Local coal and used car ads mix with town notices
Commerce items show Coal Cos offering Pocahontas Raven Red and Mohawk fuels with bundled prices and prompt service, plus Mercer Coal and Bowers Coal promotions with load averages and Xmas deals. Used car listings include a Five passenger Essex and a Ford touring car at Bluefield Garage. Local notices announce bricklayers meeting, a white sale at Pedigo’s, and an army recruiting office reopening with travel postings. Three motorists pay fines for speeding in Bluefield city court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Coal Co
Pocahontas
Bluefield Garage
Thirteen Arraigned in City Police Court on Traffic Violations
Thirteen persons have been arraigned in the city police court for alleged traffic violations over the past two days. Undergoing treatment Ashley Potts, a known farmer, Bluefielder now residing at Glen White is in Bluefield for several days undergoing treatment at the Byefield Sanitarium. Last Day of Grace urged as the state operator's license and chauffeurs license must be obtained today or be presented to the judge on Friday. State Traffic Office Buchanan announced last night.
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Ashley Potts
Grace
Buchanan
Bluefield
Harris
Bluefield Avenue
Rogers Street
Trial over $60,000 jewel loan case in Huntington
In Huntington West Virginia January 7 the Workum Schamer Company jewelers of Cincinnati sues former aviator James once allied with the prince of Wales to recover 30000 in jewelry held as collateral. Bowen testified James borrowed 1400 to 4500 at times with a bracelet loan later offered 12500 to Mrs Fetter, bracelet not returned. James faced attempted flights into a diamond scheme and was released on bond after no indictment emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huttington
W. Va
Workum-Schamer Company, Jewelers
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ala Hewen
Ae James
Royal Fly Corps
Prince of Wales
James
Bowen
Workum-Schamer Company
S. P. Fetter
Ashland
John C. C. Mayo
United States
Workum Ana Schumer
Cabell County
Edward, Prince of Wales
New York
Real Estate Transfers Filed in County Court Clerk’s Office
Transfers listed include H G Steele to Joseph M Sanders et al for lot 4 section 1005 Bluefield for 1, D H Barger trustee to Matoaka Land & Improvement Company for a jet in Matoaka for 1, J Sublette and wife to E H Glass et al for lots 2 and 8 section 184 Bluefield for 8 200, C W Sneed and wife to R F Nicholson for lots 18 20 22 24 Glenwood Park for 1, J E Henderson and wife to M K Harman for lot 49 and parts of 47 48 New Midway Bluefield for 640, F T Sutter and wife to W T Lilly for 75 acres near Ada for 1, KE L Adams and wife to W J Cole for a lot on Wyoming Street Bluefield for 1 600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Steele
Joseph M. Sanders
Bluefield
D. H. Barger
Matooka Land & Improvement Company
Matoaka
R. F. Nicholson
Glenwood Park
J. E. Henderson
M. K. Harman
New Midway
F. T. Sutter
W. T. Lilly
Ada
KE. L. Adams
W. J. Cole
Wyomir
Big Dry Goods Displays Attract Many Buyers In Bluefield
Eight or nine large dry goods jobbing houses have opened big displays in Bluefield this week. Buyers from coal companies in southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia, along with purchasing agents for other stores, visit daily to lay in their spring linens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
West Virginia
Virginia
Finnish naturalist identified as Norfolk mystery man
In Norfolk Virginia a Finnish naturalist named Oxelund was identified after his strange dialect puzzled interpreters. He said he was brought to the United States on a Russian steamer about two months ago and planned to speak on WTAR radio for help from listeners. Frederick Faldén, a young Finn, identified him before any tips could come in.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Nation
Oxelund
Reliance
WTAR
Frederick Falden
Finn
Fire destroys Davis Shop and Waldren building in Bluefield
A fire at Davis You Drive It shop and the Waldren building on Bluefield avenue and Rogers street caused extensive damage, with second and third floors largely ruined. Five families displaced, automobiles and equipment destroyed, insurance gaps noted, and a missing fire escape cited as a danger factor.
