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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1926
Page
2
Bluefield papers publish a mix of ads and notices including a sheriff sale of household items at Hus band Coal Yard, farm for sale on North Stoney Ridge, plumbing estimates, coal deliveries, plant sales, and a county school superintendent campaign. Also notices for lodges, church events at Trinity Methodist, and upcoming Gun Club shoot.
Shannondale offers a shaded picnic area with ample parking and lingering memories of great SWIM experiences. Come enjoy dancing on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday nights as Repass Orchestra provides the music.
Classified notices and social items detail sale of used cars including a 1926 Model Essex Six and a 1925 Dodge Special Coupe by Mercer Nash Sales Co. Also listed are plant prices for tomatoes peppers celery and cabbage, a supper at Trinity Methodist church, housing for rent, and local society notices about meetings and visits.
Immanuel Lutheran announces Daily Vacation Bible School starting Monday at 9 am for children aged four to fourteen. The program aims to provide Christian training using the Bible as text and seeks parental cooperation for an engaging, worthwhile experience.
Report summarizes a Eucharistic Congress arrival where two priests and twenty-one lay delegates were admitted after questioning. The country hosts the congress and fears delegates may linger. Detained individuals are all laymen. This marks the first time delegates faced more than perfunctory scrutiny.
Greely H. Gills aged forty two died at his home on Princeton avenue yesterday morning at 7 30 due to embolism after amputation of his left leg. He leaves widow Stella Sands Gills and two sons Clarence fourteen and Garland seven. Funeral at home Monday at 2 20 conducted by Rev. L Hager, burial at Wilson cemetery. C C F to assist. cars to be at home by 2 15. Flower bearers listed. active pallbearers named.
Testimony details an incident in Narrows where Counts accused officers Watkins and Taylor of rough treatment during a car search near Princeton. Witnesses describe tearing of a car back, a thrown bag, a fist strike, and threats as officers sought a warrant, with conflicting accounts from Crannon, Skaen, Chandler, and Leffler as the case unfolds.
London June 19. Women of England assembled in Hyde Park and adopted a resolution for arbitration and disarmament. Forty women’s societies joined the demonstration with prominent backers. Lord Parmoor urged Britain to lead at Geneva with concrete plans to advance disarmament and conciliation.
The trial recounts Officer Taylor and associates detailing a car search and a scuffle with Counts after a handbag was opened. Testimony includes Mrs Day and Watkins disputing a circulating report. Davy Thompson corroborates events. The jury finds Taylor not guilty of the indictment.
William Williams colored was arrested by Patrolman Hill around midnight on a charge of passing a bad check for 16 dollars at Yellow Front Grocery on Bland Street. He had bought groceries earlier and paid with the worthless note, prompting police to locate him and detain him for a hearing.
The Bland Street Grace Trinity Methodist groups in Bluefield hold a joint quarterly conference in Hamilton Hall Monday June 28 at 8 o clock. Officials include pastors preachers stewards trustees Sunday school leaders and society presidents. The general theme asks how close each church is to its yearly goal with concise department reports.
An afternoon gathering at 2:30 led by H. C. Sprague, a former Salvation Army member, aims to involve all city club members. The extension committee plans a Lyndside trip for an annual service bringing souls and kingdom advancement, following a profitable Vivian visit last Sunday.
Continued report notes Niesen's brother identified the death as by own action. Police cite the soldier dancer's financial worries about bringing his wife and child to the country. Some believe the Bolshevik costume in a play contributed to his depression and departure from Russia.
A small crowd attended the weekly shoot at the Bluefield Gun Club traps. Snyder and Sites led scoring with 46 of 50 and 24 of 25 respectively, with Phelps 44, Weller 43, Mitchell 42, and Hunter 40 close behind.
Mercer Funeral Home expands by purchasing Bailey & Wright at Matoaka and will maintain staff there to operate a modern funeral establishment. The deal also adds the funeral stock of American Coal Company at Me Comas and Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Company at Wenonah to Mercer’s holdings.
Being priest at Bluefield Montcalm and Matoaka P. D. Bratton manager and Roy A. Cole secretary and treasurer are active in the work and have built up a wonderful reputation for their company. Our funeral parlor in Bluefield is second to none in southern West Virginia. Men are native Mercer County.
Four men attacked attorney L. L. Finch as he walked Rockway's main street. Finch was beaten and tarred and feathered in the incident reported from Brockway, Pa. on June 19. The motive and suspects were not disclosed.
Finch was beaten with a slab and tarred and feathered at a distance, then left in a field. Sentell Mer, his brother in law, Meris Clark and C M Wawcette were later arrested on charges linked to the attack and faced hearings and bail for the next term of court. Margotti blamed friction between Finch and August after a recent visit. Finch was found by citizens and returned home.
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