Billy Sunday Campaign Ends in Bluefield Blaze of Glory
The Billy Sunday evangelistic campaign concluded in Bluefield with four packed services drawing about 35 000 attendees locally and thousands more in surrounding towns. A farewell offering reached 32405 71 with more expected, while Sunday delivered 65 sermons and spoke at a school, leaving supporters ready for more.
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Bluefield
Old Dominion
West Virginia
Tabernacle
Resi
Princeton
Graham
Bramwell
Boissevain
Matonder
Tazewell
Finance Committee
Billy
Paign
O. M. Deverle
Billy Sunday
Sitc
Cam
Quiver
Shooting at Lick Creek leads to martial law orders
In Mingo County shots were fired at George Welch and a motor party near the Lick Creek tent colony. Major Tom Davis says arrests will be made tomorrow under Governor Morgan's martial law proclamation. Welch, superintendent of White Star Mining, and companions escaped unharmed as they fled toward Williamson.
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White Star Mining Company
Merrimac
W. Va
Davis
Lick Creek
Charleston
Williamson Operators Refuse to Meet M U A Over Johnson Resolution
W V special report says Harry Ofsted, head of the Williamson Coal Operators Association labor committee, received a Keeney demand for a joint Washington delegation to push the Johnson resolution. Olmstead denies any collusion with the United Mine Workers and says operators will not deal with the UMWA.
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Williamson
W. Va
Harry Ofsted
Labor Committee
The
Operators’ Association
C. F P. Keeney
District 17
United Mine Workers of America
United States Senate
Johnson
Mingo County
Williamson Coal Operators Association
United Mine Workers
Washington
Keeney
Mr. Olmstead
Fire on George Washington Busks Fire on Steamship George Washington
Fire of unknown origin damaged the steamship George Washington today causing minor damage while the vessel undergoes repairs in a Hoboken dry dock. The ship, used by President Wilson to reach the peace conference, is due to sail July 30 for Plymouth Cherbourg and Bremen after repairs.
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George Washington
New York
Wilson
Hoboken Dry
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Bremen
Soldier in Coblenz commits suicide in despondency
American Sergeant Lawrence Roberts of the Fifth Infantry U S A shot himself last night in Coblenz in a fit of despondency. He was from Seattle Washington and his nearest relative is believed to be Thomas Moore of St Louis Missouri.
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Coblenz
Lawrence Roberts
Fifth Infantry
Roberts
Seattle
Wash
Thomas Moore
St. Louis
Washington
House
United States
Senate
Kelley
Michigan
Porter
Foreign Affairs Committee
Bourke
Cochran
New York
Last Billy Sunday Sermon Opens Final Campaign Day
The first of the last four services of Billy Sunday’s campaign opened with the hymn Come Thou Almighty King as a vast Bluefield audience packed the tabernacle. Rody thanked Graves & Mahood for pianos and flowers and praised The Maefield Daily Telegraph for its coverage. Judge J F Maynard and Rev T Hamilton spoke, urging a farewell offering and a spirit of support for Bluefield’s historic effort.
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Mody
Tabernacle
Billy Sunday
Rody
Graves
Maefield Daily Telegraph
Telegraph Force
J. F. Maynard
Rev. T. Hamilton
Bluefield
Farewell to Bluefield and Pocahontas Valley
A farewell note dated June 12 1921 from W A Sunday in Bluefield Virginia expresses gratitude for West Virginia hills hospitality and friends The writer fondly recalls electric signs neighborhood roads and mats along a mountain road and asks for blessings as memories linger across the divide
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Old
Bluefield
Pocahontas Valley
Mil
West Virgins
Caven
W. A
Billy Sunday campaign crowds in Bluefield end with mass response
Thousands packed the Bluefield Tabernacle for Billy Sunday’s final campaign service drawing near 9 000 inside and crowds outside. Sunday’s revival drew a record turnout with 400 converts pledging to follow Christ as the preacher left Bluefield, visitors recalled the event as a historic religious moment.
Billy Sunday Preaches in Bluefield Extra Sermon Set
Billy Sunday returns to Bluefield Tabernacle on Saturday for an extra 10 o clock sermon drawing a large crowd. The Sunday party including Rody Matthews Mrs Asher Kinney and Pete travel to Roanoke Washington DC and other points for campaign events with plans for concerts and gatherings throughout the week. Sermon notes stress personal faith and the value of Christian commitment.
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Norton
Rody
Mrs. Asher
Billy Sunday
Tabernacle
Bluefield
Matthews
Asher
Miss Kinney
Pete
Bill
Winona Lake
Roanoke
Virginia Asher Club
Washington, D. C
White Sulphur Springs
Lost articles at tabernacle claim period
People who misplaced items at the tabernacle may recover them this week with custodian Mr. Harman on site After this week submit claims at Bluefield Furniture Co ether location not specified for recovery details
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Tabernacle
Harman
Bluefield Furniture Co
Seven Hundred Men Organize Billy Sunday Club at Tabernacle
At least 700 men attended in Bluefield on Monday night as F W Udy led the Billy Sunday Club meeting to form a permanent organization. The group adopted a constitution and by laws and elected J Frank Maynard president with W O Franklin H B Lee and J J Herndon as vice presidents plus secretaries and treasurer positions. Delegates came from Princeton Welch Graham and surrounding areas.
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Tabernacle
F. W. Udy
Billy Sunday Club
Bluefield
Princeton
Welch
Graham
Milton Easley
Charles BE
Fischer
J. Frank Maynard
W. O. Franklin
H. B. Lee
J. ©. Herndon
H. St. John Henry
Owen C
William B. Hicks
The 23rd Psalm Sermon in Telegraph Print
Widespread demand from out of town points prompts the Telegraph to print The 23rd Psalm today. The sermon used by Billy Sunday at many services away from Bluefield is included.
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Telegraph
Billy Sunday
Bluefield
Labor ranks intact as AFL opens forty first convention
President Gompers tells Denver gathering that organized labor remains strong and predicts progress toward 5,000,000 AFL members. Convention backs anti Scott bill, pledges aid for Pueblo flood victims, and urges worldwide disarmament while noting 3.9 million members and 1,635 strikes costing over eight million dollars.
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Denver
Chlo
Gompers
Ameriqggo Federation of Labor
Labor
American
Trades Union Movement
Executive Council
Federation
Pueblo
Plate Printers’ Union of
Washington, D. C
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Department of Public Welfare
Frank Morrison
Federation Defense Fund
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Flinders
Jesus Christ
Matz
God
Zion
Mr. Weimer
Church of the Brethren
C. W. Patterson
Bourke Cochran
Christ
Side of
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Rev. Brown
Mr. Lee
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Virginia
Judge Maynard
Mr. Stinson
Dr. Weeks
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