Local plant sale and directory notices at Bluefield
City-Coalfield le plants for sale lists many tomato and pepper varieties plus flowers and bulbs. The Bluefield Telephone Company announces a new directory June 16 1917 and urges notifying agents for phone changes. Also market ads and a summer opening at Healing Springs plus a commencement sermon by Rev John J Parsons in Princeton.
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Detroit
T. W. Wood
Brimer
South Bluefield Florist
F. A. Harman
Bluefield Telephone Company
W P. Hawley
Sitols
Daisy day daisy sale for charity by Civic Club ladies
The Civic Club plans a daisies sale to raise funds for charity with The New Rex and local drugstores contributing ten percent of sales. Funeral services for W D Thornhill will be at First Baptist Church with burial at Walnut Grove. A R Beavers and companions travel from Cedar Bluff to attend the old soldier’s reunion in Washington.
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W. OD. Thornhill
W. D Thornhill
South Bluefield
First Baptist Church
H. S. Mabie
Walnut Grove
A. R. Beavers
Cedar Bluff
M. J. Beavers
Thomas Hawkins
Tazewell
Bluefield
Narrows
Mr. Hawkins
Washington
Burton System Erects Large City Billboards For Bluefield Boost
The Burton System Inc has put up many new billboards around the city led by the largest on the hill in front of the post office. Advertising plans aim to promote Bluefield. Rev Dr H Carr of Bluefield will preach at Bramwell Methodist Sunday morning and evening. The pastor Rev J R Brown will be in Bluefield and preach at Bland Street Methodist Church. Students from Augus ta Military Academy return home for vacation and include Lieutenants Bailey and Quillen and Privates Pack and Crockett. Miss Marjorie Barnes will graduate from the Ursulines School of St Martin in Ohio on June 13.
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John J. Parsons
First Baptist Church of
Princeton
New Orleans
Montgomery
Burton System, Inc
Bluefield
Dr. H. Carr
Bramwell Methodist Church
J. R. Brown
PD. D
Bland Street Methodist Church
Bailey
Quillen
Cleveland, Va
Pri- Vales Pack
Bramwell
Crockett
Agusta Military Academy
Marjorie Barnes
H. H. Barnes
School of the Ursulines of St
Church Schedule and Events At Welch Methodist
The Christian endeavor society meets at 7 pm at the church with Sunday school at 9:40 am and morning and evening preaching by Rev L W Pierce. Epworth Girls at 2:30 pm Junior League 3:30 pm Senior League 7:10 pm Prayer meeting Wednesday 8 pm Public invited to worship. Sunday school 9:30 am Superintendent Pred R Christie. Eluetida Camp No 9595 Modern Woodmen guests for annual memorial service. Junior and Senior B Y P U meet at 7 pm evening services 8 pm Lord's Supper observed after morning service. Harry Mabie pastor.
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L. W. Pierce
Methodist Church
Welch
Epworth
R. Christie
Eluetida
Modern
Woodmen of America
Harry Mabie
Sunday Church Services At Sacred Heart And Revival
Catholic Mass at 9 30 a m in Sacred Heart Church with Sunday school at 9 30 a m supervised by H A Lilly and services at 11 a m and 7 30 p m In pastor’s absence W W McNeal leads both services B Y P A meets 7 p m Prayer meeting Wednesday at 5 p m Jas H Franklin pastor Sunday school at 10 a m preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m Revival led by Rev W A Sutherland from Greenville Tenn begins at 11 o m and continues all next week Public invited and all Christian people urged to attend J W Lykens pastor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Sacred Heart
H. A. Lilly
W. W. McNeal
Jas, H. Franklin
W. A. Sutherland
Greenville
Tenn
J. W. Lykens
Special train carries Johnson and Norfolk and Western officials
A special train with President J. EK. Johnson General Superintendent Jenks and other Norfolk and Western officials passed through the city yesterday. President Johnson continued on to Roanoke. Red Men to Participate. Calumet Tribe I O R M members are urged to meet at their wigwam Tuesday at 6 oclock for a patriotic parade starting from Lee street at 10 oclock. Rev T S Hamilton has gone to Chattanooga for a week. Dr J R Brown Bramwell will preach at Bland Street Methodist church Sunday.
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Jenks
Norfolk and Western
City
Johnson
Roanoke
Calumet, Tribe
Lee Street
Patriotic Parade Plans by Bluefield Scout Troop Two
Bluefield Boy Scouts of troop 2 will march in the patriotic parade Tuesday. A special Monday night meeting at troop headquarters will form the plans. Judge Martin William of Giles county visited en route to Wise Virginia to deliver a patriotic address for the state council of safety.
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Bluefield Boy Scouts
Martin William
Giles County
Wise, Va
State Council of Safety
Bible School and Worship Schedule for Local Church
Reverend C. H. Wass leads morning and evening services at the church. Bible school offers a monthly rate of 30 cents? The schedule lists morning sermon The Human Life of God and an afternoon topic An Old Love.
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C. HH. Wass
Bible School
Tl A.m
God
First Aid Lecture Attended By Three Ladies At Princeton
Misses Mastin Poole and Shrewsbury attended Dr Shields first aid lecture in Princeton yesterday. The event took place near the Red Cross car stationed there as part of Daisy Day promotions encouraging people to buy a daisy.
