Coal and store notices and church schedule items
A collage of notices lists coal companies with contact numbers and goods such as Raven Red Ash and Pocahontas coal, prices, and delivery promises. a Glenwood Park store for sale with living quarters. Episcopal service times and venue changes. a central loan office auction with a promotional souvenir. assorted ads for fruit, coal ranges, and a Legion dance. a January sample room event at Commercial Bank Bluefield. Calvary Baptist Wade school events with car transport and evening services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood Park
J. F. Shrewsbury
Bluefield
W. Va
Commercial Bank
J. W. Perkins
McClintock Field Co
Negro Charged With Attempted Murder Caught
Dotson, a negro wanted for the attempted murder of another negro at Northfork on Christmas Day, was arrested here yesterday by a Baldwin-Felts agent and held for Mc Dowell county authorities. He fled to Pageton, left Thursday, and his wife shipped a Northfork trunk to Bluefield the same day. they arrived to claim the trunk at Nor folk and Western. The victim is reported to be in very serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dotson
Northfork
Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency
McDowell County
Pageton
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western
Considerable Progress on Municipal Building
Interior work by seven forces advances since January. Administrative section unlikely to finish before March or April, but police department expected to move in earlier. Auditorium shows progress beyond original contract scope while grounds await spring work.
Bluefield Visit Farthest From Home Named Ray Arms
The Bluefield hotel registers show Ray W. Arms of Chicago as the farthest from home today.
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Bluefield
Ray W. Arms
Chicago
Convict Flees Eastern Penitentiary Hidden Under Ashes
Philadelphia January 2 A 24 year old convict John Campbell hid beneath a burning load of ashes on a motor truck and, unchallenged by guards, rode to freedom through penitentiary gates. He leaped onto a car, forced the guard to speed away, and escaped after beating the chauffeur with a hammer. He fled across the city and disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John Campbell
Campbell
Charles Krout
Bonds stolen at Rondout recovered near Little Rock
United States postal officials in Little Rock recover $79,000 in Liberty bonds stolen from a mail train at Rondout Illinois last June. The bonds found in a rural box ten miles west on Maumette road after an anonymous tip to Major James A. Pitcock.
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Little Rock
Ark
United States
Rondout
Ills
Maumette Road
James A. Pitcock
Ira C. Ross
Pitcock
Major Pitcock
Negro man dies after mistaken shooting by neighbor
Milt Hutcherson colored died at Lomax hospital after being shot by Rebecca Rawn colored during a disturbance in a neighbor's hen house. Rawn reported she fired to scare a suspected thief after being drawn to the noise. Hutcherson had gone outside to investigate the commotion.
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Milt Hutcherson
Rebecca Rawn
Lomax Hospital
Hutcherson
Rawn
Isadore Cohen Company Moves to New Quarters
The Isadore Cohen Company is moving from its old Princeton avenue stand to the Ritz building on Federal street. Miss Sue's Shoppe leaves the Ritz room to occupy the Peery building north room on Federal street. No opening date has been set.
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Isadore Cohen Company
Princeton Avenue
Ritz
Federal Street
Miss Sue
Peery
Norse words in Tule Indian language spark questions
Linguists report a cache of apparently Norse like words in the Tule Indian vocabulary of the San Blas region. They compare arbaldi and arbeide, kale and kalle, patte and plate, sage and saen, saki and sack, and other pairs suggesting surprising language echoes across cultures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darien
San Blas
John P. Harrington
Smithsonian Institution
R. P. Vogenitz
United States Post Office Department
Arbeide
Parbatti
Farvet
Tule
Hull
Mietze
Fekse
Eiska
Bluefield Post Aims for Big Year in Legion Work
Bluefield Post No. 9 of the American Legion plans a strong year with full committee organization. A call meeting for all committee members will be held Tuesday at 7:30 PM in the Legion Dugout to outline the yearly program and align efforts for a historic showing by year’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert’s
Bluefield Post No. 9
American Legion
Legion
Bluefield Post
No Let Up in Rush for 1925 Auto Licenses
There was no let up yesterday in the rush of applications for 1925 state automobile licenses. Last minute applicants faced long lines as officials reported steady demand and new form bundles created in the past two days at offices authorized to process plates.
Miss Nora Sneed Injured in Coasting Accident
Miss Nora Sneed daughter of Mr and Mrs W W Sneed of Carolina avenue sustained a fracture of the skull in a coasting accident on Lynn street Thursday night. She was taken to St Luke's Hospital and was reported resting well yesterday.
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Nora Sneed
W. W. Sneed
Carolina Avenue
Lynn Street
Miss Sneed
St. Luke’s Hospital
Alabamians to Furnish Music for Legion Dance
The Legion’s regular Saturday night dance will be held in the Dugout tonight. The well known Alabamians will furnish music from seven to twelve p.m. Dances this season have been well attended and enjoyed.
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Legion Dugout
The
Legion
Cubs Manager Leaves for Catalina Islands
Chicago reports Manager Wm. Killifer of the Chicago Cubs departed for Catalina Islands to arrange spring practice. The squad will depart February 26 for six weeks of training. The article notes the U S milk production exceeding three billion dollars yearly.
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Chicago
Wm. Killifer
Chicago Cubs
Catalina Islands
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Helped Woman in Columbia
A Columbia resident reports three years of illness relieved by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She credits improved health during the Change of Life and housework recovery, and cites a country canvass claiming 98 of 100 users benefited.
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Columbia, S. C
Lydia E. Pinkham
Peianes
Work on New Addition Nears Practical Completion
The Law and Commerce building addition is nearly finished and contractor H. A. Lucas plans to begin wrecking the Commerce street elevator today. Early spring will bring improvements to Commerce street according to building trade contacts.
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Law and Commerce
H. A. Lucas
Commerce Street
Homer Fain Fined and Jailed on Liquor Charge
Homer Fain was fined 190 dollars and sentenced to thirty days in jail by Police Judge Bailey after arraignment in municipal court on a warrant charging possession of liquor.
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Homer Fain
Bailey
Also Mentioned on This Page
City Coal Co
Pocahontas
Bowers Coal Co
Coal Company
Kaneda
Mercer Coal Company
Geo. I. Smith
Episcopal
W. L. Gravatt
Hicks & Lewey
Calvary Baptist
Wade School
Atkins
Princeton Ave
Harry F. Jones
N. M
Honaker Dept. Store
WM. H. Carr
Abrams
Coal & Coke
Kes
West Virginia
Bland St
N. E. Rierson Dentist
Bluefield Kay
J. B. Eades
Osteopathic
Bluefield, W. VA
James Stott
National Association
Grand Piano Co
Bradmann
R. L. Morris
Altamont
Henry Rodgin Company Jewelers
Mercer Funeral Home
Bland Street
Modern Funeral Establishment
Harry L. Greenspon
Bradmano Bldg
Enza
Cheon
Hall Radio Supply Co
Bradmann Building
Kent
Chiropractors
Cor
North and
Jefferson St
Carlsbad
Ted
Mammoth
Kentucky
Carlsbad Cave
Congress
National Geographic Society
Mammoth Cave
National Georgraphic Society
Shopl
Pecos
Charleston
Wheeling
Marechal C. L. Topping
Oklahoma
Marshal Topping
CUBS
G. E. Buchanan
First National Bank
Our
Star Grocery Company
Pocahontas, Va
Goodykoontz Drug Company
Three Good Drug Stores
Rexall
Gentlemen’s Talcom Ms
Gillette
East End
Bluefield Pharmacy
Bluefield Ave
Fairview Pharmacy
Bland and
South Streets
Shavinj
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