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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1924
Page
30
A dense page of rental ads and small sales notes. Listings include furnished rooms and houses for rent on Princeton Avenue South Mercer Bay Avenue and Glenwood Park with prices and contact numbers. several for sale of cottages on Hale Addition prime properties near Locust Grove and a bluegrass land tract on Princeton Road. Also farm stock ads for baby chicks from Hagen Hatchery with postpaid delivery and contact details.
Sam Ottavania and Alex Funart of Matoaka WV filed with the State Road Commission for a permit to operate a vehicle or vehicles between Arista and Matoaka with intermediate points in Mercer county. A hearing is set at the State Road Commissioner’s office on the 24th day of 1924 at 10:00 A M.
G M Barger as trustee will sell on June 22 1924 at three P M the Bluefield property described in Sallie Richardson deed to satisfy 31 notes of 50 dollars and one 2000 dollar note plus taxes and costs. Sale may be cash or credit with notes due in six twelve and eighteen months. Part of property on Fourth Street designated lots 4 and 5 section 24 with specific metes and bounds. Some property may be sold by description and map. A portion remains subject to trust deed. 5-25-law.
At the Meth odist Episcopal Church convention in Springfield Massachusetts the Board of Bishops recommended lifting the church ban on dancing card playing theatre and circus attendance.
Classifieds advertise salespositions for pottery enamelware and roses in multiple cities. Listings offer commissions and weekly pay with contact points at American Building in Cincinnati, Fruit Grower Nurseries in Newark New York, and National Cigar Co. in High Point North Carolina.
Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb charged with murder of Robert Franks and kidnapping for ransom. W F E Holderness wins British amateur golf championship at St Andrews by defeating Cambridge captain F E Storey. Soviet announces China recognizes Soviet Russia unconditionally. Cincinnati court releases M S Daugherty by habeas corpus. Mixed German arbitration tribunal denies 80 000 Belgians damages claim from WWI. Carl Miliken elected president of Northern Baptists. retired bishop William Brown found holding doctrines contrary to Episcopal Church laws.
Raven Virginia reports Fred Ball and George Profitt of Red Ash left for Henderson North Carolina to work for Henderson Cotton Milling Co. The item notes several local visits and arrivals including James Smith moving to Babylon Addition and multiple families visiting relatives in Bluefield Richlands and Raven.
Soldiers from Raven, Jess Boyd, Bally Hall, Dewey Dixon and William Skinner visit friends in Honaker. Harry Holmes and Schular Leedy of Premier Red Ash visit Bluefield. J G Gilbert gains new work with Premier Red Ash Coal. Arnold Akers moves family to Premier Red Ash. Ragland of Beckley visits town. James Ball escapes a serious motorcycle accident near Bandy, then returns to Raven. New Raven to Russell county road progress pushes ahead with contractor Robert Lambert of Bandy
A Chicago inventor introduces a puncture proof inner tube that withstood 600 punctures without air loss. It promises 12 000 miles more mileage without removal and costs about the same as a ordinary tube. Agents invited to contact Mr J H Gates at 9% Illinois Street Chicago for full information.
Rome authorities face a housing strain as more than 2,000,000 pilgrims are expected for the Holy Year in 1925. The Vatican and city and national governments plan to house poorer pilgrims by accommodating them in various convents and monasteries across the Eternal City.
A jumble of old classified lines offers positions and products. Listings include insurance and risk services, tire sales and brokerage in Chicago and Milwaukee, salesmen and branch manager opportunities in Pittsburgh, room and board at 64 Rogers St, needlework at home in Atlanta, free Mansfield Cap promotion, and factory direct chewing gum and mints by Helmet Company in Cincinnati.
An old proportional guideline suggests a man should weigh 28 pounds for each foot of height. The rule presents a simple linear relation between height and weight.
Real estate listing advertises numerous houses across Union Street College Avenue Jefferson Street Washington Street East Princeton Avenue Hanover Street Corner Tazewell Street Rogers Street Walnut Street Hill Street Bedford Street Midway and Carolina Avenue. Prices range from 3 750 to 17 000 with terms cash and monthly payments. Vacant lots also available. Phones 292 293.
An article snippet notes a copy group interest in a service for fathers, referencing Rep A. and Pat in a brief context. The readable text hints at a community or advocacy effort without full details of dates or outcomes.
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