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Mastin
Poole
Shrewsury
Princeton
Dr Shields
Red Cross
Whooping Cough Remedy Endorsed by Mother in Pern Indiana
A Pern Indiana mother reports Chamberlain's Cough Remedy eased her two daughters whooping cough. The note claims the remedy worked like a charm and advises keeping the cough loose for easy expectoration.
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Chamberlain
P. H. Martin
Pern
Trinity Sunday Services At Corner Mercer And Duhring Streets
Rev J B Moose pastor preaches at 11 am and 8 pm on Trinity Sunday topics The Vital Relation of Baptism and the Trinity and True and False Patriotism Sunday school at 9:45 am W Hefner superintendent Congregational meeting after the morning service cordial invitation to all services Every member urged to attend
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Mercer and
Duhring Streets
J. B. Moose
Trinity
W. Hefner
Sunday School and Sermons at First Church
George F. Phillips oversees Sunday school at 9 30 a m urging children to bring mite boxes for foreign missions. Rev Samuel W Moore preaches morning on The One Thing Needful Luke 10 42. Evening topic Gods Love and Its Drawing Power Jeremiah 21 3. Christian Endeavor Society meets at 7 p m inviting all, especially visitors in town.
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George F. Phillips
Samuel W. Moore
Luke
Jeremiah
Christian Endeavor Society
Bland Street Methodist Sunday Schedule and Services
Bland Street Methodist Church announces Sunday school at 9 50 a m with J R Hutcherson and J A B Bruce as superintendents Preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m by evangelist J R Brown pastor of Bramwell Methodist Church Morning responsive reading Psalm 189 Morning topic forgetting God Text Deut 6 11 Evening topic For What to Labor Lext John 6 27 Senior League at 7 15 p m Midweek prayer meeting at 5 p m Wednesday Regular teachers meeting at 7 40 p m Thursday Dr C T St Clair leader
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Bland Street
John
C. T. St. Clafr
Indestructible steel shipping cases fold flat for storage
Practically indestructible steel cases have been developed that can collapse into a flat shape when empty and be reused endlessly. The invention aims to reduce waste and shipping costs by enabling repeat use without material degradation.
Charity Committee Elects Officers At May Meeting
The Civic Club charity committee elected officers Mrs Herbert Markie as chairman Mrs W C Pollock as assistant chairman Mrs L Borden as treasurer and Mrs G L Cunningham as secretary Plans for Daisy Day were outlined and captains chosen for points The treasurer reported 28 04 in the treasury Read letters praise from a girl helped in Terra Alta and from Adam the boy in the home The committee urged support for Daily Day noting every donation goes to those in need
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The
Civic Club
Herbert Markie
W. C. Pollock
L. Borden
G. L. Cunningham
Treasury
Rcular
Erra Alta
Binefield
Adam
Albert H. Gibboney Rites Planned After Death in Wytheville
Albert H Gibboney died in Wytheville Va from pneumonia after multiple past attacks at about seventy five years. He served as steward of Southwest Virginia Hospital Marion and was famed across southwest Virginia especially in Tazewell County. Survived by daughters Frances and Kate Campbell and granddaughter Katherine Campbelli of Wytheville. Funeral at his home Sunday afternoon with interment in Wytheville.
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Bluefield
Wytheville
Albert Fi Gibboney
Mr. Gibboney
Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Marion
Tazewell County
Jie
Frances Gibboney
Kate Campbell
Katherine Campbelli
Plan to Overcome German Submarines by Magnetic Buoys
A Baltimore manufacturing firm representative, A C Chenoworth, claimed to have devised a plan to trap submarines using trailing magnetic cables and large magnetized nets attached to buoys. The system would lure subs within magnet range, draw them upward, and signal destroyers about their location, with magnets deployed mainly offshore while few units would serve rivers and bays.
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A. C. Chenowerth
Baltimore
Mr. Chenoworth
Chenoworth
Ivers
Chesapeake Bay
Chensworth
Submarine Misuse Allegations Spark International Tension
Report notes a submarine was used in commercial activities without regard to international law, drawing concern from multiple nations and triggering calls for clearer maritime conduct and accountability. Officials urge adherence to treaties and prompt clarification of the incident's scope and parties involved.
Bluefield street cleaner injured after car collision
Gordon Abshur an elderly Bluefield street cleaning department worker was knocked down and hurt by an automobile on Bluefield avenue yesterday afternoon while sweeping the streets. He suffered painful injuries but no serious harm was reported.
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Gordon Abshur
Bluefield
Bluefield Avenue
Abshur
Elderly man struck by car at garage, rushed to hospital
An automobile backing from the Greever garage struck an aged man as he stood nearby. The car stopped before running him down and he was wounded with several rib injuries. He was moved to St. Luke's Hospital and later returned home the same day.
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Greever
St. Luke's Hospital
Sickness Drives Most Charity Relief in the Nation
In this country thirty to forty percent of cases needing charitable relief arise from illness. The statistic highlights health as a leading cause of poverty and aid demand, underscoring the role of medical sickness in social welfare.
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