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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1924
Page
4
The section reviews the healing of a man born blind and the religious prejudice that opposed the miracle. It highlights the faith of the healed man and Jesus' claim to divinity, urging believers to trust Jesus and endure opposition. Revivals, concerts, and community notices fill the page with local church events and school improvements.
The Bluefield Institute's Artist Recital course features Margaret Wytherly on December 16. Wycherly, a noted dramatic reader and actress, is praised for versatile portrayal and deep study of theater, able to convey locale and character in few words.
The Bluefield Colored Institute opened The Bluefield Institute Cooperative Store on Friday December 5, run by the commercial department with W. C. Mathey directing. A Board of Directors from secondary, college, and normal departments will oversee a stock including fruit confectioneries stationery and supplies.
President R. R. Sims left Saturday for Dayton Ohio to address the Y M C A and the Y W M C A. He plans to return Wednesday morning for a conference with the State Board of Education on the institution's new building program.
Members of the football squad hosted an elaborate social function Friday evening in the assembly hall. Faculty and many friends attended, calling it one of the most enjoyable gatherings ever given by the student group.
The article notes a hall fully decorated in school colors with a attractive appearance. The organizing committee was generously complimented for the taste and skill shown in preparations. After a dinner served early, several inspiring speeches were made.
Miss Marion Warren who has been visiting her sister Mrs H E Kingslow at Williamson is spending the weekend with friends at the Institute. The Alumni Association led by Prof E W Barrer of Kimball held an important meeting at Welch on Saturday November 29 with many members present and plans for the school year discussed. Prof H L Dickason, recently confined with a grippe, is improving and hopes to resume duties soon.
In Clarksburg, Rev. Paul V. Helsey pleaded guilty to assaulting coal miner John Armstead in county court. Helsey received a $25 fine and sixty days imprisonment. he claimed Armstead insulted him as he headed to Reynoldsville with two nuns to teach a Sunday school class.
A reader recalls being refused life insurance due to heart symptoms five years ago. He credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, taken after a pharmacist recommended it three years ago, with rapid relief and claims it removes catarrhal mucus and inflammation causing various ailments. One dose supposedly proves it or offers a money refund.
Nancy and Nick solve a riddle about the Flag of the United States and discover meanings in a seaside picnic scene. They compare a word pronounced right with the clue right and glimpse a gun riddle before lunch bell rings, as Mrs John calls.
In Harrison county West Virginia Daniel Wolfe a glass worker of Adamston was sentenced to fifteen years in Moundville penitentiary for the murder of Claude Wilson a traction lineman. A jury found him guilty of second degree murder after Wilson was shot at the Wolfe home following pleas of mistreatment from Wolfe's family. Wolfe pleaded self defense claiming Wilson attacked him with a digger.
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