Christmas Piano Club and local notices in Bluefield
City Coalfield Christmas Piano Club plans ten members with low payments and savings. Mrs Grimes and Mrs Davidson recover post operations at St Luke's. Mission Study class meets at Bland Street church. Post office adds starcel post wagon to handle holiday deliveries. Knights of Pythias officers elected for term, installation in January. Harman Grimes nuptial at New Midway church with reception at the bride’s home. Bankruptcy petition filed for Northfork Dry Goods and Nations Co with unsecured claims of 6045 plus assets of 8004.15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland Street Church
J. T Ward
KKP
Bluefield Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Bland Street
Walterl. Adkins
John A. Udy
Charles H. Sanford
W. R. Spence
Jack H. Wright
Harry L. Stephens
A. H. Lurber
F. P. Maybry
M. A. Gentry
Joseph F. Shelton
Grand Lodge
George E. Evans
S. D. Edwards
Mrs. Harman
Church Street
Mr. Harman
Hankrant
Lawson Worrell
Northfork
Federal District Court
George M. Jaber
Alice
Jaber
Northfork Dry Goods and Nations Company
Bluefield Concern
Memorial gatherers attend Elks lodge service out of town
Attendees at the Elks memorial service included Mr. and Mrs. T. Ro Smoot, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Bow en, Miss Brenda Wright of Wit ten Mills, Miss Ima Shellbrose and Miss Flora Steele of Pocahontas, Herman Hrewster, J. M. Crockett, A. Hufford, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Jennings, Miss Inez Harper, Carl Early, D. Kendrick, Charles Payne of Welch, and W. E. Haddon of Panther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodge of Sorrow
Elks
T. Ro Smoot
Bowen
Brenda Wright
Witten Mills
Ima Shellbrose
Flora Steele
Pocahontas
Herman Hrewster
J. M. Crockett
A. Hufford
A. KE. Jennines
Inez Harper
Carl Early
Kendrick and
Charles Payne
Welch
W. E. Haddon
Panther
Injuries Not Serious After Fall at Maybeury Arch Work
James Fitzgerald, an electrification worker on the Pinefield to Vivian project, was carried to Bluefield San itarium yesterday after an accident at Maybeury. He fell from an arch holding the wires, suffering bad bruises but not serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fitzgerald
Pinefield
Vivian
Bluefield Sanitarium
Maybeury
Fitzgerald
Royal Ambassadors Meet at First Baptist Tonight
The Livingston chapter of Royal Ambassadors holds its regular meeting at First Baptist Church at 7 30. Mrs Mowles and Mrs Thompson host. At 8 45 the gathering will adjourn to the gymnasium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Ambassadors
Livingston
First Baptist Church
Sharp
Mowles
Thompson
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Meeting At YMCA Chapel
The W C T U holds its regular business meeting Wednesday at 3 PM in the YMCA chapel. Mrs. Fisher, president, presides. members are urged to attend and bring a new member.
Real estate push as Bluefield growth spurs value rises
Litz Children's Home receives a $100 subscription from lumberman James E Walker of Roanoke for the new orphanage build fund. Memorial services attended by Senator H S White and Mrs White in Matewan. The Rex screens Part Eleven of the Million Dollar Mystery, urging investment in North Grove lots priced from $150, with expected value gains as Bluefield prospers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Litz
Litz
James E. Walker
Roanoke
H. S. White
Matewan
Bluefield
North Grove
Three or four slightly used pianos at Graham Music Co
Three or four slightly used pianos by the famed Haller and Davis, in Graham Virginia. Terms available. Also advertises MT. VERNON FLOUR savings to $1.25 a barrel by Sublette & Barnes. Mentions Norfolk and Western motor No. 2, 500 received last Saturday evening and taken to Bluestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haller & Davis
Graham Music Company
Graham, Va
MT. Vernon
Ste
Sublette & Barnes
Wenth
Norfolk and Western Motor
Bluestone
Motors to be repaired and delivered in series
Junction workers report motors placed in a recently built shop and to be tested once assembled. Two more motors expected this month with three motors delivered monthly until all twelve are on hand. The Litz Orphanage asks buyers to pay the teamster at delivery to speed purchases for the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litz
Belgian Relief Donations Reported From Friday and Saturday
