two tablets at bedtime with water cause no salts or nausea and no interference with eating or work Next morning the cold is gone and appetite returns A family package with directions is available for 50 cents
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