Seven Marriage Licenses Issued in One Day at County Clerk Office
In June the county court clerk issued seven marriage licenses. Couples include Maurice R. Francis and Verga Wv Hall of Bluefield, Alfred F E Pickie and Sally R Meade of Princeton, John Martin and Irene Mann of Lindside, Frank L Burnett and Virginia Smith of Sandwick, Nathan Effron and Anna Abrahamson of Bramwell, Otis M Gleason and Burn Robertson of Ada, and Riley M Shrewsbury and Lais BE Rock of Welch and Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice R. Francis
Verga Wv. Hall
Bluefield
Alfred FE. Pickie
Sally R. Meade
Princeton
John Martin
Irene Mann
Lindside
Frank L. Burnett
Virginia Smith
Sandwick
Nathan Effron
Anna Abrahamson
Bramwell
Otis M. Gleason
Burn Robertson
Ada
Riley M. Shrewsbury
Welch
Lais BE. Rock
Supreme court voids Stearns Coal judgment in chancery suit
The Charleston Supreme Court yesterday dismissed Stearns Coal and Lumber Co versus H C Jones in the late chancery suit after the circuit court had awarded $4,867.60 to the plaintiff. The court vacated the judgment and remanded with dismissal. The report also notes a new bean weevil infestation in Mercer County and complaints about atop signs slowing downtown traffic.
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Circuit Court
Supreme Court At
Charleston
Bilk
Stearns Coal & Lumber Company
H. C. Jones
Supreme Court
City council eyed for bans on travel signs curb
Local signs face discontinuation by the Princeton council amid travel traffic concerns. City workers repair rails with new expansion joints by T Evans to improve ride smoothness and reduce joint noise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Power Company
T. Evans
Local Power Company
Evans
Big Delinquent List Tacked Up Wednesday
The largest real estate delinquent list ever posted at the courthouse was put up yesterday under statute. It will likely shrink before presented to the county court as sheriff and deputies push collections and make levies across all districts.
Man burned to death. two women held in Philadelphia case
Louis Kramer, 42, was burned to death with acid after seeking reconciliation with his estranged wife. Mrs. Sadie Yankolovitz and her young daughter, residents of the house, were held for questioning. Mrs. Kramer says Mrs. Yankolovitz had threatened her husband days earlier over a divorce. A druggist reported the purchase of acid matching the killer substance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Louis Kramer
Sadie Yankolovita
Kramer
Yankolovits
Yankolovitz
Princeton social circles sponsor varied club activities
The Princeton Woman's Club held an interclub meeting with discussion of civic betterment ideas Greek customs and musical numbers. They planned trash-can placements, formed a music department proposal, and discussed a health clinic for preschool children in August as part of a county campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Princeton
Noel
J. M. Smith
W Cc. Kane
L. J. Sheppard
Olga Pendleton
Helen Reynolds
Beckley Kiwanis Hosts Local Club Event
The Beckley Kiwanis baseball team attended the Princeton club meeting last night. Raleigh county Kiwanis president George Colebank and Beckley member Hames Umstead spoke. Nat Frame from Morgantown, Kiwanis International council chair, urged nationwide club cooperation in the Highway movement. The detour improvement to Beckley was discussed and sent to public affairs. Mrs. Hartley Sanders sang, with Mrs. T. M. Johnson at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Kiwanis
Princeton
George Colebank
Raleigh County Club
Hames Umstead
Beckley
F. C. Grose
Welch Hich School
Nat Frame
Morgantown
Kiwanis International
Frame
Hartley Sanders
T. M. Johnson
No Evidence France Negotiating Private Loan
Washington reports debt commission officials found no evidence that France is negotiating a private loan in the United States after its debt settlement with the United States. Secretary Mellon has not decided whether to hold formal hearings on Senator McKellar Tennessee's resolution seeking an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Debt Commission
France
United States
McKellar
Tennessee
Mellon
Senate
