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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1920
Page
1
Bluefield notices list tax delinquencies for 1919 and calls taxpayers to settle quickly. Local ads note crushed stone orders, a new garden plant supply, an orchestra at the Masonic Temple, an upcoming auction sale, and a dance event. Community items include a library open Sunday, a postponed memorial service, a new auto sales room, and local police activity.
The market does not warrant the price reductions previously advertised. Late season over stocks forced unusual prices on women's shoes as the department is being discontinued. Cotton goods are expected to rise soon, with no likelihood of lower prices for some time.
Real estate ads list numerous homes with room counts and prices across Bland, Bluefield, Rogers, Duhring, Roanoke, Raleigh Terrace, Wyoming, Jefferson, Stowers, South, Shenandoah, Bland Blvd, Washington, Melrose, Rockbridge, Verdun, Adams, Augusta, Maryland, Lakeside, Princeton, Tyler. Prices range from 600 to 19,000 with many two to nine room houses and several lots and business parcels.
A list mentions Winter and Jordan and Chevrolet autos with Diamond T and Commercial trucks. The Exide battery service station is located with this firm.
The Bluefield Citizens Band directed by Frank M. Booth performs this afternoon at 3 o'clock on the lawn at the N and W railway station. The program includes The Squealer March Overture Inspiration Tenth Regiment March Wild Flowers Waltzes Garde de Corps March selections from Bohemian Girl Bolo B Fox trot Twilight Heroes Serenade Ideal March When My Baby Smiles on Me.
A caravan of about twenty five cars from Bluefield and Princeton to Hinton for a Beni Kedem Temple ceremony in Charleston faced hazardous travel as New River swelled from heavy rains. The driver called the outcome miraculous with few injuries as the group returned after nightfall.
Five passengers rode in a car that skidded and overturned a mile above Bellepoint on the New River road. D. M. Brooks and David Pritchard of Bramwell were injured. Brooks suffered a possible dislocated hip and was taken to Hinton hospital. The crash was caused by a broken radius rod and the driver lost control.
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