McKinney Watch Service Advertises Factory Quality
An advance city notice from McKinney's on Federal Street promotes watch repair claiming factory condition results. It lists sale or rental ads, pre war prices, and contact details. Other items include live stock for sale, a chemistry service, enrollment offers from Bluefield Normal and Business College, and piano tuning dates in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinney's Watch Factory
E. F. McKinney
Federal Street
Ellis’ Opera House
Bluefield Normal and Business Colege
W. H. Cunningham
Bluefield Avenue
Tyler Street
Church and Sunday School Schedules In City Churches
Multiple denominations list worship times and Sunday school hours. Sacred Heart Immanuel Luther an First Baptist Calvary Grace Bland Street and Bland Street churches invite public worship, sermons, and choir music with details on superintendents and pastors.
Best Residence Section in Mountain View For Sale
Real estate notices promote plots in Mountain View with reasonable terms. Listings from Easley-Wilson Company and Mr J M England of Athens West Virginia invite farm buyers to inspect properties. watch repairs advertised at McKinney's. war work club for Bluefield girls organized by Dorothy Shirey. legal advisory board calls lawyers to meet. veterans dinner announced at Elks Club Bluefield Chapter UDC with a program of dinner and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain View
Charlies Stump
Office
Kelly & Mover
J. M. England
Peterstown
Athens
W. Va
Mercer
Monroe
Easley-Wilson
Real Hatate
Piuefield
W, Va
Easley-Wilson Company
Dorothy Shirey
Bluefield
Attedance
Legal Advisory Board
French & Bailey
D. FE. French
Hotel Matz Beauty Shop Mezzanine Floor
Beauty shop operates on the mezzanine floor offering manicuring chiropody shampooing hairdressing facial massage scalp treatment hair dyeing hair bleaching and singing with hours from 8 am to 6 pm daily.
Birth of a Nation earns Parkhurst praise and warning
Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst lauds The Birth of a Nation for its historical scope and educational value while defending its portrayal of Reconstruction era blacks as true to history. He notes strong scenes from Lincoln to Grant, urges balanced view, and cites broader public debate and censorship dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Parkhurst
D.D
National Board of Censorship
David W. Griffith
Griffith
Lee
Grant
Ford
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Arrest of Ernest Davis Follows Raleigh Hotel shooting
Ernest Davis, who shot Ed Royster at the Imperial Hotel on Raleigh Street about a week ago and escaped, was arrested yesterday in Portsmouth Ohio. Chief Dillon sent a description to Portsmouth officers and a telegram confirmed the arrest. Davis will return to the city without requisition papers, and Constable Mate Winfrey will bring him back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Davis
Ed Royster
Imperial Hotel
Raleigh Street
Portsmouth
Ohio
Dillon
Davis
Mate Winfrey
Recital at Bland Street Methodist Church Delights Audience
The pianoforte recital yesterday afternoon by the pupils of Mrs. V. Foland at Bland Street Methodist Church drew a well attended crowd. All pupils acquitted themselves admirably and received congratulations from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland Street Methodist Church
V. Foland
To Honor Veterans by United Daughters of Confederacy
A reception honoring Confederate veterans was held at the Biks' Club on Tuesday hosted by the United Daughters of the Confederacy to recognize veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Daughters of Confederacy
Biks’ Club
No Council Session and Grace Church Wedding Reported
No council meeting occurred Friday night due to several members absent. A special session is expected early next week. Joseph Mahood Bailey and Frances Katherine Gardner were married at Grace Methodist Church yesterday by Rev. W. M. Morrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Methodist
Rogers and
Thomas Streets
W. M. Morrell
J. K. Hicks
G. W. Hetherington
J. C. C. Newton
Kobe
Japan
Epworth League
Moose Hall
Grace Church
Joseph Mahood Bailey
Frances Katherine Gardner
Grace Methodist Church
Powerful incentive to curb arrogance of Germany
The letter from Bluefield mayor Stahlmann endorses Ambassador Gerard’s film “My Four Years in Germany” as a powerful incentive to curb German arrogance, praising Colonial Theatre manager R. S. Wehrle for presenting the production to Bluefield and vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerard
Germany
R. S. Wehrle
Colonial Theatre
City
Ambassador Gerard
Bluefield
Co. O
Stahlmwann
Cheating the Public at the Colonial Tuesday
Public protest voices anger over wages and rising food costs as families warn they will starve if pay cuts continue. The call centers on a colonial venue event titled Cheating the Public and urges action this Tuesday.
