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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1927

Page

5

Saltville jeweler Totten dies in car crash mystery

Charley Combs and S W Wad del attended the Saltville funeral and burial of C L Totten a wealthy jeweler who died Sunday evening near Bluefield Totten left no will and his holdings are valued at about 50000 A new home started by Totten will be completed Mrs Totten said physicians examined the body but offered no light on the death Moonshine question is being quietly investigated and county authorities seek answers Totten had recently shown interest in Virginia side real estate and a jewelry store planned in Bluefield with his career begun twenty five years ago The funeral at Saltville was among the largest ever held there

Charley Combs S. W. Waddel Saltville C. L. Totten Bluefield Tottens Totten Mr. Totten Cartwright Virginia Side Main Street

Virginia Side-lights Complaint Over Ice Book Theft

Virginia sidelights report a complaint heard about pilfering ice books left for delivery. Police warned housewives to protect books. J. T. Trivett notes thefts and informs authorities while continuing to take orders. The piece also covers local notices on Klansmen, civic greetings, farming conditions, funerals, and community meetings.

J. T. Trivett Fceman

Beauties In Second Float Are Chosen For Fort Piaga

Bluefield Virginia selects twenty three young women to appear on float two in the Fort Piaga Fourth of July parade. named are Georgia McMaullin Evelyn Ashworth Dorothy Moore Eleanor Anderson Anne Osborne Louise Frazier Janet Bailey Elizabeth Linkous Pearle Young Lorene Callaway Margaret Dudley Ruth Spracher Ellen Dunn Margaret McCreary Helen McCreary Catherine Sexton Elizabeth Fisher Alice Pyle Louisa Williamson Ruth Painter Ruth Graves Elizabeth Witten Mary Amato Malola Newberry Eleanor Neel.

Bluefield Fort Piagah Georgia McMaullin Evelyn Ashworth Dorothy Moore Eleanor Anderson Anne Osborne Louise Frazier Janet Bailey Elizabeth Linkous Pearle Young Lorene Callaway Margaret Dudley Ruth Spracher Ellen Dunn Margaret McCreary Helen McCreary Catherine Sexton Elizabeth Fisher Alice Pyle Louisa Williamson Ruth Painter Ruth Graves Elizabeth Witten Mary Amato Malola Newberry Eleanor Neel

Tip Top's J. T. Wilson Promotes His Lindbergh History

Local resident J. T. Wilson of Tip Top, a former Norfolk and Western station agent, visited yesterday to share his Lindbergh history and take advance orders for his book. Wilson has been retired for three years.

J. T. Wilson Tip Top Norfolk and Western Station Mr._ Wilson

Dairy article contest to run in Bluefield Telegraph

The Bluefield Daily Telegraph and the Bluefield chamber of commerce announce a two contest series. Readers in Mercer and Tazewell counties should clip and file Sunday articles, with prizes including a pure bred bull and heifer calves, a trip to Memphis, 500 pounds of dairy feed, and subscriptions. entrants must be under 17 on June 19 and can enter one or both contests. Complete rules available at the chamber of commerce in the West Virginian hotel.

Daily Information Bluefield Daily Telegraph Bluefield Chamber of Commerce Telegraph Bove Mercer Tazewell Suny Mercer-Tazewell Memphis Bluefield Milling Company Daily Telegraph Chamber of Commerce West Virginian

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