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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1921
Page
2
A move to Charleston prompts sale of a ten room two hundred foot lot home at 318 Wyoming Street with hot water heat hardwood floors and chestnut finish. Two additional forty foot lots included. See property or contact A W Alden. Also notices of local events and legal items appear in this issue.
Mrs Jones was arrested on whiskey possession and held for grand jury. A home economics supper was postponed to fall. The Thor washing machine tale ties to 12 years of service at Mr Hawley’s home. The Dug Out of Bluefield Post 92 will close due to the death of national commander Galbraith. John B K Martin faces non support charges with a hearing set. A Ramsey street prayer meeting plans a Bible class. Mews Club meeting postponed to June 17. Mrs Borden to distribute daisies for Daisy Day at the Appalachian Power Co offices.
Miss Mary Mann of Ka win Mann is at home for summer vacation. B A Marks of Roanoke, a former Bluefielder, is in the city on business. Miss Ella Mae Simpson returned from vacation visiting Chicago and Galena. Miss Lucille Leonard returns from Hollins College and will stay with her parents. Ruth Wimmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H W Wimmer, grew ill suddenly. condition unchanged. Mr. and Mrs. O Neel and daughter, and O C Bland of Gap Mills are at Billy Sunday meeting. Mr. and Mrs. J W Ruff and family return from Florida to spend summer at Spring Grove Avenue home. Mrs. Elizabeth W Leister of Tazewell has been visiting and attended Billy Sunday meeting then returned home.
Miss Welch attended commencement at Hollins College in Virginia and returned with Miss Lake Tambert and Elizabeth Rhodes for summer. Burbridge Payne Jr and Mrs J W Cline visit to Charleston noted. Sheriff Hatfield in Charleston on business. Rinda Gay improves after illness. J W Blakeley in Williamson for business. Oscar Bohm family to move to town and home work near courthouse underway.
American flyweight champion Johnny Ruff of Jersey City knocks out England's Harry Manzell in the third round of a scheduled twelve round bout. Manzell hit the deck four times in the first round and five times in the second before the decisive blow.
Mrs. Mary J. Wade testified that Eva Catherine Raber asked her to kill Dan F. Kaber, publisher, claiming Raber loved another man. Wade was questioned for two hours by Prosecutor Staunton and detectives in Cleveland.
An advertisement touts Peace Springs Water as a remedy for stomach kidney and bladder ailments. It lists Pence Springs Water Company in Huntington West Virginia and agents in Bluefield with contact numbers. The notice is dated June 20 and runs to Saturday.
A large crowd at Bland Street Methodist Church heard recaps of the campaign with songs by the Men’s Club and Girl Reserves. Rev. T. S. Hamilton spoke on farewell offerings while Rev. M. I. Barrett and Roy performed, leading to closing appeals and a traveling-sawdust trail sendoff with 60 participants.
Secretary Weeks announces a personal inquiry into conditions in the Army Air Service and tensions between Major General C. T. Mencher and Brigadier General William Mitchell. Weeks will not detach either officer during the investigation and declined to release the specifics of the request from General Mencher.
Two men accused of robbery at the State Bank of Preble Indiana earlier today were captured in Fort Wayne. They claim to be Russell Barrone aged 25 and Ronald McDaniels aged 23, exonerating taxi driver Eugene Cole. No loot was taken and Cashier Clarence Smith was fatally wounded while Assistant Cashier Edna Werlong was wounded.
Washington welcomes a new hub for the nation’s women’s clubs directed by Mracon Calhoun. Mrs. Calhoun leads the Woman’s National Foundation, a prominent new organization with a $3,600,000 footprint.
City readers urged to contribute beyond debts as Bluefield faces a final collection drive for a debt of honor. The note calls for all residents, including distant towns like Graham Princeton Tazewell Welch and Beckley, to submit funds via offering envelopes or direct to organizers, stressing daily passing of collection pans for convenience rather than ongoing collections.
A House action is expected tomorrow on the Sweet bill to consolidate government welfare agencies. The measure precedes debate on a peace resolution scheduled under a rule for an immediate vote. The discussion follows remarks of concern over past efforts and the branding of current proposals.
Carding Logue, primate of Ireland, spoke at a confirmation service in Cookstown, warning the people of Ulster counties of fear and anxiety about the future as Parliament opens in Ulster.
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