Health nurse report praises Miss Nash and city care work
At the civic department meeting the city health nurse report highlighted Miss Nash’s success in school health work. November inspections found 680 children checked for vision and 100 for throat defects with 52 corrections recorded. The nurse conducted home visits, classroom health talks, and assembly addresses while assisting with bedside care and lending items from the loan closet.
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City Health
Cam Cai
Thifty
Womans Club
Civic Department
Brush Creek Farm Women’s Club
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Christmas Boxes Sent to Frontier Missionary
Boxes of Christmas toys and clothing travel to Rev. W. BY? Phipps in Texas, a Baptist Home Mission Board worker. The program began with a large winter box valued at $446.19 and grew as local auxiliary groups and Sunday school classes provided gifts for every member of the missionary family.
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Texas
Frontier
W. By? Phipps
Baptist Home Mission Board
Young Woman’s Auxiliary
Santa Calus
Full Term of Circuit Court Adjourned for Holidays
The circuit court adjourned its full term with Judge Herndon returning home to Welch for the holidays. In a brief morning session he set aside the jury verdict of guilty against Grace Cecil for possessing liquor and remanded the case in the criminal court.
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Morning
Herndon
Welch
Grace Cecil
Marriage license issued for Edward Sigman and Ruth Williams
County Court Clerk Bowling issued a license for the marriage of Edward Sigman age 19 to Ruth Williams age 17, both residents of Dolt. A Caesarean operation by Dr. W H Wallingford with local anesthesia resulted in a healthy mother and baby. Episcopal wreaths for Christmas sold at Mrs. Mary Pearis home on Main street. Methodist children reminded of the Christmas tree at 7:30 PM Saturday at the church.
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Bowling
Edward Sigman
Ruth Williams
Dolt
Mary Pearis
Main Street
Court sets terms and disposes juvenile officers
The court adjourned with orders for further proceedings and dispensed with juvenile officers from January. In the chancery case W R Hawks administrator v Mary Smith the court awarded $346 to the plaintiff and decreed a sale of about thirteen acres near Kegley. A few other motions to set aside verdicts were carried over for decision at the May term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Hawks
Mary Smith
Kegley
Child Labor Violations Found During State Inspector Visit
George F. Daugherty, state commissioner of labor, visited the city to enforce child labor laws. He noted violations where children lacked proper work permits and flagged violations for those under sixteen during school vacations. He attributed offenses to misunderstandings by parents and employers and initiated corrective steps.
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George F. Daugherty
Daugherty
Officials urged prompt reports of law violations in schools
In the city Mr. Daugherty visited school authorities and asked them to report any violations at once so proper steps could be taken toward enforcement. He emphasized swift action to uphold the law and protect students.
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Daugherty
Ghost roams cottage forcing seven families to flee in Wilkes-Barre
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania seven families in succession report being driven from an outlying cottage by a ghost that walks all night, prompting local investigation into the eerie disturbances and residents’ safety concerns.
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Wilkes-Barre
Remembrance at Royal on Monday and Tuesday
Royal Theatre presents Remembrance a Rupert Hughes picture as a companion to The Old Nest for Monday and Tuesday next week. The film showcases Hughes distinctive style and aims to transform characters into caring, affectionate people, leaving audiences with a warm impression.
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Royal
The
Royal Theatre
Moving Picture Lovers
Princeton
Rupert Hughes
Father
Ace
Holiday in Princeton Schools Start Today
The Princeton school holiday begins with a mass exodus of teachers to distant points. Names include Miss Alderson Summersville, Miss Ferree Hodgenville KY, Miss Smith Morgantown, Miss Carpenter Marietta OH, Mr. Barger Toledo IL, Mr. Dunlap Princeton IN, Miss Woolford Morgantown, Miss Hurt Pounding Mill VA, Miss Hill Maine, Miss Kiser Pennsylvania, and Mr. and Mrs. Herring remaining local. Miss Bowen splits time between Bluefield Baltimore and Tazewell VA.
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Princeton
Miss Alderson
Summersville
Ferree
Hodgenville
Miss Smith
Morgantown
Miss Carpenter
Marietta
Ohio
Mr. Barger
Toledo
Ill
Dunlap
Ind
Woolford
Mis3 Hurt
Pounding Mill
Miss Hill
Maine
Kiser
Pennsylvania
Herring
Our City
Missa Sara Bowen
School of Music
Bluefield
Baltimore
Peabody
Tazewell
Dance at Dug-Out by Bluefield Post No 9
American Legion post announces a Friday dance at the Dug-Out on December 22 from 9 to 2 with Watkins Seven Syncopators providing music. Admission is two dollars. Also listed is a seven room house for rent with concrete basement on 1 1 4 acre lot near Lovell Avenue in Princeton.
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Bluefield Post No. 9
The
American Legion
Watkins
J. H. Robinson
Lovell Avenue
Princeton
Lilly Land Co. Roanoke Lots Sell Fast Under Easy Terms
The Lilly Land Co reports Roanoke East Gate lots selling faster than expected after a promotional low price. Purchasers can pay about five percent down and two and a half percent monthly with no interest or taxes, plus a free deed to beneficiaries if the purchaser dies. The Roanoke office in MacBain building room 634 offers viewings, while additional lots and truck farms in Princeton Beckley Oak Hill Lewisburg and nearby areas are available on the same plan.
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East Gate
Roanoke
Virginia
MacBain
Princeton
Beckley
Oak Hill
Lewisburg
Montcalm
South Bluefield
Saeger
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio Valley
Bulgarian Herb Tea Claims Fast Cold Cure
A historical note promotes Bulgarian herb tea as a bedtime remedy to kill a cold and guard against flu grippe and pneumonia. It claims to flush the bowels improve the blood and sweeten the stomach and notes it is sold by druggists everywhere.
Two Wives in Amnity Park Scene Stirring Localities
Neighbors clash as two wives live amicably with Leon Bertrand in Amnity Park. police remove Bertrand amid tensions over a home and a drug issue. Telegraph Want Ads urge interest in new brick homes on College Street and Lilly Land Co offers showings.
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Leon Bertrand
Leon
Lilly Land Co
Governor Could Play Santa Claus
The Telegraph recalls the prior sentencing of James Fuda an Italian for possessing a moonshine still on Crane Creek in a prior criminal court term. Fuda received two years in the penitentiary and a $200 fine. He supported a wife and nine children with mining work and claimed the liquor was for his own use only.
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Telegraph
James Fuda
Tvasion
Crane Creek
Fuda
Italy
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Catherine
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Ae Fue Major
Pithy
W. H. Wallingford
Legion
First National Bank
Princeton, W. VA
Uus
Lilly Land Company
Grand Cafe
Mercer Street
Princeton, W.va
Guyandotte Club
Helen
Daddy
Olivia
Tomorro
Santa Claus
Penitentiary
Elkhorn Valley Grocery Co
Keystone, W. Va
Honaker & Elliott Dept. Store
Bluefield, We Va
EAE Mouas SC
al Bran Corp Gul Eerner Ae
Earivae
Daniel Nat
Izaac T. Mann
James Felwoist
A. J. McBride
Mgr. Sales O. L. Alexander
Od Jones
Gen. H
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Thomas F. Farrell
Secretary of Navigation
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Pocahontas
All Rat
Tidewater
Great Lakes
United States
Pocahontas Fuel Company Incorporated
Hewpton Reeds
Saipnur
Mointure
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New York
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Mass
Board of Trade
Cincinnati
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New Bedford
Iilliman Treat
Atlantic
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