Various Local Advertisements in Bluefield Coalfield
Local notices list apartment rentals and houses for rent in Bluefield area with prices 18 to 25 monthly. Several coal companies announce standard coal grades and contact numbers. Retail ads include shoe sale prices and a chicken dinner special at Oak Grove Inn. Lost items include a tan silk coin purse and a gold watch charm with rewards. The Kane Printing Company moves its shop to Federal Street near Fallon building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane Printing Company
South Bluefield
Federal Street
Fallon Building
Covenanter Boys Set for Annual Camp Next Week
The Covenanter Boys of the First Presbyterian Church plan their camping trip to Rocky Gap in Bland county Virginia. They meet at 7 30 Monday morning July 6 at the church and travel to Wolf Creek near the spring area led by Rev Samuel Moore D D pastor. Boys to bring blankets to the pastor's study for transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Rocky Gap
Bland County
Wolf Creek
Samuel Moore
First Presbyterian
Aseual
Shenandoah Flight to Minnesota Delayed Until Fall
The Shenandoah dirigible’s planned Minnesota flight, set for early this month, is postponed to late August or early September. Navy officials cited interior summer weather and thunderstorm risk, while sea conditions remain favorable for operations with the battleship Texas off the Atlantic coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Minnesota
Navy Department
Maine
Texas
Atlantic
Department
Airlme
Twenty Crew Rescued From Burning Steamship Fred Mercer
Twenty crew members including two women were brought ashore by small boats after the steamship Fred Mercer caught fire in the St Lawrence river above Cornwall Ontario and burned to the water line. The main hull sank about 200 feet from the shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwall
Ontario
Fred Mercer
St. Lawrence
Heat wave grips Midwest as temperatures spike
Chicago records 77 to 96 as heat waves slam the Midwest. Milwaukee hits 93 after a rapid rise. Kansas City and Louisville report near 100. Thunderstorms in Indiana bring damage and scattered prostrations. cooler relief forecast for tomorrow as storms roll from the northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Middle West
Mercury
Milwaukee
Springfield
Peoria
Ose Canton
Inls
Northwest
Middle States
Asectedont Valley
Kansas City
Missouri
Mereas
Indiana
New Castle
Omaha
Neb
Iowa
Des Moines
Kansas
Louisville
Canada Exports of Intoxicants to United States Rise in Twelve Months
Ottawa reports official trade figures from the dominion bureau of statistics showing whiskey beer and ale valued at 12 284 387 exported to the United States in the year ending May 31. Whiskey exports rose by 1 4 0 0 4 gallons to 462 032 gallons valued at 7 645 890. Imports fell by 72 000 000 and exports to the U S dropped 5 000 000 with declines largely in minerals fibres and textiles and in wood and paper sectors.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Storm damages New Castle as reports of deaths prove false
A heavy wind and rain storm struck New Castle Indiana causing downed poles and uprooted trees. Telegraph service was not impaired and initial reports of many lives lost were declared erroneous.
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New Castle
Ind
Western Union
Referee to Audit Rockefeller Trust Fund in New York
Supreme Court Justice O Malley granted Equitable Trust Company a motion to appoint a referee to conduct an accounting of the Rockefeller trust fund created for Edith Rockefeller McCormick. The trust has grown from 12000 shares of Standard Oil of Indiana to about 123824 with a value near 7500 dollars. Harold McCormick’s suit in Indiana seeks dividends for his granddaughter Ann Oser, while the court held the suit not a bar to the accounting action by the trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
O'Malley
Equitable Trust Company
John D. Rockefeller
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Standard Oil
Indiana
Harold McCormick
Ann Oser
Mathilde McCormick Oser
Three Shocks Fail to Halt Reconstruction in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara supervisors in their first session since the quake hire an architect to plan a 1 million dollar courthouse and a 200 thousand dollar hospital. They outline plans to accommodate a doubling of county business in ten years. A Fourth of July program includes band concerts and patriotism speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Cal
Associated Press
Daily News
Test of Fourth of July defense machinery approved in Washington
Officials in Washington declare the test order for the Fourth of July defense apparatus in order. Nickel Plate Railroad faces charges by opponents of consolidation amid a surplus equipment bidding process. Alabama Power Company stands as the sole bidder for excess surplus items in the test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Railroad
Alabama Power Company
France Plans Mission to United States for Debt Talks
The cabinet decided to send a mission to the United States to negotiate terms for relief on France’s debt. Foreign Minister Briand said the mission would start soon, with September suggested as likely. Finance Minister Caillaux focuses on finances as reports estimate total debt near 91 billion paper francs with annual interest of 20 million on army stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Council of Ministers
Briand
Caillaux
France
Program at Scott Street Baptist Church and local notes
News of Colored Folk lists a Sunday evening program for July 5 with Rev Palm and multiple soloists at Scott Street Baptist Church. July 6 features Harrison Orchestra and various recitations and solos. Also reports Pittsburg Shop Team beating Norfolk and Western Shop Team 8 to 5 and several local personals visits among residents and travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Palm
Jewitt
Annie b-Carter
Setrumentel
Uleohn
Smith
Sinding
Littie Named Michigan President Youngest in State History
Ann Arbor July 3 Dr Clarence C Littie chosen to head the University of Michigan likely October 1 He will be 38 October 6 the youngest high executive in the state university history He succeeds Marion L Burton whose age was 45 and will resign from the University of Maine September 1 for the Michigan post.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Clarence C. Littie
University of Michigan
State University
James B. Angell
Erastus O. Haven
Marion L. Burton
Little
Alfred L. Loyd
University of Maine
Dr. Little
Bluefield Sees Best Month of Year for Building Permits
City records show Bluefield issued building permits totaling 519 025 dollars in June, marking the largest monthly total of the year per city clerk’s office announcement.
