Bazaar Bites At Local Churches And Shops For Christmas Cheer
Busy schedule of fundraisers and sales from the Woman's Bible Class at Bland and Presbyterian Church, including fancy work, cakes, candy and pies. Local merchants promote window displays, cut flowers, gift ideas, and a charity supper on the Princeton-Bluefield road to support a Sunday school Christmas tree.
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Mold
Woman's Bible Cass
Bland Reet Methodist Church
the Presbyterian Hb
Methodist Church
Dare Schoolhouse
Princeton-Bluefield Road
West Virginia Weather Friday Forecast
The forecast calls for a cloudy Friday with likely light rain in the northern portion. Temperatures rise in the east, and the day ends warmer. Saturday brings partly cloudy skies.
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West Virginia
North
East
Pinched Auto and Eighty Gallons of Whiskey
The Giles county sheriff and deputies confiscated an automobile with eighty gallons of whiskey near Narrows Virginia yesterday morning. The machine broke down in mud and its occupants reportedly moved the whiskey to a New River island before fleeing, leaving the car in authorities' possession.
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Giles County
Narrows
New River
Verdict awarded in Arlington case against Matz Theatre
In Prince ton circuit court yesterday, Mrs. Arm ent rout won about 750 dollars against Matz Theatre Company over injuries from gasoline thrown from a third story window at the Elks Opera House in September. She sought 5,000 dollars after being burned as she exited the theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anoie Armentrout
Matz Theatre Company
Princeton
Arrests Tangle After Drewery Detention
In a chain reaction from the Drewery arrest, the detention led to the arrest of Smith, as reported in available police records.
Bootlegging Arrest Near Raleigh Street
Willie Robinson, a Graham resident said to work at Norfolk and Western shops, was arrested on Raleigh street last night on bootlegging charges. Officers say he carried moonshine in one pocket and a quart of water in the other and attempted a quick bottle swap to deceive buyers.
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Willie Robinson
Graham
Norfolk and Western
Raleigh Street
Robinson
Satire Links Old Fashioned Girl To Modern Woes
A London correspondent notes a Saturday Review piece from fifty years ago praising the old fashioned girl and denouncing painted hair and fashionable excess. The essay recalls headlines on female modesty and reverence, contrasting past and present notions of youth, fashion, and social behavior.
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London
Montgomery
Ala
Saturday Review
Review
Pompeii
Apostle Pont
Bluefield Notes on Visitors and Inventions
Secretary W L Otey returns from Toledo after fair association meeting. Dr P K Graybill and Grace visit the McDowells at 308 Mercer Street. P D Rice of El Paso, former Bluefield resident, plans days here before returning home. Allen Bird and Miss Ollie Underwood, newlyweds, visit Bird's mother. A new motor fuel from alcohol and ether is reportedly in development. A single camphor tree can yield camphor worth $5000.
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W. L. Otey
Bluefield Fair Association
Toledo
Ohio
Fair Association
P. K. Graybill
Grace
Fincastle
W. K. McDowell
Mercer Street
Bluefield
Allen Bird
Ollie Underwood
Pike County
Mr. Bird
Greenbrier Street
Four-apartment Blaze Destroys Four Stores in Appalachian Va
Fire early Wednesday ravaged four business buildings in Appalachian Virginia's business district causing an estimated forty thousand dollars in damages. L M Plummer George Wakin and Joe Zine owned shops in the block and lived above with their families narrowly escaping the flames. Ice yachts with favorable winds can exceed eighty miles per hour.
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Appalachia
L. M. Plummer
George Wakin
Joe Zine
Deepest dry land point found in Dead Sea basin
The article notes that all continents have dry land areas below sea level with the deepest point in Palestine’s Dead Sea basin at 1,260 feet below the Mediterranean level.
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Continents
South America
Palestine
Dead Sea
Mediterranean
Wright Smith Waives Hearing in Cigar Theft Case
Wright Smith, a colored man, waived his preliminary hearing and posted 500 bond for grand jury appearance after being charged with stealing a large quantity of cigars from the Smoke House and selling them to Mat Drew ery. Police investigations led to the arrest amid a city-wide inquiry.
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Wright Smith
Smith
Mat Drewery
City Polies
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Cheverolet
Continental Motors
White Repair
Pulaski Street
White
Ite
John Dh
Biltmore
New York
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Stone Servties Co
A. D. Rice
Alexander Cut Flower & Lant Company
Auto Paint Shop
Lexander Cut Flower & Plant
Comny
Woman's Bible
Yass Bazaar
Elks
Higgins
George T. Crewa
Jexander Cul Flower & Plam Comny
Bluefield Insurance Office
Lexander
Stieff
A. Williams
Uefield
W. Va
Alber Cut Flower & Plant Co
State Corporation Commission of Virginia
Williamson Grocery Company
Roanoke
W. H. Thomas
Birefield
M. Frantz
Williamson
Perdue
James T. Perdue
Midway
Mare
Old Home
Brush Fork
Black Diamond Lodge
the Carmen
Tor
Applachian Power Company
Columbia University
Babe Ruth
Chas. M. Stieff
W. D. Kylp
Lyncuburg, VA
Altamont
Frederick L. Black
Harold Black
Summers Street
Fast N. & W
Bluefield, W. Va
Giles Sheriff
NEW Royal
Commercial Hotel
Drewery
Nata
V. R. Shriner
Coal and Coke Building
The
Henry Redgin
Grove’s
Waxatir
Rai
Printzess
Coats
Onaker
Merry Christmas
Curtis-Seal Co
Electric Wijk
W. V
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