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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1927
Page
7
Princeton reports widespread activity and rising prosperity with bustling markets and steadier money. Businesses feel renewed confidence as real estate and commerce improve, marking a shift from prior economic depressions.
A county court clerk issued a license for Aaron Bruce Akers age 21 to Hazel Kendrick Gilbert age 21, both of Bluefield. The report also notes a fiduciary order appointing J. M. B. Davis as administrator of the estate of David Whittaker, deceased, with bond in the penalty of shed.
Morning items report A. J. McCoy’s son being moved from Princeton hospital to Peters town West Virginia. Mrs Nel Duga Snider of Peters town shopped in the city yesterday. Several families spent weekends at Camp Creek Montgomery White Sulphur Springs and Monroe county. Nearby relatives accompanied Mrs BE A Cooper from Montgomery. Mrs Batley of Northfork WV visited her brother on Kee street and returned home.
Jury commissioners Karnes and Hylton select grand jurors for July term of criminal court. Listed districts Rock, Faot River, Beaver Pond, Jumping Branch and Plymouth provide jurors including A M Daniel ly, Thomas O'Neil, Sam Wheeler, J C Pack, G W Hambrick, J P Dyer, J W Brown, H D Thompson, Rufus Kahle, D M Thomason, C C Frazier, Jasper Belcher, Lam Lilly, Green Ferguson, Chap Underwood, J H Crawford. Judge Dillard may hear cases on July 5 after the Glorious Fourth opening day.
Local notices list Young Mothers' Club meeting at the Christian church basement with Dr. Stanley Hays as speaker. Circle one of First Methodist meets at Mrs. Burrell C. Crotty's home at 2 30 PM. Various church and community groups announce meetings, visits, and travel delays related to flood waters and guests arriving in Princeton.
lL. N. Lambert, who has served four months as a guard at the penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia, is expected to return home on the next available train.
San Francisco June 1 A campaign to halt the drifting away of American youths from the church was launched at the Presbyterian general assembly. Moderator Robert E Speer urged following the 1925 committee's recommendations and using modern influences to draw children into the church. The next assembly will convene in Tulsa Oklahoma May 4 1928.
Atlantic City officials announce there will be no bathing costume censorship this summer. City authorities say any costume that does not cause a riot will be allowed, ending previous strict controls.
P T Fagan president of United Mine Workers No 5 was fined ten dollars after a downtown Pittsburgh arrest for disorderly conduct while preaching a strike at Coverdale mine. His bail was posted for appeal as he claimed company police lacked authority to detain him. Witnesses said he interfered with employees. He said he merely informed workers a strike was ongoing.
James Hocking, a 73 year old New Yorker, accelerates his quest to surpass Edward Payson Weaton by covering 1500 miles so far this year and frequently walking 40 miles daily. He logged 4000 miles last year.
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