Sunday Club Notes and Local Ads
Sunday activities include Billy Sunday Cycle service at Bland Street Methodist at 2:30. Extension workers go to Spanishburg for two services, then to Ceres via Princeton car at 7:30. Montvale lots advertised by Stone Securities Company offer drainage and value. Various local notices and sales pitches accompany a Beaver essay contest victory for West Virginia students.
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Billy
Bland Street Methodist Church
Law and Commerce
Spanishburg
Princeton
Ceres
Beaver High Student Wins Northwestern Essay Prize
Meade Bailey a sixteen year old Beaver High School student from Princeton road won the $50 prize essay contest conducted nationwide and awarded by Northwestern University Chicago, bringing additional laurels to his school.
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Beaver High School
Meade Bailey
Princeton Road
United States
Northwestern University
Chicago
Leviathan Sets World Speed Records For Sustained Run
Albert D. Lasker informs President Harding that the Leviathan, reconditioned and in service, broke world records for sustained speed. The ship reached 28.04 knots in one hour, 28 knots for six hours, and covered 687 nautical miles in 25 hours, averaging 27.48 knots, eleven miles farther than any merchant ship record.
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New York
Albert D. Lasker
Shipping Board
Harding
Leviathan
America
Mayor Ed Crabtree Drives Jacksonville Debt Free
A June Jacksonville feature profiles Mayor Edward Crabtree who has served three terms without taking a salary. It credits his unpaid leadership and a budget‑conscious city commission with restoring the town from near insolvency to strong credit, noting Jacksonville’s 16 000 residents and 12 000 000 in taxable property.
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Jacksonville
Lit
Edward Crabtree
Crabtree
Illinois
Standard Bill of Fare Forty-Five Cents Day
The army issues a standard menu for summer camps feeding 30,000 or more youths at about forty-five cents daily for staples plus up to twenty-five cents extra for extras. Open market purchases replace regular army supplies, and the menu aims to meet the higher nourishment needs of 17 to 24 year olds with varied, ample provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Quartermaster-general
War Department
House Beautiful Exhibition Draws 600 Visitors
The week long House Beautiful display by the Retailers' Association of Bluefield concluded with Everybody's Day. Over 3,100 people toured the attractively furnished house, with Mrs. Marie Douthat praised for overall leadership and Mrs. R Barkley coordinating the final day activities.
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House Beautiful
Retailerchants’ Association of
Bluefield
R. ¥. Barkley
Marie Douthat
W. C. Warlick
L. A. Jackson
Henry Rodgin
Heat Peaks at Ninety-Two as City Sizzles
Weather observers report a high of 92 degrees amid a day of light breeze and a late shower. Thermometers varied from 80 at the west end to 110 at the Alta Mont Hotel, with the Busy Bee Restaurant showing 100 degrees, sparking lively talk among passersby.
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Busy Bee
Altamont
Wrecks Thorn Bluefield Rail Yard Scene and Widespread Damage
A carload of powder exploded causing extensive damage to the electrification system and halting freight traffic across the Pocahontas division. Five wrecks occurred on Saturday with forty four cars piled up in the west yard. A prior January 1916 blast and runaways are recalled.
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East End
Pocahontas
Bluefield
Davy
Carterton
Dry Fork
Railron
Seals Smashed on Booze Aboard Baltic and Berengaria
New York harbor seizures over liquor on British liners Baltic and Berengaria prompt treasury and prohibition officials to confiscate all alcohol entered in American waters while disputes over medical permits surface. Washington says responsibility lies with New York authorities. Dr Sprague ordered to revoke Bergengaria medical liquor permit.
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Baltic
Berengaria
White Star Line
Cunard Line
Cunard Ine
White Star
Sprague
Washington
New York
Treasury
Prohibition
American
New York Harbor
Moss
BP. K. Sprague
Bergengaria
Supreme Court
United States
Havers Wins Cup at Gleneagles in Thousand Guineas
Arthur G. Havers the British Open champion defeated F Tall 6 and 6 to win the Thousand Guineas golf tournament at Gleneagles June 23. Jim Barnes and Joe Kirkwood from Averiea participated in the event.
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Gleneagles
Arthur G. Havers
Thousand Guineas
Jim Barnes
Joe Kirkwood
Averiea
F. Tall
Woman Juror Faints During Glasgow Murder Trial
Mrs. Ellen Murray, a juror in a Glasgow murder case, fainted twice as medical testimony was presented, delaying proceedings.
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Glasgow
Ellen Murray
Man Named John Smith Confesses to Broad Forgery Scam
Huntington police report John Smith alias George Owens confessed to forging claim vouchers for 126 dollars at a local store and admits swindling between 15 000 and 20 000 over the past year across Baltimore and Ohio New York Central and Rock Island lines. He used multiple aliases and is held without bond for further investigation.
