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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1932

Page

2

Rites Today For Edward M Dickinson

Funeral services will be held at 9 oclock this morning at the home of Mrs. Helen Mahood in Princeton for Edward Martin Dickinson 68 who died suddenly Sunday night. The body will be taken to Martinsville Virginia for burial following services in Princeton. Dickinson a Virginian railway employee had been in failing health but appeared in good spirits Sunday. He had recently returned from Roanoke after consulting a specialist. He was native of Nottoway County Virginia and survived by two daughters Mrs Mahood of Princeton and Mrs Rosamond Hopkins of Roanoke. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers are listed.

Helen Mahood Hale Avenue Princeton Edward Martin Dickinson Martinsville Dickinson Virginian Railway Roanoke Mr. Dickinson Nottoway County Virginia William Russell Rosamond (Smith) Dickinson American Mercantile Company Me&hood Rosamond Hopkins George Hylton R. S. Owen W. E. Cunningham N Rangeley W. H. Wallingford J W. Sasser Barrow Bluefield Jeese Bryan KE. B. Spangier Fred Yancey L. E.illyoung George Lazenby Charles Mahood A. Lynch H. C. Hadden A. L. Redman W. C. Fletcher H. EB. DeJarnette W. S. Dangerfield

Garner Ordered to Remain Indoors After Illness

Washington reports Speaker Garner confined to bed by bronchitis. His physician, Dr. George W. Calver, says he cannot return to work before Thursday at the earliest, though Garner is improving with no expected complications.

Washington Garner George W. Calver

West Virginian barber shop ads and local notices

West Virginia era shop ads list hair cuts 25 cents ironing board covers 19 cents and a week long Clarence Sale. Also notices for Masonic Stated communication in Bluefield and a Masonic officer election. Local events include a dance in Ellis with music by Fred Murff. Fort Worth wind incident ends with hat loss and arm injury.

Hat Heist Turns Tragedy On Street Car Tracks

A man named George chased a hat onto street car tracks. He reached for the hat but a street car severed his arm just as he tried to grasp it. The unseen car struck and caused the fatal injury.

George McDaniels

Decree to legalize Hitler's storm troops in Germany

Berlin reports that Adolf Hitler will have a government decree tomorrow renewing legality for the 400,000 strong storm troops dissolved April 13 as a private army. The new Papen administration shifts right, lifting the ban and announcing a 11 2 percent graduated tax on all workers.

Berlin Adolf Hitler Bruening Germany Franz von Papen Heinrich Bruening

Mrs. Sidmey A Hale Dies After Childbirth

Mrs. Willie Helen Hale 32 of 209 Alder street died at St Luke's hospital two hours after giving birth to a baby daughter. Heart attack blamed. Funeral at Grace Methodist church with burial at Apple Hill cemetery West Graham. Survived by husband Sidney R Hale infant daughter and siblings. Moose chapter members served as flower bearers.

Willie Helen Hale Alder Street Sidney R. Hale Tri-City Traction Company St. Luke's Hospital Poysiciace Grace Methodist Church C. W. Kelley Tor G. W. Collins Aple Hill Cemetery West Graham Hale Willie Helen Henderson Mary F. Henderson Saltville Washington County Virginia S. R. Hale Edwin Wilma Evelyn Hale Ed Caldwell Bluefield Joe Miller Mexicania Texas Eugene Eads Athens Nora Jones Bristol Aldine Ruth Jones Charley Henry Jones A. H. Henderson J. H. Bailey Eric A. Linkous Fred Davidson Charles Linkous Joe Mowles J. R. Carter Moose W. E Whalen W. J. Hayton Harry Preston R. C. Holt R. L. Holt C. B. Mimick Will Harry Bessie Coleman W. C. Forelines W. H Bournem C. B Kirby C. B. Clifton A. R. McIntosh Fred Ferrell Gibberson H. W. Davidson J. E. Eaton J. 8. West

First Maid Trains Early Mail Run on Night Rails

A First Maid in the 1830s undertook the first American railway mail run fearing government duty and defied concerns by introducing night trains to speed mail service, a daring step in postal history.

Webb, H. G., 60, Dies at Home in Widemouth

H G Webb 60 of Widemouth collapsed on his front steps Monday after returning from Matoaka where he attended the funeral of Mrs D B Hunt of Hiawatha. He died at the scene and had been in poor health. Services will be at Matoaka Presbyterian Church led by Rev L T Edgerton, with burial in Hillsville Va. He leaves a widow and six children: Fred C Webb Matoaka Rosecoe B Webb Leo Webb Widemouth Mrs Elsie Starr Widemouth Mrs Hazel Akers Widemouth and Mrs Roma Akers Hiawatha. Active pallbearers W R Raney.

H. G. Webb Widemouth Matoaka D. 8. Hunt Hiawatha Webb Matoaka Presbyterian Church L. T. Edgerton Hillsville Fred C. Webb Rosecoe B Leo Webb Elsie Starr Hazel Akers Roma Akers W. R. Raney

Notable Names Listed in Medical Society Draft

Dr H Wehels A G Hadden Charlie Nichols R D Sampson H W Payne EB J Huddleston and J F Thompson appear in a society roster or meeting attendee list. The fragment names multiple individuals associated with a group.

Dr. H. ©. Wehels A. G. Hadden Charlie Nichols R. D. Sampson EB. J. Huddleston J. F.thompson

Laughing for my liver joke delights diners

A humorous tale recounts Jones telling Timerréiible to laugh before meals. In a restaurant a stranger asks why he laughs, and Jones quips he laughs for his liver. The stranger replies he ordered his own laugh twenty minutes earlier.

Jones H’m

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GITV AMO Coalfield News Clarence Fretwell Thureday Ile's Beauty Shoppe East End Bailey Lumber Company Masonic Bluefield Dodge No Masonic Temple L. M. Carper Ellis Fred Murff Knoxville Fort Worth Tex George McDaniels Hitler Mrs. Sidmey A. Hale City Grace Church First Maid Matoaka Church Fee .P Weinberg Princeton Avenue W. C. Croye COATS Eee H. Weinberg W. Va Princeton Ave
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