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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1923
Page
11
Multiple houses of worship on streets including Wayne and Tazewell list Sunday schools from 9:30 to 10 a.m. and services led by pastors such as Rev. Malcolm Selvey Rev. Warner H Du Bose Rev. Frank Clark and others. Visitors are welcomed at Westminster Midway Bland Street and Bland churches with prayer meetings and Christian Endeavor sessions.
Calvary Baptist hosts 9 45 Sunday school with all ages and 11 00 sermon by Dr Holder. Young People program and magic acts Sunday evening. First Brethren offers 10 00 Sunday school, 11 00 sermon by Rev Norman H Warner on The Christian Life Emptied and Filled. Smiths Chapel 3 30 p m The Hope of a World Peace Zech 9 10. Lutheran 9 45 Sunday school. 11 00 service by E M Baxter. Luther League 6 45. 8 00 service Sowing and Reaping. Adams Street Methodist at 9 30 11 00 and 8 00 with new building. Epworth League 7 p m. Midweek Prayer Wednesday 8 p m. Don t fail to register.
City officials announce the public market may open Saturday June 23 with initial two days per week operation and a possible three day schedule later if business warrants. Also notes progress on Bluefield streets safety changes and a building code committee meeting held June 15 to advance a city code.
The Billy Sunday Club at Bland Street Methodist will host Rev. Mr. Abrams from College Avenue Baptist for a 2:30 PM service. The event promises music and uplifting messages and invites men to bring their families. Extension workers depart Law and Commerce at 9:00 for Gardner.
The Voice of the People reports a boy lost a leg attempting to jump onto a moving train. Telegraph Want Ads note that such results come from classified listings.
The Isadore Cohen Jewelry Store cup donated by The Draper Maynard Company of Plymouth is showcased and will be awarded to the season champion. Bluefield Telephone Co and N and W Shops remain undefeated as opening play continues. Saturday’s schedule lists several matches with local merchants providing prizes and officials named for umpiring duties.
A local pump in Shenfield England has been reopened after years of disuse. It is believed to miraculously heal sores and sprains according to public reports.
Fred V. Williams reports from the West on the opium and narcotics trade centered in San Francisco with Seattle links to the Orient and a vast border-crossing network. He describes hidden consignments, small-time arrests, and the elusive “big five” dealers evading capture as lawmen wage the drug battle.
Livingstone Dillon of Narrows Giles county Va received a scholarship to the University of Virginia awarded by the city officials with Edgar L. Greever as a member. His success is credited to Judge Martin Williams W B Snidow and Professor James R Stafford. This marks the first Giles county boy to attain such an honor. Dillon, a Narrows High School graduate, rejected a West Point appointment and will study law at UVA starting in September.
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