Thousands Of Dollars Received To Pay Taxes
Princeton court notes record a damage case, J E Burroughs versus Binotel et al, tried before a jury with public interest. Today's docket lists three cases including Lewis Moore infant versus Basil Murphy and Silas M Martin versus National Accident Co, plus a society notice and a for rent listing for a five room cottage on Lovell Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
J. E. Burroughs
Eva Harris
Lucy E. We
Durham Brothers
Lewis Moore
Basil Murphy
Gertie Nicely
J. L. Caldwell
Silas M. Martin
National Accident Company
Many Tracts Sold at Sheriff’s Sale in City
A large crowd attended the delinquent tax sale for 1927 with many tracts sold. Redemption payments reached thousands of dollars, with as much as twenty thousand dollars in a single day and ten thousand dollars in a prior week. The sheriff’s office handled checks and money orders by mail as the force worked late into the evening.
Sheriff Fails to Identify Unnamed Negro Victim
Sheriff Bowling struggles to identify a unidentified Black man killed in the Virginian yards Friday morning. The body remains at an undertaker's and no claims or identifications have surfaced despite public viewing. In court, John Vance and Ernest Vance were fined 56 dollars each for homebrew, and Roy Selvey paid 12.80 for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherif Bowling
Mullens
John Vance
Ernest Vance
King
Roy Selvey
Mercer Street School PTA Holds Monthly Meeting
The Mercer Street school Parent-Teacher Association plans its monthly gathering this afternoon at 3 o’clock. A short program is expected along with reports and discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association of
Mercer Street School
Community meeting to discuss child religious training
The committee has arranged a talk by Dr W E Davie pastor of the Presbyterian church on The Effect of Religious Training of the Child in the Home and in the School. Mrs C R Reynolds will sing and Mrs Helen Reynolds will play violin. Election of officers and other business will be conducted with Mrs R N Vermilion and Mrs J L Caldwell as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Davie
Presbyterian Church
C. R. Reynolds
Helen Reynolds
R. N. Vermillion
J. L. Caldwell
Belle Bennett class Meets at 2 30 Wednesday
The Belle Bennett class of the First Methodist church will meet Wednesday at 2 30 in the primary room of the basement of the church. KEE STREET MISSION STUDY. The Kee Street Methodist church Mission Study class will meet at 6 30 at the home of Mrs. J D White on Thorn Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Bennett
First Methodist Church
Kee Street
Methodist Church
J. D. White
Thorn Street
Funeral Services for Mrs Juliet Hetherington Held in Bluefield
The death of Mrs Juliet Hetherington widow of the late Joseph T Hetherington occurred Sunday night at her Bluefield home after months of ill health. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 PM at her daughter Mrs W D Wagner’s Princeton road home with the Rev William Morrell officiating. Burial will be private near the Wagner residence. Surviving are six children and one sister. Members of Brush Creek Farm Women’s Club will serve as flower bearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juliet Hetherington
Joseph T. Hetherington
Virginia
Methodist Church
W. H. Hetherington
G. W. Hetherington
Bluefield
Justin Sackett
Julia Hetherington
W. D. Wagner
Princeton
E L. Ballard
Charleston
Hoge Hetherington
Mechanicsburg
Hetherington
H D. Karnes
Willam Winfrey
Brush Creek Farm Women’s Club
Mrs. Hetherington
Desolated desecrated site marks Tiger of France burial
ELOW guides readers to the bare field where the remains of the Tiger of France lie. The upper image shows Madame Jacquemaine, Clemenceau's daughter, and her son leaving their home to accompany the premier’s body to a lonely burial at Mou Champs.
