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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
2
Local ads announce concrete work and weddings, with plans for music studio, ice cream, and a June bride perfume. Community notes include a hunting for a dog killer, revival conversions, Tri-State fair track preparations, and election results shaping regional politics.
At a ministerial association meeting yesterday a resolution urged all ministers to suspend evening services on Sunday July 2 and join a union service in the chatauqua tent in South Bluefield. The offering will benefit the Civic Club. Rev. J. M. Carter was chosen to preach the sermon that evening. Committees were appointed.
Funeral service for Mrs Sarah Jane Woolwine was held at 2 30 PM yesterday at the Midway home with Rev W M Sneed presiding. Interment followed at Walnut Gore cemetery. Three hoboes were ordered to the city chain gang for street work by Judge Akers after fines of five dollars for riding trains. A bake sale will be hosted by the First Baptist Church ladies aid at the Bluefield Gas Company office on Raleigh Street Saturday at 10 AM. The Lewis Oliver Players will present a souvenir photograph of Jack Lewis at Saturday matinee alongside the prior Miss Grandin photo giveaway. State Superintendent M P Shawkey attended the Bluefield Colored Institute commencement exercises. The Young Ladies Society of the Presbyterian Church meets tonight at 8 to be well attended. The Mission Circle of the Christian Church will meet at Mrs T F Weaver’s home tonight at 8.
J. W. Counts was summoned to Abingdon Virginia last night after an accident yesterday afternoon involving his father. The full extent of the injuries was not yet known.
The W C T U holds its monthly meeting with Flower Mission Day exercises Friday at 3 o clock in the YMCA chapel. A twelve year old Pocahontas boy who ran away was returned to his parents yesterday. Royal Neighbors of America members are asked to meet tonight at Mrs. W A Hancock's for important business.
The Bland Street Methodist church choir rehearsal is moved to Saturday evening. A large group of Hollins College school girls traveled through the city last night on their way to their respective destinations.
Death of Mrs. B. H. W. Akers reported from Eckman and Radford Va where she died in a Radford hospital after a month of treatment. She was the daughter of J. R. Hancock and the wife of B. H. Akers buyer for Shawnee company. She was eighteen. Local notices list visitors H Budnick and C P North of Keystone and W K Schenck of Greensboro representing Crozier Pocahontas in the field.
Mrs Grace Akers aged eighteen wife of B H Akers of McDowell died Tuesday afternoon after about four weeks illness. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs J R Hancock of McDowell and is survived by husband one child four sisters and her parents. The funeral will be held at Walnut Grove cemetery at 2 pm with Rev J B Ward officiating the service follows burial remains to this city for burial. Mr Akers is store manager for Shawnee Coal Company.
The Lewis-Oliver Players enter their seventh week at Elks Theatre with an elaborate Camille revival beginning matinee this afternoon. The play, La Dame aux Camélias, reflects the younger Dumas’s life in Paris society and stands alongside French literary fame as Dickens and Hawthorne do in English and American traditions.
R. D. Morrison aged forty a Big Stone Gap Va insurance agent returning from Norton died Tuesday after his Ford runabout overturned on Big Stone mountain during a heavy storm. The son of late Dr. Robert Morrison of Lexington he is survived by his widow one child and brother Dr. James Morrison of Lynchburg.
The report notes homes throughout Ohio and other western states and mentions a special Pullman car carried by train No. 3 to accommodate the students.
Three cars of third No. 86 were wrecked near Richlands in the Clinch Valley district yesterday afternoon delaying passenger trains No. 11 and No. 12 for over two hours. No injuries were reported.
Born to Mr and Mrs A C Carter of Fourth Street a son Attorney D M Easley left last night for Charleston to attend federal court Sid Warden returned last night from Richmond where he has been attending school Mrs McNeer Mrs Baach and Mrs Roberts all of Pocahontas were shop
An old advertisement touts Tak-A-Tonic as instant relief for indigestion back pain kidney trouble headaches fatigue and constipation. It claims years of research and chemical analysis plus roots and juices. The pitch promises quick relief and a money back guarantee with sixty four doses for one dollar and sale at drug stores.
Reports from the city note H. S. Brown of Bramwell and other visitors stopping for business and social calls. Rev. C bk Kimball of Kimball and Rev. J. B. Ward hosted guests, while Emma Phelps returns from Baltimore to resume studies. Families from Roanoke, Park Street, and Williamson attended a grandmother’s burial, alongside Attorney R. E. Williams en route from the state convention.
The New Rex screens Barbara Freitchie on Friday starring Mary Miles Minter, age fifteen, and Mrs. Thomas W. Whiffen, a veteran of over fifty years on stage. Produced by Popular Plays and Players, the Metro release casts both as grandmother and granddaughter in a photo drama based on Whittier’s poem.
Wolf Kaufman came home Wednesday morning after a two week absence. He had been visiting his daughter who is recovering in a Richmond Virginia hospital. Friends will be glad to hear she is much better and will be home soon.
A heavy storm yesterday afternoon around 5 o'clock caused multiple trees to be uprooted. No other damage has been reported at this time.
Surgeons Dr. English and his wife from McDowell Dr. Cook of Algoma and Dr. Heath erman of War Eagle participate in a professional outing featuring regional medical figures and allied colleagues.
It would pay you to borrow money and buy jewelry at your own price at the Randolph auction sale. The hours are 2:30 and 7:30 daily.
To whom it may concern notice that T will not be responsible for any debts made by F M Fizer signed G W Fizber. -1-hawk-31 May 23 1916.
A group attempted to move prisoners from a Gulf jail to Beckley when a shootout erupted. Officer Wyatt was killed, others wounded, and several suspects were arrested as the attackers fled. The Virginian Railroad transported the wounded to Beckley hospital.
A big auction sale is underway at Randolph's with daily sessions at 2:30 and 7:30. Bidders are invited to participate as merchandise moves quickly.
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