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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1920
Page
7
A circa advertisement urges readers to abandon sprays and douches for catarrh and try S. S. S. It claims the remedy treats the disease at its source by cleansing the blood of germs and offers free medical advice, directing to Swift Laboratory in Atlanta.
Graham Daily News reports the wedding of Jesse G. Gillespie, Graham businessman, to Miss Brenda Wright, former Witten Mill teacher, to be held today at Lynchburg. The ceremony will be at the bride’s parents’ home with relatives from Graham attending. best man George P. Crockett. The couple plan a honeymoon in New York and Washington before returning to Graham.
A classified notice outlines several properties for sale with prices and terms. Properties include six and seven room houses on Vineyard Street Washington Street and Preston Street with immediate possession and varied down payments and monthly payments.
Real estate listing details several city homes for sale with hot water heat, basements, and pipe less furnaces. Prices range from 5 500 to 12 500 with various cash and monthly terms. A Midway property offers six acres, fruit trees and dairy out-buildings as owner plans to leave the city.
Captain Anderson, a veteran bridge man formerly with Norfolk and Western, will supervise the bridge work for Waugh & Co. on the Pigeon Creek extension. He will base at Lenore West Virginia where Graham Daily News will deliver the evening mail.
An elderly woman named Collins, about seventy, was found off No 3 train in Graham with no memory of her origin or destination. She claims a son placed her on the train and that she had a ticket to Tennessee. Authorities place her with Aunt Sallie Boyd while seeking care options and a lasting plan.
In pursuance to a Mercer county West Virginia circuit court decree you must present all liens on Maurice E. Sameth real estate to H M Tanner Commissioner in Chancery at Bluefield WV by July 19 1920. Claims must be adjudicated for satisfaction of liens on the real estate or any part thereof.
Trustees announce a public sale of real estate in Bluefield Mercer county West Virginia on July 15 1920 at 2 30 p m. The sale follows a deed of trust dated June 4 1917 by EK M Shott and J D Shott to secure a debt of 1200 plus interest and costs. Parcels include lot No 8 and 9 in section 601 and other described lots in Eastview and Basiview maps with specific street boundaries. Terms require cash to cover costs and debt then remaining balance per purchasers terms or full cash if terms not agreed.
The Maccabees held a miscellaneous evening shower at Hotel Clifford in honor of Miss Ruby Houchens daughter of Mrs A C Berridge the late June marriage to Fred Hatfield was announced. The rooms sparkled with pink and white summer flowers and guests enjoyed games and music while presenting gifts of cut glass china and linens.
Mrs Annie Kell of Bluefield West Virginia assisted by hosting a two course luncheon for forty guests. Miss Houchens visited Bluefield frequently as guest of Mrs Emily Kell. The Slide-to-be has many friends in Bluefield and Mr Hatfield is a renowned half mile horseman with valuable race horses.
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