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Central Fire Station
Shewey
Davis
South Bluefield
Bluefield Avenue
Rogers Street
Shewep
Harris
tata @iss
H. D. Waldren
Welch
L. C. Brown
W. O. Davis
James Chelos
L. A. Catsiones
Catsiones
Davis’ Place
E. Harry
Mr. Harry
Mr. Waldren
R. W. Honaker
Waldren
Catstones
Debate Over Prohibition Enforcement At Senate Hearing
Washington January 7 voices criticised and defended prohibition enforcement before a senate judiciary sub committee on the Cramton bill to concentrate all prohibition administration under one treasury bureau. Industrial alcohol users protested the measure while witnesses urged stricter enforcement. Speakers argued industrial distribution should stay separate from criminal administration and proposed boards of review and immediate appeals hearings.
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Washington
Prohibition
Senate
Prohibition Administration
Treasury Department
Sterling
Republican
South Dakota
House
Boards of Re
Gaston Means Agrees to Go On Trial Friday
New York January 7. Poor and ill Gaston B Means former DOJ agent was brought before Federal Judge Lindley in New York by federal agents who arrested him on a bench warrant at his Concord North Carolina home. He pleaded poverty and could not hire counsel as the judge began proceedings for his trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaston Means
New York
aJn
Gaston B. Means
Department of Justice
Lindley
Concord
N. C
Lindsey appoints Menin as counsel for Means in trial
Lindsey names Abraham I Menin, former assistant U S attorney, as counsel while Means faces a conspiracy to obstruct justice trial set for tomorrow. Bond fixed at 10000 dollars. Means cites illness and telegram from a physician claiming pending gallstone surgery, while officials accuse him of feigning illness to dodge the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsey
Abraham I. Menin
United States
Means
Definite East Coast Earthquake Shakes New England
Boston reports a definite earthquake affecting eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire the fifth in three centuries. The shaker disrupted homes offices and other structures causing panic across the coastal belt from Portsmouth to New Bedford. Harvard seismograph logged the 8 10 a m reading. Professor Reginald Daly cites sudden rock cracking tens of miles below the surface as the quake’s cause with no surface traces expected.
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Boston
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New England
Portsmouth
N. H
New Bedford
Mass
Harvard University
Cambridge
Reginald A. Daly
Despondent Lover Girl Ends Life in Cincinnati
Gregoria Puliskowska known as Miss Mary Davis, seventeen, daughter of Julian Puliskowska of the Cincinnati Conservatory, and second violinist of the Cincinnati Symphony, killed herself in her city apartment after failing to receive a letter from a fiancé in Krakow. She arrived four months ago with her stepmother, a fellow music student. betrothed to a Krakow University student, she had not heard from him since arriving in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Lenberg
Oland
Gregorie Puliskowska
Julian Puliskowska
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Tony
Puliskowska
Mary Davis
America
Gregoria
Kracow University
Four Sticks Dynamite Found In Coal Car
Parkersburg January 7 four sticks of dynamite were found in a coal car consigned to the Parkersburg Rig and Reel Company Dell H Wolfe director of purchases said percussion caps and fuses were attached The matter was reported to local officials in Parkersburg and Clarksburg West Virginia where the coal car had been filled The rest of the load was gingerly handled and the car sifted for more explosive
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Jan
Dell H. Wolfe
Parkersborg Rig and Reel Company
Clarksburg
W. Va
Referee Declares No Contest In Brooklyn Bantam Bout
In Brooklyn at Ridgewood A. C. Ed die Martin world bantamweight champion and Augie Pisano Coney Island bantamweight fought almost three rounds before the referee stopped the match and ruled a no contest. The bout occurred in New York on January 7.
