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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1924

Page

2

City and Coalfield Short Items

Brief notices from Bluefield area including Legion events, dinners, auctions, and church activities. Items mention Legion Dance at the Legion dugout, a Sunday chicken dinner on Princeton Road, U. S. Realty Auction Co. services, Shrine Dances, housing requests on Princeton Road, chiropractic services, musical acts and dances at various venues, church services, umbrella findings, and a fatal track- near-rail incident with an 18-year-old victim.

F. E. Godsey Princeton Road

Merchants Hear Annual Meeting Proposes Budget Increase

A long merchants association meeting highlighted the need to expand its budget to grow activities. Speakers praised the group’s operation, discussed credit bureaus, trade practices, and city and state legislation affecting retailers. Warlick urged higher dues to fund a broader program.

Clark Credit Reporting Bureau Better Business Bureaus Federal Trade Commission Warlick Chamber of Commerce Merchants Association Credit Bureau Harvard Research Bureau J. B. Corn Roads Council Bluefield-Graham French Easley Isadore Cohen Ray Hawley R. B. Parish E. 8. Pedigo L. A. Jackson Harry Goodykoon Warlick Furniture Company

Seven New Graves for Slide Wigtins

Seven new graves mark the burial of seven victims buried alive by the McComas slide. Kinfolk held a joint service at Pocahontas cemetery led by Rev. J. M. Wysor and Rev. Mr. Dean. Twenty three Ku Klux Klan members attended in robes. a wreath was placed on Fletcher Dewese’s grave. Rescue work by a steam shovel continued for missing bodies from the McComas disaster.

Pocahontas Mc- Comas J. M. Wysor Ja Ae American Coal Company Mr. Dean Montcalm Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Fletcher Dewese P. D. Bratton Mercer Funeral Home McComas Amelio Premiino Bratton McComas West

Bluefield Visitor Farthest From Home

The Bluefield visitor, based on hotel registers, is farthest from home today RK. T. Borman of Auburn Maine.

Bluefield RK. T. Borman Auburn

Lowden Praises General Dawes After Nomination

Former Illinois governor Frank O. Lowden, speaking by telephone from Chicago, congratulated General Dawes on his nomination for vice president. He said Dawes is capable of filling the highest office with credit and has unusual ability and undaunted courage.

Oregon Frank O. Lowden Illinois Dawes Lowden Chicago Associated Press Cleveland

Young Man Flee From White Robed Klan Members

A Dodge sport model tied to a Graham resident escaped pursuers of white robed men on Washington street last night. The owner fled westward as the car was driven to the police station where it remains. The incident mirrors prior complaints about the same Virginia license tag.

Ben Davis Norfolk and Western Flipping Cliff Yard Bluefield Washington Street Graham Fairgrounds Virginia

Wonderful Poise Binks on Snowshoe Grace in Galoshes

Jinks jokes about Binks snowshoe expertise citing her graceful walking in galoshes. The banter playfully links poise with a winter image and humor.

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Pisa Dr. Scholl City Coal Co Legion Dance Weidemeyer's Legion Dugout U. S. Realty Auction Co South Cere Union Bank Building Truefield W. Va Pocahontas Fuel Co Shrine Jesuit J. P. Andrews D. C Matoaka P. m. Baileys Hotel New York Maggie Murphy Shannon Georgia Wendell Hall-Carson Robison Victor Herbert Pietro Bluefield Furniture Cleero Prof Carpentier Thiuefield College Cavalry Baptist Cavalry Baptist Church Tabernacle Morton Exchange Federal Street The Rebbi J. Arthur Herrieon Ahavath Sholom Edlith Greengoon Harrison Mildred Greenspon John Brown the Tabernacle Christ Church W. L. Gravatt Diocese of West Virginia Young First Presbyterian Church Roanoke Youngple Tabernacle Service Mr. Wimmer Brethren Church Glenwood Park J. B. McMullin Highland Avenue Sacred Heart Church Prohibition Ell Watkins R. C. Carter Moonshine Raiders R. L. Taylor McDowell County John Blakeman Princeton Bland Street Men’s Club Bland Street Methodis Men's Club Hamilton Hall Harry F. Jones Bradmann Building DR. N. M. Counts Honaker Dept. Store Law and Commerce Bland Street WM. H. Carr Abrams Coal & Coke Building Res Vincent Paoliello Violin Floor Coal & Coke Ride Annes Atkinae George Washington Mount Vernon Atkin’s Princeton Avenue Bluefield, W. Va James Stott Piano Tuner National Association Bland St N. E. Rierson J. B. Eades Osteopathic Frederick W. Black Sweelansi In Summers Street Slide Wigtins Fletcher Denese Dr. Hess Pratt’s Stock & Poultry South Bluefield Pharmacy Cor. Bland and North Streets Thornton McCulloch College Avenue Hardy Street Ridgecrest K. Bailey Commercial Bank Erin ‘Glory Tae R. J. S. Compton, Over & and 10 Cent Store M. G. Whitlow Hardware Co Goodykoontz Drug Co Good Drug Stores Goodykooniz Drug Co Bluefield Pharmacy Bluefield Avenue Fairview Bland and South Streets
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