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Elow
France
Madame Jacquemaine
Clemenceau
Mouchamps
Local Notes On Health Visitors And Club Meetings
Miss Elizabeth French remains ill at home for three weeks while Walter Griffith improves at his East Princeton residence with an infected foot. Mrs. Gilbert Martin on Park avenue recovers from two weeks of influenza. Kies Katherine Thorn visits ill grandmother at Tanglewood. Mrs. J. H. Reynolds hosts Forum Club at Center street at 7 30 this evening. Rev. C C Wright and the Carbaughs dine together after church. The Thorn Street P T A meets at 3 PM in the school auditorium. Willing Workers class meets at Mrs. W L Piper’s Lovell avenue with new officers to be elected. T B L class of First Baptist meets today at Mrs J B Kirk 210 Mercer Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth French
Walter Griffith
East Princeton
Gilbert Martin
Park Avenue
Kies Katherine Thorn
Tanglewood
J. H. Reynolds
Center Street
Forum Club
L. BE. Carbaugh
Bluefield
Princeton Road
C. C. Wright
Princeton Circuit
The
First Christian Church
W. L. Piper
Lovell Avenue
Dominican president Vasquez undergoes kidney operation
President Horatio Vasquez of the Dominican Republic had a kidney operation today at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore. Doctors described his condition as excellent and stable.
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Baltimore
Horatio Vasquez
Dominican Republic
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Public building appropriation eyed for Welch site
A bill proposing a Welch public building with a 175000 appropriation was introduced by Senator Hatfield and Congressman Shott. It authorizes site purchase and construction and allows government to remodel an existing building if needed, aiming for speedy action amid broad federal building funding.
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Hatfield
Shott
Welch
Senate
House
H. D. Hatfield
Hugh Ike Shott
Congress
Last McDowell Medical Auxiliary Meeting Today
The final meeting of the McDowell Medical auxiliary for the year will be held today at 3 o'clock with Mrs. W. B. Stevens in Kimball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell Medical Auxiliary
Christmas Rush and Washington Broadcast from Welch
A radio bulletin from Welch West Virginia notes fourteen shopping days left until Christmas. The broadcast from Washington D C laments lacking the same city affairs as Welch and mentions Mr Grover Whalen New York police commissioner resigning after Mayor Jimmie Walker’s actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Whalen
New York
Jimmie Walker
Entertainment notes and city theater chatter on films
Mrs L J Brindley Welch reviews Ann Harding in Her Private Affair Bebe Daniels in Rio Rita and Gary Cooper in The Virginian noting four weeks at Keithie theatre and praising the films. The writer mocks hotel scenes and cheers Bluefield stadium plans while lampooning national politics from the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Harding
Mise Harding
Bebe Daniels
Keithie
Bebe
Gary Cooper
Gary
Philadelphia Police Indicted for Bribery Cleared by Jury
Twenty one policemen indicted on bribery and extortion charges after the 1928 August grand jury investigation were given clean bills today by the December grand jury, which ignored the charges.
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Philadelphia
Beal Widow Fatally Injured In Cincinnati Crash
Mrs Mary Shea Beal wife of Walter Beal Welch secretary treasurer of Leckie interests was fatally injured Sunday night in Cincinnati when the car she rode in with her husband and friends collided with another vehicle. She died at 6 am in a Cincinnati hospital survived by husband two Louisville sisters funeral set for Louisville. Mr Beal not seriously injured as family planned return to Welch.
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Mm. W
Beal
Walter Beal
Leckle Interests
Welch
Cincinnati
John Beck
Pennsylvania Station
Elmer Beck
A. ¥. Leckie
Ll. J. Lytton
the Beals
Mr. Beal
Bridge Party Honors Mrs Hubert Baldwin at Duncan Home
Mrs Paul H Duncan entertained in Gary West Virginia with a bridge party honoring Mrs Hubert Baldwin. Two tables played all evening with players Ann Stratton Rose Robinson and Mesdames Baldwin Conner Sironko Sullivan Robbins and Pritchett. Mrs Sullivan won high score and received a guest prize. hostess served a salad course.
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Paul H. Duncan
Hubert Baldwin
Ann Stratton
Wand Rose Robinson
Mesdames Baldwin
Conner
Sironko
Sullivan
Robbins
Pritchett
Sentinels of Safety Trophy Returns to Gary
The Sentinels of Safety trophy awarded annually by Josives Magazine and the United States Bureau of Mines to the bituminous mine with the best safety record returns to Gary for a fourth straight year. It had been presented to Colonel Edward, general superintendent of the United States Coal and Coke Co., at the Charleston safety meet last September before being sent away to inscribe the winning mine’s name.