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Bluefield
Record rainfall floods Brackets area causing basement inundation
A severe storm drenched Brackets and nearby areas with heavy rain and winds. Streets overflowed curb to curb, basements including the West Virginian Hotel barbershop and Commercial Bank building flooded, sewers and catch basins clogged, one manhole head displaced by flood pressure.
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Elkhorn
Clinch Valley
Princeton Avenue
Federal
West Virginian Hotel
Matz
Altamont
Commercial Bank
Federal Streets
Gravely Ridge
Raleigh Street
Treaties Relating to China Favored for Ratification
Paris July 3 The foreign affairs committee of the chamber of deputies recommended ratification of two Washington conference treaties on China. Foreign Minister Briand urged action. One treaty sets policies for foreign powers to safeguard China's rights and stability. the other revises Chinese customs duties to boost government revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Briand
Lord Crew
Foreign Office
China
Foreign Affairs Committee
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
Wealthy Guests Aid Search For Missing Porter
Wealthy sanitarium guests including several millionaires joined the search for William E. Porter, a Fort Smith capitalist and manufacturer who vanished from a sanitarium cottage last Saturday. The mill race was drained as friends fear he may have taken his own life. Photos of Porter were distributed to cities and villages across Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mic
William E. Porter
Fort Smith
Ark
Middle West
Porter
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Mexican General Says He Was Asked to Start a Revolution
General Candido Aguilar, ex foreign secretary under Carranza and now in Cuba, says American interests invited him to join a new revolution to overthrow President Calles and set up a government protecting American lives and property. He offers evidence if the U.S. State Department denies his claims.
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Mexico City
Candido Aguillar
Mexico
Carranza
Cuba
Calles
Aguilar
State Department
Northern Baptists Pick Washington for 1926 Convention
Seattle reporter notes the 1926 Northern Baptists convention will be in Washington DC with 1927 planned for San Francisco and 1928 for Providence. Rev. E A Hanley of California criticizes the church's handling of economic topics and notes apathy among youth and skepticism within the membership.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington
D. C
The
Northern Baptists
San Francisco
Providence
Intelligentia
E. A. Hanley
California
Powers Move to China as Gunboats Proliferate
The Kansas City Star notes most powers dispatch gunboats to China, while the League of Nations is expected to push a set of resolutions. This reflects growing international pressure and the shift toward diplomatic responses rather than direct force.
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China
League of Nations
Kansas City Star
Mrs M Farley claimed by death
Mrs. M Farley died at noon Friday at her brother E Hearn’s home in Bluefield after long illness and the loss of her husband last fall. She leaves a brother, a half brother and sister in Virginia, and was related to C M Linkous of Bluefield. Funeral services will be at the Church of God on South Street Saturday at 3 pm, with interment in Walnut Grove Cemetery beside her husband. Active pallbearers are her cousins. honorary pallbearers listed. car-furnishing friends asked to meet at 2:45 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Farlew
E. Hearn
South Bluefield
Farley
Charles M. Linkous
C. B. Linkous
Wesley Linkous
Walter Linkous
Evra Lambert
Lloyd Lambert
Charley Sarver
Bascomb Keeling
J. W. Mattox
J. H. Pearson
Emery Craig
C. F E. Bourne
G. W. Burchett
M. K. Farmer
K. P. Godbey
W. W. Tickie
T. E. Henderson
Rey Burneo
Willie Kaly
J. K. Morgan
Hatchet Buried as Lloyd George and Asquith Back Peace
London July 3 Final demonstrations of peace between Lord Oxford, Asquith and Lloyd George were made at a dinner of the Eighty Club. The reforming Liberals seek to revive their party after the wartime split. Oxford praised Lloyd George as a seer and gladiator, while Lloyd George noted Oxford’s tributes. The leaders discussed party unity and future plans.
