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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1919
Page
2
The item catalog mentions The Rescuing Angel starring Colonial Shirley Mason, Burton Holmes travelogue, The Law Unto Herself with Louise Glaum, Extra Matt and Jeff cartoon, Rex Madne Kenneday in A Perfect Lady, and a Conklin comedy.
Lovers of good music in Tinefeld and vicinity will hear Roeland W Hayes, famed tenor, in a concert at the Colored Institute next Monday night. He will be accompanied by Lawrence Brown of on. Admission fifty cents.
Generally fair Saturday and Sunday with little temperature change. Partly cloudy conditions noted across the state as the weekend approaches.
Johns-Manville ad promotes asbestos roofing and shingles with local dealer details. Notices report marriages, remodeling plans, a bank building sale, and upcoming church confirmations, plus a fatal accident, hotel renovations, and a high school teaching appointment for 1919 1920.
Classified listings for Brluefield show numerous mid price homes for sale by Virginia Realty Loan Co with prices from 1 600 to 6 250 and a call for buyers to arrange terms. Community notices include funeral services for Mrs G C McGuire at Tazewell and council business on the vote canvass. Military returns and local club meetings fill the page with pending events.
Civil engineer J. Bowman of Tennessee travels through Clinch Valley and surrounding regions chasing a 1767 English drawing as clues to a rumored silver mine. The map marks creeks, licks, a furnace, charcoal site, and distant pinnacles, with further notes on a cat tail pond and Mountain Lake. The search spans multiple states as Bowman remains undeterred.
The Field Colored Institute hosts a busy week with student recitals and exhibits. A domestic art show runs yesterday and today from 9 to 11:45, followed by domestic science and manual training displays. Tonight features a dramatic play by pupils. Sunday offers an annual sermon by Rev. E J Conn at 3 p m. Monday presents a Roland Hayes song recital with Lawrence Brown at 8 30 p m. Tuesday 8 20 p m features the senior class program, and Wednesday marks commencement with a 2 p m alumni meeting and evening exercises.
Latonia Kentucky draws eight starters for the thirty seventh Latonia Derby at a mile and a half. Sir Barton is missing from the entered list. The race offers fifteen thousand dollars in added money and a total gross purse near twenty thousand dollars.
Evangelist R L Peters from Winston Salem preaches to a growing congregation at the West Bluefield Colored Christian Church. He led four confessions after Wednesday and four more on Thursday night. Peters praised as an excellent preacher with deep scriptural knowledge. Visitors welcomed with special attention and a cordial invitation extended by Pastor G M Dickerson.
Paris June 6 described as likely Allies will agree to name a maximum reparations figure under the peace treaty. The Matin reports the sum would be between 200 and 400 billion francs, which on gold valuation could approach 50 billion dollars.
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