Fizer Neal wedding joins Mamie Neal and Ernest Fizer
In Princeton Social Circles details a wedding at the Christian parsonage on Highlands Avenue Friday at 4 o clock uniting Miss Mamie L Neal and Ernest D Fizer. After a brief honeymoon the couple will reside in Bluefield. The note also mentions other local social updates and visits including Hassie Margaret Roles marriage to Roy Clark in Bristol Tennessee and a Memorial Hospital birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fizer—Neal
Highland Avenue
Mamie L. Neal
Ernest D. Fizer
Blue
Clark
James Roles
Hassie Margaret
Roy Clark
Bristol
Tenn
Vire Railway Company
Andrs. Clark
Scott Street
Court Starts Trial of Felony Cases Monday
The court moves from misdemeanor and appeal dockets to felony cases on Monday led by Judge Dillard. Berry eos faces trial for unlawfully operating an automobile in Rock district last May while Dr. David Littlejohn was found guilty on appeal for driving without a license in Bluefield. Nat Harvey was convicted on non support, and Lawrence Mills stood trial on carrying a pistol as jurors were impaneled. The Stokes case remains for today as the felony docket prepares to wind up by month’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillard
Tris
Berry Eos
Rock District
David Littlejohn
Bluefield
Nat Harvey
Rvey
Lawrence Mills
Stokes
Princeton Real Estate and Local Notices Amid Ramblers News
Rentals listed include a four room fully furnished apartment and a fight-room building for sale or rent with price details. Marriages licensed in Bluefield area include John B. Gabel to Mandy Harlan and Fred Johnston to Susie Lee Paxton. A fiduciary order appoints Ella F. Shumate as administratrix of G. E. Shumate’s estate. Rotary Club notes report many visitors from across the state, including O. E. Royal and James P. Menshaw. R. L. Nunnally joins as baby member. W. F. Whittaker faces felonious assault charges after a rail bolt strike. A Ford roadster owned by W. H. Johnson was stolen on Main Street. Glenwood Amusement Hall remains open for skating evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Rotary Club
W. A. Campbell
Zack Henderson
Bluefield
F. B. Ellett
Welch
Ferrell
Spencer
J. H. Rector
Parkersburg
James P. Menshaw
Washington, D. C
O. E. Royal
R. L. Nunnally
Drive on Eggleston Starts This Morning
The population of the city today will be pleted by hundreds who will flock to Eggleston Virginia on the Virginian employees annual picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eggleston
Eggleston, Va
Princeton Picnic Day Draws Crowds and Film Makers
The Egleston drive starts with the first train from Princeton and continues with segments until 9 o clock. National Producing Company photographers will film crowd scenes and day events to be shown later as Who's Who and What's What at a local theater. Princeton Studio will photograph the party and arrivals of the last picnic train. Activities include band concerts athletic events swimming and plenty of food. The Virginian Band performed at the Royal Theatre last night, signaling Princeton's capable local music scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egleston
Princeton
National Producing Company
Piccnicers
Virginian
Royal Theatre
Death of Mrs Mildred Halleck Recalls Clerical Family Ties
Mrs Mildred Waldrop Halleck wife of Rev E W Halleck former rector of Grace Episcopal Waycross Ga and St Stephens Church Louisville died Sunday night of pneumonia after an operation at Piedmont Hospital Atlanta She was twenty nine and married about seven years ago Survived by husband her mother two sisters O P Roper Bowling Green and H S Thomason Cristol Panama The Hallecks lived in Waycross five years before moving to Louisville where Rev Halleck led St Stephens and preached at St Paul’s during illness of the rector She graduated Bowling Green High School and was a longtime active church member
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Halleck
E. W. Halleck
Episcopal Church of
Princeton
Halleck
Mildred Waldrop Halleck
E . Halleck
Grace Episcopal Church
Waycross
Christ Episcopal Church
Bowling Green
St. Stephene’ Church
Louisville
Piedmont Hospital
Atlanta
St. Stephens Church
St. Paul's Church
Wright
Virginian Brick Company to Begin Plant North of City
The Virginian Brick Company, $100000 incorporation led by E. W. Hale, will clear land on eighty acres three miles north of town to build a brick plant. Five kilns planned to produce 25,000 bricks daily with an 800 foot siding. A. A. Coffin and R. H. Yates manage grading and installation, moving to Princeton in coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big New Brick Company
Virginian Brick Company
E. W. Hale
A. M. Duncan
Charleston
A. A. Coffin
R. H. Yates
Mr. Coffin
Mr. Yates
Princeton
Yates