Card of Thanks from Bishop E E Hoss Jr
In Birmingham on June 11 1918 Bishop E E Hoss Jr thanks a list of ministers for protest against a church conference report. He pledges to address the matter if possible and leaves a bequest to his sons, praising those who defended brethren in the Episcopal office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
the Telegraph
Bluefield
W. Va
E. E. Hoss, JR
A. W. McClerin
G. 4H. Thompson
J. T. Leggett
M. M. Satterfield
J. T. Phillips
J. S. Patterson
J. P. Hilburn
Death of Matewan man Bob Buskirk after illness
Bob Buskirk of Matewan died Friday night at 10 30 after a carbuncle on his neck worsened. He was fifty, survived by a wife and newborn, and funeral services are set for Huntington tomorrow at 2 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Underwood
Man
Bob Buskirk
Matewan
Huntington Hospital
Gerous
Huntington
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Hancock Street
Charles P
James W. Gerard
Telegraph
Devece
Berkshire
Poland
China
D. Brown
West Graham
Rginia
James M. Godwin
West Virginia
McKinney's
R. C. Morris
General Delivery
Chas. M. Stieff, Inc
Chas, M. Stieff., Inc
Chas. M. Stieff
Lynchburg
Virginia
Gbh
Hahood W. K. Graves
Graham, Va
W. H. Harry & Company
Princeton Avenue
T. Peyton Brown & CO
Auditors and Accountants
Law & Commerce
Coal Company
Hocnaker’s
West VA
Church of the Sacred Heart
Immanuel Lutheran
Mercer and
Duhling Streets
Midway Christian
Christ Episcopal
S. B. Payne
Presbyterian
George F. Phillips
L. L. Moore
Christian Endeavor Society
First Baptist
C. F. Chapman
Harry S. Mabie
Calvary Baptist
G. S. Ellyson
Coy Miller
Bland Street
C. T. St. Clair
Horn
Washington
Eri. D. Evans
Elks
Daughters of the Confederacy
Elks’ Club
U. D.C
HOTEL
Matz
Beauty Shop
Northfork News
D. D
Church of God
Princeton
Anderson
Ind
Associated Press
A. L. Parker
Clarksburg
Telegram
Methodist Church
The
Presbyterian Church
Camp Meade
John C. Newton
M. E. Church, South
iHe
Land of Flowers
Beaver
Beaver High School
Commercial Hotel
Coodsey's
Bland Street Church
J. R. Brown
Brownwell
BE. A. Shugart
Bramwell
Mr. Shugart
Kate Shelton
St. Luke's Hospital
Thomas KE. Peery
Pearlsburg
H. B. Shelton
Hawkins Undertaking Company
Boy Scouts
Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield Lodge
Castle Hall
Sam Lt. Jones
C. C
Will
Stein
Jacksonville
Fla
J. B. Pickle
Highland Avenue
Bluefield Sanitarium
E. E. Hoss
Elgins
Walthams
Hamilton
Hampdens
Gruens
Longines
Henry Rodgin
Jewelers
Opticians
Good Farm
Concord Normal School
Macadam Road
Law and Commerce Building
Federal St. Bluefield, W. VA
Eggleston Springs
New River
Allegheny
Blue Ridge Mountains
Norfolk and Western
Virginian
J. Higginbotham
Moor
Eggleston, Va
Westinghouse
Superior Supply Co
Bluefield, W. VA
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