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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1922
Page
2
The Bluefield area publishes events at Bland Street church Christ Episcopal church and nearby venues. Bazaar lunches turkey dinners doll sales and crafts promote holiday gifts while church groups plan music rehearsals meetings and charity dances through December.
In West Virginia expect rain on Thursday and likely Friday with a warm Thursday and a drop in temperature by Friday night. In Virginia the pattern is increasing clouds followed by rain Thursday afternoon and night with a warm Thursday night and likely rain and warmer temperatures on Friday.
Washington reports discuss whether the United States will join an international commission to regulate passages through the Turkish Straits. No commitment has been made and decisions await full review of allied proposals. officials have not yet spoken with Ambassador Child at Lausanne on the issue.
Roscoe Beckett a Bluefield resident and Mercer county citizen died at his home No 13 Bluefield avenue last night at 9 15 after a period of ill health. He was born at Ada and had lived in Bluefield for years working in local business. He leaves his widow and son Edward aged fourteen, his parents Mr and Mrs W F Beckett, three brothers and four sisters. He was a member of Rock Masonic lodge and the Odd Fellows. Arrangements will be announced.
El Kazan Temple No 227 D O K K held its annual election with W E White named Vizier and K E Hamilton Grand Emir. W W Rodgers became Sheik and Thos H Scott Bluefield Lodge 153 was named Treasurer with A N Wyant Sahib. Trustees I L Slifkin Mabry and Wilson chosen. annual rep Thos Hott, alternate John W Brown. Imperial Palace of Dokkies to meet in Portland, Oregon in the second week of August 1923.
The Legion hosts dances on Saturday and Monday at the Dugout with Keystone Serenaders. The orchestra earns high praise from other cities and is expected to draw large crowds in Bluefield this season according to the Legion dance committee. The Saturday event runs from seven to midnight and the Monday dance from nine to two.
J W Peel of North Carolina was arrested in the city east end by Chief Dillon and Captain Carter on liquor possession charges. He admitted owning a ten gallon Hanoi keg intended for the Bluefield market, saying the whiskey came from Floyd County Virginia and was moved by freight train to Bluefield. He alighted from the train, arranged a taxi, and was arrested shortly after.
The Irish Free State is declared a dominion of the British Empire as the Dail meets. William T. Cosgrave is sworn president of the cabinet and Speaker Hayes is re elected. Cosgrave honors the treaty and praises Britain for upholding the agreement.
The Charleston and Bluefield offices of the Veterans Bureau are merged into one central office to be moved to Huntington. The new charge will begin within thirty days, per orders from Washington conveyed by local manager Charles R Holt.
R Goodrich circulation manager and J F Donnelson correspondent of The Times are in Roanoke for several days in the southwest Virginia circuit. They journeyed from Bristol to Narrows and Pearisburg en route to Bluefield and Roanoke. Local visitors S J Thompson and H L Thompson of Tazewell are among those calling on business.
Miners representatives refused to recede from their stand against district agreements and arbitration while operators firmly refused to return to the central competitive field arrangement.
Warren G Harding blue ribbon turkey gobbler once listed for the White House table gains ninth county poultry show recognition in Modesto California. The bird earlier earned a Chicago blue ribbon and was sent to the White House for Thanksgiving dinner before being returned for breeding use. The owner is M M Reiman of Planada California and a note from Secretary Christian prompted the name Warren G Harding. Nearby report notes a New York East Side dress maker reports a 300 pound safe and contents stolen by thieves.
In Paris Clemenceau and Wilson exchange remarks amid applause as Mrs. Maud Minor of the D A R and Mrs. Izetta J. Brown greet the leaders. Clemenceau questions if democracy has been saved and recalls America’s blood and money. He visits Arlington, bows at the Unknown Soldier, then travels to the war college and the navy yard for a trip aboard the Sylph to Washington.
Par ent R Green at St Luke's hospital for typhoid fever is surprised by Dr A Hoge who brings a newborn girl and reveals Mrs Green has given birth. Green misreads the moment as he learns the baby was his own daughter and sees both mother and child improving daily.
An apple measuring one inch short of fourteen inches in circumference was found growing under a tree in Midhurst England. The find attracted local curiosity as residents compared the fruit's size to normal apples and pondered its origin.
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