Tomchen
Honaker Avenue
West Virginia Brick Plant Plans Big Expansion
The Duncan farm shale and clay are praised as the best brick material seen in West Virginia. Investors commit thousands and project a daily 60,000 brick capacity within a year. The eighty acres hold about thirty feet of shale, enough to build brick houses for all West Virginians twice over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan
West Virginia
Hearing Postponed on Princeton Water Rate Petition
The Public Service Commission postponed the Princeton Water Company rate petition until September 21. Alec Mahood city attorney informed The Telegraph’s Princeton Bureau by telegram that he represented the city before the commission yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Water Company
Public Service Commission
Princeton Bureau of the Telegraph
Alec Mahood
City Uses Postponement to Value Water Plant
The council authorized postponing a hearing to allow a city statistician and engineer to assess the water company's plant value and gather data for defense against a proposed rate increase. The hearing had been set for 10 o'clock yesterday morning, with City Attorney Mahood to represent the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission
Mahood
Welch Rotary Club Hosts Picnic Move to Country Club Grounds
The Welch Rotary Club held a noon meeting with visitors including C B E Carmack of Louisville who praised McDowell County Boy Scout leader Bert Downs and pledged support for the movement. Members voted to use McDowell County Country Club facilities for a picnic and a 4 pm gathering at the grounds, inviting civic bodies to join. Alice Ready Partlow and Rotariettes provided magic entertainment, and guests included Dr W Mors, J J Lincoln, Dr J Howard Anderson, H F Giffen, C E Carmack, and O E Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch Rotary Club
C. B E. Carmack
Louisville
Bert Downs
McDowell County
Carmack
Downs
McDowell
Scout Movement
Welch
Country Club
Alice Ready Partlow
Dc. W. Mors
Bluefield
J. J. Lincoln
Elkhorn
J. Howard Anderson
Marytown
Three Men Arrested on a Robbery Charge
Three young men were arrested yesterday by Constable R D Gibson and jailed in McDowell county charged with robbing the Lick Branch store of the Pocahontas Fuel Company. They were arraigned before Squire Dickerson and ordered held for the grand jury. The store raid occurred Wednesday night with about 200 dollars in goods taken. Arrestees are George Hopkins Millard Jenkins and Lee Primm all listed as switchesback residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Gibson
McDowell County
Lick
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Squire Dickerson
George Hopkins
Millard Jenkins
Lee Primm
Switchback
Gibson
Hub Herndon
Omy
Welch Briefs and Local Incidents
The county clerk issued marriage licenses yesterday to Lewis Holt and Thelma Dickerson of Bluefield aged 21 and 18, and Burn McCray 27 with Alberta Allen 35 of Elbert. W S Claytor was treated at Grace Hospital after a baseball injury near the temple. Coy Roark of Cucumber was hospitalized for infection from injuries in a July car crash. The Reo Motor Lates Co. unloaded three new Reo sedans, two of which were sold quickly. the firm touts the model as attractive with a modern showroom pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis W. Holt
Thelma Dickerson
Bluefield
Burn McCray
Alberta Allen
Elbert
Coy Roark
Grace Hospital
Reo Motor Lates Company
Reo
Hearing continued in case of J. Q. Farquhar
The hearing for Jerome Farquhar treasurer of Plymouth Oil on three charges of false pretenses in stock sales was continued to July 23 by Alderman George J. Anderson after testimony from prosecutors William M. Henderson A R Budd and F B Lockhart. They testified Farquhar claimed 850000 shares of capital stock but board records showed 1050000 shares reducing their interest by one third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Jerome
Parquhar
Plymouth Oil Company
George J. Anderson
William M. Henderson
Henderson Coal Company
A. R. Budd
Hillmen Coal Company
F. B. Lockhart
Hillman
Farquhar
Henderson
Share dispute over oil firm holdings at hearing
The record shows 20,000 shares in the oil company for $78,000 versus Budd holding 8,000 shares bought for $12,000 and Lockhart owning one share at cost. During the hearing Farquhar’s attorneys offered a ten for one settlement for the stock sold to the three plaintiffs, but the offer was refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budd
Lockhart
Farquhar
Failed to See Train and Died at Crossing in Grafton
In Grafton West Virginia July 17 a 52 year old man P P Simmons died when his car crashed into Baltimore and Ohio train No 12 heading from St Louis to New York at DK Tower on the Webster pike slippery road and failure to see the train before it was too late Adam Bolinger also of Grafton was riding with Simmons at 6 50 o clock this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
