Closing of Telephone Directory and Local Notices
Bluefield Telephone Company to publish a new directory by June 2 1917 and requests notices from customers planning installs moves name changes or relocations. Various notices follow on coal sales cash terms from several firms and local social notices including marriages births and church announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Telephone Company
W P. Hawley
Savoy Cafe
Sam Kassem
Mgr
Su-Tu-T-S
Citizens Coal Supply Company
Bluefield
C. A. Mitchell Coal Company
C. A. Mitchell
Monthly Prayer Service at Calvary Baptist Church
Company No. 1 reports a false alarm. The Ww. Co. T. U. holds its monthly prayer service this afternoon at Calvary Baptist Church at 3 o clock. Members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ww. Co. T. U
Calvary Baptist Church
Resolutions Adopted By District Conference And Appointed Official
The Bluefield district conference pledges support to Y M C A and Red Cross drives, urging sober fundraising methods and prayers for soldiers. George H Hill named assistant state road engineer, moving to Charleston to oversee federal aid road construction in Nicholas Braxton Clay Webster and Gilmer counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
George H. Hill
Charleston
West Virginia
Nicholas
Braxton
Clay
Webster and
Gilmer
Wir
Hill
University of Pennsylvania
Bluefield
Mr. Hill
Salvation Army aid appeals in city shortage crisis
Officials report many first-time applicants for charity from the Salvation Army and other groups. A laboring woman may work all day at the wash tub yet still cannot buy enough food even with aid, highlighting severe scarcity in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Bluefield Playground Open Daily With Supervisor On Grounds
A Bluefield playground operates nightly with a supervisor from 1:30 to 6 and offers story telling led by Mrs. W. K. McDowell and a Wednesday gymnastic hour by Captain Frazee. The space, in a wide valley, supports a modern recreation center, aiming to foster health and morals for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Bluefield
W. K. McDowell
Captain Frazee
Community notes from Littlesburg offer progress and plans
Local town notes report rapid macadam road work near New Hope and a hoped for bumper wheat season. A three week revival, led by Rev J Kennedy, concludes with several converts. Youth plan a Falls Mills picnic while patriotism grows with registration and farming advances. The Carr and Bratton meeting returns mid July for a social gathering with distant friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hope
Rev
J. &. Kennedy
Falls Mills
Carr and Bratton
Recruiting Campaign Aims to Build U S Army Force
Corporal Jacob Rowe and Private Cook of the local recruiting station plan an early morning start to recruit men for the United States regular army. The drive aligns with President Wilsons Army Recruiting Week, targeting Bluefield to rank among West Virginia stations by next Saturday sunset. Eligible men aged eighteen to forty may choose their service branch, with the Thornton building station open late into the evening. A spring device to encircle a foot promises to prevent overshoe loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Rowe
Cook
United States Regular Army
Wilson
Bluefield
West Virginia
Thornton
Funeral notices and weddings span Bluefield area
Mrs R Garland dies in Bluefield and funeral at Christian Church with Rev Hope and Rev Bass officiating. Burial in Walnut Grove. Mrs Wehrle travels to Charleston for Capt H F Wehrle and Miss Anna Mastenstill wedding at St Johns. Attorney Routh treated at Bluefield Sanitarium after nose bleed from court work. Mrs Virginia Mullen dies at home on her 74th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Wehrle
Charleston
H. F. Wehrle
Unitedtates Aviation Corps
Wehrle
Anna Mastenstill
St. Johns Episcopal Church
Routh
Lebanon, Va
Bluefield Sanitarium
Virginia Mullen
South Bluefield
Marriage at First Baptist Parsonage Seals Wyrich Nowlan Bond
