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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1920
Page
7
Ramsey Street battled the Covenanters of the Presbyterian Church and Ramsey Street School for a hard fought game. Ramsey Street scored first and led 12 to 6 before the Covenanters, overconfident after earlier wins, faced a strong challenge from the street squad.
The Covenanters beat Ramsey Street 12 to 6 as Goodykoontz starred with a second half surge. Strother Hoge returned from injury and Traynham scored after a strong team effort led by Goodykoontz with multiple end runs and a key 20 yard gain.
Mrs Sallie Sanders aged ninety and mother of Judge J. M. Sanders is at Bluefield Sanitarium for a hip fracture from a fall at her son’s Oakhurst avenue home. Though serious due to age, she rests well and is holding her own after three recent fractures from falls.
J. T. Moore a motor man in Hiawatha mines was injured in a Bramwell road auto wreck last Sunday. He is at Bluefield Sanatorium in an unconscious state after an operation removed a skull penetrating stone and doctors fear lasting brain damage with little hope for recovery.
The Presbyterian congregation welcomes Rev J W Moore visiting from Japan. He will address the Men's Bible Class at 9 30 a m the church service at 11 a m and again at 7 45 p m today. Moore and Mrs Moore with their children are on furlough in this country.
Mrs. Moore visits the city for a few days and will hear from the foreign pastor who has served as a missionary in Japan for thirty years as part of the Presbyterians work.
West Virginia postmasters will soon distribute new Treasury Savings Securities for 1921. The program adds a $1 savings stamp and a $25 savings certificate, with denominations from 25 cents to $1,000, plus continued 25 cent Thrift Stamps and $5 War Savings Stamps. The $1 stamp features Alexander Hamilton and the $25 certificate resembles prior certificates. the $5 War Stamp will bear Lincoln.
Washington DC notes report former Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany improving slightly after illness. She left bed briefly and received her son, marking a cautious sign amid ongoing health concerns. A separate item from Washington concerns a revivalist sermon and a demand for a confession of wrongdoing tied to a ten dollar bill collection. Paris meanwhile reports rat catchers profiting greatly, with taxicab travel and proposed payments per rodent destroyed sparking official review.
The United States Public Health Service rates 444 cities on measures to curb venereal disease as of February 1 1920. Bluefield West Virginia places fifth with 267 points, behind Parkersburg Wheeling Huntington and Fairmont. Portland Oregon tops the list with 796. The survey notes grades reflect program effort not disease prevalence.
The annual Red Cross membership drive started Tuesday and may close Monday night. Four hundred members joined yesterday, bringing total to 2,130. The local workers are 370 short of the goal but hope to top it on Monday. Bank and drug store volunteers led strong yesterday.
In Pittsburg on December 4 a federal court announcement revealed that more than 300 holders are involved in a pending matter. Details about the nature of the holdings or the case were not provided in the visible text.
The Clarinda Trust and Savings Bank failed to open and posted a notice that it is going out of business due to collection difficulties. The last published statement shows total resources of 458000 dollars.
Tokyo announces the Crown Prince will travel globally next year visiting Formosa Siam and India before Europe and America. It marks the first time a Japanese heir to the throne travels outside the empire.
The largest reinforced concrete ship ever built in Germany has been completed at Hamburg shipyards. The vessel measures 86 metres in length and has a tonnage of 8,000.
A triple wedding occurred in Dover England as Mrs Catherine Austin widow marries Ernest Kite. Her son weds Kate Pinnock and her daughter wed Harry Knight in a single ceremony.
London reported dinner dances becoming a fashionable craze at city restaurants and hotels. The new social events attract growing crowds as nightlife trends shift toward hosted suppers and dances.
Jamestown New York wedding ties a fifty year dispute between Mary Rockwell and Orville D Lyan. The couple who first became engaged half a century ago renewed vows in a quiet ceremony.
In Brussels, Belgium the cost of living index rose from 100 in April 1919 to 463 by August this year. Henry Rodgin Co offers best quality leather.
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