Bluefield Small Ads and Notices Highlight Local Commerce
Local commerce pages list tire and radiator services, coal supply firms, nurseries offering tomato plants and flowers, bus schedule changes, and public notices. Items include City Tire and Radiator, Mercer Coal, and Pocahontas Transportation with June schedule changes, plant sales at 405 Fifth Street, and community notices on court, operations, and bankruptcy filings.
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North
Kimball
Northfork
Northfork At & A. m
Bluefield
Pocahontas Transportation Co
Graduation Certificates Awarded Across Virginia College
Ten graduates receive certificates as the Virginian Literary Society notes winners. Rev. W. B. Abrams earns the trustee medal for top all around student. George Ewing Starnes named head of Romance languages at Augusta Military Academy for next year. J Frank Walker will teach German literature at Carson-Newman College. Mrs. Howard Kilmer to donate a gold medal for Bluefield College top orator.
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Scee Va
Virginian Literary Society
W. BE. Abrams
DD. Cale
Tyner
N. C
University of Richmond
Mark Ced, Jr
George Ewing Starnes
Augusta Military Academy
G. A. Lassasso
Stornes
Roanoke College
William and Mary College
University of Virginia
Columbia University
J. Frank Walker
Yeat
Carson-Newman College
Walker
Howard Kilmer
Pulaski
Bluefield College
Officers Elected at Catholic Alumnae Meeting in W Va
The closing session of the state chapter meeting of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae Associations in Clarksburg elected officers. Governor Mrs. Joseph Stender of New Martinsville. vice president Mrs. T J Gillooly of Clarksburg. Miss Anes Diegmilier of Wheeling. treasurer Mrs. John F Harty of Clarksburg. Next meeting to be held in Wheeling with Mount De Chantal Alumnae Association as hostess. International president Mrs. Harry Benzinger spoke and noted the convention at St Marys Indiana in September. Miss Lewison of Parkersburg presided. luncheon was at the country club.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
International Federation of Catholic Alumnae Associations
St. Joseph's Alumnae Association
Joseph Stender
New Martinsville
T. J. Gillooly
Missances Diegmilier
Wheeling
John F. Harty
Mount de Chantal Alumane Association
Harry Benzinger
Baltimore
St. Marys
Ind
Mies “Lewison
Parkersburg
Country Club
Ponzi Seeks Ten Day Delay In Court Proceedings
Boston June 1 A delay in court proceedings was requested by Charles Ponzi the once famed financial wizard whose bond was defaulted in the superior court. He asked for ten days delay for his appearance by telegram from Jacksonville Florida while under bond and allowed to leave the state. Ponzi sentenced seven to nine years as a common and notorious thief failed to appear for resentencing after his appeal to the supreme court and the state began steps to sue Mrs Bernilde B Malaud who furnished bail of 10000 last July. Judge Fosdick declined to state his course.
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Boston
Charles Ponzi
Jacksonville
Fla
Fosdick
Ponzi
Supreme Court
Bernilde B. Malaud
Mercer Nash Sales Company Formed in Sutherland Deal
The Sutherland Motor Company at No. 1 Bradmann building Bland street becomes Mercer Nash Sales Company Inc under new management. R. M. Morsie of Princeton buys controlling stock from F. M. Sutherland and W. L. Mustard, with D. W. Short of Bluefield joining. Location, parts, cars, and service stay the same as three cars sold on opening day.
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Sutherland Motor Company
Nash Automobile
Bradmann Building
Bland Street
Mercer Nash Sales Company, Inc
R. M. Morsie
Princeton
F. M. Sutherland
W. L. Mustard
D. W. Short
Bluefield
Section Laborer Dies After Lever Car Fall
Allen Duncan of Roanoke, a section laborer for the Norfolk and Western, died at Williamson Hospital from injuries after falling from a lever car. Four other laborers were aboard the car en route to camp for dinner when the accident occurred. Duncan, 41, died shortly after admission.
