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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1922
Page
2
A collage of small ads and notices including Baileys Lumber Co offerings, Father’s Day gift cards, Fallon Florist bouquets, Hudson Line travel bookings, Beaded lanterns, hat cleaning, and a range of local sales, bus routes, and a Sunday Bible class. Also includes an insurance outreach, a veteran’s government insurance reinstatement event, and a July picnic notice.
The convention approved an overwhelming vote in favor of a strike with no debate and announced that Mr. Foster would speak next week at a mass meeting. Plans to unionize unorganized workers were adopted along with a push for intensive organization against the open shop. The executive council criticized the Coronado ruling, faulting Taft for overstepping the case and for applying liability laws unevenly. They urged stronger use of the Clayton and Sherman acts to protect unions and opposed efforts to crush organized labor.
The draft notes a national Irish language with English recognized as official, language provisions for bilingual areas, freedom of conscience and religious practice, limits on school funding discrimination, and property use for public utilities. It outlines a parliament including king, a house and senate, suffrage ages, and an executive council of up to twelve ministers.
In Clarksburg West Virginia on June 15 officers were elected and a constitution and by laws adopted for the Northwestern Turnpike Association. A A Pickering Bowlesburg named president F W Stemple Aurora secretary John J Cornwell Rom ney former governor of West Virginia first vice president Oscar C Wilt Clarksburg treasurer Wilt and B Reynolds Bridgeport named an executive committee C Duffy Floyd A B Whittaker and Paul S Wells Pennsboro form a legislative committee.
Fayette and Raleigh county men J R Lafferty and E Bowyer were arrested on the Oakvale road for violating the federal prohibition law. They were held for the Bluefield federal grand jury with bonds set at 1000 each and their car and liquor seized. Also jailed were Italian coal miner James Serge, held on mash and whiskey charges with 500 bond, and Toney Rizzi held on five gallons of whiskey in a Keystone car and bond set at 500.
Mr and Mrs W T Crawford left yesterday for Raven Pa to make their home after visiting Mrs Crawfords parents Mr and Mrs B E Payne. Mr and Mrs Carl A Miller returned home on train No 3 after a two week honeymoon. Mrs Miller formerly Miss Estelle McHone. Ben and Stuart Strader sons of Mr and Mrs Geo S Strader of Gland street are home from Randolph Mo on College Ashland Va for summer. Engineer H A Wright and family returned home on train No 17 from Pembroke with cherry season notes. Mrs Charles H Evans of Lynchburg visits the Wasley family in Rogers Mill. Waugh of Landers F And Rraf entered atuehel Sanitarium for an operation. R L Taylor and K M Woods left for Huntington on business. Mrs Mathena of Charleston visiting Judge and Mrs J M Sanders. Birth: Mr and Mrs J W Felty of 200 Floyd street announce a son James William Jr.
Announcement lists Dr. J. Stuart French president of Emory and Henry College as preacher for both morning and evening services at Bland Street Methodist Church. Return visit expected to draw large crowds after his prior acclaimed sermon.
General Wu Pei Fu of China invites Dr Sun Yat Sen, president of the Republic of South China, to visit Peking to assist the reunification movement. Observers doubt he will accept.
Tientsin dispatch reports General Wu Pei Fu's troops have surrounded General Chang Tse Lin's army on the Manchurian-Chili front. The drive along the railway toward Mukden is said to be underway, though details remain unofficial.
An advertisement for Madam Altreso a palmist and fortune teller based on the Graham Trolley Line East Graham Virginia promises to straighten family affairs untangle love matters and provide business advice. People troubled by unhappy life or estranged friends can seek her counsel at Bluefield on Graham Trolley Line first stop from state line.
The Billy Sunday Club elected officers and appointed committee heads for the year. W. W. McNeal heads the extension committee. list includes president J. Frank Maynard and numerous chairmen across entertainment fellowship finance membership public affairs publicity and more. Meetings set for next Monday at Bland Street M. E. church at 8 o'clock.
Fire rages through a bungalow colony on Long Island near New York injuring several people. Firefighters dynamite houses to halt the blaze as the conflagration destroys more than seventy homes in Arverne tonight.
Mayor Quillin of Coeburn Virginia was shot three times by Kirk Tuesday night after Kirk’s son was sent to the reformatory. The mayor, who was attending hospital in Coeburn, showed marked improvement and was considered likely to recover. Eyewitness Jonbn Litz restrained the suspect until the sheriff arrived as neighbors grew alarmed by the incident.
Henry Furlong an English arrival from Berlin was arrested in Paris after authorities discovered a large quantity of cocaine concealed in his socks.
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