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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1923
Page
8
The Asher Bible Council held its regular Monday meeting with a supper prepared by Christ Episcopal church ladies. The event was described as very enjoyable and follows Society Editor Mrs R S Jas O Keeffe's note inviting further items for the column.
Buffalo Missouri notes Mrs Dell Davis superintendent cites fatigue and weakness leading to use of Cardui the tonic claimed to strengthen the female system. Hospital and church social details follow with readings music and a planned picnic and dance at local venues.
Lambert Sweeney announces the marriage of his sister Janie Lillian Sweeney to J Robert Lambert of Raven Virginia. The ceremony was performed June 6 in Tazewell by Rev Arrowood. After a wedding journey they will reside in Raven Virginia around July 1 with friends invited to visit.
The social calendar for the week fills with entertaining affairs at the Country Club Robins Rest and Tip Top Springs. Hostesses are drawn to the breezes and the gatherings promise fresh charm and lively charm at each venue.
A dance at Robins Rest on Saturday evening drew attendees and the event was described as greatly enjoyable by those present. The report notes a lively crowd and a festive mood throughout the night.
On Thursday evening at 8 15 oclock in the auditorium of the First Christian Church Earl Lowder a pupil of Mrs C V Foland will give a piano recital. The public is cordially invited.
Mrs Hatcher hosts a pleasant afternoon bridge gathering at Robins Rest tea rooms with a refined setting and genteel company.
Miss Beulah Osborne visits with Ruth Osborne in Honaker while Veronica and Gertrude Cosgrove travel from Cumberland and Frostburg to Bluefield for a Columbus motor trip. Cumberland's Frances Cunningham vacationing with brother W D Cunningham. Mrs J J Snidow leaves for Pearlsburg to visit Judge and Mrs Martin Williams. Mrs J E Keith heads to Bristol for two weeks with daughter H F Bansell. J E Turk and daughter travel to Philadelphia for a Penn graduation. C V Foland returns from visits to Baltimore and Washington. Geo F Richardson and daughter Elizabeth with Helen Shaver depart for Norfolk. Richardson attends B L E meeting and visits son Charles Paul in U S Navy at Portsmouth. Judge W E Easley returns from Baltimore Commercial Travelers convention. George McCall a Tazewell visitor. Ray Evans and others proceed to St Louis for International Rotary. End of convention.
The text lists travels of Mr. Lewis, his sister, Mr. Hancock, and Joseph M. Crockett to various cities for visits and court. It notes Beatrice and Burnice Yearout departing as delegates to the Holston Conference in Abingdon Virginia. A vivid street scene follows describing needle use, a damaged arm, and a boy exclaiming God that’s good as a cocaine injection is described, with Williams recounting a jail night with drug addicts in the next piece.
A 1930s interview portrait of the modern business vamp, De Sacha Mooers, detailing how blond professional vamps operate in banks and corporations to engineer deals and part men from their money. The piece describes needed traits, ethics, and the social stance of the profession, ending with a political call to vote for bonds and safer streets.
A summer vegetable salad recipe by Bertha E. B. Shapleigh of Columbia University. Use colorful vegetables such as fresh green peas, new carrots, and large cubed potatoes. Dress with oil, vinegar, salt, paprika, mustard, and onion, chill, then arrange with peas center, carrots and potatoes at ends, garnish with lettuce or watercress.
San Francisco writer Fred Williams recalls a graveyard hop party of hard core addicts. Dope users gathered in a city vault to drink and use while police drove them off the streets. The scene shows fear, darkness, and a harsh underworld of habit and crime.
Boston outfielder Walden Cruise met with an accident in a recent Boston Chicago game and underwent hernia surgery at a local hospital. Doctors reported his condition as very favorable.
Police report a notable uptick in sy bands around Chicago this year as authorities warn of rising drug activity. The brief notes increased sightings and police attention across several neighborhoods amid ongoing crime concerns.
A vintage ad touts a lemon juice and Orchid White mix as a freckle and tan cream. It claims to bleach freckles and blemishes from the face neck arms and reveal a youthfully clear complexion with a pleasant fragrance.
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