Paper making quality praised by city readers
A mixed page item notes Haley-Penn Drug Co. advertising fine stationery, local social visits from Rev D P Hurley and family at Emory College commencement, and cattle sale plans led by Maj John V Cowan. It reports typhoid illness in a local family and ongoing community activities including choir rehearsal, shorthand training at Bluefield Normal, Edison records at East End Pharmacy, fresh strawberries from Montgomery county, and a tax deadline notice from M B Postlethwaite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Hurley
Gregg, Pitman and Kimball
Bluefield Normal and Business College
City
Wide-A-Wake Pharmacy Ad Promises Best Drugs Sundries
An old advertisement proclaims Wide-A-Wake Pharmacy the best source for drugs sundries and tobacco products. It notes a soda fountain, a presc ription department with a competent pharmacist, and invites patrons to visit opposite the Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice
Burning dumps endanger fire crew in alarming fires
Fire Chief R O Carter reports burning dumps cause more trouble than any fires. Last Monday night a dump at the old tower grounds burned and Company No 1 battled the blaze. About two weeks earlier a long burning dump at Park and Pulaski streets erupted after underground fire and a water burst sent hot ash and debris up to fifty feet, narrowly missing Carter and his assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. O. Carter
Old Tower
Company No. 1
Carter
Park and
Pulaski Streets
Priest of Abyssinian origin speaks on Jesus as race fusion at Mt Zion
Dr. C F Chedzali lectured at Mt Zion Baptist Church on Was Jesus Christ a Black a Red or a White Jew arguing Jesus embodies a blend of races and that Africa could become a future New Jerusalem. He predicted sable descendants of Ham will be welcome in Africa by 1918 and heads to Kimball’s Bottom Creek church for another talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Chedzali
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Jesus Christa
Jesus
Africa
Jerusalem
Israel
Red Sea
Dinefield
Bottom Creek
Kimball
A Simple Constipation Remedy Sentanel Laxatives Ad
An advertisement promotes Sentanel Laxative Tablets as a vegetable laxative alternative to calomel. It touts gentler action, no gripping, and fewer after-effects, with branding featuring a soldier on the box and a physician’s sample offer from Sentanel Remedies Co. Covington Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sentanel Remedies Co
Madison Ave
Covington, Ky
Doctor Treats Girl After Spider Bite at Home
A family physician visited a home for a second time yesterday to tend a girl bitten on the right cheek by a spider. The swelling closed her right eye but Dr. Horton says the condition is not serious, though such bites have proven fatal in rare cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horton
Personal Paragraphs From Tip Top and Nearby Towns
Local society notes list Mrs. B W Dillon of Tip Top and many others visiting friends and relatives in Roanoke Farmville Richmond Norfolk Portsmouth Cincinnati and Washington. The items mention travel for visits to kin attendance at events and family gatherings with several teachers and military veterans noted among the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard McClaugherty
Farmville
Richmond
Norfolk
W. J. Wiley
Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Light railway to aid macadam roads to be built
Curtis-Ward Company plans to take over macadamizing the Bluefield Princeton and other roads. A light railway will run from the county seat to Stony Ridge gap to haul material, with work set to begin by July and finish by mid October, diverting traffic via New Hope to Bluefield for about two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bry+an
Shnp
Curtis-Ward Company
Walton & Co
Bluefield- Princeton Road
Athens Road
Sand Lick Road
Bramwell Road
Curtis-Ward Co
New Hope
Bluefield
Negro Charged With Murder of Russian Man at Pocahontas
William McClanahan, a colored man, was arrested by Chief G W Mays at Pocahontas on a murder charge. John Avery, described as a Russian, was found on Tank Hill after being stabbed in the throat. Uriah Hunt's statement led to the arrest as authorities pursue motives of robbery for $48.70. McClanahan was moved to the county jail in Tazewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McClanahan
Pocahontas
W. Mays
John Avery
Avery
Tank Hill
McClanahan
Uriah Hunt
Fussion
Tazewell
Fire ban ends dangerous lava-like material on dumps
The material resembled lava and burned clothing and faces on contact. Chief Carter announces that no fire will be allowed on the dumps inside the corporate limits to prevent injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Knights of Columbus to Institute Gary Council in Sunday Rite
A new Knights of Columbus council will be instituted in Gary with a 9:00 a m high mass. The first degree will be conferred by Bluefield Council No 1404, the second by Huntington Council No 963 after lunch, then the third degree by State Deputy M J Culliman and staff. District Deputy W H Daffron will oversee the program and Gary ladies will serve lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Knights of Columbus
Bluefield Council
Huntington Council
M. J. Culliman
Wheeling
W. H. Daffron
Charleston
Kills Fairmont Charter In Long Mason Co Court
Judge W S Haymond in Mason county circuit court permanent injunction in Reuben Anderson vs city of Fairmont blocking the new city charter and election. Court finds the bill never passed the house of delegates and the charter unconstitutional depriving citizens of voting rights, keeping Mayor Bowen and city commissioners in office for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Haymond
Circuit Court of
Mason County
Reuben Anderson
Board of Affairs
City of
Fairmont
House of Delegates
Bowen
Parisian Sage Hair Tonic Promises Dandruff Cure
An advertisement asserts Parisian Sage from The White Pharmacy or Central Pharmacy cures dandruff and improves hair health. It claims immediate scalp relief, prevented itching, and hair growth benefits, describing the tonic as harmless and easily applied. The note ends with a sale prompt.