W. Va
P. P. Simmons
Adam Bolinger
Baltimore and Ohio
St. Louis
New York
DK Tower
Webster Pike
Car Collision Fatality Report With Train Contact
Bolinger suffered minor injuries while Simmons died at 6 46 PM after a car driven by Jiinger struck a train. Jiinger said he did not see the train until near the tracks and braked, skidding on the wet road into the engine tank and then the mail car. The automobile was completely demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolinger
Hosital
Simmons
Jiinger
RCA to Send Nightly Programs Across Atlantic
New York July 17 David Sarnoff vice president and general manager of the Radio Corporation of America cabled his office from London stating he had signed an agreement with the British Broadcasting Company for the construction of a high powered station to send nightly programs across the Atlantic for American listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
David
Radio Corporation of America
London
Wih
British Broadcasting Company
Atlantic
Plea of Guilty Entered by Firm at Huntington
Arthur Brown of Chicago secretary of the National Alliance of Furniture manufacturers faced contempt for not handing over papers to a federal grand jury. After a judge ordered action seven more firms pleaded guilty and were fined $12,000. The Nicholas Kendle Furniture Company of Huntington West Virginia was among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Arthur Brown
National Alliance of Furniture Manufacturers
Grand Jury
Cliffe
Brown
Nicholas Kendle
Australian loan offered publicly in New York
New York reports that J P Morgan Co announced a $76,000,000 Australian loan to be publicly subscribed next Monday. The issue will be thirty five year bonds at five percent, with proceeds to meet December war loan maturities. London also to issue a £5,000,000 loan amid Britain’s gold resumption policy.
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New York
Commonwealth of Australia
London
J. P. Morgan & Co
Great Britain
Bank of England
Canada
Government of
Australia
Attempted Payroll Robberies Frustrated in New York
Three separate payroll robbery attempts occurred across New York City today but none succeeded in securing payroll. One man was shot and critically wounded, and another robber is believed to have been shot. No arrests made. Frederick Smith, former alderman and current Meier & Orthaf Iron Works salesman, was among those targeted. Forty workers fled to the office as the shooters fled. Detective Stephen Devine investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frederick Smith
Meier & Orthaf Iron Works
Iron Works
Stephen Devine
The Frontier of Science Notes Ten Stars Blow Up A Year
The Frontier of Science cites ten stars exploding annually lauding Cleveland pitchers and mocking trials with quips about Landis. The piece references Suzanne Lenglen’s tennis title with a concave racquet and quips about Poole and athletic missteps amid oddities like racing giraffes and neck and neck bird races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Dietz
Frontier of Science
Cleveland
Suzanne Lenglen
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J. K. Ball
S. W. Wysong
Oak Hill
F. S. Caffee
Memorial Hospital
Cleo Rorrer
the Collection Service CO
Mercer St
Princeton Churches
Christian Endeavors Societies
J. L. Jackson
Athens
Young People
Massannetta Springs
Virginia
First Methodist
E. B. Randall
Protestant Episcopal—Church of the Heavenly Rest
Mercer Street
J. Edmund Thompson
Geo. H. Brown
Bee Street
R. M. Sims
Elmer C. Barton
Margaret Christie
Lily May Meador
First Baptist
S. B. Ogle
J. C. D. Coperhaver
Matie Bowling
Mme. Suvver
Woolworth
Call
Princeton Real Estate Agency
Chambers
John B. Gabel
Mandy Harlan
Fred Johnston
Susie Lee Paxton
Roy T. Massey
Ethel Owens
Ella F. Shumate
G. E. Shumate
W. F. Whittaker
Rocky Hollow
Hardy
Ingleside
Sanders Corbin
Justice of the Peace
O. C. Karnes
Whittaker
Corbin
W. H. Johnson
Hiwlatha
Glenwood Amusement Hall
Virginian Railway
W. H. Forst
Mfg
Scottdale, Pa
Washington
General Pershing
South
Sweden
Spain
Peru
United States
Sella
Resinol
iQuic
Daily News Review
McDowell County Country Club
H. F. Giffen
Fairmont
C. E. Carmack
O. E. Roberts
Grace Hopital
C. M. Lester
Jenkin Jones
D. J. M. Cook
Kimbal
Gary
Tazewell County
C. W. Swope
Wich Kan
City
B. C. Swope
Welch Briefs
W. S. Claytor
Claytor
J. Q. Farquhar
BY Williams
Laigs
Trwllams
Ma Cornice
Huntington
Commonwealth
United States Trucking Company
United Sand & Gravel Company
218Th Street
Ballyhoo
Landis
Chow
Mr. Poole
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