Princeton Circulars Describe 1924 Senior Banquet and Local Church Happenings
The Princeton area reports the 1924 Wast River Senior Class banquet at the Virginia Hotel with reservations to Miss Kathryn Kennedy by Monday. Other items note Christmas activities at Baptist, Episcopal, Methodist churches, gifts for Salem Orphanage, student travels home for holidays, and church programs led by Rev. S B Ogle and Rev. J Edmund Thompson, plus weekend plans and celebratory services.
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Wast River
Virginia Hotel
Kathryn Kennedy
W. EB. B. Johnson
Ruby
Kee Street
Roanoke
W. D. Balderson
Protestant Episcopal
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Mercer Street
J. Edmund Thompson
Girle’ Friendly
Three Days Cough Signal Warns Of Dangers
A vintage ad promotes Creomulsion as a remedy for persistent coughs and throat troubles. It claims the emulsified creosote soothes inflamed membranes, inhibits growth, soothes the throat, enters the stomach, and is absorbed to fight disease, urging readers to consult druggist directions.
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Cal
Your . Creo.mulsion Company
Atlanta, Ga
Princeton Paragrap hs Local Court Case and Holiday Notices
Preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace T Hub bard terday charged with the murder of Allen Wiley at Athena. Lipson Dove pleaded guilty by nulty and was held without bond for the grand jury. Meadows Furniture promotes lamps and toys for Christmas while Mercer County polices crack down on Christmas liquor. For rent seven room house on Wallace street and four room flat. Beckley and Princeton real estate ads include a lot trade for a car. Kiddy care and toys from Meadows Furniture Company accompany home holiday gifts.
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Justice of the Peace
Hubbard Terday
Court House
Allen Wiley
Athena
Dove
B. Martin
Judge McGrath
Lilly Land Company
Princeton
Beckley
W. Va
Meadows
Unfair Competition Topic At Princeton Rotary Luncheon
The Rotary Club of Princeton heard talks on Unfair Competition by 8S. J. Evanas and W. RK. Rippetoe at yesterday’s weekly luncheon. The program was staged by the business methods committees led by W. H.
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J. Evanas
W. RK. Rippetoe
Rotary Club of
Princeton
W. H
Rotary Club Meeting Plans and Christmas Activities
The Rotary Club prepares for a joint meeting with the Kiwanis Club next week and a Dec 26 Saturday gathering. Members received gifts, Christmas greetings were read from Rotary International president Don Adams, and Rev. C. H. Phipps distributed golden rule cards. Guests included Dr. H. C. Hays and WI Godfrey.
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International
Kiwanis Club
J. Evans
Miss Thelmas
Mina Lucille White
Don Adams
Rotary International
C. H. Phipps
Rotarians
H. C. Hays
WI Godfrey
Mrs Dave Rierson Claimed By Death In Hiawatha
Mrs Dave Rierson of Hiawatha died at Memorial hospital from complications at about 6 o clock last evening. She was about thirty years old and leaves a husband and three children with one child also in Memorial hospital. Funeral plans have not been announced.
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Ogle
Virginia Rerumen
Nell G. Moon
Scottsville
Pauline Banquess
Premier
Relati
W. B. Manning
Kirk Avenue
EB. McKenzie
Mr. McKenzie
Medical College of
Cincinnati
Ohio
Audrey
Dave Rierson
Effle
Roanoke
Mary Pearis
Springton
Harbor
Hale Avenue
Hiawatha
Wilson
Prussia Drops Objection to Upper Silesia Zinc Deal
Berlin December 18 the Prussian government withdraws its objection to the accord between Harriman & Conad at foresta and the George Von Grenthe heirs for exploitation of zinc mines in Upper Silesia.
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Berlin
Harriman & Anacondat Foresta
George von Grenthe
Upper
Silesia
Resinol Heals Deep Burn Says Nurse in Bolton
Mrs Joseph EB Siggins of Bolton Massachusetts recalls a 1919 foot burn that stubbornly reopened for six weeks. After trying many treatments she applied Resinol Ointment and claims a complete healing after using a single jar.
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Bolton
Mass
Mra
Joseph EB. Siggins
Wyoming County and Mercer Discuss Connecting Road Plan
The county court meets with Wyoming county officials to plan a Matoaka to county line route and onward to Mullins and Pineville. If built to state highway specs it could be state maintained, shortening travel by over fifty miles and linking county seats. The project depends on funds and cooperation to finish by next fall, with hopeful transfer to the state for maintenance.
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County Court of
Wyoming
County Road Engineers of
Matoaka
Mullins
Pineville
State Road Commission
Mercer
Rock District
Seckley
Welch
Widemouth
Wyoming Line
Clarke Gap
Beckley
Bluefield
Bramwell
Arista
Tarvia
Wyoming County
Surden
Rolera
Elmore
Algonquin
Square Dance at Legion Hall in Princeton Tonight
Tonight at the legion hall in Princeton a square dance runs from 8 to 12. Admission is 1 dollar with ladies admitted free. Right reserved to refuse admission. Contact L Merring at 172-1 for details.
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Legion Hall
Princeton
Interest Boosters Campaign Grows in Kimball
The Kimball Boosters Sales campaign gains momentum as merchants expect today's sales to surpass any in the season. Prizes worth hundreds of dollars are displayed at H. Bank store and will be awarded by Mayor Turner on Christmas Eve. The event draws a large crowd for a Christmas celebration with singing and a talk on foreign missions.
