Merchants and Buyers Week Set for Bluefield
Preparations proceed for the twenty first semi annual Merchants and Buyers Week at the West Virginian Hotel in July. An estimated 50 to 500 buyers from major U S cities will attend. About sixty lines of high class merchandise will be shown for fall and winter. A banquet is planned on July 9 with G W Gulley of Dayton as speaker on practical retailing and merchandising.
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West Virginian Hotel
Bluefield
United States
G. W. Sulley
Dayton
O. M. Vetters
National Cash Register Company
Merchants Service
National Cash Reget Company
Gulley
Local Advertisements Offer Wares And Services In Bluefield Area
Virginia City items feature special prices on Eugenie Fred rie and Bonat wares. Essex coupe for sale at sacrifice. Weet Virginian Hotel announces six dollar permanents and canvasses for appointments. Billy Sunday Club meets 2:30 at Bland Street Methodist Hamilton Hall. Piano vocal art lessons offered. Cherries ripe on Wilson farm twenty cents a gallon. Masonic lodge set for June 21 installation. Expressions of thanks for Sonny Stephens death and community support. Crosley radio for sale and plant sale with half price. Millinery sale closing spring summer hats at two to five dollars.
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Billy Sunday Club
Billy
Bland Street Methodist Church
Hamilton Hall
Advertising talk promotes co operation among merchants
The speaker outlines strategies for retail salesmanship and store management. Graphs and charts will illustrate points on service stockturn and general business practices for audience clarity.
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Iby
Accident Insurance Man Injured At Bluefield Yard
Co. B. Sykes 35 a Continental Casualty agent of Princeton was badly hurt at Bluefield railroad yards when he slipped and fell while boarding a draft of cars. His hand was mashed and he was taken to Bluefield Sanitarium for treatment.
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Co. B. Sykes
Princeton
Continental Casualty Company
Bluefield
Sykes
Bluefield Sanitarium
Anti Meningitis Serum Aids Recovery In City Cases
Anti meningitis serum successfully used in a second cerebrospinal meningitis case in the city. Dr KR O Rogers reported Buddy Proffitt of Bluefield discharged from Bluefield sanitarium as a beneficiary of county welfare. The first treated case occurred about two months ago. Both patients fully recovered.
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KR. O. Rogers
Bluefield
Buddy Proffitt
County Welfare Department
Mrs Rosie Neal dies in Bluefield at 73
Mrs Rosie Bell Neal 73 died at home of her son John Neal near Roy Avenue after four long illnesses. Funeral at 3 30 this afternoon at her son's home conducted by Rev Howard Weeks, with interment in West Graham. Survived by two brothers RB Bever Kenova and George W Hever Bluefield VA plus children Jamie Neal John Neal Mrs C C Thompson Bud Neal Bill Neal and Frank Neal.
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Rosie Bell Neal
John Neal
Roy Avenue
Howard Weeks
College Avenue
West Graham
Neal
Bluefield
RB. W. Bever
Kenova
George W. Hever
Jamie Neal
C. C. Thompson
Bud Neal
Bill Neal
Frank Neal
Long Litigation Over Insolvent Bank Nearing End
Moundesville West Virginia June 22 Circuit Judge James F Shipman said four year suit over the insolvent Bank of Renwood closed at October term Once litigation ends a final receiver will be sought and a dividend paid Abbott state banking commissioner predicts depositors may receive a ten percent dividend.
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Moundesville
W. Va
James F. Shipman
Bank of Renwood
H. A. Abbott
Abbott
Bankruptcy sale of jewelry and fixtures in Bluefield WV
The Referee in Bankruptcy oversees a sale by the trustee of United Jewelers Investment, a bankrupt corporation, in Bluefield West Virginia. The auction on July 1, 1928 lists jewelry stock plus office equipment including displays, cash registers, safes, desks, files, and a clock. Terms require cash in hand with sale subject to creditor approval at a meeting.
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Ric Gous CE
Virginia
Estete Ieadore Peamer . Com
Jew Cale
Ness
Federal
Sewe
Hh. J. Wagner
Leadereohon Company
A Corp
Pittsburgh Coal Men Undecided After Meeting
Directors of the Western Pennsylvania Coal Traffic bureau adjourned a Pittsburgh meeting until July as they weigh options on coal freight rates to the lakes. They may seek Interstate Commerce Commission action to restore a 45 cent differential or challenge the entire rate structure. J D A Morrow of the Pittsburgh Coal Company presided but no decision emerged.
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Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania Coal Traffic Bureau
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. D. A. Morrow
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Wheeling Man Is Contest Winner
A Wheeling man recounts his experience as a state education department contest contestant. He describes being questioned by officials, the low number of finalists, and the secretive feel of the process, including travel mix ups and casual defiance of rules among peers.
Charleston High School Contest Ends With Good Time
The narrative recalls a Friday event at Charleston High School with morning tests in a grand auditorium, a capital-building excursion after a late release, and a nervous wait for the announced six winners. Despite delays and betting chatter, the writer notes a sportsmanlike spirit and an enjoyable experience among contestants.
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Hearse Theatre
J. Frank Marsh
Charleston High School
Capital Building
Charleston Gazette
Charleston
State House
Dawes Speech On Naval Armament Shared With Others
Washington reports Dawes in London presented his naval armament talk to representatives of other nations before delivery. Secretary Stimson said Dawes sought talks with Hugh Gibson head of the American delegation to the prep disarmament commission. The London conference is planned for next week.
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Washington
Dawes
London
Stimson
Hugh 8. Gibson
Belgium
Prominent Families Gathered at Social Event
The gathering last night drew many socially prominent families as they enjoyed the evening. The attendees reflected the host’s circle and local society's standing.
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Doned
Crazed by heat or drink a man runs amok in Baltimore
An unidentified Black man, possibly affected by heat or alcohol, used an open pocketknife to kill John Finger, 74, and injure another man in Northwest Baltimore. Finger died from a severed arm artery. Police did not capture the assailant, and reports soon followed of additional slashing incidents in South Baltimore nearby.
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Baltimore
John Finger
Finger
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