Charley Ross Kidnapping Case Surfaces in Chicago
Chicago reports a rediscovered Charley Ross kidnapping case from Philadelphia forty years prior. A letter purporting to reveal the infant's whereabouts is received, naming Aries Rees of Los Angeles and a man named W. G. Harper who supposedly took him west over three decades ago. Detectives remain skeptical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charley Ross
Charles F. Ross
Philadelphia
Aries KE. Rees
Los Angeles
W. G. Harper
Edward Bork Named Guide at Coolidge Pines Camp
Edward Bork, longtime Adirondack woodsman and son of pioneers, will serve as president Coolidge's guide at the wee Pines camp on Osgood Point, N Y, in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overs & EB Gabriels
N. Y
Edward Bork
Adirondack Woodeman
Coolidge
Wee Pines Camp
Osgood 2
Welch denies hooded Ku Klux Klan parade on July 3
Mayor John W Blakely announced he refused permission for a Klan parade in Welch on July 3 or any date, citing citizen safety after recent Klan related trouble. He pledged police and deputy support to maintain order and protect residents including foreign born and colored citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Blakely
Blakely
Welch
Sheriff Hatfield
Northfork Hollow
McGinnis Hatfield
Mewell County
Pilot Li ot Lives in Air Meet Crash
Lieutenant Henry H. Ogden nicknamed the pound the world flyer escaped death when his plane plunged 150 feet at a Flint Michigan air meet. He crawled from the wreckage bruised but alive. Other notes list minor injuries among mine workers including sprained ankles and lacerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry H. Ogden
Pound
Flint
Mich
Dinks win after smashing finish in city baseball clash
Coalwood fans cheered as the Rinky dinks beat Photographing City by a heavy score The game featured Gov Byrd on the mound and Mac McCrady for Shaft with Doc Hale blamed for a costly error The clubs plan a rematch with date to be announced later Local officials and visitors including J A Osborne and Sam Harmon were noted in Welch and surrounding towns An electricity treatment for dogs distemper was also mentioned in the news roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snatt
Doc Hale
McDowell
Doc
Gov. Byrd
Dinks
Mac McCrady
Coalwood
Ater
Accident Elimination Week a Success for Safety Drive
Safety Bulletin No. 780 reports Accident Elimination Week June 7 12 as a strong start toward injury free mining. Officials plan to extend efforts and publish weekly results with every third week designated Safety Week to prevent lapses despite five minor Gary field injuries and one mine side incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Coal and Coke Company
Gary
Welch Briefs and Local Uplifts Chronicle
Local items report an exam announcement by the U S Civil Service Commission for Welch to fill a fourth class postmaster vacancy in English. Other notes include multiple injuries from falls and burns, two marriage licenses in Welch county clerk’s office, and a Coalwood picnic sightseeing party of new McDowell County arrivals. A miner loses part of a hand at Krollitz Coal, a child breaks forearm, a 12-year-old falls from a shanty roof, and a ball player sustains a leg fracture. A dwarf in a Carter Hotel restaurant entertains patrons with a comic hat rack incident as baseball results from Coalwood finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Welch
English
Sam Goldman
Bob Nourse
N. R. Nourse
Julius Langman
Coalwood
McDowell County
Judge A Strother heads to Culpepper for summer
Judge James A Strother of the McDowell county criminal court returned to Welch last week to set a special grand jury session and left last night for his Culpepper Virginia summer home to join Mrs Strother He will return to Welch for the July term of court Others mentioned include John E Thorn son of Mr and Mrs C L Thorne who is at the University of West Virginia and Miss Catherine Rhodes a Ohio State graduate candidate for summer plans Mrs I J Rhodes and Miss Elizabeth Rhodes attend summer school in Athens Ohio locals Maude Frazier of Bluefield and Lake Superior Coal and Coke official Hert C Hylan were in Welch on business.