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Can
First Methodist
Z. B Randall
EB. E. Bailey
FE. L. Robertson
Red Cross
Jesus
Epworth League
Kimball Boosters
H. Bank
Turner
Kimball
Express
Kirhball
Regna Frederickson
Near East
Miss Frederickson
Salvation Army
Andrew Leckie
Coach Eddy
Ben Roller
Dan Peake
Adeline
Graham Sale
Sale
Welch Club
Thelma Johnson
T. Neil Hubbard
Pian
George West Diehl
Athens
Frederickson
W. O. Franklin
Stanard
Charlie Farrington
Jitney permits denied in McDowell County 1926
In McDowell County 131 jitney drivers, defendants in the Pocahontas Transportation Company injunction, were refused permits for 1926. The state road commission notes convictions or injunctions as sufficient cause to deny operation under Class H-3, listing numerous named defendants and their status.
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Welch
Hub Herndon
State Road Department
McDowell County
Pocahontas Transportation Company
State Road Commission
Commission Basesite
Transportation
Uunder
Akera
Newt
Hemphill
Alderman
W. C
Thorpe
Allen
K. Thorpe
Ameen
Joe
Assid
Louis
Keretone
Baird
Emanuel
Banks
Robert
Northfork
Belcher
Watch
Elbert
Berta
John
Kyle
Blankenship
Keystone
Bohinaky
Fred
Briggs
Brooks
Mike
Burton
Callahan
W. S
Carter
Ernest
Filbert
Clements
Dobbs
Welch High Girls Lead Rotary Club Singing Contest
Misses Helen Partlow and Mary Lee of Welch high school led the Rotary Club singing at its meeting. A strong solo by Jack Price of the First National Bank won the prize after Frank Sams did not sing loudly.
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Helen Partlow
Mary Lee Ppling
Welch High School
Welch Rotary Club
Jack Price
First National Bank
Price
Frank Sams
Seams
Welch Area Marriage Licenses and Welch Schools Schedule
The county clerk issued five marriage licenses including Harmon to Lambert and Riffe to Barnes both pairs age near 20. Welch public schools will close Tuesday for winter break from December 22 to January 4, 1926. Traffic Officer Hub Herndon warns prosecutions for 1926 tag violators with tag installation on December 20. A Matt Bakery truck received 1926 plates and the driver was fined $25 plus costs. William Stevens, a miner with New River Pocahoots Consolidated Coal, is noted in an ongoing local record.
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Grace Hospital
Sam Polon
Cincinnati
Ww. Pauley
Northfork
Mrs. Pauley
Soe
George Thomas
William Herndon
War
Welch
Hubert Clark
Woodlawn Court
Lansville
Thomas Harmon
Viola Lambert
Worth
Lawrence Riffe
Pearl Barnes
North Springs
Claude Garratt
Dorit Whitt
Warrior Mines
Liboria
Maria Sereana
Keystone
W. ©. Cook
Hub Herndon
Matt Bakery
Ore ‘Squire A. C. Hufford
Woman in Pittsburg Convicted for Making Whiskey
Mrs. Mary Korbelch admitted obtaining a still and manufacturing liquor to protect her husband Stephen from poisoning by whiskey. Police testified to her good character and no sale evidence. Judge James McF. Carpenter imposed one year parole with husband to abstain from liquor.
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Pittsburg
Mary Korbelch
Stephen
James McF. Carpenter
Injury at Havace Hospitalized After Wheel Accident
A worker named Stevens was brought to Grace hospital with a badly mangled right hand after his hand was caught under the wheel of a motor at Havace.
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Pany
Havace
Grace Hospital
Stevens
City of Rome Blamed as Blind Ship in Submarine Collision
Boston, Dec. 18. Navy judge advocate Arles A. Lockwood urged that the steamer City of Rome was a blind ship when it rammed and sank the submarine causing thirty three deaths. He argued the submarine bore no blame, while Captain Diehl’s testimony was challenged as incomplete. The Ocean Steamship Company denied fault as the court reconvened for an immediate finding.
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Boston
City of Rome
Arles A. Lockwood
Naval Court of Inquiry
Ocean Steamship Company
Lockwood
John H. Diehl
Dryer
Diehl
Judge Advocate
Karl Farwell
Wilbur
Forty Bricklayers Strike Over Dignity Claim
London reports forty Bricklayers on a dignity strike after Alderman Edward Brice said they lay one brick in a minute twelve seconds on a municipal housing scheme. The protest halted work and left 250 carpenters painters and other tradesmen unemployed.
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London
Edward Brice
Lambeth
Fleet Corporation names European affairs director in London
Warren Purdy, district director for the Fleet Corporation at Boston, was appointed director of European affairs with headquarters in London. Tomas Miller, formerly in charge of Fleet Corporation affairs at Genoa, Italy, was appointed director at Boston as his successor.
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Washington
Warren Purdy
Fleet Corporation
Boston
Corporation
London
Tomas Miller
Genoa
Italy
Coolidge Plans Attending Sesquicentennial Exposition
President Coolidge plans to attend the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia next year likely on July 4 his birthday.
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Washington
Coolidge
Philadelpha
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