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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1922
Page
2
Shrine Dance and Beni-Kedem Patrol No 2 host a monthly dance Friday June 16 from 9 p m to 2 a m Admission is $2 Masons welcome Planning and reservations noted for travel routes Hudson line service and local pickups are advertised plus a florist ad and various local notices follow.
A government investigation finds fifty seven ex service men in Brawley California thriving under the high school led Brawley plan. Trainees choose farms five to forty acres with three percent interest financed by local business men and government support. They receive $100 yearly for tools and are guided by farm specialists while drawing monthly allowances through a local bank. One veteran who planted lettuce paid off debt and plans a $6000 home.
Delegates from 35 states and international representatives gather in Indianapolis for the Northern Baptist Convention June 14 to 20. Key issues include creedal statements, World Movement funding, General Board reforms, denominational school policy, and unified cooperation across colleges. Welcoming address by Rev. F B Taylor and main talks by Mrs. Helen Barrett Montgomery and Rev. Carter Helm Jones. Afternoon speakers include Rev. Jameson D, Rev. Loom D, and W H Geistweiss.
Gordon McBride, shot and bludgeoned by Oscar Harman after Harman killed his wife Ella Mae Harman, showed marked improvement at Bluefield Sanitarium. Doctors remain hopeful barring infection, while relatives refuse to discuss motive or details of the Norman home incident.
The Pocahontas revival fills the Methodist church with a strong turnout from Graham Big Vein and Cooper delegations. Billy Sunday Club from Graham expected Wednesday night as music and preaching urge personal conversion. Reverend Havens cites Genesis 4 9 urging believers to live Christ like and serve others.
The Daily Telegraph reports the wireless broadcasting set to be erected at the Telegraph building by RE Kitts within two weeks. The Westinghouse set will cover 300 miles at night and 100 by day, part of 36 newspaper stations installed in 60 days. license applications filed.
The four year old son of George McCall, a line foreman for Appalachian Power, nearly drowned Sunday at the old ice plant on Poplar Street. While the father left his children in the car, the boy climbed out and fell into the cooler. He sank but was grabbed by his father and pulled out, revived after being laid across a drum and worked on.
Reports floated through the city that George Buster Pence had been shot by a Black man at Bluestone Junction or Keystone. Officials found no truth to the claim as Officer Pence appeared in Bluefield later, unharmed and without incident.
The Bland Street Methodist church Men s Club voted unanimously to support the current city administration at a Tuesday meeting. Speakers praised the administration as the most efficient in the city s history and urged continued progress, with Judge J Frank Maynard and others in attendance.
Mrs Wm Leckie and Miss Edith Bennett return from a month in Huntington. Mrs BE V White improves after Mt Regis Sanitarium visit. Mr and Mrs BE V Easterly of Lebanon attend The Heart of America in St Louis. Dr Thomas F Peery and Dr J B Kirk back from New York where they did clinical work. Mrs Scott and family travel from Huntington to Martinsville Indiana for July. Sam Slifkin and Is Slifkin travel to Philadelphia for University of Pennsylvania graduation. David Slifkin graduates medical school. Paul Adkins, formerly of this city now in Stockton California, visits Cant and Mrs John A Black. Clyde Douthat and wife from Knoxville leave for home after visiting J W Douthat family.
A brief ad for Madam Altreso a fortune teller and palmist in Graham Virginia near the Bluefield on Graham Trolley Line. It claims she can straighten family matters resolve love troubles give advice and aid when life is unhappy or faced with ill health.
The Pocahontas municipal election chose Mayor J. K. Sult and councilmen B. T. Graham L. Ward Robert the Sydne Black L. Ashworth B. Crawford W. K. Maxey and Ellett. John R. Black lost the mayoral race and J. K. Litchford A. W. Landon failed in council contests. The new mayor’s win implies stricter Sunday closures.
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