Style show draws attention at Colonial Theatre
The Vogue Shop on Federal street held a style show with the film The Dressmaker from Paris. Local models wore gowns imported by the shop and the event drew considerable patron comment yesterday. Models included Mrs. P. R. Caldwell, Mrs. George Dunn, Mrs. J. Speed, Miss Ruby Parks and Miss Natalie Maynard.
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Colonial Theatre
Vogue
Federal Street
Paris
Creop Peris
Voghe
P. R. Caldwell
George Dunn
J. Speed
Ruby Parks
Natalie Maynard
Dressmaker from Paris at the Colonial Theatre
Paramount presents The Dressmaker from Paris shown at the Colonial Theatre in Bluefield. Leatrice Joy and Ernest Torrence star with Allan Forrest Mildred Harris and a cast of fourteen International Beauty Models. The romance features Paris gowns designed for the film and a peak performance by Paul Bern in support.
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Paramount
Paris
Bluefield
Colonial Theatre
Leatrice Joy
Ernest Torrence
Adelaide Ibron
Howard Hawks
Misa Joy
Fifi
Torrence
Angus McGregor
Allan Forrest
Mildred Harris
McGregor
Joan
Forrest
Fin
Hollywood
Paul Bern
Reward $1000 Offered for Wagner's Arrest
A notice from police headquarters says a $1000 reward is offered for the arrest of Wagner who escaped from Sullivan county jail with seven others in Blountville Tennessee. He was convicted of murder of two officers and wounding others at Kingsport last February and was to die in the electric chair. He and ten prisoners escaped from Hermitage county jail while awaiting a new trial. Two escapees have been recaptured. Wagner is believed at large in West Virginia.
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Wagner Esca
Sullivan County
Blountville
Tenn
Kingsport
Hivan
Mits
Wagner
West Virginia
Dayton Trial Sermon Spurs Evolution Debate at Court
Dr. A Bays of Bland Street Methodist preaches on evolution citing Acts and defends religion against Darrow and Bryan as the Dayton Tenn case unfolds. The trial opens with defense counsel skirmishes and a protest over opening prayer as Judge Raulston presides.
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A. Bays
Bland Street Methodist Church
South
Dayton
Tenn
Bays
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Bryan
Tennessee
Curb Market Reopens Wednesday At Bluefield
City Market Commissioner C P Claytor reports farmers from Carroll County Virginia travel to Bluefield for the curb market on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Virginia producers supply a wider range of fresh vegetables poultry butter and eggs as frost damage lessened in their area. Mercer Tazewell Bland and Giles county farmers are urged to come to the market at the north end of the Grant street bridge for the two market days weekly.
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C. P. Claytor
City
Bluefield
Carroll County
Virginia
Mercer
Tazewell
Bland
Giles County
Grant Street Bridge
Taking Course in Community Activities at Concord Summer School
Two hundred students enroll in a community activities course at Concord Normal Summer School. Lectures by Mrs N Marrs of Austin Texas are scheduled daily at 9 30 am and 2 30 pm for women in the community. Mrs Marrs, former Texas state PTP president, will present for those interested in Parent Teacher work.
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Concord Normal Summer School
N. Marrs
Austin
Texas
Jee Marrs
Marre
Marra
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Idea One
West Virginia
Athens
Child Dies From Burns In Baltimore Hospital
The five year old son of A. B. Underwood of Fulleton Maryland died Sunday at St Josephs Hospital Baltimore from burns received Saturday. The mother is badly burned and hospitalized but is expected to recover. The funeral will be held at 11 this morning with Rev S W Moore of the First Presbyterian Green Valley officiating.
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A. B. Underwood
Fulleton
Bluefield
St. Joseph's Hospital
Baltimore
Burns
W. R. Shepherd
McCulloch Avenue
Binnefield
S W. Moore
First Presbyterian
Green Valley
Judge retires to study quashing bill in Scopes case
The report covers debate over how a Tennessee statute should be written to prohibit teaching evolution. Clarence Darrow criticizes the law’s phrasing and the scope of what must be taught while opposing the indictments. The piece notes reactions from religious groups as they clash with scientific views.
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Scopes
Tennessee
Darrow
City Clerk Narrowly Escapes Serious Harm
Harry L. Henderson city clerk and relatives escaped serious injuries when his car skidded on Oak Vale Mountain Road and plunged over a 25 foot embankment. The vehicle stopped at a fence, preventing a potentially fatal fall. occupants included his brother wife and a small child.