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James A’ Strother
McDowell County Criminal Court
Grand Jury
Culpepper
Mra. Strother
Strother
Welch
John E. Thorn
C. L. Thorne
Morgantown
University of West Virginia
I. J. Rhodes
Columbus
Catherine
Ohio State University
Elizabeth Rhodes
Athens
Jess Easley
Bradshaw
Maude Frazier
Bluefield
McDowell County
Hert C. Hylan
Lake Superior Coal and Coke Company
J. Hi. Barker
Gary
Maurice Magrill
Parahantas
Thomas Lovas
Onneportes
Frederick W. K
Attractive Women and Health Claim for Lydia E. Pinkham
An advertisement extols radiant vitality as key to beauty and links health to attractiveness. It cites Mrs. J. C. Taylor of Tallahassee Florida praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for weakness weight loss and pale complexion. She says the remedy boosts strength and allows her to perform housework and converse with friends.
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Lydia EB. Pinkham
J. C. Taylor
Box 211
Tallahassee
Florida
Lydia FE. Pinkham
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Mercer
City Hall
W. A. Brown
D. T. Spangler
Princeton Kiwanis
Beckley Kiwanians
Pedre Jackson
McClaugherty
Mahood
Spangler
Rhodes
Unstead
Beck
J. B. Caliwell
Josephine Robinette
Black Oak Mountain
Black Oak
East Princeton Missionary Society
H. W. Hamilton
H. M. Blankenship
Kellyville
Roy Sampson
Princeton Department
Delle
Fifth and
Mercer Street
Santon Bros
Ocean Brand
Royal Arch
Ma— Tanple
Mercer County
Blaine King
W. Va
Dr. Holmes
Europe
India
Near East
Sherwood Eddy
Holmes
Chautauqua
Swarthmore Association
Swarthmore College
Roy Chapman Andrews
Central Asiatic Expedition
China
Peking
J. B. Shackelford
W. P. T. Hill
Andrews
Radcliffe H. Beckwith
George Olsen
Dr. Jesse
WH. Holmes
Ethel Shelton
Mole Bidg
The
Missionary Society of First Methodist Church
Missionary Society
EB. K. Ketron
Walnut Street
C. O. McComas and Sons
Harold and Howard
C. H. Dickinson
New Hall
Hinton
J. R. Gott
Center Street
Troverrosa
Ashland
W. R. Walthall
Brookneal
B. C. Reid
Walker Street
Thomas Wood
Mullens
Doris Shrewsberry
Gladys Peters
Honaker Avenue
A. B. Croy
Burrell Crotty
Emma Dean Belcher
Minnie Lee Adkins
E. A. Coover
Montgomery
Louise Crotty
Mary Katherine Adkins
H. C. Welle
Montreal
Atteptee
Kiwanis Convention
Ise Barton
Edna Jott
Don Pendleton
Charles Randall
Abingdon
Epworth League
First Methodist Church
J. D. Hale
Harold
Staunton
W. W. French
F. S. Robertsong
Keystone
W. H. Wittt
Figtia Street
Charley Ross Case
Deitz Department
Mercer Streets
Mercer and
Fifth Street
Harry Deitz
Men’s Department
Deitz
Fifth Streets
H. Deitz
Princeton, W. Va
Liot
N. H. Logan
Pete Kovach
John Stefanski
Jess Labert
J. A. Graham
J. A. Osborne
Welch Kiwanis Club
Canada
Sam Harmon
Yukon
Welch Veateray
Bill Kearns
Robert L. Page
Berwind
Robert Wheeler
Grace Hospital
J. J. Alexander
Minefield
Bob Karnes
Playton
Ohio
Army Air Service
Welch Briefs
Osborne
Mra
L. A. Borne
James Brown
Octavius Price
Kimball
Mary Cornwell
Pagetown
John W. Patterson
Leona Anderson
Havace
Clarence Waters
Welch Hospital
Mabel East
Tom May
Krollitz Coal Company
Krollitz
Jessie Dombla
Job
Gray
Northfork
Kinball
Carter Hotel
Jeff
Walter
Crash
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