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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
2
Bluefield area notices include restaurant ad at 125 Princeton Avenue and barber shop prices, plus Christmas drive by Red Cross. Reports cover coal supply talks in Roanoke and local society items, births, deaths, marriages, and public notices from Union Park and Trust Company and Shelter services.
Crowded assembly of Bluefield housewives approves permanent league, aligns with National Housewives Protective League led by Mrs. Julian Heath New York. Officers and district committees named, price controls discussed, Civic Club support pledged, hotel and boardinghouse owners invited to meeting at First Baptist church Saturday at 2 30 p m.
The Presbyterians and friends await Sunday services with Dr Henry Louis Smith of Washington and Lee University at Lexington Va. He will speak at both services on The Expanding Life and Gods Glory in the Heavens from Psalms. An afternoon talk on Christian Education may follow.
In Charleston, the sixth annual meeting of the West Virginia Ice Cream Manufactures Association saw Mr. Stwpalsky elected as a new member and named to the board of directors.
Civic Club ladies report success selling Red Cross stamps as Christmas adornments for gifts. Some volunteers have sold hundreds of dollars worth, with 75 percent of proceeds benefiting Bluefield area humanitarian work. Encourage purchase of stamps to aid the cause.
A local restaurant praised for excellent meals and remarkably reasonable prices. Patrons express high satisfaction with the dining experience and service at Central Pharmacy of this establishment.
Graham secretary treasurer and Norfolk and Western officials join a committee. Contributions go to Mr Barbee at Graham. The text says the tribute to a man who nearly gave his life in the field deserves a proper moment at Falls Mills, per Colonel James Browning and Mrs Walton.
In a tight basketball clash at Pocahontas Tazewell overcame a 21 to 13 first quarter deficit to win 44 to 42. Key players included Johnson and Harman for Tazewell and Reed for Pocahontas, with Moore Walters Wiley Burton and others contributing.
Arrangements for a Walton memorial fund are under way with Captain Lawson of Burkes Garten named president and L. J. Barbee of ... involved in the local effort.
An old notice touts external cold relief using Vicks Vap-O-Rub with hot towels on the throat and chest, followed by rubbing in the salve and covering with a warm cloth to release vapors. The ad mentions Vicks absorbed through pores and lists prices of 25¢ 0¢ and $1.00.
Lee Ott, state compensation commissioner, refused compensation to the widow of F C Wyatt and to J C Bragg for shotgun wounds. He ruled their injuries occurred while acting as police officers for a private company not in their regular employment. Wyatt and Bragg served as special officers for Winding Gulf Coal Company.
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