Auto sales and local notices in Bluefield column
Local Bluefield items report car sales by H B Ball Princeton W Va offering three autos including a new Varnes and a Mayors model plus a Studebaker. The column notes a Ford 1918 model missing, a jailor of tags and a reward for recovery, along with marriage news Staples Godson Vivian and Thornton resignations and coal transport incidents, civic notices and Red Cross, playgrounds and memorials.
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Bergain
iWiz Studebaker
Aargain
West Virginia
J. T. Thornton
P. J. Alexander
Bluefield
The Hired Man at Colonial Theatre with Barn Dance
Charles Ray stars as Evry Hollins in The Hired Man a Pamoun picture shown at the Colonial on Wednesday. A corn huskin barn dance with cider and best bib and tucker accompanies the film along with Shadows of Her Past a two reel Sunshine Comedy under Thomas H. Ince supervision.
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Charles Ray
Colonial Theatre
Bib
Tucker
Evry Hollins
Doris Lee
Thomas H. Ince
Mercer County Farmers' Union Formed at Princeton
Farmers in Mercer county gathered at Garton Hall Princeton to organize the Mercer County Farmers' Union. State official G H Bowles of Lynchburg Va spoke on cooperative methods from other states and how to implement them locally. Officers elected include Dr J W R Boyd president T K Massey vice president Dr J R Shumate secretary treasurer J W Wilson corresponding secretary Giles Mimanaway door keeper. Meetings set for the second Saturday of each quarter starting July with 13 officers installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph
Mercer County
Garton Hall
Princeton
T. K. Massey
J. R. Shumate
J. W. Wilson
Giles Mimanaway
Ghost ship tale of eggs milk and currants aboard voyage
A passenger recalls a boastful yarn from a 1908 Atlantic crossing aboard the Baltic. Facing shortages, Crew member Brand ferried eggs from the hatch, milk via a rocket into the Milky Way, and used buckets to haul currants and later ducks and chickens to sustain the voyage New York to Liverpool in October 1908.
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New York
Atlantic
Ocean
Brand
Milky Way
Baltic
Liverpool
Mercer County Union Surges with 340 Members
W T Swanson notes Mercer County union begins strong with seventeen 19cal unions totaling 340 members. He mentions eight to ten more likely to organize and urges members to read county state papers and the Virginia Union Farmer, praising prospects for the new union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Union Farmer
Mercer County Union
W. T. Swanson
Dreco Herbal Medicine Promises Quick Relief for Stomach Ailments
New Martinsville resident L. E. Everly credits Dreco with dramatic health gains after a six month hospital stay and extensive baths in Mt Clemons. The ad touts herbal Dreco for stomach kidney and liver disorders and urges readers to start treatment, noting safe use and low cost. The piece also mentions Leon Trotsky's past acting work in America.
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Mt. Clemons
Mich
L. E. Everly
New Martinsville
W. Va
Dreco
Valuable article of food banana nutrition and harvest notes
The banana is a high yielding food with an acre producing 120000 pounds compared to 900 pounds for wheat. It contains 14 percent protein and 20 percent carbohydrates and turns starch into sugar as it ripens. Green bananas may be eaten when the central stem nourishes the fruit, and the skin can turn black before eating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Wallace Conable
Chamberlain's Tablets Earn High Praise in Richmond
In a Rochester tone of confidence F B Tressey of Richmond Kentucky commends Chamberlain's Tablets as a wonder. He claims he never said anything that beat them and recommends them for indigestion or constipation.
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Chamberlain
F. B. Tressey
Richmond
Train sleeping compartments head from New Castle to London booked
Sleeping compartments from New Castle to London are in high demand with bookings nearly a month ahead, reflecting strong travel demand and limited daily allotments.
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Newcastle
London
Silence and Sarcasm Over Love Letters at Home
A bitter wife confronts her husband about love letters written before their marriage. She reads a passionate line and laments the fading affection one month after marriage, while he remains unresponsive and eats in silence. Her display ends with his brusque, unfeeling remark.
New Bed Lifts Patients Without Moving Them
A rectangular hollow piping frame around the mattress uses webbing to support the patient. A geared wheel and vertical post allow lifting the bed framework with the patient without changing position, easing care for spinal wound cases.
First Cornmeal Mill Erected in San Pedro Sula
Consul Walter F. Boyle notes that an American company has imported and erected the first cornmeal milling mill in San Pedro Sula Honduras. The small setup, bought in the United States, signals the start of a new industry amid war driven cereal production efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter F. Boyle
Puerto Cortes
United States
San Pedro
Sula
Honduras
My Four Years in Germany Flouts by a Diplomat
A brief item notes the author’s critique of German actions during his four years in Germany. It highlights alleged slights to the U.S. ambassador and comments on official responses, reflecting postwar diplomatic tensions.
Photoplay Excerpt Shows Anti American Sentiment at The Colonial
A scene from Ambassador Gerard's My Four Years in Germany, shown June 2021, depicts a duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin denouncing U S arms to enemies while Gerard cites The Hague treaties. The duke scoffs at treaties as Gerard retorts with a sharp exchange before moving on.
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America
Gerard
Germany
Duke of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
the Hague
Smelter Stack Built on Hill Tops Arizona Valley
Economy drives builders to place a smelter stack on a hilltop in Arizona and link it to ground level by a tunnel, aiming to optimize operations and reduce ground disturbance.
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Arizona
Cholera Morbus Warns Households to Stock Remedy
A Huntington Indiana mother urges preparedness with Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy after her children suffered cholera morbus in 1911. The ad stresses the disease as painful and dangerous and claims immediate relief for two of her sick children.
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Chamberlain
Charles Enyeart
Huntington
Ind
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