The Belgian relief committee received multiple items: Honaker Department Store donated ten ladies coats, Lilly Clothing Co supplied seven ties one pair pants and an overcoat two hats and twenty one pairs of children’s hose. Easley and Anderson gave twelve hats and Johnson and S Edwards provided four flannel shirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honaker Department Store
Lilly Clothing Co
Easley &Anderson
Johnson & S Edwards
G. M. Barger
Tom Cofer
Local Little Item Auction and Donations Details
C Purley clothing Dr and Mrs Led ford one suit and one long coat no name clothing Mrs BE L Shuffle varger two flannel baby kimonos Cash Arcadian rink 15 Sacred Heart Catholic Church 52.60 cash 1 Miss Johnston fifty cents Dr Thomas K Peery 5 cash 1 cash 5 cash 1.50 Woodmen of the World Beechwood Camp No 89 10 Committee: Mrs A G McCue Mrs G Mathews Mrs C L Borden Mrs A S Booker Mrs W A Pank ey Mrs W G Baldwin Mrs C W Wade Mrs C G Day Miss Ruth Mc Dowell Miss Lyde Baldwin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Purley
A. G. McCue
C. L. Borden
A. S. Booker
W. A. Pankey
W. G. Baldwin
C. W. Wade
C. G. Day
Ruth McDowell
Lyde Baldwin
Unknown killer shoots J A Baucus in Portsmouth yards
J A Baucus special agent of the Baldwin Felts Detective Agency living in Portsmouth Ohio was shot and killed on the west end yards of the Norfolk and Western at Portsmouth Sunday night by an unknown hob o while arresting trespassers. The agency sent men to Ohio to pursue the assassin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Baucus
Th Basalwin-Felts Detective Agency
Portsmouth
Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Baucus
Scioto
Dinner to Clerks at Hotel Matz Feature Imagination in Business
Arrangements for a banquet tonight at 7 15 at the Hotel Matz honor clerks and employees of merchants. Over 110 will attend with expectations of 150 guests. Lucius K. Wilson will speak on Imagination in Business, lauded as an outstanding business address. James T. Thornton of Thornton Clothing Co. will act as toastmaster after leading in chamber of commerce memberships in yesterday's drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matz
Lucius K. Wilson
James T. Thornton
Thornton Clothing Co
Chamber of Commerce
Montanan Arrives at Norfolk From Pacific Ports via Canal
The big new freight steamer Montanan docks at Norfolk as the first vessel to bring cargo from United States Pacific ports through the Panama Canal. Local interest centers on Reynolds & Thornhill of Bluefield, with cargo including canned salmon fruits lima beans and dried fruits. Much of the cargo is being shipped from Norfolk to inland ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
United States Pacific
Panama Canal
Bluefield
Reynolds & Thornhill
American Hawaiian Line
Two Years With Indigestion Sparks Patent Remedy Note
Mrs A Keller of Elida Ohio credits two to three bottles of Chamberlains Tablets with ending two years of indigestion. The testimonial notes benefit from the product before she started using it. Sold by all dealers Tu-Sat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Keller
Elida
Qhip
Tu-Sat
Elks Lodge Sorrow Service Honors 93 Lost Members
Ninety three Elks members failed to answer roll call at Sunday afternoon’s lodge of sorrow in Bluefield. An audience filled the opera house for a program featuring Judge Sam C. Burdett who delivered the memorial address, with Miss Prennan and Mrs Henry Rodgin as soloists and the Nevin quartet providing two selections. The event honored departed brothers and reflected on mortality and enduring fraternal bonds.
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Els
Lodge of Sorrow
Bluefield
Opera
Elks
Chilton
Hi Nother
Sam C. Burdett
Burdette
Nevin Quartette
Messrs
Barrett
Pearson
Crawford
Neel
Edison Diamond Digg 2 3 OE 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 10 19
A string of promotional slogans extols a musical device praised as clear, pleasant, and durable. It emphasizes lifelong usable music with no maintenance issues and a diamond point of lasting quality.
Vicks Vapo Rub Promises Relief For Cold and Chest Ailments
Advertisement describes Vicks Vapo Rub as a quicker vapor treatment for catarrh bronchitis asthma and head colds. It claims menthol thymos eucalyptos champhor pine tar and a special process produce vapors when applied to the body aiding breathing loosening phlegm and soothing inflamed membranes. Directions include spoon inhalation up nostrils chest and spinal application with hot towels and night exposure. Sizes include 2 3 or 4 times a4 a4 fan.