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Thorpe
United States Coal and Coke
Sentinels of
Josives Magazine
United States Bureau of Mines
Gary
Edward
United States Coal and Coke Company
Charleston
Marriage Announcement of Katheryne Pritchett and Lieutenant Buchanan
The coalfield announces the marriage of Emma Katheryne Pritchett daughter of Mr and Mrs K Pritchett of Gary to Lieut David Hayter Buchanan of Marion Virginia on Saturday August 24 1929 at Chevy Chase Maryland The couple will reside at Governors Island New York after January 1930 Buchanan a US Army officer is a West Point graduate and son of ex lieutenant governor and Mrs B F Buchanan The bride studied at Martha Washington College Livingston Academy of Arts and New York School of Fine and Applied Arts.
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Katheryne Pritchett
K. Pritchett
Gary
David H. Buchanan
Marion
Chevy Chase
Charles Edward Pritchett
Emma Katheryne
David Hayter Buchanan
Maryland
Buchanan
Flest
Governor's Island
New York
Martha Washington College
Abingdon
Livingston Academy of Arts
Washington, D. C
New York School of Fine and Applied Arts
Lansdowne
Imgorters
Richmond
B. F. Buchanan
United States Military Academy
Weat Point
Staunton Military Academy
Staunton
United States Army
Couple Found Dead in Ruins of Farm Home
At Gettysburg Virginia on December 4 193x Mr and Mrs Ernest Tucker were found dead in the burning cellar of their farm home. Neighbors alerted Coroner E A Miller who suspected possible murder or self harm though escape after the fire may have been possible. The two bodies were located in separate cellar spots while eight children including Beatrice 11 and Warren 8 were away at school or with neighbors.
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Gettysburg
Dee
Ernest Tucker
Here
E. A. Miller
Miller
Beatrice
Warren
Three alleged communists jailed after trial motion denial
In St. Clairsville Ohio on December 9 three alleged communists from Cleveland and Lansing were ordered jailed by Common Pleas Judge W W Cowen after losing a motion for a new trial on syndicalism charges connected to red day demonstrations in Martins Ferry. Their attorney claimed the Ohio syndicalism law is unconstitutional and defended the literature these defendants broadcast. The court deferred sentence while noting their stated firm opposition to U S foreign policy. The note mentions State Stimson and a Buddhist warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Clairaville
Common Pleas
W. W. Cowen
Martins Ferry
Tom Johnson
Lil Andrews
Cleveland
Charles Gwynn
Lansing
United States
Yetta Land
Ohio
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Harriet Woolfolk
BY Williams
Trwillame
Princeton Society
Harries Woolfolk
Harry Karnes
Mercer Street
P.T. A
Dan Myers
Flint, Mich
Rotary Club
Circuit Court
Seasion
Thorn Street PT. A
Thorn Street P.T. A
T. BE. L
First Baptist Church
J. B. Kirk
D. A. R. Meeting
Daughters of the American Revolution
Andrew Donnally
James French Strother
W. C. Payne
Gordon Reach of
Sary
L. l. Drewry
Ben Johnson
Elizabeth Silgal
Hile
Haiti
John H. Russell
Louis Borno
West Indies Republic
U. S.S. State Department
Borno
Presidential
McManus
Edge
Washington
Brookhart
Appropriations
Bill Ware
U. S. Senate
Santa Claus
Medical Auxiliary
Gharlie
D. C
W. Va
L. J. Brindley
Sunset News
Bluefielders
Hoover
MAG. W
Cincinnati Hospital
Louisville
Becks
Arlington
Va. National
Archangel
Russia
America
Europe
Michigan
Harvey Miller
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bess Hughes
Georiga Kyle
Club
Hughes
Kyle
Mrs. Baldwin
Rose Robinson
Agnes Nunan
Lola Damron
Army Post
Governor’s Island
R. V. Shanklin
Katheryne
Mary Scott
A. N. Harriia
William Quesenberry
C. L. Quesenberry
Shanklin
Gorden Beach
Jimmy
Tazewell
Ms. Beach
James W. Post
Honaker
Gary, W. VA
Bridge Party
Piso
Cis
Ltttia
Ontas
Hradley King
Lloyd
Marion Nixon
Nowheres
Barthelmesshould
First National
Vitaphone
Vitaphone Corp
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