Interstate Commerce ruling cuts western New York freight rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission backed complaints over joint through rates from Albany Rochester Syracuse Utica and western New York. Wholesalers and jobbers aided by Bluefield Welch and Williamson will receive refunds and enjoy lower future rates up to 70 per car on many shipments including fruits vegetables canned goods wire fencing and small ammunition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Albany
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica
New York
Bluefield
Welch and
Williamson
Traffic Bureau
New York Central
Lehigh Valley
Washington
Roman Women in London Had Corns During Empire Era
London June 11 Roman women in ancient London suffered corns on their feet just as Mayfair society ladies do today. An excavation near the Bank of England uncovered the worn sole of a dainty Roman shoe with a coin mark at the base of the little toe. The delicate sole, though thin, matches the elegance seen in Bond Street shops now.
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London
Mayfair
Bank of England
Bond Street
News of the Colored People Childrens Day at Pocahontas Church
Pocahontas Virginia June 11. Community church hosts a daylong observance focused on the life and work of the child. Rev Arthur D Williams delivers a morning message Our Indebtedness to the Child. Guest Prof Hance of Bluefield attends. Corner stone for new church planned July 10 with Dr W C Mitchell in charge.
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Pocahontas. Va
Scial
Arthur D. Williams
James Ellington
Eva
A. Hance
Bluefield
W. Co. Mitchell
Jessie Scales
Gay Brown
R. F. Hayes
The
Christian Church
Christian Endeavor
Union Evangelistic
John F. Whitfield
Ninth Avenue Christian Church
Roanoke
Qummer Session at Local School in Bluefield
Bluefield Institute hosts a summer session from Monday June 6 with enrollments slightly over 200. Over 90 percent are teachers and the campus shows strong student engagement amid expanded English education and social science staff. Local churches expect more attendees as temporary residents boost the town’s commerce and climate aids study.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Institute
Colored Presbyterians Close State Meeting at Kimball
The seventh annual meeting of the Synodical Presbyterian church adjourned with Mrs. R. V. Johnson presiding. Speakers included F C Shirley Rev Davis Prof Moss Rev A D Williams and Rev R V Johnson. Church services at Jones Street and a free clinic at Mercer sanitarium are noted along with Bible classes and Epworth League activities. A porcupine cork warns of poisons on bottle tops.
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Missionary Society of
Scott Street
Chassie Jackson
Birmingham Quartet
Annie Hancock
North Carolina
Davis
Keystone
Moss
Kimball
A. D Williams
Pocahontas
R. V. Johnson
Whittice
Williams
Yancey
Winfield
John Stewart Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Jones Street
G. H. Linkford
Epworth League
Emma Anderson
Thomas G. Howard
Mercer Sanitarium
W. A. Brown
M. D
R. C. Muraye
Whiskey seized after chase near Princeton
A Ford roadster with thirty gallons of whiskey, carrying E. G. Harris of Keystone and Walter Bolden of Elk Horn, was seized by West Virginia prohibition agents near Princeton. Bolden leaped from the car to escape, was bruised, and held at Bluefield jail with trial set for Monday. State agents Eli Watkins and G. J. Simmons led the arrests.
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North Carolina
E. G. Harris
Keystone
Walter Bolden
Elkhorn
West Virginia
Prohibition
Princeton
Bolden
Bluefield
Eli Watkins
G. J Simmons
Paris Luxury Firms Fund Red Propaganda Prize
Paris June 11 report says high end Paris shops awarded 15 000 francs and a car to Gabriel Rouillard for a novel. The prize comes from milliners dressmakers perfumers and jewelers who support a leftward critique of bourgeois money power. Rouillard aims to destroy the system while funding his efforts with the prize.
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Paris
Gabriel Reuillard
Bourgeoois
Repillard
de Luxe Industries
Rouillard
First Christian Church Sermon By Yale Visitor
Rev. Virgil Lowder from Yale College will preach at the First Christian Church this morning. He will also lead the upcoming Daily Vacation Bible School at the church.
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First Christian Church
Virgil Lowder
Yale College
England's Most Famous Dog With Bank Account
Yelverston the Airedale terrier boasts 50 000 miles of active service aboard submarines destroyers and naval planes with Commander W S Davenport. He holds medals and naval chevrons and has a back mounted money box to collect donations for the Poor. He pledges income to charity.
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England
Milton Bronner
London
Yelverston
W.S. Davenport
Wilson
Alexandra
America
White pique linens and global wealth compare
The passage notes hand-blocked linens in vibrant colors with white pique at the collar cuffs and vestee. It ranks Canada behind the United States and Great Britain in per capita wealth.
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Canada
The
United States
Great Britain
Plans for Bluefield Better Homes Exposition June 20 25
The Bluefield Post No 9 American Legion announces the Better Homes and Industrial Exposition at the Municipal Auditorium June 20 through 25. Exhibits cover local industry home products and late manufacturing developments with music by Blue City Blue Boys orchestra. A nightly contest selects a Bluefield girl, a wedding on Friday, and daily baby contests with prizes.
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Bluefield Post
American Legion
Municipal Auditorium
Blue City Blue Boys Orchestra
Bluefield
Messrs
Dave Lowman
Conrad Brevick
Roy Phillips
Herbert D. May
Reichstag Lets Prince Otto von Bismarck Off On Speed Charge
Berlin June 11 The Reichstag refused to prosecute Prince Otto von Bismarck grandson of the Iron Chancellor after the district attorney demanded a waiver of immunity. The prince faced speeding charges but immunity protected him despite progress in the case.
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Berlin
Otto von Bismarck
Stern
Reichstag
Bismarck
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Bliefield
News OF the Colored People
Pocahontas Church
Jones Street Christian
Quartette
Scott Street Baptist Church
Birmingham Quartette
Jubilee Singers
Bluefield Tennis Club
Pearl Brown
Williams Street
Qummer
Bluefield Colored Institute
Colored Presbyterians
Methodist Episcopal Church
R. C. Murray
Mercer Eanitarium
W. Va
North Side
U. H. Church
Church Street
M. L
C. Hubbard
Carryola
the Cub
Flat Top Auto Supply Co
Bluefield, W. VA
CAA
Coalfield
W. S. Davenport and
Welverston
Blue Field
Studebaker
Lovejoy
Dodge
Marmon
Packard
Raleigh Street
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