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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1921
Page
2
Watermelons on ice and various fruits are listed for sale at The Market. notices include Bible reference books, Sunday plans, a free concert, limestone shipments, auto bargains, shoe repair price cuts, and carservice ads. The Library Board thanks donors and clarifies an Earl Lilly misidentification while Kiwanis and recital notices promote events and community meals.
Community page notes a patriotic Fourth of July display at Wood-McCready Company on Bland Street featuring a wide array of small war weapons. Local notices invite attendance at related events, including church recitals, Kiwanis and American Legion activities, and a large Fourth of July celebration at the fairgrounds.
The Rotary Club brings Rodeheaver, Mrs Asher Matthews back for a charity concert Monday at 8 pm in the Tabernacle. Tickets range from 25 to 1 dollar with reserved seating and proceeds support boys’ work in Bluefield.
A Moscow dispatch reports that the congress of the third Internationale adopted a plan prepared by radical elements. Lenine and Trotzky reportedly agree on a compromise granting Trotzky control of the world movement while Lenine oversees Russia's policy testing.
Mrs J 8S Martin of 109 Bedford street is reported quite sick with lumbago. Births include Evelyn Bobbie Hancock to Mr and Mrs Hancock of Bramwell. Elizabeth Hall of Tazewell visits G A Smith in south Bluefield. Guests of H W Finley of Williamson, sister Mrs A B Garrett. Mrs Russell Wehrle ill at Bluefield home improving. Billie Butner of Huntington visits sisters E W Hankin and R L White. H B Stratton and daughter Dorothy visit Stump family in Petersburg. Mrs Alex A Steinbach of Baltimore arrives to join Dr Steinbach rabbi of Bluefield and Princeton congregations. They will occupy Worsham property on Wythe avenue.
Mercer county public roads department will remove all signs notices and advertisements on right of way as required by the new road laws Section 67 sets penalties for painting or posting on road property with fines from five to one hundred dollars The state road commission will devise a uniform sign system to be adopted by counties which will name and number county roads The act also authorizes watering troughs on lands along roads with two dollars yearly to maintain each trough for horses and vehicles
James Stafford and Edward Owney were arrested at their home on Har dy street just before 10 pm. Deputy Sheriff Akers and Patrolman Looney seized two gallons of whiskey and about 200 empty jars with moonshine smells. Stafford and Owney await trial in Jaipending. Earlier, Sam Kelley on Peck street was found with three quarts of liquor in a trunk. Kelley was not arrested.
Prohibition officers and county authorities led by H. B. Lee raided the Camp Creek area early yesterday, arresting five men and seizing seven and a half gallons of moonshine. Arrested were Fred Epling E Lilly Lester Lilly Henderson Bowling and Kenna Abshire. Abshire faced a $250 fine and three months on the county road for selling to a posse member. the others were held on bond for grand jury action. The suspects were taken to Bluefield after arraignment.
Headquarters at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana reports a campaign to obtain large over subscription for voluntary military training in citizen military training camps. The fifth corps area covering Ohio Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia leads in signed applications and hopes to stay ahead through July 9.
The commanding general of the fifth corps area extended the deadline for submitting applications to Camp Knox Kentucky for citizens military training from July 21 to August 20 with a final consideration date of July 9 for new submissions.
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