Local ads and notices mix from Pocahontas area
A collage of classifieds and public notices lists product ads for coal and ash types, concrete garden items, construction rents, and a mill of services. It includes announcements for Elkhorn Hazard Coal Co annual meeting in Bluefield on January 24 1925 and various local business notices. It notes a public disclaimer by Joseph F Shelton and a new management at Play House Cafe Pocahontas as well as funeral service details for a colored man. Also reports a gas fire incident at Mercer Funeral Home ambulance and local court fines totaling 240 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhorn Hazard Coal Co
Bluefield
W. Va
G. B. Bell
Gas Remedies and Sleep? Stomach Pressure Alert
An advertisement notes gas on the stomach can press the heart and cause restlessness and sleeplessness. It promotes Adlersky as an effective intestinal evacuant for constipation, claiming quick action in about one hour without griping, listing The White Pharmacy and Central Pharmacy in Princeton by Rice Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlersky
White Pharmacy
Central Pharmacy
Princeton
Rice Drug Co
Gas mains extended to West Bluefield in Virginia
W L Lawrence of Sanderson & Toter engineers and Bluefield Gas & Power Company approve expansion of gas mains into West Bluefield Virginia. The Lynn Street main will be replaced by two larger mains feeding Bluefield avenue line with extension to the state line. Laterals will begin on West Thucheld streets as gas service spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FL W. Lawrence
Sanderson & Toter Engineers
Bluefield Gas & Power Company
West Bluefield
C. J. Reese
Bluefield Company
Lynn Street
Bluefield Avenue
Une
West Thucheld
Py Bren
Wanel
British Proposal Declared Unacceptable at Opium Talks
Stephen O Porter head of the American delegation called the British proposal by Lord Cecil unacceptable at the reopening of the International Opium conference The United States seeks a ten year halt to opium smoking while Britain would delay fifteen years until China curbs growth and smuggling A clash arose as Britain France and Holland aligned against resuming work on the first conference plan with Cecil Daladier and Loudon arguing only the first conference could discuss opium smoking Meanwhile a commercial note urged thrift shoppers to visit M G Whitlow Hardware Co for cooking utensils and savings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouetieva
Stephen O. Porter
Lord Cecil
Far East
United States
Great Britain
Lord Cech
Porter
China
Far Eastern
France
Holland
Oplum
Loudon
Power Bay
Lord Gecil
January Term Federal Court Opens in West Virginia
The regular January term of the United States court for the Southern District of West Virginia opens today at 10 o'clock in Bluwefield presided by Judge George W. McClintic. Clerk Tra H. Mottershein and deputies arrived to prepare the docket. Attaches and jurors have gathered in the city as offices and hotels report congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waite States Court
District of West
Virginia
Liuefield
George W. Me
Clintic
Tra H. Mottershean
McCivile
Blwefield
SICK WOMEN OF MIDDLE AGE GET RELIEF WITH VEGETABLE COMPOUND
A Macon Georgia woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with lifting her from bed after two months of illness during change of life. She, 63, reports renewed strength and health and recommends the remedy, noting many others benefited in a nationwide canvass. Drugstores nationwide offer the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Georgia
Lydia
Pinkham
Mia
F. B. Headden
Holt Avenue
Bitterly Denies Kiwanis Club to Liquor 15 Thrown Dynamite
Marion Virginia reports say Roy Patrick, 27, jailed in Saltville on charges tied to the Saltville dam collapse that killed 18. Patrick denies guilt and claims alibi. authorities cite dynamite used to dislodge stored Hao muck, with threats reported at Alkali Works and Mathieson Works. He is held in Marion jail. the case prompts fear of further violence while investigations continue. Kiwanis Nineveh plans an automobile show in late February to raise funds for underprivileged children, with local dealers supporting and committees formed. The club's Feb program included awards, a Rotary speaker, and a discussion on naming new World War II heroes at local schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Roy Patrick
