Coal and service items from Mercer era days
Local merchants advertise coal loads with weighing accuracy and prompt service. Names include City Coat Co and Mercer Coal Co with phones 1560 and 1404. Notices report moved insurance offices, tax services, auto repair, and a public accountancy resume. Minor fires and vehicle accidents are briefly noted with resident injuries not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Coat Co
Hewers Cos Co
Qood Coal
Mercer Goal Co
St George J. Smith
Miss Ruth Bodell To Broadcast From WHAM Tonight
Miss Ruth Bodell of Bluefield, now in New York, will broadcast from station WHAM at 8:40 PM tonight as part of the Bailey building radio show. The event caps a week of strong attendance and growing interest in prizes, with contests awarding a Crosley radio set and various amplifiers from local sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
Ruth Bodell
New York
WHAM
WTAM
Cleveland
Bluefield
Crostey
Lonight Joos
Fort Worth
Texas
Mttract
Bluefield Supply Company
Atwater Kent
Bluefield Hardware Company
Superior Supply Company
F. S. Turpin
Post-Glover Company
Harold Black
Flat Top Auto Supply Company
BE. L. Ott
Roanoke
Exide
A. Pippen
Bluefield Fire Alarm Stations Listed by Streets
Means phone alarms and alarms sent from Central Station. The listing details multiple fire stations across Bluefield with cross streets including Southside Northside Princeton Ave and Bluefield Ave and other avenues. It notes station pairs such as 16 Bluefield Ave and Thomas and 18 Bluefield Ave and Chestnut St with many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southside
Northside
Phono Ernceton
Princeton Ave
Buzzel
Bluefield Ave
Bereau
Boggs & Goodall
Thomas &T
Bluefeld Ave
Chestnut St
Spruce St
Bluefield
Federal Sts
Raleigh and
Stewart
Wyoming
Monroe St
Giles St
Lee and
Franklin Ste
Talbert St
Reese
Marshall
Allen and Powell
Puloski and
Park
Bland and
Jones
Williams Bts
Ellis
North
South
Jefferson
Penup-Mar
Frederick
East River
College Ave
Walton Ave
Roanoke
Clarke Sts
Hardy and
Orange
South Midway
North Midway
Henry and Greenbrier
Greenbrier
Logan
Upper Jones St
Forest and Union
Oakhurst Ave
Bland St
Central Station
Government drops fraud case against Crowell and six others
Washington January 30 1923 the federal government abandons war fraud prosecution against Benedict Crowell former assistant secretary of war and six co defendants. The decision follows an appeal directed by Attorney General Stone challenging a district court demurrer. The defendants linked to the Council of National Defense faced over fifty alleged overt acts in a complex case with no immediate government plan announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Benedict Crowell
Cleveland
Stone
Justice Hoshling
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Crowell
Marion C. Tuttle
Boston
William A. Starrett
New York
Clementa C. Landof
Crary Foster
Starrett
John H. McGibbons
Baltimore
Chicago
James A. Mears
Springfield
Mass
United States
Council of National Defense
America
German Cabarets Shine Foroe With Saw Music Tale
Berlin January report traces Gamble and Wichmann from Williamsport to Germany where they ply a musical saw and violin bow in Berlin Bremen Liepale Hamburg and other cities. They travel without passports, plan a world tour, and sell post cards as Gamble performs popular German hits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Bud Gamble
Williamsport
Gamble
Pennsylvania
Savannah
Hamburg
Wiliam Wichmann
Willamsport
Gemble
Germany
Wichmann
Ten Thousand Verdict In Life Policy Suit
Rosa B. Tabor suing as administratrix for Clinton Tabor won $10,000 in a McDowell County federal case against Mutual Life Insurance. The dispute centered on a 95,000 policy with double indemnity and a twelve month offset for death by own action. The verdict followed testimony about whether the death was accidental and whether the beneficiary should receive the full face value plus double indemnity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Rosa B. Tabor
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mra
Tabor
Clinton Tabor
Dorothy Phillips
Jeanette
McDowell County
United States Coal and Coke Company
Mrs Georgia Warder Still Gains Strength
Clarksburg West Virginia January 30 Mrs Georgia Warder twenty three of Bridgeport near here wounded Wednesday morning shortly after midnight by Neeson Woods Yale law school freshman who afterwards killed himself Warder continues to gain strength physicians hope for recovery Woods body at home of his mother funeral Saturday at 1 oclock Warder has not been asked to make a statement due to serious condition Dividend Disclosed
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Georgia Warder
Bridgeport
Here
Neeson Woods
Yale Law School
Mason Hospital
Young Woods
J. Hop Woods
Philippi
Ghost Tripped Over Dark Room Claiming Medium
William Thomas of Wheeling, named as a spiritualistic medium, is involved in an incident described as a ghost tripping over a dark room in Bellaire with Otto and Jan also mentioned. The fragmentary item hints at a local oddity or sensational note from the period.
