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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1925

Page

4

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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