Marton
Saltville
Patrick
Haomuck
Baltvville
Mathieson Allull
Chilhowie
Lttle
Holston
North Diolston
Plasterca
Suallville
Kiwanis Club
Ninefica
Clarence E. Ridley
Kendrick
Kiwanis
Dinefield
O. W. Evans
Russett I. Hitz
Bluefield
Board of Education
Preston Street
Wade
Matile Bowling
Princeton
Virginian Hancock
Appomatox
Bowring
James Elmer Brown
Hancock
Miss Bowling
Brown
H.C. Wade
Virginia Hancock
Mattie Bowling
Elon Guy Lb. Farr
Farr
R. W. Robinson
Setepee
W. G. Whitlow Co
Doomed by jury of rum runners in bootlegger case
Weehawken witnesses described a Hudson county bootlegger trial in which Thomas Heagney and John Dorsey faced a death sentence by a jury of alleged rum runners. They testified of gunpoint coercion and a planned drowning at the riverbank before a supposed intervention by Griffin and others. The trial resumes tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
Weehawken
Ami
Ling
Hudson River
Thomas Heagney
John Dorsey
Hudson County
William Griffin
Harry J. Stearns
Weehaw Ken
MecNamee
Hudson Bounty Police
Waahaw‘Ken
Theagney
Dorsey
Ballwin Avenue
Heagney
Meagney
Kolling
Heaghey
Teeing
Griffin
Stearns
Dorasy
Uke
Thorough Saltville dam disaster probe underway
Bristol Va Jan 19 Authorities in Saltville Va are conducting a thorough probe into the muck dam collapse on Christmas Eve and the movements of Roy Patrick twenty seven who was arrested in connection with the disaster that claimed nineteen lives Results will be presented to the grand jury convening next month Patrick is held without bond in Marion Va jail
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Patrick
Marion
Saltville
Bristol
Patrick
Bicycle Bandits Hold Up Provincial Bank in Fethard
Three young men on bicycles wearing masks rode into the market town of Fethard in County Tipperary and robbed the Provincial Bank, securing thousands of pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Fethard
Tipperary
Woman shoots in taxi chase over husband affair
New York reports Mrs. Mary Martinez shot five times at Mrs. Anna Permentee in front of the Pennsylvania railroad station after pursuing them by taxi for a mile on Eighth Avenue. Permentee wounded critically, Martinez and husband Louis detained, motive linked to alleged infidelity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
jEighth Avenue
Mary Martinez
Anna Permentee
Pennsylvania Railroad Station
Martinez
Louis
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Bland Street
Limestone Product Co
Jor
Bland
North Streets
Mercer
Cood Coal
G. J. Smith
Bowers Coat Coy
Joseph F. Shelton
Tay House Cafe
Chas. Matos
Cincinnati
Pocahontas
Play House
Ladies Beauty
West Virginian
Joseph
Stott
Lee Street
Mercer Funeral Home
Ja. A. Thompson
Bud Johnson
West End
Johnson
Gus
Walter Whetstone
Southern Gas & Power Corporation
Rogers ST
Harry F. Jones
Accountant and Auditor Systems— Tax Service
Audita 117
DR. N. M
Honaker
Dept. State
Federal Street
Law and Commerce
WM. H. Carr
Abrams 406
Kes
West
Paonus
Meinceton
J. B. Eades
Res
Atkins
Atking
Princeton Avenue
Altamont
Henry Rodgin Company Jewelera
Harry L. Greenspon
Bradmano
Hall
Bradmann
Kent & Kent
Cor. North and
Jeferson St
Lower
James Stott Piano Tuner
National
Grand Pisano Co
Bradoann
R. L. Morris
Bluefield, W. Va
Stephen G. Porter
Sig Hale
M. G. Whitlow Haraware Co
Federal” Court
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Headden
New River
M. G. Whitlow Hardware Co
Jim Perdue
Green Johnson
Glen Lyn
Tazewell
West Virginia
Glen Len
Perdue
Giles
Per
H. G. McCall
United States Court
Ble Stone Gap
Short
MelHothin
Federal Prohibition Department
Rt. L. Taylor
Hudson
S.S.8
Anna Permeatee
Java
Tubes
Ohio River
Huntington
Washington
House
Senate
Sloan's
Eev
Goodykoonta Drug Company
East End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmact
Diluefield Ave
Fairview Pharmacy
Gland and
South Street
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