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Thomas
Bellaire
Otto
Jan
William Thomas
Wheeling
A THREE DA COUGH IS YOUR DANGER SIGNAL
Chronic coughs and colds lead to lung trouble. Creamulsion, an emulsified creosote emulsion, is touted to soothe irritation, kill germs, and attack the disease cause. The ad promises a money back guarantee if symptoms persist after following directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beiling Boone
Atlante
Norton woman commits death by own action
Mrs Charley Meeks of Norton, long time manager of the Norton Swift & Co branch, reportedly took her own life. The details say she was the wife of Charley Meeks and had served sixteen years in her role. Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neememare Sine
Noreton
Charley Meeks
Norton
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Furn, Co
GE Cahanal
Hager’s
Geo. Mager
Mer
James A. Frazier
Public
Public Accountancy
Treasury Department
Perry Huilding
Buchel
H. A. Leas
Summers Street
Citizens Underwriters Insurance Agency
Peery Building
Bland Street
Municipal Building
Federal Street
Post Office
Mica
Br. F
Ridley
Les
Princeton Avenue
Peery
Jd-K
Roach
Mercer Street
Litchford
Baaley
John B. Meadows
L. Mathews
Iernest Barnes
F. R. Johnson
Moose Frame
Merce: Street
McCulloch Avenue
Chita
Alfa Abshire
C. A. Halley
Bland Streets
P. T. Lilly
Jefferson Street
P J
Stowers
Jefferson Streets
St. Luke’s Hospital
N. E. Rierson
Princcton Avenue
Rogers BT
Harry F. Jones
Auditor Gystemp
Tax Service
Andits
Bradman Bullding Phone
N. M
Honaker
Oppotillo
Semaeree
WM. H. Carr
Abrams 405 Coal & Coke
Boythero
West Virginia
Paene
J. B. Eades
Bailding Bluefield
W. Vi
Bes
James Stott Piano Tuner
R. L. Morris
Bluaisld
Atkins
Artura
Zora English
Jac
Altamont
THE
Henry Rodgin Company Jewelers
Mercer Funeral Home
Bland Street & Hodern Funeral Establishment
Harry L.greenspong Advertising
Bradmann Blig
Hall Radio Supply
Pradmann
Kent & Kent
Cor
North and
Veffersen St
Moure & 4. M. Oer
Ruth Godell
Bluefield Fire Department
Onza Andaza
Hitefeld Supply Company
S. D. Sharp
RCA
Saw
Herr
Bernard Boseman
Wesel
Rossman
Vionville
Vionville-Mare-La- Tour
Sattack
Liliencron
der Trompeter von Vionville
Rautenberg
Federal
Derney
Paul
Harre Greb
Jimmy Delaney
St. Paul
Nickel Plate Mailead
Ghost
J. W. Wade
Telephone
Princeton, W. Va
L. A. Pine
Bluefield Gas & Power Co
Cali Coal, Co
Big Ben
Baby Ben
J. W. Waters Co
Bluefield, W. Va
DE Forest
Verniera
Bluefield Pharmacy
Bluefield Avenue
Goodykoonts Drag Company
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