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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1924
Page
3
Local items announce coal company services and prices, rental spaces, and a forthcoming tax list publication. The period includes sale ads for produce plants, a big sale at Pedigo’s, office rental, licensing deadline reminders, tailoring services, and pool hours at Shannondale with pool heat details.
Dance at Shannondale and Country Club events are listed along with transportation schedules to Welch from Newhall and back. The Welch mines inspector Earl McCoy appointment, delinquent tax lists, and the death of Mrs. Mary Sue Fuqua are reported with local details and upcoming funeral plans.
Bluefield real estate advocates tout Bluefield as the best buy on earth after the National Real Estate convention in Washington. The Charleston Real Estate Board won a silver cup for the best speech on Home Town with ten Bluefield delegates in attendance.
The National Retail Coal Merchants Association held its annual meeting in Bluefield with hospitality from locals. Milton F. Robinson Jr praises Bluefield’s welcome, resources, and infrastructure, noting the new freight depot and potential tourist traffic.
The letter praises representatives for listening to residents and acting on their suggestions. It credits Bluefield and its ladies and Mr Koepler with essential help, noting the community would struggle to repay the opportunity provided for their successful program.
The sermon argues against material wealth as a path to God, urging that the soul seeks the divine through God not riches. It critiques the rich man who stores grain for comfort while neglecting spiritual needs and emphasizes Jesus as the ultimate teacher whose words offer lasting truth. The preacher warns of a day of final reckoning and the unveiling of sins, accessible only through Jesus's blood.
The Bluefield visitor lists G. A. Kneer of Buffalo as the farthest from home today in hotel registers. A revival speaker warns that public confession is necessary for salvation and criticizes greed, wealth, and ministers who chase money, urging listeners to consider death’s call tonight.
The Bluefield Gun Club travels to Princeton to meet the Princeton Club in a competitive shoot. Local members are invited to accompany the team, traps open for Saturday practice, and a five man club match is planned after the match.
John Martin of Cedar Bluff Virginia, about fifty, was arrested by Patrolman Bowen after James Martin, his nephew, accused him of abducting his wife. The pair were found in a Stewart street rooming house. The wife, nineteen and mother of an eight month old, was fined 25 dollars for disorderly conduct. John Martin was detained on a white slave charge.
The advance guard of West Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars arrives in Wheeling for the annual state encampment starting tomorrow. Department Commander Devereaux of Clarksburg will oversee the meeting.
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