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New York
Eddie
Cannonball) Martin
Augie Pisano
Coney Island
Ridgewood A. C
Brooklyn
Governor Orders Boxing Exhibitions Stopped in Ohio County
Wheeling W Va Jan 7 A C Schiffler states attorney tonight released a letter from Governor E F Morgan directing him to halt all boxing exhibitions in Ohio county Cabell county officials were reported to be instructed to clamp down on pugilism as well The move aims to curb boxing activity in the area and enforce the ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
A. C. Schiffler
E. F. Morgan
Ohio County
Cabell County
Bequest of 25000 to Ohio Valley General Hospital
In Wheeling West Virginia on January 7 the will of banker and clubman B Walker Peterson was filed for probate. He leaves 25000 to the Ohio Valley General Hospital here and the remainder of his estate to his widow. Peterson died last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio Valley General Hospital
B. Walker Peterson
Epsonade Salts Touted As Gentle Constipation Remedy
Pure Epsom Salts has no equal in medicine for constipation biliousness and sick headache Doctors and nurses depend upon it because no other laxative acts so perfectly and harmlessly on the bowels Epsonade Salts is pure Epsom Salts made pleasant with fruit derivative salts and tastes like sparkling lemonade It costs only a few cents a package at any drug store Guaranteed by the American Epsom Association.
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American Epsom Association
Personal consecration and fervent prayer sermons at Westminster
Dr Mauze delivered sermons on personal consecration from Romans and James and on the efficacy of prayer at Westminster Presbyterian Church. He urged living sacrifices to God, voluntary service, and daily dedication. He stressed earnest, definite prayer, faith, and motives aligned with God’s will, with services at 2 and 7:30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauls Einstle
Mauze
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Paul
Apostle
James
Manze
Peter
Dr. Manze
Oldest Store Manager in Field Is Young Man
E. W. Peerman of Switchback is in Bluefield on business as buyer for the Norfolk and Lick Branch collieries of the Pocahontas Fuel Company. He is described as the oldest store manager in point of service in the Pocahontas coal field, having thirty six years in the field and with the company since its organization, yet he is not an old man.
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E. W. Peerman
Switchback
Bluefield
Mr. Peerman
Norfolk and Lick
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Pocahontas
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Bowers Coal Co
R. M
Mercer Coal Company
Geo. L. Smith
Davis U-Drive
Pedigo
Bland and
Princeton Avenue
B. M
P. LU
B. A. Eubanks
Edigo
Kent
W. M. Ferguson
Pedigo Co
Glenword Park
J. F. Shrewsbury
Elegant Homes
E. T. Oliver
E. S. Pedigo Co
Zimmerman
Sergt
Hiawalian Islands
Atlantic
Panama
United States Army
Pedico's
Kahn
Pedi- Ko's
Emmett Ferrell
Atkins
Princeton Ave
Harry F. Jones
N. M
Honakes Dept. Store
Federal Street
Law and Commerce
WM. H. Carr
Abrams 406
Anal & Coke
Bland St
N. E. Rierson Dentist
Fay Vaso
J. B. Eades
Osteopathic
Physician and Specialist Mayer Building
Bluefield, W. VA
James Stott
National Association
Grand Piano Co
Bradman
R. L. Morris
Altamont
THE
Henry Rodgin Company Jewelers
Mercer Funeral Home
Bland Street
Modern Funeral Establishment
Harry L. Greenspon
Bradmann Bidg
Hall Radio Supply Co
Bradmann Building
Chiropractors
Cor
North and
Jefferson St
Huntington Grocer
C. A. James
Bellans
Lover Girl
Epoom Salts
Rev. J. Layton Mauze
Westminster Congregation
Phillips
Magnesia
Bluefield Audit Co., Consulting Accountants and Auditors
Bradmann
Isadore Cohen Company Jewelers
Federal St. Ritz Bldg
West Virginian Hotel
Miss Sue
Isadore Cohen
Jewelers
Goodykoontz Drug Company
Three Good Drug Stores
Rexall Excall
East End
Bluefield Pharmacy
Bluefield Ave
Fairview Pharmacy
South Streets
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