City and Coalfield Short Items
Brief town notices list rentals meals notices and local business ads. Entries mention furnished or unfurnished rooms on Marshall street, coal prices and service, chicken dinners on Oak Grove Princeton road, a public notice from E. W. Price, desk and sewing machine requests, Cosgrove's department store offerings, painting and papering services, a no-service charge policy at a bank, and community events at a Presbyterian church with a hayride and weinie roast.
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Oak Grove Princeton Road
Trotzky hints at Russo French rapprochement
The war minister argued England’s policy aims to pit nations against each other to seize gains. Trotzky praised Russia for resisting Curzon’s trap, warned of new imperial pressures, and described future autonomy for eastern regions as strengthening the republic and expanding red army power.
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England
France
Russia
Lord Curzon
Trotzky
Petit Bourgeoisie
Red Army
Bokhara
Turkestan
Soviet Russia
Beaver High Summer School Opens Session
Beaver High School summer session opened with about 125 students enrolled and more expected before week’s end. The eight member faculty offers standard courses with some foreign language and lab science exclusions. The program has a long history of serving city residents and staff urge enrollment before week’s end. A class schedule was released and current students will begin work immediately.
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Beaver High School
Gibbons Delivers Savage Workout Ahead of July Fourth Bout
Shelby Mont June 19 Tom Gibbons conducted a strenuous sparring session against three partners in a rough hour long drill dubbed a fifty fif teen round effort. The bout July 4 with Jack Dempsey features an alternate referee choice, George Barton of Minneapolis, if Jimmy Dougherty cannot officiate.
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Shelby
Mont
Tom Gibbons
Jack Dempsey
Gibbons
George Barton
Minneapolis
Jimmy Dougherty
Dividend Declarations From Trumbull and Newton Steel Firms
Warren Ohio June 194 . Directors of the Trumbull Steel Company declare a regular quarterly dividend of thirty five cents a share on common stock an increase of ten cents from the last quarter The regular eighteen and a quarter per cent dividend on preferred stock is also declared Directors of the Newton Steel Company in Youngstown declare a regular quarterly dividend of sixty cents a share on common and three quarters of a cent on preferred stock
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Warren
Ohio
Trumbull Steel Company
Newton Steel Company
Youngstown
Bluefield Exposition Opens With Pomp and Variety
The Home and Industrial Exposition in Bluefield opened amid ceremony and crowds. Mayor W H Thomas praised the event and urged attendance as hundreds toured the booths showcasing local business co operation. Visitors enjoyed dancing, musical numbers, refreshments, and fashion displays by Miss Esther Berstick and Miss Jane Hopper from New York.
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College Avenue
Dearborn Street
W. H. Thomas
Thomas
Bluefield
Bland Street
Epworth League
Welch
Northfork
Keystone
Gary
Chamber of Commerce
Helen Hofner
Hiberger
Esther Berstick
Jane Hopper
New York
Iss Sues
Cooper to Lead Farm Loan Board Under Harding
Washington announces July 3 appointment of Robert A. Cooper former South Carolina governor and farm loan board vice commissioner as commissioner and executive officer to succeed Chas Lobdell. Elmer S. Landes of Ohio will fill the vice commissioner post.
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Washington
White House
Harding
Robert A. Cooper
South Carolina
Farm Loan Board
Chas. B. Lobdell
Cooper
Elmer S. Landes
Ohio
Stulginskii Reelected President of Lithuania
In Kovno on June 19 Dr. A. Stulginski has been reelected president of the republic of Lithuania.
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Stulginski
Lithuania
Kovno
A. Stulginski
Republic of Lithuania
Rotary Luncheon Draws Many Visitors and Bond Talk
A large turnout at the weekly Rotary Club luncheon follows bond election excitement. Miss Grace Chase urged employing school boys for vacation work to fund next year’s schooling. Dr E M Baxter spoke, and a telegram from St Louis noted city bonds and wished Bluefield success in the local effort.
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Rotary Club
Grace Chase
Baxter
Ettysburg Yey
St. Louis
D. W. Hancock
Jessis
Ray Evans
Bluefield
Sam Morris
Morgantown
David Dale Johnson
E. M Baxter
Gettysburg
Bill Ely
Charleston
J. A. Hylton
Lynchburg
J. Kohn
John W. Easley
R. D. Payne
Jas. C. Borden
J. K. Burgess
Miss Chase
Blizzard trial in Kanawha Logan case moves on
Judge Sharp rules on double jeopardy and accessory before the fact in Blizzard case. Defense seeks detailed bill of particulars to link acts, counties, and incitement to kill Munsey, while prosecutors caution that full disclosure would expose too many witnesses. The court orders readiness for a proper bill of particulars though not as detailed as requested.
