Donation Helps Mother and Babe on Bluefield Town Dump
A Bluefield West Virginia man donated 5 to Mayor Carl Creasy after reading about a mother Velma Ingraham and three week old Jessee living in a tin shack near the dump. The piece notes other visitors, a mention of Alabama education, and CCC camp recruitment with county quotas rising.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Bluefield
W. Va
Carl Creasy
Jessee
Velma Ingraham
Alabama
Growth of New Method Laundry a Bluefield Success
The New Method Laundry on Spruce street grows beyond forty employees and becomes a major Bluefield Va industry earning comparisons to Henry Ford. Owner C L Weeks and Mrs Weeks lead the venture born from a war era wet wash. The firm expands payroll and uses violin case like machines to handle shirts.
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Harve Harman
Spruce Street
C. L. Weeks
Henry Ford
Bluefield
Weeks
New Method
Daily Telegraph
Families Move Into Bluefield Virginia Side
Three prominent families relocate to Bluefield Virginia Side this week, bringing six adults and nine children. C H Jeffreys and family move from Mullins to Curtis property on Tazewell Avenue with ties to Huff Andrews Thomas and Sublett Feed. W E Davis family arrives at Dudley home West Graham. Davis holds an official post with Norfolk and Western. W N Sweet and their spitz rent E B Witten apartments on Virginia Avenue. Sweet serves as assistant manager at Montgomery Ward Bluefield.
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Bluefield Va
Virginia
C. H. Jeffreys
Mullins
Curtis
Tazewell Avenue
Jeffreys
Huff, Andrews and Thomas
Sublett Feed and Supply Company
W. E. Davis
Dudley
West Graham
Davis
Norfolk and Western
Bluefields
W. N. Sweet
Spitz
E. B. Witten
Virginia Avenue
Sweet
Montgomery Ward and Company
Bluefield
Princeton Friends Dine and Discuss Milk Diet
At the West Virginian hotel on Wednesday evening a group including Dr. G L Todd and Dr. Daniel Hale discussed a milk based diet article. Mercer county residents Mr and Mrs W D Schuff and others attended the Princeton gathering and toasted the old fashioned view.
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West Virginian
Princeton
G. L. Todd
Daniel Hale
Hale
Mercer County
W. D. Schuff
Schuff
L. J. Barbee, Jr
Bluefield
Mrs. Schuff
Denny Schuff
W. E. Cummings
Cummings
Shepherd
Zodiac Changes The Zodiac Reverses To Night Time
The piece notes the zodiac will reverse to night around midnight and hints at further changes to follow, reflecting a shifting celestial pattern and public curiosity about the heavens.
Better Service Club Brings Evening Talk at Municipal Auditorium
The Bluefield Better Service club invites the public to an 8 o'clock program at the Municipal auditorium featuring speaker H. C. Broyles and a musical segment. The event includes the piece There is a Gold Mine in the Sky and promises a good program.
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Better Service Club
Bluefield
Municipal Auditorium
H. C. Broyles
Gossip and violet theft during wartime rumor scare
During the war era rumors spread as a passerby asks about news and locals recall a 1910s incident on Reservoir Hill where a youth was nearly handcuffed for picking violets for his mother, an act described as harmless.
Learning for Life School at Graham Methodist Church
An adult Education program titled Learning for Life will be held at Graham Methodist Church from June 24 to 28. The non credit courses include Achieving a Christian Home Today taught by Prof. R. B. Wilson. All adults are invited to participate in discussion.
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Methodist Church
Graham Methodist Church
R. B. Wilson
Virginia Side Personal Names Visit Folks
Mrs. J. O. D. Copenhaver of Sepa is here to visit home folks. Mrs. W. H. Cantrell of Roanoke is here visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Frazier. Mrs. Arthur Tuck of Virgilian.
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J. O. D. Copenhaver
Sepa
Homeolks
W. H. Cantrell
Roanoke
W. H. Frazier
Arthur Tuck
Virgilian
Local Visits Span Family Ties Across States
Mrs. Tuck visits her mother Mrs. R. J. Coen in Bluefield West Virginia and sister Mrs. W. J. Benbow in Bluefield Virginia. Mrs. Tuck formerly Miss Muriel Coen and a former teacher. Her husband is a Virgilina merchant. Mrs. W. F. MacDonald of Fort Pierce Florida visits her father W. A. Tabor Virginia Avenue. Miss Elizabeth Walker travels to Dundas Virginia to stay with her aunt Mrs. W. G. Forbes for several weeks.
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R. J. Coen
Bluefield
W. Va
W. J. Benbow
Tuck
Muriel Coen
Virgilina
W. F. MacDonald
Ft. Pierce
Fla
W. A. Tabor
Virginia Avenue
Elizabeth Walker
Dundas
W. G. Forbes
New York City Has Record Horse Population
The city claims the most horses of any city in the world with a mix from crack race horses to aged draught animals used by peddlers.
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New York City
Orphanage Day Observed Across Holston Conference
Orphanage visitation day on Sunday June 23 will be observed by Methodists in the Holston conference. Green ville Tennessee home since 1895 has trained about 1297 boys and girls with an average 200 per year. A 130 acre farm supports milk and vegetables while charity funds support education from elementary through college. Over 1000 friends from Chattanooga to Bluefield attend the 3 PM program featuring alumni who trained at the Greenville orphanage.
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Holston Conference
Wiley
Holston
Greenville, Tenn
J. L
Chattanooga
Bluefield
Ancient Arctic Sea Linked Oceans In Submerged Rockies
A historical note describes a time when the Arctic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico were joined by a vast sea that covered the Rockies entirely, though the Pacific remained unconnected. The region now known as the Rocky Mountains was underwater during this ancient era.
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Arctic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Rocky Mountain Area
Pacific Ocean
Depend On Each Other Between Bees And Flowers
The text explains mutual dependence of bees and flowers. Flowers can self fertilize with their own pollen but produce inferior plants. Without flowers bees would die out, and without bees many flowers would be exterminated.
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