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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1920
Page
11
A guest at a London hotel tried to call a friend but found the central line busy. After 19 hours, a clerk phoned back to confirm if the number was still needed. A note on judges' wigs explains civil and criminal differences.
A fragmented OCR record shows company names such as Angrist Sameth, Kann's Incorporated, Pedigco Co, The Duality Shop, Samuel Turk Tanenhauser System, Weinberg's MH, Lilly Dept. Store, People’s Store Co. These entries likely form a local commercial directory snapshot without full context.
Washington December 6 Congress opens its last session before President-elect Harding takes office on March 4 with anticipated actions on annual appropriation bills and preparations for the new administration. Leaders expect early work on tariffs, taxation, immigration, re apport ionment and stock measures while foreign policy plans await Harding.
In Kernersville North Carolina Mrs. Wesley Mabe touts Cardui Woman's Tonic saying it transformed her weakness and sleeplessness after a year of trying other remedies. She notes it also helped a puny daughter and urges others to try Cardui as used by thousands for over 40 years at their druggist.
Commissioner in Chancery directs all lien claimants against James Godfrey to present their liens for adjudication. Claims must be filed at the Coal and Coke building in Bluefield Mercer County West Virginia by December 30 1920. Order issued by H M Tanner Commissioner in Chancery dated November 22 1920.
Notice that Mercer County West Virginia court fixes December 14 1920 to establish a county road from Princeton Flat Top Road to Cross Roads Spanishburg via lands of A W Reynolds et al. Map on file in county engineer's office. Clerk Lowery G Bowling signed November 25 1921.
Plans outline several investigations by the Senate and House into housing, shipping board affairs, and political contributions. Senator Kenyon leads the Senate panel on campaign actions, with a Michigan inquiry into the Newberry Ford contest tied up by Newberry’s supreme court appeal. Hundreds of nominations await Senate action, with Republicans skeptical on confirmations.
The current session of the Sixty-Sixth Congress is now in progress as the third term. It follows a May to November 19, 19th century style schedule and December to June adjournments tied to national conventions. The passage notes the queen bee lays two to three thousand eggs daily, producing drones or workers as needed.
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