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Huntington
W. Va
John Smith
George Owens
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
C. A. Midkiff
Walter Peace
Baltimore and Ohio
New York Central
Rock Island
California Fruit Growers’ Association
Los Angeles
California Fruit Growers Association
F. C. Winters
E. Jones
J. B. Stevens
George Purcell
E. W. Hopkins
R. K. King
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Midkiff
Pythian Home Site Battle Moves Through West Virginia
Grand Chancellor Harry R. Bell and James J. Beans depart Wheeling to Charleston to oversee a state tour for locating the Knights of Pythias home and children's institute. The commission meets June 25 with Attorney General E. T. England and will visit Hurricane, Pt. Pleasant, Ravenswood, Parkersburg, Terra Alta, Keyser, and Clarksburg, as cities bid for the facility.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Harry R. Bell
James J. Beans
Pythian Home and Children’s Institute Commission
Charleston
West Virginia Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
E. T. England
Hurricane
Pt. Pleasant
Ravenswood
Parkersburg
Terra Alta Keyser
Clarksburg
Bell
Pythian Home
Children's Institute
Great Lakes Shipping Booms as May Totals Soar
Duluth Minnesota June 23 The Great Lakes shipping industry posts a strong May with coal receipts around 1 600 000 tons and ore tonnage reaching 6 741 791 tons from the head of the lakes excluding Escanaba Michigan Vesselmen note the surge compares with May 1922 and reflects a high traffic opening month of the 1923 navigation season.
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Duluth
Minn
Great Lakes
Escanaba
Mich
Coal Commission Rushes Report On Anthracite Wages
The coal commission moves to finish its report on wages profits and costs in anthracite mining. The aim is to influence a rising labor dispute as miners contracts expire August 31 and a strike threatens if negotiations fail.
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Washington
The
Coal Commission
Unions Face Shifts After Recent Elections
Union supporters led by John L meet defeat in recent elections. Delegates of a thracite workers union will convene June 26 to frame new wage demands. The union element in official circles may press for substantial wage advances. Commission report due by July.
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John L
Untine
Missing Georgia girl returns with father in Knoxville
Sixteen year old Mary Mathis of Atlanta, missing seven weeks, is en route home with her father after a nationwide search. She was arrested with a woman and a man named Dan Beavers in Knoxville on charges linked to a local robbery. Mary recounted being kidnapped and drugged after accepting an invitation for a drink.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Mary Mathis
E. G. Mathis
Atlanta
Dan Beavers
Mary
Denial of Klan Parade in New York City
Washington June 23 denial that the Ku Klux Klan will parade in New York City in defiance of law and order. The statement emphasizes lawful conduct and avoidance of provocative displays.
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Washington
Ku Klux Klan
New York City
Imperial wizard statement issued by H W Evans
A formal statement was issued here today by H. W. Evans announcing the imperial wizard of the order. The document outlines leadership and organizational aims, reflecting the group's ongoing activities and public posture.
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Perial Wizard
H. W. Evans
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Bluefifeld
Bluefield Foto
Bland Street
Ricefield
W. V
William H. Carr
Osteopath
Abrams
Kelly & Moyer
Bluefield, W. Va
N. E. Rierson
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Our
H. G. O’neil Panera
Bland St. Bluefield
Easley -Perkins & Co
Temple OF Fashion
Montvale
Stone Securities Company
Meadow View
W. Price
R. F. Baker
Franklin Touring
Morton Motor Company
A. Z. Peters
Baseball Today
Glenwood Park
Bluefield Telephone Co
J. and Ton
Geneva Insurance
Graham, Va
C. B. Hancock
Nat'l. Bank
Bailey
League of Nations
West Virginia
Beaver
Beaver High
Palmer & Fowler
Studio Portrai
Commercial
Pedigo
W. H. Sperow
First National Bank
F. G. Phillips
B. C. Box
Wheel & Car Corporation
Bhistul, Va-Tenn
Register
L . Day
Havers
CUP
Great Lake
American Busch
Mamneto
Raleigh Street
Jet Newnes
Evans
Fikhorn Tavern
Welch
T. P. Martin
Drucilla Kelley
National Armature & Electrical Works
Bluefield Optical Parlors
Samuel Cozad
Princeton Avenue
Over Lilly Clothing Co
Wm. Greenspon, O. D
Optometrist
W. Virginia
Goodykoontz Drug CO
Three Good Drug Stores
Autographic Kodaks
Bluefield Pharmacy
Bluefield Ave
Fairview Pharmacy
Bland and
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