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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1925
Page
15
In Bluefield Virginia the Dr L L Coale revival began at the Methodist Church with two daily services and a union choir led by Rev Mr Richardson. Coale arrived from Los Angeles and impressed a fatigued yet vigorous presence while urging effort toward repairing neighborly relations as a path to God.
Boissevain reports growing attendance and strong discipline under teachers Misses Faulkner Wainright Reams and Lane. The town, noted for a coal company home and a new movie house, also hosts a busy reading community and a forthcoming United States Canada foreign mission convention in Washington.
Miss Billie Crockett and Mrs. Rufus Hale hosted the Women’s Missionary Society of the Methodist church Thursday at 2 30 p m at Crockett’s Virginia avenue residence. The program featured readings by Mrs H Witten Mrs A F Sinter Mrs W J Crockett Mrs W P Wyatt and Miss Carrie Pile with devotionals led by the president and a hymn opening Bless Be the Tie That Binds Our Hearts in Christian Love.
Advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin tablets as fast relief for indigestion gas heartburn and acidity. A 60 cent package is claimed to last months for the whole family with a six million guaranteed distribution by druggists.
Mrs. Mary Katherine Rakes aged sixty five died at the home of her daughter Mrs. M L Burkett in West Graham after a week long battle with complications. A native of Tazewell County she lived most of her life there and leaves two daughters Mrs M L Burkett of West Graham and Mrs John T Burkett of Welch, plus two brothers and a sister. Funeral at Maple Hill cemetery at 2 20 this afternoon conducted by Rev M C Hughes with pallbearers and honoreary attendees named.
Two memorial windows have been installed in the Episcopal Chapel on Tazewell Avenue in memory of the late KR B Williamson and his brother the late T N Williamson. The windows came from the efforts of the St Marys Church sewing circle with outside help. The Bluefield Elks contributed. Both windows sit in the southwest corner behind the altar.
A large group of former neighbors and friends gathered at the station Sunday to meet the remains of Mrs. Hugh G. Maloney nee Mary Rucker, who died in Welch last Wednesday. The procession then followed the hearse to the burial site.
At Maple Hill cemetery a brief graveside service followed by prayers from the Rev Mr Worley and Father Henry both from Welch. A special train coach carried about fifty Welch mourners and a floral offering honored Mrs Maloney born and raised here, with a Sunday school teacher paying a touching tribute.
The Troubadour Male Quartet led by Ralph Russell and colleagues performs at 8 46 p m Thursday at Memorial Baptist Church. Arrangements with the Methodist church aim to avoid clashing evangelistic services while inviting all community members to attend.
Virginia Side business men reopen talk of a great white way for Main Street and the business district. Improved lighting for the business section is the remaining hurdle, and a modern electric system seems within reach of the city and local merchants.
C P Painter starts the foundation for a new residence on a site close to his current home. A puzzled editor notes the crossword craze and asks what people did to entertain themselves before such puzzles, observing that travelers and hotel guests often read newspapers or magazines.
A clipped reminiscence notes a 1945 date asking how long the crossword craze will last. It hints that twenty years earlier the puzzle was all the rage and wonders if the trend has staying power.
Local forecaster Hugh Ratcliffe warns unsettled weather will persist into the middle of the week. He claims the upcoming sun eclipse on January 24 will disrupt conditions throughout the month.
An epidemic of measles is reported in the Tazewell Burkes Garden section with many families ill. The Rev Mr Lawren, Burkes Garden circuit rider, is also reported ill and could not fill his appointments Sunday.
City treasurer Mrs Laura Davenport has moved into a newly completed bungalow on Tazewell Avenue. She is living with her daughter Miss Mary Martha, a local high school music instructor, and her son Steve.
Miss Helen Baylor substitutes in the high school for Miss Berry who is detained at home due to illness, leaving the school with a temporary assignment due to illness absence.
Mrs. C. A. Neikirk was called to Norfolk on Sunday to aid a niece during illness. Wiley Kitts, a well known clerk in the Baylor Barbee store, is able to continue his duties.
A New York nurse suffered a stubborn cough despite specialists and cough syrups until half a bottle of Bronchuline Emulsion stopped it completely. It claims to ease heavy colds or flu with no sugar, chloroform, or dope. Available at Bluefield Pharmacy East End Pharmacy Wallview Pharmacy and other dealers.
The notice mentions be out and improving from illness. Eva Lane has returned home after visiting her brother A M Lane. Mrs W M Lorimer, wife of the Presbyterian pastor, is recovering from flu and sat up yesterday. James F Dudley remaining as a patient in the Bluefield Sanitarium.
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