County court takes over electric car line for road work
At its last meeting the county court assumed control of the electric car line between the city and Athens. The $7,000 purchase will aid grading on the new road, with Merce Electric Railway Co having spent about $20,000 on prior grade work now offset by the county project. Uncle Sam introduces two cent stamps for Princeton mail as free delivery arrives. Attorney Pendleton and wife return from Richmond after her operation. Miss Eliza French will discuss Chinese life at the Presbyterian church next Sunday at 8 PM. Mercer county facesforeign mission field work with local talks and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Hill
Merce Electric Railway Co
Uncle Sam
Princeton
Asl
Eliza Fr. French
Presbyterian Church
Mercer County
Marriage License Granted for Sidney Pettrey and Rachel Brockman
The county court clerk issued a marriage license yesterday for Sidney Pettrey 19 and Rachel Brockman 18, both residents of Pettrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney. Pettrey
Rachel Brockman
Pettrey
Personalities visit town with travels noted
W H Rumbourg of Spanishburg was among visitors in the city yesterday. Straley Mahood has returned from the University of Virginia Charlottesville to spend his vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Newton
Pocahontas
Richmond College
Alderman Newton
W. H. Rumbourg
Spanishburg
Straley Mahood
University of Virginia At
Charlottesville
Nine Year Old Ruth Walters Bitten by Spider
Ruth Walters nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs H B Walters of Preston Street was bitten by a spider Wednesday night while asleep. The sting was very painful and the girl required attention from a physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Pyles
Capt
A. T. Pyles
Bluefield Avenue
Ruth ‘Walters
Daisy Day Volunteers Organize Citywide Blossom Sales
Mrs. C. L. Borden and Mrs. F. L. Black will head the Daisy Day headquarters at Appalachian Power Co. from which captains and assistants depart at 8 30 with blossoms for sale citywide. A long list of captains and assistants covers outlets from White Pharmacy to Summers Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Borden
F. L. Black
Appalachian Power Co
Garrett
White Pharmacy
Lillian Shrewsbury
Blanche Witten
Womanly tonic Cardus praised by relieved patient
Mrs Anna Belle Emey of Summit Point West Virginia says 15 years of pain from a womanly ailment ended after taking Cardus the woman's tonic She reports relief from the first dose and complete restoration after 12 bottles The ad invites other women to try Cardus and contact Chattanooga Medicine Co for advice and a 64 page home treatment book
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit Point
W. Va
Anna Belle Emey
Cardus
Carolui
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
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Uniteds
Haley-Penn Drug Co
S. W. Moore
Bland Street
Methodist Church
Ina
G . Bowen
Witten
Radford
John V
James G. Litz
Dr. J. 8. Compton
W. T. Williams
W. F. Stinson
Litz Orphanage Fund
Edison
Ninipo
Hamaian
Waler
la Furlana Italiana
Dorothy Three Step
East End Pharmacy
Montgomery County
Berry Growers Association
Cambria
East End
Warners
Thornton
M. B. Postlethwaite
Sandy Hidge
Mt, Vernon
Sublette & Barnes
Everett
Federal Street
Avenue
W. ¥. Palmer
Stieff
Main Street
Lynchburg
Viraginia
C. W. Whitmore
Wer
Tblow Blue CO
Ing. Nowe, VA
Isesh & Son
Corwin Brothers
Allen Street Bridge
Isadore Cohen Company
W.C. Alexander
Blacfield
Bland St. Pocahontas
Flat Top Drug CO
Piru
Flynn & Grem
Stone’s
Mephisto
Court House
B. W. Dillon
Tip Top
C. Barnes
Fort Pierce
F. M. Bennett
Roanoke
J. J. Corvin
Wytheville
Master Parker Berry
Mrs. J. N. Parker
C. K E. Bishop
Morgantown
Hannah Weiser
Pinhook
Géo. Richardson
R. B. Gillespie
D. PB. Baldwin
J. N. Parker
J. Wesley Parker and Family
New York City
Gladys Snyder
Sepherdstown
Warrenton
Washington
D. F. Whitmier
Rubie
Knoxville, Tenn
S.H. Jolliffe
S. N. Huffard
Helen
Graham
Boston
Emory Hefner
Ralph Hefner
V. Hefner
Hickory
N. C
White. Pharma
Pen W. Pendleton
Britten
Spider
Eve
Daisy Day
Ramsey
West End
Highland Avenue
C. EK
Lilly
Steele
Holland
Pollock
Fast End
Ioodykoontz
Dungleeson
Heck
Lindsey
Bond
Summers Street
H. J. Short
W. G. Baliwin
Shumate
C. Ib. Wilson
Riddick
South Bluefield
Henry Rodgin Co., Jewelers and Opticians
Princeton Avenue
W.W. H. Wade
G. L
G. W. Duncan
West End Grocery Company
W. C. Pollock
John and
Margaret Watson
ST. Clair
Dyging
Sanitary Dry Cleaning Works
Bland St
West Virginia Armature Company
L. Smith
Pullman Sleeper
Pullman
New York
Hagerstown
Philadelphia
Shenandoah
Columbus
Chicago
Jaeger
Williamson
Norfolk and Western Railway
W. B. Bevill
W. C. Saunders
Virginia
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