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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1920
Page
8
Coal agencies announce a fifty cent per ton rise for Pocahontas and Clinch Valley coal. Retail prices reach 11 and 10.50 dollars respectively, sparking local discussion over government rulings and rising costs.
The report notes Russell county completion and Carbo as a Norfolk and Western junction with a big by product plant. It mentions pediatric surgeries by Dr. St Clair in Bluefield and church services at Christian and Presbyterian congregations with sermon topics Hot Air and Brass Tacks and Basis of Christian Unity. Citizens near Bluestone Junction face water shortages. Circuit Court in Tazewell adjourns with cases postponed. No services at Presbyterian church due to the pastor's illness.
An old advertisement warns that poor blood dulls energy and urges tuning up the blood with Pepto Mangan. It touts Gude’s Pepto Mangan in liquid or tablet form and stresses using the genuine brand name on packaging.
The Williamson school bond election held Thursday approved the proposal by 586 to 26 after two precincts reported at city hall 381 for 14 against and court house 205 for 12 against. Overall turnout was about twenty percent of eligible voters.
In the Southern District of West Virginia W L Armentrout of Keystone McDowell County is declared bankrupt. The first creditors meeting is set for December 16 1920 at 10 in the forenoon at the referee’s Bluefield office Mercer County to prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and conduct business related to the case.
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