Coal and local notices from Pocahontas and Bluefield
Community items detail coal prices and services from Mercer Coal Company G J Smith manager with a special on red ash coal lumy and mine run. Elkhorn Hazard Coal Co annual meeting January 24 1925 at 2 pm in Minefield VA. Cafe under new management Play House Cafe Pocahontas touted by Chas Manos Cincinnati. New Dodge Brothers Coach on display at W I Keeser Co Bluefield. Little Wade Yates taken for pneumonia operation. Aetna Life agents meeting in Wheeling with Hartford leadership. Regular Shrine Patrol Dance January 28. Masons event, wood and coal call. 1925 awning samples from Bluefield Awning & Furnace Co. Hankla Grocery Co shipments of country hams. Labor Day event on Roger Street with KKK talk by Mrs Hinerick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhorn Hraard Coal Co
Offee of the Seine
Chas. Manos
Cincinnati
Play House Cafe
Pocahontas
Twin City
Dodge Drothers
W. I. Keeser & Company
Bitetell Avenue
Broweritte
Hosplttal
Wade Yates
W. Als Yates
Elkhorn
Bluefield
Hankla Grocery Co
KKK
Rath Abouk
Roger Street
Moonshine Probe Nets Two Roanoke Men in Hotel Raid
Jack Guiley and Harvey Wright, both claiming Roanoke as home, were arrested Wednesday night at the Bluefield Hotel. Prohibition Officers Watkins, Taylor and McGlothian and Chief of Police Ditlow seized six gallons of moonshine in their room. Guiley and Wright jailed pending trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Guiley
Harvey Wright
Roanoke
Bluefield
Prohibition
Watkins, Taylor
Steel Equipment for New City Jail Arrives
The steel equipment for the new city jail was préveved yesterday from the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company at Roanake. Representatives of the iron company arrived in Buficia t yesterday and will begin erection once the equipment is unpacked and delivered to the new municipal building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Bridge and Iron Company
Roanalke
Iron Conpany
Snodgrass to Perform in Bluefield Soon
Bluefield Post wires that manager Witten reports radio entertainer Harry M. Snodgrass and another popular performer are desired in southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia for a concert in Bluefield. Early date anticipated, with lively plans under way and further details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sduefield Post
American Tesion
Witten
Harry M. Snodgrass
Wire
West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Tluefeld
Hlucheld
Two Humbled by Booze Charge in County Court
Jim Cox and Bud Johnson were tried before Squire H. G. B. Kitts on liquor possession charges. Cox, arrested at the Travelers hotel after a room search found sixteen bottles of liquor. Johnson, accused of possessing six gallons of whiskey in the west end, received a $200 fine and sixty days on the county road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Cox
Bud Johnson
Squire H. GB
Municipal Building Not Damaged by Fire
A small blaze in the new municipal building’s furnace room caused minor damage to wiring after packing material from crates was burned. Workmen may have dropped a lighted cigarette into trash. Firefighters responded quickly. only baseboard window glass suffered slight damage. The incident occurred at noon drawing a crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Municipal
Faont
Fine attractions booked for the Bluefield fair
W L Otey and M Poxtlethwaite, officers of the Bluefield Fair Association, returned from Lynchburg after the Virginia Fair Association meeting. Fairs dates were set, Bluefield’s usual schedule unchanged. Officials secured a fine line of attractions, many new, expected to draw strong patron interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Otey
M. @. Poxtlethwaite
Bluefield Fair Association
Lynchburg
Virginia Fair Association
Bluefields
Cap T E Spencer Hurt In Fall At Wharf
Captain EB T Spencer foreman at the scrap wharf in the local railroad yards was badly injured Wednesday afternoon after falling ten feet while helping two workers move a large iron piece. He fractured his collar bone and injured his right side. He was treated at Winefield Sanitarium and later sent home on Giles street, with condition reported not as good as hoped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. T. Spencer
Spencer
Winefield
Giles Street
Harry Gloster
Joan
Macarthur
Lawson from a Family of Musicians Sets Recital
Franceska Kaspar Lawson, billed for a recital at Warrick's Tiang Rooms next Wednesday evening, hails from a musical family. Her mother led the National Park Seminary voice department for 25 years, her father is a Washington violin teacher and former conductor of the Washington Choral Society, and an uncle served as court organist to the Grand Duke of Hesse and taught the czarina organ playing. Her grandfather was a contemporary of the fleet Sidney Lanier and first clarinet in the Peabody Orchestra in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franceska Kaspar Lawson
Warrick
Tiang Rooms
National Park Seminary
