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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1920
Page
2
A collage of ads and notices lists wireless apparatus for ambitious youths, local chef change at Busy Bee, charitable baskets funded by merchants, meat market prices, home loans, auto services, jewelry deals, calendars, and sales at various Bluefield businesses with dates and prices.
Sam's Turk advertises silk ties and new stamps items at half price along with flowers from Fallon Florist and other discounts at Dil ler's on Bland Street. A colored teenager from Wilmington loses a leg in an accident near Powhatan after being struck by or attempting to catch a train. Moonshine whiskey is confiscated in a Scott Street raid with no arrests.
The Prayer Meeting at the Presbyterian Church moves to 7 30 this evening from 7 45. It will be brief so members may attend the addresses at the Elks Opera House on the city manager plan.
The American Legion basketball team hosts Bluefield Independents tonight at the High School Gymnasium. Many players are alumni of Beaver teams from 1914 onward. Dr. Harold Black was elected captain at last night’s meeting. Tipoff is at 7:15 with admission of 25 cents.
Leslie C. Bell a native of Bedford county Virginia and long time Franklin county resident tied to Gogginaville died Sunday morning in Waterbury.
For sale a 156 acre blue grass farm with 100 acres hill land and 56 acres fine bottom land. Includes two small orchards, good fences, water, fair buildings, near Gardner Junction Station Virginian Railway half a mile away. Can graze 75 cattle yearly and could support a dairy operation. Machinery and stock included. Price 15000. standing rent 1000 per year. Contact R F Holt Princeton W Va. 12-10-suw-fri-6t
The obituary notes that a Confederate veteran, eighty, moved to Connecticut seventeen years ago. His body will be brought to Bedford County for burial today in the old family plot near Little Otterbridge. Mrs W T Brodie and her sister Mrs Stella Witmore travel from Roanoke to attend. He was a son-in-law of T L Reynolds and served in the Twenty-Eighth Virginia Infantry with Pickett's Division at Gettysburg.
Augusta street resident Dr E W Thompson a longtime physician and active member of the Bluefield Elks Moose Knights of Pythians Modern Woodmen Shrine and Kiwanis who chaired the Elks trustees and led the Bluefield Insurance Agency. Funeral plans not completed last night with interment likely Thursday at Caffee cemetery per later notice.
Mrs BR H Stegar and her young daughter Sarah Lee of Wilson North Carolina are guests of Mrs Stegar's parents Mr and Mrs J W Simpson on Washington Street FA Harman the local florist, long ill at his south Bluefield home, was reported improved yesterday though he still suffers from diabetes
A basement stock room sustained considerable damage after a fire ignited with no alarm raised. Firemen were summoned by telephone as the blaze caused extensive spoilage and prompted prompt emergency response.
A pastoral letter signed by all German Roman Catholic archbishops and bishops laments rising immorality since the war and national misfortune. It warns that without correction the entire German people may face ruin due to immodesty and moral decline.
Water damage estimated between 1000 and 1500 dollars followed a small grate fire on the second floor of the new addition at St. Luke's Hospital. City firemen fought the stubborn blaze between the second floor and first floor ceiling. Dr A. H. Hoge’s offices beneath the room sustained heavy damage.
D. D. optometrist William Greenspon advertises a selection of white green and yellow gold oxport eye glass frames for eyeglass wearers. He offers to show the frames and provide prices for mounting lenses at his shop opposite the passenger station.
The notice cites Telegraph Want Ads as a factor in addressing immorality concerns, noting appeals to public opinion and community standards amid discussions on social progress.
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