Mercer county 4-H camp to be held at new grounds
The eighth annual Mercer county 4-H camp will run August 28 to 29 at the new county and camp grounds. Local leaders will run programs with two extension instructors due to funding cuts, and facilities including dining hall, assembly hall, bunk house, courts, and water system will be ready. Instructors Gus Eckberg and Trevor Holroyd will lead athletics and camp sanitation respectively, with classes for boys in trades and for girls in crafts and sewing.
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Mercer
New County and Camp Grounds
Mercer County
Jackson's Mill
Sta
Jack S Mill
Henrietta Gackett
Carrie Davidson
Clara Weeks
Millard French
Millard Fr
Goestabere
Cc. H. Kanode
Athens
Mary Sampson
Twohig
Carrie Dea
Brush
Edna Perkins
Athens Club
Snowe Alford
Monroe County
Princeton
Morgantown
Gus Eckberg
Trevor Holroyd
University
Fair Grounds
Imagination as the telescope for saving money
The piece argues that people waste small pleasures today and miss future wealth. It uses a nickel metaphor to show nearsighted spending and urges using imagination to visualize future gains from saving, likening it to an inner telescope revealing long term benefits and opportunities that only come with discipline.
Devil's Grip Outbreak Not Caused by City Water, Probe Finds
The Associated Press reports Dr. James C. Small identifies a parasite plasmodium plateodynia in blood of Devil's Grip patients, though confirmation awaits reexamination. Director Wilmer Krusen notes the disease appears late summer with painful paroxysms and fever, not fatal but very painful. Over 500 Princeton cases blamed on water. state health department deems water safe pending detailed Princeton water report by EB. 8S. Tisdale and E. L. Day will release findings soon.
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Associated Press
James C. Small
Philadelphia General Hoapital
Wilmer Krusen
Department of Public Health
Small
Mrr. Kinseh
Krusen
Princeton
State Health Department
Tisdale
E. L. Day
the Water Company
Woman's Club Hosts Busy Meeting and Civic Plans
Princeton Woman's Club packed a session with reports on city cleanup led by EB King and JH Mandeville. Members backed a two week school start delay, funded a nurse search, and endorsed a national prisoner-relief tag day. Grand ball and various teas highlighted social items for the week.
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Woman's Club
EB. B. King
New City Recorder
J. H. Mandeville
Princeton
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Education
Walters
West Virginia
L. J. Sheppard
H. C. Hays
Herbert Pearis
L. B. Willyoung
Stewart Garrett
H. W. Karnes
Garrett
B. K. Metron
Nell Macintosh Noel
Schaefer
Soldier Charles McIntosh Enjoys Tropical Postings and Pranks
Charles McIntosh joined Uncle Sam’s forces in early summer and served with Company A eleventh engineers in South America. He and fellow soldiers hunted big jungle game, killed a forty two foot constrictor, and harvested tropical fruit near their barracks. A monkey at a cocoanut tree disrupted their climb, prompting playful taunts and flying cocoanuts. McIntosh reports hot Canal Zone weather at Camp Corozal as well and happy to serve with his mother Mrs. C. A. McIntosh of Hale Avenue nearby.
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Charles McIntosh
Uncle Sam
South America
Company A
Eleventh Engineers
C. A. McIntosh
Hale Avenue
Charles
J. McIntosh
Camp Corozal
Canal Zone
Princeton Boy Scores A Theatrical Hit In West
San Francisco July 25 McKinley Lambert of Princeton West Virginia drew acclaim with a chalk drawing routine at the Excelsior Theatre. His act titled Chalkology on the Evolution of Monkey Business mixed trick drawings with a humorous take on theScopes trial. Lambert, a Mercer County native and son of Phillip B Lambert, drew a sizable crowd and favorable notices.
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San Francisco
McKinley Lambert
Princeton
W. Va
Excelsior Theatre
Mr. Lamb
Mr. Lambert
Mercer County
Phillip B. Lambert
Athens Road
Two Room School Building Bid Notice East River and Rock Districts
Bids due noon August 1 1925 for a two room school building near The Seven Rocks Mercer County. Districts East River and Rock seek contractors. request specifications from G J Wood Superintendent Princeton WV. Open for inspection July 25 or 28 1 to 4 PM at the high school office.
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East River
Boar of Education
Rock District Board of Education
Seven Rocks
Mercer County
G. J. Wood
Princeton
West Virginia
G. J. Woods
Board of Education
East River District
R. Zill
Rock District
Princeton Peopled Life and Local Notices Update
Local items report amusements at Princeton Parapet Amusement Hall with late skating hours and music. Classifieds list rental offers, a one unit stock sale, a lost gold watch reward, and multiple apartment and cottage rentals. Legal notices include a marriage license for John Harrison and May Belcher and several chancery cases. The criminal term included murder in the second degree verdict and ongoing felonies. Community events feature a large curb market, Gleaners class at the Baptist church, and plans for a Mercer County Club bond drive. Military notes cover West Virginia National Guard encampment at Kanawha City and Miller Bros carnival activity in Princeton.
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Pee
L. R. Taylor
Porter
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A. W. Reynolds, Jr
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Albert Reynolds, Jr
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R. C. Sutherland
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Legion Park
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Claudel Mumesety
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Gray Bercham
Vernon Belcher
Elizabeth Belcher
Eileen Smith
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Alice Smock
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Beckrit
Forum Club
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Honaker Avenue
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Northfork
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Asheville
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Lacy
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Virginia
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Kitts
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Peterstown
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Rath
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Tennessee
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J. F. Holroyd
Anne Corell
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Palace Restaurant
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Princeton Boy
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American Finance
Call 30
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Lady's Gold Watch
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L M. Smith
Lilly Land Company
John Harrison
May Belcher
Mayberry
Mary J. Hudson
Bramsett C. Hudson
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E. T. Oliver
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Ieuwit
Thornton
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the Baptist Church
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R. L. Dugan
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160Th Infantry
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Church of God
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Matoaka
Joe Linagor
Riment
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Freeman Sin Soing
Grovan Cottage
L. W. Shrewsbery
Princeton Avenue
Norfolk
Virginian Railway
L. W. Woody
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Woolworth