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London
Oxford
Asquith
Herbert H. Asquith
David Lloyd George
Eighty Club
Asquithians
Lloyd George
Lord Oxford
Liberty Party
Lioyd A
Aag
Stanley
Eed
Asteketecne
England
Baldwin
Common-Law Widow Seeks Dower Rights in Bates Estate
Betty Jenks seeks dower in half a million dollar Bates estate claiming a common-law marriage with A. N. Bates was formed in Houston. A jury trial in Erie Common Pleas follows Judge Henry Clark's ruling after Houston attorney testified. Heirs contest the marriage claim and Florida tax rulings are noted.
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Erie
Betty Jenks
A. N. Bates
Bates
Houston
Texas
Common Pleas
Henry Clark
Clark
Women May 60 Use In Big Dirigible
Bar Harbor Maine July 3 The navy dirigible Sherandoah arrived from Lakehurst New Jersey and landed on its mooring at the mother ship Patoka. A Navy permit allows women to ascend aboard for governors tour led by Nellie T Ross and Mrs E B Lee Trinkle with an ascent scheduled tomorrow. The trip followed a sunny Lakehurst departure and a route past Cambridge Boston Lawrence Providence Portsmouth Portland and Bath.
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Bar Harbor
Maine
Navy Dirigible
Lakehurst
N. J
Patoka
Naval Air Station
Labkebust
Navy Department
Washington
Nellie T. Ross
Wyoming
EB. Lee Trinkle
Virginia
Cambridge Mass
Coolidge
Colonital Forces
Biddeford Maine
Provience
Boston
Lawrence
Mass
Portsmouth
N. H
Portland
Bath
J. W. Wheeler Dies Suddenly in Montgomery
J W Wheeler a furniture repairs man for Lewis Furniture Company died suddenly Thursday night in Montgomery Fayette County while repairing engine trouble on a truck. He had been transferred from the Bluefield store to Portsmouth Ohio and was en route when death occurred. The body was sent to Huntington for burial and the funeral was expected this afternoon.
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J. W. Wheeler
Lewis Furniture Company
Montgomery
Fayette County
Wheeler
Bluefield
Portsmouth
Ohio
Lewis
Huntington
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Ancoun Coal Company
Lad
Stovall
Chestnut Street
G. P. Stovall
First National Bank
Standard Fuel and Supply Company
Mercer Coal and Supply Co
Raven
Red Ash
Twin City Coal Co
Jess L. Bell
Carter Street
East End Coal Co
Spring Street
Bluefield-Beckley
W. W. Morten
Oak Grove Inn
Norfolk Street
Sliema Na Pin
Roy M. Hawley
Stewart St
Coalfield
Anderson Sexton
Bluefield, Ja
Phone
Chautauqua
Billy Sunday Club
Rhodesfield
Locust Street
Ound
Mangus- Phillips Shoe Co
Mangus-Phillips Shoe Co
Mangus-Phillips
Grant Smith
W. L. Sexton
First Baptist Church
P. W. Poff
Worth's
Harry Mays
Chaw Tent
H. B. Kitts
N. Y
Jas. G. Lite, Agt
Suite 206
Tele Bloefield
W. Va
J. B. Eades
Osteopathic
West Virginia
Bland St
the Joyce Co,ewelers Hotel
West Virginian Bldg
Covenanter
Shenandoah
Mercer Funeral Home
Bland Street
Modern Funeral Establishment
R. L. Morris
Bluefield, W. Va
WM. H. Carr
Abrams
Coal & Coke
Res
United Shoe Repairing Corporation
Bradwann Bldg
Mercury Lond
America
American Debt Funding Commission
Beth A. M. E. Chu
Scott St. Baptist Church
Harrison Orchestra
Pittsburg
Norfolk and Western
Georgia Scott
Winston-Salem
Greenbrier
Wilkerson
N. C
Thomas M. Anderson
Ivanhoe
Anderson
Bluefield Institute
City
Agnes Jones
Fred Johnson
Chalmers Carter
Simmons
Michigan University
M. Farley
Walnut Grove
Hatchet
Florida
Princeton Ave
Goodykoontz Drug CO
Three Good Drug Stores
American Legion
Goody’s
East End Pharmacy
Blusmeld Pharmacy
Bluefield Avenue
Teloquenent
Fairview Pharmacy
South Sts
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