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Allen Duncan
Roanoke
Rfolk and Western
Williamson Hospital
Wince
Duncan
Bluefield Chamber Offers Publicity Leaflets For Out-of-Town Mail
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce promotes a color leaflet showing city views and a road map to publicize Bluefield. Kiwanis International and Rotary conventions will receive copies. eight thousand orders already placed. Leaflets priced at two dollars per hundred, fifteen dollars per thousand, aim to reach far and wide via business mail.
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Bluefield
Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis International
Toronto
Rotary
Denver
Federal Street
Raie
Binefield
West Virginian
Perenne Rly
Bamphiet
Conrad Brevick
Presbytery Not Guilty in Insubordination Case
The New York Presbytery was found not guilty of insubordination by the Presbyterian General Assembly. Complaints over licensing pastors, including Rev. Albert D. Gants who denied the virgin birth, were dismissed as the assembly said the presbytery is attempting to follow orders. The case framed a clash between Modernists and Fundamentalists.
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Baltimore
New York
Presbyterian General Assembly
Presbytery
Ihs
Synod of
Albert D. Gants
Frank Tolliver: Liar Not Murderer in Wife Slaying Claim
Frank Tolliver a colored man confessed to killing his wife with an axe but investigators found his tale inaccurate. He faced an assault charge after McDowell county officers, with a warrant from Squire Jones Lay, escorted him from Bluefield to Upland for trial.
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Frank Tolliver
McDowell County
Bluefield
Squire Jones Lay
Northfork
Upland
Lewis
Tolliver
Moro Outlaws Weakened After three days of fighting
In Mindunes district near Lanao the Philippine constabulary reports a harsh three day campaign against Moro outlaws. Forty Moros killed and nearly fifty wounded while seven constabulary officers and 34 soldiers were hurt. The drive began after Moros terrorized nearby villages and rejected peace offers from Governor Wood.
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Manilla
Brovince Ings
Mindunes Ogsinet
Philippine Constabulary
Lanao
Constabulary
Leonard Wood
Wood
Richwood Election Swings Democratic in Town Vote
Richwood West Virginia June 1 Democratic mayoral candidate Frank Stone won by 342 votes over Republican incumbent George R. E. Hurd. Democrats also took three of four council seats while bond issue for a hard road in South Richwood failed by about 100 votes.
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Richwood
W. Va
Frank Stone
George RE. Hurd
South Richwood
Recorder
Russell E. Wade
M. G. Damm
G. L. Umbarger
Victor Morrison
C. C. Coe
C. H. Rhodes
A. N. McClure
Remus Hill
R. F. Conley
Thomas Ayers
Millard Hinkle
Cabecas Government Denied Army Support
Paris June 1 A Havas dispatch from Lisbon reports General Gomes Da Costa says the Cabecas government lacks army confidence. Da Costa plans to move seven divisions toward the capital to establish a government aligned with the ongoing revolution.
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Paris
Havas
Lisbon
Gomes da Costa
Vabecas
Manchado
Indications Another Suit Loom on Horizon
The city faces potential new litigation over a proposed one cent per gallon gasoline tax if revenue options fail. Mayor Stewart notes the tax would not raise prices beyond Bluefield, Virginia, and two protests were filed by the Binefield Automobile Club and Carroll R. Wood of Pocahontas Transportation Co. Directors, delayed by absences, heard claims of property damage on Fulton Street from paving. Attorney Ross and City Manager Bennett outlined settlement groundwork, but the board kept final assessment terms, agreeing to meet the property owners on site.
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Stewart
Birefield
Bluefield
Virginia
Binefield Automoile Club
Carroll R. Wood
Pocahontas Transportation Company
Williama and
Hancock
Henry W. Matthews
Jag. F. Ball
Robert R. Austin
John M. Hypes
Fulton Street
Ross
Bennett
Bluefield Child Narrowly Escapes on Moving Machine
A Bluefield child survived a near drowning incident after being dragged briefly by a moving machine owned by PJ Hope Demain. The child, about twenty five miles an hour, sustained minor cuts and unspecified injuries when freed by Miss Demain.
