McDowell County Officials Sworn In At Welch
The McDowell County Court accepted bonds and swore in new county officers including James F Jches and E Sprinkle. An injured carpenter remained unconscious after a fall at Jed. High School entertainment at Hearn Hall funds piano goals. Miss Effie Smith and Mr Otis Hale wed at Graham. Transportation men returned from Roanoke pow wow. Mrs. Price buried in Rocky Mount. Circuit Court awarded $600 to Mrs Kaufman in a lease dispute. Storm sewer work planned on Mercer Street. Fifty Cretans arrive to work in Welch mines. more arrivals expected after Christmas.
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McDowell
County Court
McDowell County
Welch
James F Jches
BE. T. Sprinkle
Graham
L. N. Cartwright
Effie Smith
Otis Hale
Norfolk
Washington
Bluefield
Princeton
Kaufman
Mastin
Princeton Avenue
Residents and visitors seen in the city yesterday
Local notes list G D Kendrick Welch and many others visiting Bluefield and nearby towns. Individuals from Pocahontas Keystone Grundy Tazewell Philadelphia Bluff City and Georgetown are recorded. trips include to Washington Philadelphia Johnson City and Trenn with several returning home.
Illness and Convalescence Reported for Mrs Stafford
As guests of Mr and Mrs D O Baldwin Mrs Fred Stafford wife of Police Officer Stafford, who has been very ill at her home, is reported as convalescing.
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Mrs
D. O. Baldwin
Fred Stafford
Stafford
Governors of Half-Dozen States Attend Omaha Exposition
The National Corn Exposition opened in Omaha Nebraska with governors from about six states and other dignitaries in formal exercises. The event runs ten days through December 19 featuring corn alfalfa grain displays from across the United States and Canada and prizes totaling fifty thousand dollars for crop displays and judging contests. Special rail rates are offered to farmers and a Chicago board of trade delegation is expected along with delegations from Minneapolis St Louis Kansas City Sioux City and other grain centers.
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Omaha
Neb
United States
Canada
Mexico
Texas
Minnesota
Illinois
Iowa
Dakotas
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
United States Department of Agriculture
Middle West
Southwest
Chicago
Ruef bribery case goes to jury in San Francisco
In San Francisco Abraham Ruef’s bribery case against a former city supervisor went to a jury at 3:35 p.m. after arguments by prosecutor Hiram Johnson. The panel deliberated for over two hours, then paused for dinner and was ordered back to continue. Johnson argued Ruef’s admissions supported guilt. defense had not shaken state witnesses.
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San Francisco
Cal
Abraham Ruef
Hiram Johnson
Heney
Rugs
Coat sale cuts 10 to 25 percent at Pedigo store
Overstocked on coats for ladies misses and children with reductions from 10 to 25 percent. Announcement dated December 8 1941 from EF Pedigo.
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E.S. Pedigo
West Virginia
Thomas E. Peery
N. & W. Railway
W. VA
A. G. Wood
M. D
Bluefield, W. VA
Thornton Bldg
Jed
Hearn Hall
Roanoke
Magic City
W. 8. Becker
W. R. Dawson
H. C. Weller
L.L. McIntyre
R. H. May
J. M. Mellhaney
L D. Gillespie
W. J Jenks
J. R. Tilson
Price
Taylor Price
Circuit Court
Sarah Kaufman
Mercer Street
Brandegee Kincaid & CO
Lrat
Knox
Keiser
Dent
Savoy
Nettleton
Metropolitan Men’s Furnishing Company
Elks Building
Bland Street
Wilté Pharmacy Fresh Cut
Xmas Ucylers
Globen Wernicke
Fee Ae
G. D. Kendrick
City
C. W. Smith
Coopers
H. I. Shott
T. J. P. Ashworth
Dubling
Pluefield
Nathan Marks
Pocahontas
Br. G. T. Epling
Keystone
James A. Looney
Grundy
B. J. Wysor
Tazewell
Wytheville
J. Kelly
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Grace Hall
Bluff City, Va
H. H. Hall
Rogers Street
W. G. Crockett
Powhatan
Kittie Sanders
Virginia
Edwin Mann
Johnson City
Trenn
Jessie Buckhannon
Giles County
Harry Baldwin and
George Townes
Georgetown, D. C
Ruef
Rich Mountain
Bluefield Ice Cream Co
DeWitt
Duval Music Co
John Walters
Graham, VA
Booker & Crenshaw
Kelly & Moyer
R. L. Speas
M. G. Whitlow Hdw. Co
Princeton Ave
Turk’s We
Samuel Turk
Bluefield West
Hou
Ladies
Children’s
Hawley
Shumate Clothing Co
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