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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1923
Page
2
A public notice urges Bluefield area residents to vote for an $850000 bond issue to safeguard property values. Also listed are local ads for housing, coal, chicken dinners, and summer school plans with weather notes and local business notices.
Dr Rufus E Holder asks Bluefield voters to back a bond issue to fund northside improvements. He notes one quarter of residents, a local Catholic church leaving, and a growing black church nearby. He cites a pact with city manager Ridley for northside priority and urges support despite poverty.
A New Lebanon Association youth gathering runs from June 26 to 28 at Buchanan School. All are welcome with expenses covered by voluntary contributions. Programs include song services, devotions, junior group activities, and Bible quotations, led by Miss Ganelle Lockhart, Mrs. Henderson, Miss Katherine Harris, and others.
A two-vehicle collision at the Washington and Albemarle streets intersection left two people injured and hospitalized, later released. John Abshire's family car, with Minnie Griffie, collided with Leo Russell's Durant, overturning Russell’s car and ejecting Griffie and Abshire’s daughter. Russell returned to the streets that night. Griffie remained at Bluefield Sanitarium with head cuts.
At the Bluefield district Methodist meeting in Northfork a $75,000 conditional gift from the General Education Board was announced for Emory and Henry College, contingent on the Holston Methodist raise of $200,000 by August 31. Ministers voted to campaign for due subscriptions and to seek additional gifts to protect the grant.
On June 1 1923 I sold my interest in N C Stanley and Company to Mr Paul Lowry and I am no longer a runner in the business Dated June 16 1923 N C Stanley
The program showcases Helen Hofer of Cincinnati delivering two songs to audience acclaim. Esberger orchestra accompanies through the week while local churches spearhead a soft drink and ice cream booth near the main entrance, with proceeds split fifty fifty to participating churches Bland Street Methodist Christian Episco pal Lutheran and Baptist church scheduled for each day.
German officials warn the labor force faces wage struggles amid mark depreciation. Unions fear widespread strikes as funds dwindle. Reports from Cologne and Dortmund describe a collapsing mark, stock panic, and French rail taxes hindering Ruhr food distributions amid French troop actions.
The German statement declares they must cover transportation charges for all food cars on militarized lines in the occupied area. They refuse, arguing the demand violates the German government's policy of passive resistance.
The June term of the United States district court for the southern district of West Virginia opens at 10 am led by Judge George W. McClintic. Local officials and attorneys arrived. sixty new criminal cases are on the docket and citizenship applicants will be heard.
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