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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1919
Page
2
Advertisements note transportation options for weekend or vacation trips to Mountain Lake with Hudson cars available on a fixed line. Call numbers 386 or 1128 for arrangements and schedules.
Real estate listings show single and multi dwelling prices from 1 900 to 7 750 across East River Avenue Rock Bridge Street and numerous city streets including Princeton Avenue Highlands Avenue and East End. Additional items mention a Hudson super six funeral car purchase by Hawkins Undertaking Parlors and a Pan Hellenic dance at the Country Club. Freight traffic on Norfolk and Western returns to normal after a strike. Local bankruptcy filing by J H Ramsey with 31 creditors. city council set to meet for license applications this evening.
Advertises experienced coal miners needed for machine mined sections six feet high to eight feet high with open lights. Promises good schools and homes with gardens theatres outdoor sports fishing playgrounds churches and excellent working conditions.
W E Koepler left for Charleston on business. Mrs Ray Sanders just back from Roanoke. Miss Emma Cahill of Charlotte guest of Mrs Martin in Pine Street. Dr N Risson departs for port graduate course in New York. Mrs J P White of Beckley shopped in Bluefield. Mrs J C Nelson returns from Roanoke after a week with relatives. C Hi Godsey visits his son C R Gadsey on Marshall Street. Mrs C W Meade and children head to Princeton. Mrs W C Cooper and Mrs G W Parkhart leave for Memphis for illness in family. Ke HW Basley and others go to Parkersburg for insurer meeting. Mr and Mrs KE Carico and children pass through Bluefield from Fries en route home. Born to Mr and Mrs A C Fagan on June 16 a daughter at Homeopathic hospital Pittsburgh. Fagan formerly Kathleen Patrick and well known locally.
The funeral of Mrs. Sallie W. Baldwin widow of the late Capt. D. B. Baldwin and longtime Bluefield resident was held yesterday at 3 p.m. at her Summer Street home. The service was led by Rev. J. W. Hobson and Rev. S. W. Moore with a choired, moving ceremony. Interment followed at Maple Park cemetery after a lengthy floral display. Pallbearers and family members attended. numerous relatives and Episcopal Church members were present.
Three car loads of Latonia horses will be sent to the Bluefield meet in the early July races. W L Otey, secretary of the Bluefield Pair Association, reported the shipment includes top Latonia runners of national repute. Eastern stables also ship in, with about sixty entries expected for the week opening. All races are running events with at least seven starters, five races daily.
Ss. FF. Sampson arrives from Cincinnati to back the society for days. Onward Court reports the Tribe of Ben Hur purchased the General Lew Wellace home in Crawfordsville Ind for 20000 dollars preserving a key Civil War shrine. The plan is to create the Gerard Memorial and fund efforts to pay for the estate and maintain it.
Large congregations at the Presbyterian church enjoyed a fine musical treat Sunday as Signor Alberto Salvi, renowned harpist from the National Conservatory of Music in Naples, Italy, generously contributed music to the service.
During morning and evening services Signor Salvi performed on the harp and piano, accompanying Ruth Bodell in Hear Thou My Cry and delivering selections from The Prayer Masselmains and Lucia. The Presbyterian congregation praises his talent and kindness, noting his pleasant personality and farewell departure for Chicago.
The Carr Kahle annual meeting moves to Glenwood Park with a first service at 11 a m on Saturday July 12 1919 to honor the minister on his eighty first birthday. Attendees are asked to bring lunch and partake in an afternoon service with KK Kahle and others. Sunday services begin at 11 a m and feature reminiscences on church history in Mercer county since 1847 followed by talks about raising twenty thousand dollars for a new church at the park.
The article urges citizens to save first and invest later through War Savings Stamps, highlighting the program's role in national defense and urging broad public participation during the drive.
A Cleveland based ad touts Zemo as a fast remedy for eczema and related skin conditions. The extra large bottle costs $1.00 with a 5 cent option and claims to begin healing on application, noting the liquid is non greasy and penetrating. The E. W. Rose Co. promotes the product and its antiseptic properties.
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