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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1920
Page
2
Local ad line mentions free sugar with each Napanee Dutch Kitchenette purchase this week along with other groceries and display at Warnicks Furniture Store. Also notes on Ford bodies for sale from Tazewell Motor Co and various advertisements for plants and home goods.
Real estate listing details numerous homes across Pearl St Rose St East River Ave Fulton St North St and more with prices ranging from 2 300 to 21 000 plus four and a half acres of land and notes that other homes are available. Buyer urged to see before buying.
W. G. Cox of Floyd County Virginia was arrested with Garver Reynolds and Dudley Lester on the Hast River Mountain road late Sunday night. Five gallons of Floyd County moonshine whiskey were seized along with the trio. Officers Carter and Mowles tailed a vehicle near the south Bluefield area and surprised the group as they awaited a meet.
Officers Carter and Mowles stopped a car after overhearing a plan to procure a five gallon keg. Reynolds, Lester, and Cox were detained with Cox attempting to draw a weapon while being restrained. Cox posted bond and failed to appear. Reynolds and Lester were jailed.
The Public Service Commission in Charleston grants a temporary rate rise for Bluefield Gas and Power Company pending a final hearing. It also orders an audit of the company’s books and an appraisal of its property used in public service. Rates rise June 25 1920 and expire October 1 1920 with specific tiered charges and a late payment penalty.
W G Mounts a Norfolk and Western brakeman was shot three times while unloading freight at Sharondale Ky and died before 3 PM Walter Tackett a Sharondale native is held in Pike County Ky charged with the crime Mounts worked on the Pond Creek branch and was on duty at the time of the shooting Authorities say the motive remains unclear
An ad touts Montague's Liniment as a painless remedy for cuts burns swelling sprains bruises and neuralgia. It claims quick healing and a germicidal action with a non burning formula priced at 50 cents.
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