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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1922
Page
5
Ex soldiers can reinstate insurance if not totally disabled. Pay $1.32 for first two months then sixty cents monthly to be insured for 1000 dollars. Medical exams free at bureau offices. Applications for renewal and information accepted anytime as drive expands.
Virginia State Board of Health through Miss Alice B. Dugger announces free TB examinations at multiple clinics across June. Locations Honaker Lebanon South Clinch Temple Hill and Dante schools provide morning and afternoon slots to detect cases and offer guidance. The piece notes a historic street railway fact.
Polls open at sunrise in Billy Sunday Club quarters opposite the Methodist church for today’s town election. Voting ends at sunset with a small expected turnout due to the six months poll tax requirement. Election judges are Will Witten Henry Stowers and T A Osborne with Alderson Sexton and Charley Gills as clerks. Voters urged to vote early to avoid evening train rush.
Graham residents recalled a Monday dawn electric storm between 1 and 2 am. Two black clouds met as lightning filled the sky for about fifteen minutes while rain poured and thunder boomed like an earthquake, startling the town and waking many from bed.
The Loyal Knights of the Christian church meet the Bluestone Live Wires on the West Graham half diamond this afternoon. Buchannan freshman will pitch for the L As while Bluestone’s pitcher is not yet reported. The game starts promptly at 1:30 with free admission.
Indigestion worry and headaches noted before a Boston man’s letter praising Foley Cathartic Tablets. He claims they cleanse the bowels sweeten the stomach and invigorate the liver with no pain or habit forming effects.
The Graham Billy Sunday Club held a Sunday rally at Cove Creek church drawing about 500 people from Graham and nearby areas. Attendees heard 8 of 10 speakers, enjoyed songs by the Graham quartet and Miss Hattie Neel at the piano, and shared a communal meal prepared by Clear Fork women.
Scenes of Derby Days at Latonia and other tracks unfold in the William Fox film Thunderclap which opened yesterday at the Colonial Theatre. The horse race sequences capture the crowd, the starter’s bell, and the finish with vivid, authentic excitement. The story also follows a convent girl who enters a world of gamblers, offering additional drama beyond the race scenes.
Mrs A Lechner of 1129 Main Ave Clifton New Jersey says Fore Kidney Pills helped her kidney trouble and gives permission to publish the testimonial detailing relief from rheumatic pains swollen joints dizziness and blurred vision after using the medicine.
Central station reports numerous box alarms at locations listed across Bluefield and nearby streets including Princeton Ave Russell St Thomas St Chestnut St and Raleigh Federal Giles Lee Franklin and Park Sts, with three phone lines 31 47 and 412 indicating alarms sent from central station.
Local United States Veterans' Bureau plans an intensive renewal campaign at Bluefield Post No. 9 Dug-Out on Friday night. A. W. De Birny and A. E B. Dennett lead the effort to explain government insurance forms, with applications for reinstatement or conversion to be accepted after the meeting. A broad tour of the Bluefield office jurisdiction will follow, addressing past low renewal rates and offering ex servicemen a chance at low-cost policies with government backing.
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