Saturday afternoon a pretty marriage was solemnized at the First Baptist parsonage by Rev. Harry Mabie. The couple were Walter T. Wyrich and Eva Nowlan of Freeman Meeting Postponed. A special Masonic meeting was postponed to Thursday night June 28 at 7 30 by order of the worshipful master Norwood Davis secretary. Lonnie Crews nearing hospital release after typhoid fever and surgery at Bluefield Sanitarium shows great improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rh. W. Buskirk
R.W. Buskirk
Matewan
Ruby Barbee
Hot Springs
Ark
Mr. Buskirk
Pike County
First Baptist Parsonage
Harry 8. Mabie
Walter ‘T. Wyrich
Eva Nowlan
Freeman
Norwood Davis
Lonnie Crews
Bluefield
Fire alarm report from box 25 on Lee and Franklin streets
A fire alarm was turned in last night around 9 o'clock from box 25 at the intersection of Lee and Franklin streets, prompting a response from the fire department. Further details about the incident were not immediately available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Box 25
Lee and
Franklin Streets
Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy Promises Quick Stomach Relief
The ad claims stomach poisons cause gas pain indigestion and more and touts Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy as a cleansing cure. It cites cures for judges congressmen doctors and others and offers a free book and a money back guarantee from Geo H Mayr in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayr
Supreme Court
Geo. H. Mayr
Mfg
Chicago
Mother Forced to Part From Children
Captain Frazee of the Salvation Army reports receiving many letters from widowed mothers unable to support their families due to the high cost of living. He notes such dire domestic strain as he travels the city and calls the situation deplorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frazee
Salvation Army
Army
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Standard Fuel & Supply Co
Colonial
Theda Bara
Virginia Realty Loan Company, Inc
Railway Carmen
Lodge No. 9
Railway Carmen of America
Our Hall
Church of the Brethren
Wythe Avenue
J.C. Dixon
Pythian Lodge
Mullens Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Mullens
W. Va
T. W. Angrave
A. G. Houriet
Washington, D. C
Insurance Department
Princeton Lodge
Gladys Francisco
Thelma Carter
Blanche Sproles
Mamie Carter
Elizabeth Richardson
Mma Smith
Calestine McKenna
Jelia Barker
Vivian Sproles
Evelyn Kelly
Clytis Sproles
Ilee Barker
John Gott
Robert Gott
Wylie Meade
Roy Mangus
Charley Barker
Irene Taylor
Saltville
Stella Hanshaw
Pocahontas
Elizabeth Blackwell
Ennis
J. J H. Blackwell
W. W. Anderson
Colored Home Guards
Des Moines
Iowa
Colored Officers’ Reserve Corps
A. S. Peal
Bluefights
C. H. Bass
Bible
Jesus
Christian Endeavor
Bethel A. M. BE
C. A. Rogers
G. Horace Jenkins
Mr. Dixon
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
W. W. McNeal
Norfolk and Western Choir
Martha Harman
Princeton
Rutherford Hospital
Rutherford
N.C
Camilla Barberie
Kingsport
Tenn
Robert Meredith
Church of Christ
Wilson and
Bland Streets
Royal Stead Laundry
Underwood
Chas. M. Stieff
Lynchburg
Mahood
W. K. Graves
Graham, Va
Nivty Sarke Westen
Lynch Dura
Roanoke
Pullman
Norfolk
Richmond
New York
Hagerstown
Philadelphia
Cara Bluefeld
Shenandoah
Pullman Sleeper
Columbus
Cincinnati
Columnus
Jaeger
Williameon
Gary
Ap Ecent
Norfolk and Western Railway
B. Bevilli
C. Saundera
Hinton
John D. Abshire
Alexander Cut Flower & Plant Company
Bluefield, W. Va
Furniture Cos
Kraft Paper
Dak
Gum
Honaker
West VA
Company No. 1
Daily Telegraph
United States
American Red Cross Society
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Bible Board
L. W. Plerce
W. M. Morrell
W. M. Bunts
J. T. Benton
J. W. Wysor
GK Patty
Bluefield Playgrounds Association
Littlesburg
Eggleston Springs
Norfolk and Western
Virginian
R. N. Anderson
Gen. Mgr
Eggleston, VA
Crystal Shoe Shine Parlor
Princeton Ave
Wyrich Nowlan
Bluefield Insurance Agend General Insurance
John F. Land
John A, UD
Kelly &Royer Bldg
Asst
Mer
Henry Redgin
le Kryptok
Consta
McCulloch & C
B. Whitlow
Bland Street
Matz
George Richardson
Hotel Matz Turkish Bath
Healing Springs Hotel
Mountain
Meador
Athens
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