Bluefield Institute Holiday Socials and Campus Plans
The Bluefield Institute faculty and students enjoyed holidays visiting relatives across the country. Social events included Christmas gatherings at local homes and with the Lomax and Sinkford/Wade families. The state board acquired land for an athletic field to be built ahead of baseball and a planned high school track meet. Basketball opens January 13 with Morgan College visiting. cooperative store activity includes stock drives and upcoming director elections. Several faculty and students attended events in Montgomery and Washington during vacation.
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R. P. Lima
H. L. Dickason
D. F. Dunlap
Lindside
H. Lyda
Patoka
Ind
Alma T. Eppse
Rebecca Fisher
Columbus
Ohio
Norfolk
E. J. Moore
Bernard J. Walton
Washington
Alises Marian
Truxie Warren
Elizabeth Miles
W. C. Mathey
Montgomery
Ala
W. W. Lomax
Bland Street
Miz. Aes
Fon
Genevieve Lomax
Gowell Lomax
Award University
Cushing Academy
Ashburnham
Mass
G. H. Sinkford
3. L. Wade
Misa Mary Linkford
Fisk University
Samuel L. Walte, Jr
Hilldale College
Hilldale
Mich
State Board of Control
Arhool
Institute
W. C. Matney
Evil Effects of Methodist Competition on Methodism in the South
The piece argues against withdrawing from southern territory by the Methodist Episcopal Church. It cites Bishop Denny and Rev. C. V. Lanjus, asserting a sacred obligation to southern work including the Negro mission. It questions continuing policy due to rising costs amid western conferences.
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Northern Territory
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Christian Advocate
C. V. Lanjus
Missouri Conference
Denny
Missouri
Church funding clash prompts call to end rivalry
The piece cites donations totaling $90,003 in one period and $114,473 in the first border conferences, contrasting with $8,150 for ten southern conferences. Bishops oppose a movement to change policy, urging unity and progress, urging members to vote to end competitive spending for posterity and Christ’s church. The south is urged to decide the issue.
Copper Town Fascination and Night in a Copper City
Vivid slice of Copper Town life shows workers with lunch pails, women shopping, and a violin from a doorway. Foggy air, searchlights, and a nearby metropolis twenty five miles away lure few as dinkey engines haul ore from copper mountains all night.
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Copper
Utah
Physician Claims Cure for Cramps and Large Library Wealth
A physician asserts a cure for cramps by reducing blood alkalinity through carbon dioxide buildup, noting it applies only to primary cramps not caused by other diseases. In Hemne, Switzerland, Dr. Franz Heightner houses the world’s largest library of large books, valued and heavily insured, with volumes all weighing at least three pounds.
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Hemne
Switzerland
Franz Heightner
Paris Man Narrowly Escapes Fire In Phone Booth
Jean Harteau was imprisoned by a wedged door in a Paris telephone booth when a lit match ignited papers on the floor. Firemen, arriving with axes, rescued him before flames could spread.
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Bootie
Paris
Jean Harteau
Houston statue to rise as city grows beyond estimate
A Washington Geographic Society bulletin profiles Sam Houston and Houston growth. It notes the city’s rapid expansion, the planned equestrian statue, and Houston’s transformation from frontier town to port and industrial hub with Ship Canal, railways, and skyscrapers. It cites census uncertainty for 1930 and a mispronunciation gripe from Houstonians.
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Daniel Boone
Andrew Jackson
George Washington
The
Bulletin
Boone
Wells
Jackson
Washington
United States
Mexico
Union
State of
Texas
Lam Houston
Congress
Tennessee
Republic of Texas
Sam Houston
Houston
Amel Houston
Uncle Sam
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Bluefield Institute
Morgan College
Bluefield
Baltimore Boys
Lyda
Endie Foster
Lomax Hospital
Eunice Mathews
State Normal School
Fayetteville
N. C
H. L. Dickagan
Bernard L. Walton
Dodge Brothers
F. O
Detroit
W. R. Keesee & Company
Bluefield Avenue
Sluefield, W. Va
Johnston Motor Company
Princeton, W. Va
Painter Motor Company
Pasewell, Virginia
Boil Motor Company
Pocahontas
Virginia
R. Weesee & Company
Welch, W. Va
Santa Ana
San Jacinto
Napoleon
Buffalo Bayou
Texas Independence
Houston Ship Canal
City
Ma Hort
Manchester
Hough
London
C. H. Grant
Pary
Winnetka
Hwi
Leonard Browne
Westinghouse
Chrysler
Wiesler
Walter P. Chrysler
S. J. Kell
T. W. Kell
McDowell Auto Co
K. BR
Martin R
J. Ryan
C. Holloran
Va.Tenn. Motor Co
Nick Dann - Dann Motor Co
Land & Baker
West Virginia
Princeton
W. Va
Welch
Mullens
Oak Hill
Hinton
Second Creek
Montcalm
Wennessee
Kentucky
Bristol, Tenn
MacRoberts, Ky
Poor Fork
Hazard, Ky
W. L. Sweeney
Gus Kirk
Service Motor Co
A. Gieson Bong
Creger Motor Co
J. 1
Scott
Bean Brothers WO
Ashley
Teno. Motor Corp
Cleveland Motor Co
Fuel City Motor Co
Norton Auto Sales Co
Geo. W. Mullens
Standard Motor Co
Mattrews
Cambria
E. Radford
Pulaski
Wytheville
Chilhowie
Abingdon
Bristol
Cleveland
Appalachia
Norton
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