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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1924
Page
33
Advertises a Vacation Sale with a 3 piece living room suite in cane back and arms for 215 dollars. Oak china closet in several styles priced 54 63.75 and 70 dollars. Mahogany chair with velour upholstery 31.25. Canvas camp chairs 2.50. Home canning outfit 2.50. Children's lawn swings 12.00. Simmons box springs 32.50. Genuine mahogany chiffoniere and vanity 60 dollars each. Cedar lined walnut outside chests 65 dollars.
A Bluefield retailer declares a vacation from July 7 to July 12 and invites customers to visit next week to show support. The ad lists items including a Wal nut vanity at 100 dollars a 5 Piece Ivory Bedroom Suite at 211 dollars and a Mahogany Bed at 37 dollars among other offerings.
State Fire Marshal Eckard said Sol Kaufman former owner F F Ross Kimball merchant and Leonard Ayers were held after a hearing before Justice Hufford. Bond set at 1000 3000 and the boy remanded to sheriff. Fire marshal described a plot to destroy the Kimball ice plant for 12000 in insurance with the boy recruited to light the blaze.
Preparations for the induction of Welch’s new city council target the first Monday in July. J W Blakely becomes mayor replacing J C Summers as council members Luthey Barley Foster Carter Herzbrun and Dudgeon take seats. Road work includes sewer and paving on Virginia avenue from the Presbyterian church to Riverside Drive with bids soon advertised by City Engineer L A Osborn.
A daughter was born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. FE K Whitley in Premier West Virginia. Mother and baby are doing nicely. Mrs. Whitley, formerly Miss Pearl Whit, was a longtime local schoolteacher. Visitors to Welch included Mrs. J C Saunders and children, Miss Fannie B Irving, Miss Mariah Greer, and others. WWI era guardsmen from Howitzer Company WV National Guard were in Welch for weekly workout.
New York report states C. K. Waterfield was pursued by his wife across cities and finally arrested in this city on a desertion charge after evading her for seventeen years.
London reports that influenza subsides amid warmth while smallpox cases increase across many parts of England. Health authorities monitor outbreaks as the disease spreads to additional regions.
Local society column from Welch West Virginia highlights upcoming events and notices. Editor Mrs Effie F Beavers lists contact details and office hours for readers to submit items for inclusion.
Mrs. Jack Laughlin of New York invites guests to a bridge party at her parents home on Hobart street Wednesday afternoon. The note mentions attendees Mrs. Gail T. Carter Mrs. Paul W. Jones and Mrs. O. O. Coburn.
Mrs J W Cline of Huntington visited yesterday. Russell Trainer returned home after staying with Mr and Mrs Floyd Waldron. Mr and Mrs T J Rees and family went to Bassett Virginia to visit relatives. Mrs T J Elliott of Canebrake stays with Mrs S E B Carter on Court Street. Frances Stultz of Stone Kentucky visiting sister Mrs O C Coburn. S McNeil visited Northfork Friday. Mrs Victor L Weatherby and children with Marjorie Belcher depart tonight for Virginia Beach for a stay.
Lady Victoria Braithwaite personally supervises a vast duck farm on her Denham estate in England. The project showcases a grand agricultural venture under aristocratic oversight.
Wakefield England M E Sanderson bequeaths his estate valued at 100000 to fund pensions for deserving women within the diocese. The donation aims to support charitable relief and long term assistance.
In Clarksburg West Virginia Angelina Bassil of Reynoldsville was sentenced to two years in Moundsville penitentiary for involvement in the Gladys Stop miners riot two years ago in which two men were killed and several injured. Her husband Antonio Bassil received four years and is serving his term. She arranged care for eight children before sentencing.
Coventry England six weeks after his death architect Thomas F Tickner was declared the winner in the competition for the Cov entry war memorial design.
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