Muscial program praised by chorus and choral society
A male chorus and Piuefield Choral Society delivered well rendered numbers. The stage featured apt settings and clever electrical effects. A stage star bulb dimmed when a departed member was named, and lodge officers delivered charges from the audience during opening ceremonies. Flowers were distributed to hospitals after the service and roses given to participating ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piuefield Choral Society
Leap From Windows To Escape Police In Poker Game
Chief Taylor and officers raided a Law and Commerce building poker game on a Sunday afternoon. Players fled via windows to the roof of adjacent buildings, with several leaping to the Kelley Building roof and one falling twenty five feet after a failed cable escape. Some participants were arrested after the escape attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Harman and
Walters
J. B. Shumate
Law and Commerce
The
Law
Ife
P. J. Kelley
Raleigh Street
Domestic science praised at Bluefield Colored Institute
Prof H K E Cooper district superintendent of schools commended the domestic science work at the Bluefield Colored Institute a new branch added in September. The department is supervised by Cooper and taught by teachers from the colored school with classes held on Saturdays. He noted the school's keen commitment to education and cited the domestic science department for special approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K E. Cooper
Bluefield Colored Institute
Cooper
Rheumatism Letting Blood Through Damaged Kidneys
Tired overworked kidneys fail to expel uric acid, causing chronic rheumatism. The cure described involves Rheuma softening uric acid crystals in joints and muscles, aiding their passage via kidneys and bowels. Ad claims the White Pharmacy and South Side Drug Store sell Rheuma cheaply.
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South Side
Cardui touted as relief for lingering womanly troubles
Draper North Carolina Mrs Helen Dalton describes years of left side pains and near suffocation before trying Cardui the womans tonic. She reports stronger health after use and recommends others try Cardui noting its 50 years of relief for women and inviting inquiries to Chattanooga Medicine Co for guidance and a home treatment book.
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Draper
Helen Dalton
Cardui
Cardus
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
N.C
Norfolk and Western Schedule Details November 22 1914
Train timetable from Roanoke to Lynchburg Roanoke Norfolk and New York includes Pullman sleepers to Norfolk Philadelphia and Columbus cafe cars Shenandoah and Roanoke to New York via Hagerstown departures at 6 45 am 9 15 am 2 25 pm and 9 15 pm for various legs with additional calls to Williamson Taeger Gary and Cincinnati. For more info contact Norfolk and Western Railway agents in Roanoke Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Pullman Sleeper
Norfolk
Richmond
Pullman
New York
Hagerstown
Philadelphia
Shenandoah
Columbus
Cincinnati
Kenova
Taeger
Williamson
Gary
Norfolk and Western Railway
W. B. Bevill
W. C. Saunders
Traf
L. Pass. Agt
Virginia
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Christmas Piano Club
W. N. Hobbie
P. O
M. J. Grimes
Sluefield Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
H. W. Davidson
Clark Street
Big Parcel Post
Brown
Stieff
Chas. M. Stieff
G. D. Howell
Mgr
Main Street
Elks Opera House
Keith
Peck
Bad Boy
Pauline
Peery
M. D
Orice Flat Top National Bank
A. D. Wood
M. D. Bye
Ear
Cornton Bldg
Bluefiold
W. VA
F. M. Arch Bluefield
First National
Fiat Top National
First National Bank of Northfork
National Bank of C Merce
Williamson Clark National Bank
Premier-Poca
Buper
Poca. Coal Co
Salzburger Sons Co
Limestone Crusher Co
Bluefield Ice & Cold Star
Princeton Power Co
M. Archer& Co
W. Vo
Er & Company
Rex
Hawkes
Tae
Velvetina
Sanitary Grocery
Gentral Pharmacy
Federal ST
Inlaw & Commerce Building
Haldwin-Felts
Ernoon
Edison Diamond
Fast End Pharmacy
Princeton Ave
Goodykoontz Drug Co
VICKS
Telegraph
Dilger’s
Jeweler
Geo. H. Hill
Thornton Building
Nicw
Norfolk Western
A. C. Tedford
American School At Osteopathy
Kirksville, Mo
Kelly & Moyer
PHONE
Virginia Laundry Company
Bluefield Avenue
Ofice
C. E. Sisson
Mer
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