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Sharp
Kanawha
Logan
Logan County
Jefferson County
Blizzard
Munsey
H. W. Houston
Do. W. Osenton
A. M. Belcher
Munsy
Wage boost for L and N mechanics in Louisville
Officials of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad announce a two cent an hour raise for twenty mechanical crafts. The increase, effective June 1, affects 12,000 shop employees but excludes common labor. General Manager B M Starks identified the scope and dates of the raise. Idaho has a cabinet form of government.
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Louisville, Ky
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co
Aday
B. M. Starks
Robbery at Norfolk and Western Northfork Station
Thieves entered the Norfolk and Western station at Northfork shortly before Monday midnight using a brake shoe key. Cash drawer contained 22.37, tickets not taken, safe untouched, express and baggage left. Police investigated with no clues, suspecting amateur burglars. a boarding house landlady heard noises that night.
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Northfork
Norfolk and Western Railway
Judgment Near Half Million Confirmed in Oil Case
The U S circuit court of appeals affirmed a 1.472 million dollar judgment for Mexican Gulf Oil and International Petroleum against Compania Transcontinental De Petroleo for taking 6 million barrels of oil from a Vera Cruz field. A libel indictment against William C Moore was dismissed after a public retraction by Moore and acceptance by the petroleum company.
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New York
United States Circuit Court of Appeals Today
Mexican Gulf Oil Company
International Petroleum Company
Compania Transcontinental de Petroleo
Vera Cruz
William C. Moore
Edward L. Doheny
Mexican Petroleum Company
Moore
The
Petroleum Company
New Bankruptcy Referee Named for Southern West Virginia
Attorney H. M. Tanner of Bluefield is appointed referee in bankruptcy for the district covering Mercer McDowell and Mingo counties. He succeeds A. F. Kingdon and will take office June 25 for a two year term. Tanner has long served as a U S commissioner and is partner in the firm Lee and Tanner.
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West Virginia
H. M. Tanner
Mercer
McDowell
Mingo
Tanner
A. F. Kingdon
George W. MacClintic
United States Court For
Southern District of
Charleston
Bluefield
Lee & Tanner
Ser
United States
Coal and Coke Building
France Maintains Vatican Embassy Despite Confidence Vote
The French Senate approved funding to maintain the embassy at the Vatican by 170 to 117 after Premier Poincare linked the issue to a confidence vote.
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France
Vatican
Paris
Senate
Poincare
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F. L. Black & Sons
Summers St
DR. F. 1. Blac
H. W. Blac
F. W. Black
J. B. Eades
Osteopathic
Bluefield Foto
Biand
Rivefield, W. Va
William H. Carr
Osteopath
Kelly & Moyer
Bluefield, W. Va
N. E. Rierson
Princeton Ave
Our
Altamont
I.cross From
N. & W. Station
H. G. O’neil
Bland St
Marshall Street
J. B. Akers
Stewart Street
West End Coal Core
Meadow View
E. W. Price
Cosgrove
McDowell County
W. Va
A. Z. Peters
CC. B. Hancock
Stocks and Bonds
First National Bank
Ite
W. B. Johnson
J. M. Boyd
J. K. White
Tazewell Street
Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Society
Endeavor
South America
Rio de Janeiro
Phillips’ Milk of
L. Lawrence
Ates Railway Express Company
East
Radford
Mr. Lawrence
Prof. Carpenter
College Avenue Baptist Churd
Princeton Avenue
Trotsky
Palmer & Fowler
Pedigo
W. H. Sperow
Black Diamond Bus Line
Easley -Perkins & Co
Temple OF Fashion
Beaver High
Witorg
R. A. Cooper
Rotary
Blizzard Trial Interest Center
Idaho
Seth Thomas Clocks
J. W. Waters CO
Federal Street
Law & Commerce Bldg
Paasonic Temple
Mana Bluefield
Victor Records
Wm. Greenspon, O. D
Optometrist
W. Virginia
Goodykoontz Drug CO
Three Good Drug Stores
Edison
Bluefield Pharmacy
Bluefield Avenue
Nase mm
ZmAnmac
Field Ave
Sakon
Fairview Pharmacy
Bland and
South Streets
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