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Frank F. Fox
Hope Demain
Sekari Sven
Bluefield Board considers license tax ordinance and street repairs
The Bluefield city board discussed an ordinance for general license taxes on businesses and privileges with penalties for nonpayment. They reviewed proposed repairs to Hill avenue and drainage issues on College and Highland avenues, with city officials to inspect sites. A skating rink permit was denied, a fish market license granted, and several infrastructure items including street lighting, blasting permits, and budget documents were referred to the city manager for action.
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City of
Bluefield
Ordnances
R. R. Harry
Hill Avenue
John Batley
South Bluefield
College Avenue
Beiley
Bennett
Bailey
Couch Street
Harry
R. W. Young
Highland Avenue
Pine Street
Young
H. 8
Jeffreys
Spring Street
Wade
Wilbur Right
Peck Street
Whitethoro Street
Bluefield Country Club
Rosenheim, Pemberton & Cruise
Oakhurst Avenue
Floyd Street
Officials to award road work contracts today
Charleston reports the state road commission will award contracts for road work tomorrow or Thursday after bids are checked. The piece notes iron and steel production and its use in automobiles in 1924.
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Charleston
State Road Commission
Missing Mother and Child After Steamer Collision
A New York mother Mrs Lynn A Hoag and her three year old daughter remain missing after the Washington Irving sank in the Hudson River following a collision with a steel barge. Police and line officials report all other passengers and crew accounted for. theories cite mental imbalance or a frantic search below decks as possible causes.
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New York
Ers
Washington-Irving
Hudsah River
Lynn A. Hoag
Mra. Hoag
Jersey City
Sald
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Mrs. Hoag
Cher
Mary
Albany
New Jersey
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promises Gentle Constipation Aid
This ad promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a laxative that establishes natural bowel regularity without griping or upsetting the system. It claims harmless, pleasant use for those over fifty and suggests buying a large 60 cent bottle at local stores.
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Special Prepared Stove Coal Service Cost Co
Ea Spy
Ove
Pace
Abbott
Mier
Ene
Mineral
Thigrine, Compan Company
Ponte Pees Shoe Store
West Tra Fa
Coca Cola
Moree Coal and Supply
Mercer Coal and Sunny, Company
Nees Coal
Federal
Bluefeld
Fei Rt
Cramer
Omer
Ratum
Peeve Oe
Fifth Street
Rose Beauty Shoppe
Permanen
Peery Bidg
Colombes
B. C
Dismond
Truth
W. Freemason Street
Norfolk
EF. Edmunds
Pearl Street
Carpenter
Sth
Bandido
the Bandit
Genoa Avenue High School
City Auditorium
Easley-Penn Drug Co
R. WM. Baldwin, Sr
W. F. Baume
Central Chair Co
Huntington
Blue
Jarkspur
EB. Dixon
Caroline Avenue
City Tire
Bailey Lumber Ca
L. M. Russell
Albert Grover
Paul Peters
Norfolk and Western
C. H. Guilion
Bramwell Road
Gullion
Bluefield Sanitarium
A. W. Harman
Bromwell
George D. Patronis
Gust Galatas
D. Patronis
Manhattan
Stewart Street
United States District Court
Referee
Mma Fisher
Midwty
Ashland
Ell
Harry L. Greenspon
Fleer
Altamont
WM. H. Carr
Osteopath 406
Coal &Coke
ETI
J. B. Eades
Res
Gan UO
Case New York Presbytery
Mussolini
Mies Cornelia Bakker
Glacier National Park
Copeland
West Virginia Coal Association
West Virinia Coal Association
Nne
West Virginia
Impeiing
J. G
Robert M. Lamble
State Department of Mines
J. G. Bradley
Dundon
W. H. Cunningham
G. H. Caperton
C. C. Dickinson
James E. Hart
Cabecas
Louis Spanos
Victory Lunch
Ery
Busy Bee
Restau
Rant
Pocket Books
Sai
Princeton Ave
Binefield, W. Va
Deauville
Mother
Gage
Shakespeare
Robin
Dr. Caldwell
W. 8. Caldwell
Stowes
Vooto
Roe Seto
Ists Im Gand Operating
Gola Rer
I Compton Blueyield
Pittsburgh Steel Company
M. G. Whitlow Hardware Company
Princeton Avenue
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