West Virginia Non-Partizan League Trashes Bluefield Telegraph
In Charleston last Saturday the West Virginia Non-Partizan League endorsed a third-ticket governor candidate Samuel B. Montgomery and passed a resolution condemning the Bluefield Telegraph as unfair. The letter describes the convention as nonrepresentative with mostly salaried officials and few wage earners, and criticizes its leadership as vacillating and treacherous. Gillespie.
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West Virginia
Charleston
Gillespie
Avoid crowds to prevent influenza warns New York association
Health tips urge staying away from coughing crowds and keeping hands clean to ward off flu. A Kentucky druggist touts Mentholized Arcine as a home remedy, recommending gargling and nasal spray to ease catarrh and colds within days.
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Association For
New York
Kentucky
Labor Left and Political Theatre in State Convention
The piece cites Socialist candidates Keeney Mooney Houston and Littlepage with a Democratic governor candidate, Mercer county Democrats, and a Daily Telegraph clash with Morgan. It argues a hidden power seeks to derail labor unity, warns against treacherous leadership, and urges awakening to defend Liberty and law for all workers and political persuasions.
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Congress
Houston
Keeney
Mooney
Littlepage
Mercer County
Daily Telegraph
Morgan
Fraternal Camps Meet in Bluefield and Princeton
Bluefield Beechwood Camp No 89 Woodmen of America and Woodmen of the World host meetings on schedule. Beechwood Camp meets first and third Mondays at 8 p m in Red Men s Hall Bluefield area. Woodmen of America and Woodmen of the World invite visiting members to Eagles Hall on Princeton avenue each Thursday at 7 30 p m.
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Welch
W. Va
Masonic Temple
Bluefield
Red Men's Hall
Woodmen OF America
Beechwood
Woodmen of the World
Eagles
Princeton Avenue
Central Labor Union OF
Moose Hall
Bluefield Council
Knights OF Columbus
Eagle's Hall
Deport
Bluefield Afrie
Order OF Eagles
Pocahontas Building
Scott Street
Uuefield Lodgs
Brotherhood OF Railway Clarks
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Masonic
Beavar Love
Knights OF Pytilias
Thomas Street
Bluefield Avenue
Blumefield Lodgoh
Masonic _ Temple
Federal Street
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Blahfyld Commandery No
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Field Lodge
Fiks
Raleigh Street
Summit City Lodge
Fummit Constallation
Fraternal Order OF Stars
T. C. Tanner
Mercer Street
Tribe of Be Ben Hur
Depot
Columbus Population Hits 237 Thousand in Census Update
Census Bureau figures released in Washington show Columbus Ohio with 237 031 residents up 55 520 since the last count equal to a 20.6 percent rise. Ashland Kentucky records 14 729 residents up 6 041 or 694 percent.
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Columbus
Washington
Census Bureau
Ohio
Ashland
Advertised Article Credited by Local Merchants
Merchant advertising urges readers to trust current goods and avoid shop worn stock. The note implies confidence in local merchants whose ads appear in the paper.
Six Hour Day Fight Shapes Union Leadership
The article traces a political fight in 1919 at the United Mine Workers over a proposed six hour day and nationalization of coal mines. Frank J. Hayes faces opposition led by Frank Farrington, with Vice President John L. Lewis taking duties as Hayes falters. The campaign reflects fear and maneuvering within the Williamson Coal Operators Assn dated June 11, 1920.
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United Mine Workers
K. C. Adams
Adams
Frank J. Hayes
John P. White
Hayes
Hayse
Frank Farrington
Illinois
John L. Lewis
Farrington
Ilinois
Lewis
Washington
Railroad Administration
International Union
Parade Rest mascot inspired by a Virginia hero tale
A veteran recalls Parade Rest, a company mascot dog in World War I, saved by a fellow soldier under fire at Chateau Thierry. The tale ties to General Lee’s act of bravery during the Petersburg siege, as recounted by a Virginia veteran and his nephews.
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France
Lee
Chateau Thierry
Battlefeld
Virginia
Vetersburg
Christian Science Monitor
Prisoner Caught In Window With Till Fragments
Witnesses describe a theft in which the prisoner was seen as he exited a window with the till contents. The judge questions the suspect and considers mounting an extra bar to prevent future window falls while noting the man’s unusual behavior during sleepwalking episodes.
Chinese President Approves Austrian Peace Treaty
San Francisco June 16 The president of China approved on June 12 the peace treaty with Austria which the Chinese parliament had ratified May 29 according to a cable dispatch from Peking to the Chinese World.
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San Francisco
China
Austria
Peking
Chinese World
Sugar profiteering charge hits Wheeling grocer
Wheeling West Virginia June 16 Ralph Ferrell head of the Neill Wholesale Grocery Company is charged with selling about 4000 pounds of sugar at more than thirty cents a pound though he bought it at twenty cents a pound The case centers on law price controls and alleged gouging by Ferrell and his firm.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ralph Ferrell
Neill Wholesale Grocery Company
City man arrested on federal warrant for food control act violation
A local man was arrested today on a warrant sworn by John B. Wilson of the federal Department of Justice. The charge cites violation of the Lever Food Control Act. He was released on bond pending action at the next term of the U.S. court for the Northern District of West Virginia. Telegraph Want Ads are winners.
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John B. Wilson
Federal Department of Justice
Ferrell
United States Court For
United States Supreme Court
District of
West Virginia
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Wesst Virginia
Rogers
United States
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Knights F Pythias
Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company
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Lazarus
Royal Cafe
Mountain Lodge
International Association of Railroad Supervisory
Eagle’s Hall
Glugfield Ong
Loyal Order OF Moose
Moose Home
Bluefield, W. Va
Electro Marine
Williamson Coal Operators’ Association
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