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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
2
The notice bundle shows multiple small ads: US Cash Grocery proclaims modern fixtures and low cash prices. Eureka Hardware Co and St. Fallon Florist offer sales and flowers. a June inauguration of Hudson Super-Six trips between Bluefield and Mountain Lake with schedules. other notices include shop laborer meeting, a farm home for sale, and local transportation ads.
Ladies golf committee drew partners for the mixed foursomes to be played Saturday afternoon at the Country Club. Players urged to arrive early and coordinate with partners. notify Mrs. Campbell if unable to play.
A long list of names pairs appears in a local social page noting couples and attendances. The tally includes Misa Watsin with Frank Hewlitt Mere K W and Hardy with Mr Chambers and many others.
Mrs. H. P. Allen thirty eight died of heart trouble at her Princeton avenue home yesterday afternoon. She was stricken in the morning and died within a half hour after a serious decline. Survived by husband three young children and siblings A K Thompson Ed Taylor Mrs George Mc Clinton Charles Frye Alice Mitchell and J S Matney. Funeral at late home Friday with Rev J Taylor Ellyson of the First Baptist Church officiating. Interment Walnut Grove cemetery.
Real estate column lists homes and prices on multiple streets in Bluefield including East River Avenue Rock Bridge Street Clark Street and more. Prices range from 1 to 17 thousand with several multi home lots and cottages noted. ads promise more homes on other streets citywide at reasonable terms.
Phones 203.7942 and Mrs. Wm. Giberson are listed in the notice alongside a description of an event with many interesting games and a very delightful time enjoyed by all attendees.
Rail traffic on the Norfolk and Western system is near normal after a shop workers strike, with freight at about eighty percent and passenger service nearly on schedule. Conferences in Roanoke between the railroad and workers concluded yesterday, with decision left to A. Kearney, superintendent of motive power, no announcement expected until Saturday.
Miss Elsie Johnson hosted a Riverview Addition gathering with vi cirola music. A parade of city school children is planned for Friday to promote a special Saturday election on the free dental clinic. Harvey M. Snyder of Port Neches arrived to visit his mother Anna Snyder. Dave H. Cook, back from France, visits Welch friends. In 1913 Italy imported 12 percent of US sawn lumber and three fourths of its barrel staves.
Miss Oveta Verdne hosted a Sunday school class picnic at her Brushfork residence on Saturday June 14. Attendees included Annie Davidson Vanzie Mitchell Blanche Kahle Edythe Perdue Mabel Thomp son Pauline Perdue Lena Francisco Zola Francisco Pauline Francisco Hen Francisco Marie Francisco Pay Mitchell O'Reilly Mitchell Wa B Perdue Gertrude Perdue Helen Gib erson Esther Giberron Jamita Davidson and Wessie Kahle. Additional guest Ruth Smithdeal of unspecified origin attended.
DD and French left last evening on business to Charleston A X Morton departed for Cincinnati on business. K A Skler of Central Pharmacy left for Baltimore. Golden Seal left for Detroit for several days of business. Mrs Db Landon and daughter of Maryville Tenn are visiting here. Mrs S B Bruce of East Radford visits daughter in Bluefield. Harry Greenspon and Jim Shott returned from Detroit by car. Mrs Lewis Winston and Adelaide Winston of Big Stone Gap visiting relatives in Bluefield. Turner Meldewell Jr of Fincastle Virginia visiting relatives here. Mrs J J Lameth and children of Welch returned home after a several day visit. EK Tyree left for Norfolk with family meeting in Roanoke. will spend days in Norfolk area resorts.
Bluefield Country Club members eye the sixth annual West Virginia State Golf Association championship to be held at White Sulphur Springs for four days starting July 16. The event expects strong regional turnout after wartime absences, with amateurs from WV and out of state eligible and United States Golf Association rules guiding play. Prizes include gold and silver medals and cups.
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