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Harry L. Henderson
Oakvale
Mr. Henderson
Pvr
Death narrowly escapes in Bluefield car crash
Parker Berry a Bluefield youth known as a Bluefielder barely survived a crash when his Buick roadster hit a steel trolley pole at Williams and Bland streets shortly after 1 am He was taken to St Luke's Hospital in a near stupor and doctors deemed his condition not serious barring internal injuries The wreck left deep cuts on his forearms a deep gash over the right eye and extensive windshield glass damage with the front of the car smashed and the engine ruined Police investigated the cause which remains undetermined with possible skidding indicated.
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Parker Berry
Mr. Berry
Leonard Ferguson Dies in Roanoke Hospital
Leonard J Ferguson former signal superintendent of the Pocahontas division Norfolk and Western Railroad died Sunday night at 9 36 o clock in a Roanoke hospital after years of ill health He lived in Bluefield and Gilmer street and spent time at Catawba sanitarium Funeral services are planned in Roanoke with interment at Ironton Ohio He was brother in law of Mrs J N Hill of College Avenue.
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Ward
Leonard J. Ferguson
Bluefield
Ferguson
Roanoke
Pocahontas
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Gilmer Street
Catawba Sanitarium
Ironton
Ohio
J. N. Hill
College Avenue
Funeral at Loch Maree island interred at shore
The funeral of Alex Anderson occurred on an island in Loch Maree. The body was moved by boat to the shore and interred.
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Alexanderson
Loch Maree
Ferine and Ferraline Digestive Remedy Ad
An old advertisement promises relief from indigestion and stomach ailments. It touts Ferine as a guaranteed cure with Fer ral ine described as nature’s mineral water treatment. The ad claims the first bottle leads to relief or refunds. A one dollar bottle is presented as highly economical.
County Kiwanis Club aids Mercer Boy Scout council formation
The Mercer county Boy Scout council plan gains momentum as Bluefield Kiwanis and other civic groups appoint committees to organize councils in Bluefield Princeton Athens Bramwell Matoaka and nearby towns. Regional Scout executive C D Carmack lauds the movement and notes potential funding and local support.
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Kiwanis Club
Boy Scout Council
Mercer County
Kendrick
H. B. Shedd
Sam Emsweller
Jack Gates
C. A. Massey
Sneed
Bluefield
Co. D Carmack
Boy Scouts of America
Davies
Warrick Furniture Company
Bluefield Lions
Rotary
Kiwanis
Chamber of Commerce
C. D. Carmack
Princeton
Athens
Bramwell
Matoaka
Boy Scout Movement
America
McDowell County
Little Demand Noted for Evolution Text Books at Dayton Library
City librarian reports sparse interest in books debating science and religion since the Scopes trial. Only Wells History contains limited treatment of evolution, with about two chapters touching the subject, leaving shelves largely shelved.
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Scopes
Dayton
Tenn
Well
Jealousy Tragedy Ends in Double Attempted Death in Baptist Hollow
Bula Cannon, colored, is dead and her husband Beadery Cannon is hospitalized at Lomax Hospital Bland Street after a Sunday night shooting at the Cannon home in Baptist Hollow on the Virginia Side. The incident occurred about 9 20 with jealousy named as motive. Beadery shot his wife then turned the gun on himself and survived with a bullet wound in the left breast that lodged in the lung. De la Cannon died at 3 o'clock yesterday morning.
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Bula Cannon
Beadery Cannon
Lomax
Bland Street
Baptist Hollow
Virginia
Cannon
de la Cannon
Organization committee names and next meeting set
Time executive Owen C. Phelps was elected chairman of the organization committee with Charles E. Lilley as vice chairman and Herbert D. May as secretary. The next meeting will occur in the new week to complete the local council organization with Mr. Carmack attendance.
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Owen C. Phelps
Charles E. Lilley
Herbert D. May
Carmack
Mutinies Reported in Russia After Trotzky Deposition
Reports of mutinies at Novgorod and Kharkoff after Trotzky's deposition are confirmed but quickly suppressed by loyal Soviet troops, with authorities restoring order.
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Russia
Riga
Novgorod
Kharkoff
Trotzky
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