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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1919
Page
6
KS Montgomery Lynch of Seattle will play the celebrated organ in The Wayfarer pageant at the Methodist Centenary in Columbus Ohio from June 20 to July 13. Lynch will direct a chorus of 110 voices as part of the pageant.
Mr and Mrs Roy Brammer entertained grade and high school teachers and guests at the high school auditorium last Monday evening. Miss Virginia Payne of Bluefield, guest of Miss Rosa Bernheim, left for home Tuesday. Mr and Mrs A J Baker of Rayford are visiting.
Miss Mildred Smith returns home from Pulaski Virginia after visiting friends. Local students from Hiwassee College in Madisonville and Dunsmore Business College in Princeton are listed among those returning for vacation. Mrs W L Peck returns from Washington and Philadelphia. A baseball game Mayber y versus Pocahontas ended 10 to 7 for Pocahontas. Ted White injured an eye last Thursday. Jean Callaway visits sister Mrs Via. Harold Epling from Princeton visits with his father Dr G T Epling. Dr and Mrs F W Bilger travel to Pennsylvania. several children operated for tonsils and adenoids by Dr James R Vermillion Princeton WV. Long visits Brive Field. Mrs R B Noel and daughters Helen and Virginia among those mentioned.
Last Saturday in Bluefield saw shopping outings and visits from residents including Mr and Mrs C M Thacker who returned from Farmville Virginia after their daughter Louise’s graduation. Miss Louise Pilkenton has recovered at home after appendectomy at Memorial Hospital Princeton. Miss Reggings left Lick Branch Colliery and moved home to Nebraska. Alpha Hundley remains ill at home.
Henry B. Walthall headlines a star studded cast in The False Faces, a Paramount Art craft feature directed by Irvin Willat and produced by Thomas Ince. Lon Chaney appears as the leading heavy, with Massy Anderson as a femme fatale in this wartime espionage tale based on Louis Joseph Vance. The plot follows an allied intelligence officer pursuing a Huo spy amid perilous adventures including a U-boat attack and a Martha’s Vineyard secret base, touted as one of the era’s most entertaining war pictures. It premieres at the Colonial Theatre on Wednesday.
Glenbrook Orchards offers 181 acres with 45 acres in orchard and 1810 trees aged 17 and 18 years. Included are winesap mam moth black twig york imperial delicious varieties, 1919 crop forecast at 2000 barrels with 25 percent net return. Properties include 8 room house tenant house packing houses and equipment. Price 20000 half cash.
A terse public notice from L. W. Langhorne of Salem Virginia invites bids or terms for a real estate or financial matter spanning one to three years. The terse phrasing signals a formal court or official process and references parties and a timeline without detail.
Mrs. M A Duncan of 152 Roanoke St reports severe back pain and kidney trouble eased after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She credits two boxes with relieving pain, restoring sleep, and improving overall health. Product by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The nationwide strike of telegraph and telephone operators ordered by S J Konenkamp faces skepticism as officials portend no disruption. New York June 7. New Com Carlion head of Western Union says service will remain normal with full staff and that only a small number of union members may strike.
Pittsburg June 7 The Commercial Telegraphers Union of America announces a nationwide strike by telephone operators and electrical workers set for June 16. The union president says the action aims to pressure leased wire and brokerages, while most operators at the American Telephone and Telegraph Company are not union members. He adds confidence the union will win the fight.
Sealed bids will be received by the county court of Mingo County until Tuesday July 8 1919 for painting the interior of the courthouse. Specifications provided by the county court president upon request. Dated May 28 1919. County Court of Mingo County by Alex Bishop President Huhn Boggs Clerk.
Extra PoCa Coal Co a West Virginia corporation based in Bramwell Mercer County has dissolved operations after settling liabilities. After payment of debts the remaining assets will be distributed pro rata to stockholders. Debts must be presented to the treasurer in Bramwell before June 20 1929. H S Brown Secretary Treasurer.
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