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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
4
The Graham Daily News discusses whether to build a new east Graham school, expand the present building, or add rooms. It notes high enrollment near eight hundred, strong debate within the school board, and urges reasoned discussion on school space needs.
Multiple houses and farms listed with prices from 1600 to 9500 dollars. Includes eight and nine room homes on Vincil and Franklin streets, a fifty acre farm near Falls Mills, and a sixty six acre West Graham farm at 120 dollars per acre. Streetcar line extended and sewers completed. Graham booming.
Mrs Bessie Rice of Huntington West Virginia reports dramatic improvement after finishing one bottle of Tanlac. She cites restored appetite better digestion improved sleep and renewed energy enabling her to perform housework without fatigue. She adds kidneys back pain and headaches eased. Her husband previously spent hundreds on medicines with little effect.
Members of the National Traveling Salesmen Association in session here display picture portraits of stunning girls wearing gowns, emphasizing the idea that who wears them matters as much as what is worn.
In Hudson county last week Joseph Able and his bartender received three months in jail each after being arrested for violating the state anti liquor enforcement law.
Princeton plans a large push to locate Emory and Henry Junior College here. About sixty Princeton residents will drive to Emory Saturday to advocate for the site, with wives joining some to promote Mercer county prospects. Fundraising and pledges pour in from locals and even non Methodists, uniting the town behind the effort.
A lyrical tribute describes a mother seated by the window with a sleeping baby, her face lit by sunset. The poem elevates motherhood as earth's true queen and source of all virtue, comparing her faith, sacrifice, and love to sacred figures and universal virtue. It ends with the simple word Mother.
Browns Creek District Welch West Virginia invites sealed proposals for an addition to a Kimball school building. Plans by architect Alex B. Mahood Bluefield. Bids due June 11 1921. Deposit 25 dollars per plan set. refunds on return. 2 percent certified check with bid. Addition about 40 by 70 feet three stories. Contact L J Hanifan Welch or Alex B. Mahood for details.
The report says Harold Hammond a 20 year old naval apprentice allegedly married eleven women. Supreme Court Justice Keogh granted an annulment to one wife and a divorce to another halting further marriages.
An official investigation commission tallies damage to Paris and suburbs from German Big Bertha artillery and aerial bombardment at over 15 million dollars. Additional losses from war material explosions total about 7 million dollars.
Sealed bids due 2 p m June 11 1921 for construction of a Welch West Virginia grade school near Hemphill and Caples. Plans by architect B Mahood Bluefield WV on file at his office and L J Hanifan Welch superintendent of schools. $25 plan deposit and 2 percent certified check required with bid. Building about 142 by 57 feet four stories front three in rear. Information from L J Hanifan or Alex B Mahood.
The undersigned will apply to the circuit court of Mercer county Week Virginia on June 11 1921 for license to carry a pistol per section 7 chapter 148 code of West Virginia as amended. R C Lilly Special Agent State Agricultural Department Bluefield W Va 6-2-21
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