Washington, D. C
Washington Choral Society
Rand Duke of Hesse D'Armatadt
Czarina of
Russia
Kaspar Lawson
Fleet
Sidney Lanier
Peabody Orchestra
Baltimore
Lanier
Educational stunt at Lions Club meet dazzles members
The Lions Club education committee led a large part of yesterday's regular meeting with Q and A on the club code and Lion duties. Fred Fox presided while Prof Panella played violin with James Elmer Brown at the piano. The secretary announced Louis Sreiland's resignation and guests W W Otey and H Johnson attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Lions Club
Fred Fox
James Elmer Brown
Vincent Panella
Bram
Louis Sreiland
W. WW. Otey
IL. Johnson
Sveaiahenibs Tibiae Lesa
One More Competitor in Egg Laying Championship
J Peters of Bluefield West Virginia reports his egg record with White Leghorn hens after receiving 107 chicks on May 19 and counting 483 eggs by January 19. He praises Leghorns for egg production and cites B G King of South Bluefield as a reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. GC. Cooper
Rhode Island
B. G. King
South Bluefield
J. Peters
Bluefield
W. Va
Methodist Union Vote Sets Path for Merger
The Newcastle conference of the Primitive Methodists voted to amalgamate with the United Methodist Church. The move reflects a planned union of Methodist denominations and aims to strengthen organization and mission across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Newcastle
Eng
Primitive Methodists
United Methodist Church
Stockholders Benefit from Appalachian Power Exchange
Appalachian Power Company stockholders are urged to exchange their stock for American Gas and Electric preferred stock via Irving Bank-Columbia Trust. The firm cites diversification, a long dividend record since 1904, and favorable conversion terms with $7.33 per share in potential extra value, plus easier cash conversion and broader market reach as reasons for the consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Power Company
Irving Bank-Columbia Trust Company
New York
American Gas and Electric Company
Oriaes
Herbert Markle
Maryland oyster situation probe urged by governor
Baltimore January 21 Governor Ritchie invited Dr Herman H Bundesen Chicago city health commissioner to Maryland at state expense to investigate the oyster situation The governor said he wants to prove false reports that Maryland oysters caused typhoid outbreaks in the west
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Ritchie
Herman H. Bundesen
Chicago
Maryland
Japanese premier vows not to place loans this year
Tokyo reports Premier Viscount Takaaki Kato told the imperial diet that the Russo Japanese treaty paves a long friendship and that the government will avoid placing any foreign laws this year. Also notes a ban by the National Pig Breeders Association on whitening agents at shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Viscount Takaaki Kato
Real Estate for Sale by A C Wooten in Bluefield WV
Multiple listings include a 430 acre farm with 235 cultivated acres, 20 tenant houses, barns, tobacco barns, and railroad access on the main Norfolk and Southern line. Also offered are Bland Street and Jones Street lots, a two story rented building, and an eight story brick building with steam heat. Contact A C Wooten at 113 Mineral Street or 112 Mineral Street Bluefield West Virginia, phone numbers 1698K1 1698X1 2331.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Southern Railroad
Washington, N. C
Mineral Street
Bluefield
W. Va
A. C. Wooten
Bland Street
Wooten
Mineral St
Scott Street
West Va
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Beery
Mercer Coal Company
Cod Coal
Fort Prices
G. J. Smith
Aixnurance
Wright
J. Wrist Inavrance Agency
Wheeling
Aetna Life and Casualty Company
Windsor Hotel
West Virgina Aetna
Hartford
Conn
Dodge Brothers
W. RR. Keesen & Co
Bluefield Avenue
Shrine
Jestre
Insnech
W. F. Keesen & Cows Sales
Lewey
Bluefield Awwing & Furnace Co
Bluefield Ave
Rogers ST
Harry F. Jones
Auiitor Fiystems— Tax Service
Augdtus
Bradmann
DR. N. M
Honaker
Dept
Fedexay
Law and Commerce
Dlug
WM. H. Carr
Abrams 406 Coal & Coke
Southern West
Virginis
Bland
Poone
B&, N. E. Rierson
Cloefield Yay Gasu
J. B. Eades
Obteopathic
Mayer Duilding
VA Res
James Stott
Grand Piano Co
Bradmagp
R. L. Morris
Bluefield, W. Va
Atkins
Piper
Princeton Avenue
Altamont
Henry Rodgin Company Jewelers
Bluefield Post
E. T. Spencer
Lawson
Mercer Funeral Home
Modern Funeral Establishment
Harry L. Greenspon
Hall Radio Supply Co
Bradmann Building
Kent & Kent
Cor
North
Jeferson
F. G. Phillips
Bristol, VA
TENN
Bove
Ella Wheeler
Patty
Quitman
Texan
Cardus
Birs
Cald
Lfe
Cardul
Negin
Todae
Gloster
Joan Barry
G Ter
Joe Macarthur
Wickson Bank
Samuel Carney
Buck Daniels
Bellans
Bluefield Audit CO. Consulting Accountants and Auditors
Beachmann
P. O
Jones Street
J. W. Wade
Telephone
Princeton, W. Va
L. A. Pine
Call Coal, Co
Bluefield Gas & Power Co
Goody Soouts Drug Company
Three Good Drug Stores
East End Pharmacy
Fairview Pai
Acy
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