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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1924
Page
16
Classified ads list multiple rental offers including furnished rooms at 606 Hoge St and 119 Russell St, unfurnished and board options, four and eight room houses, heated and modern units, and a brick store on Bland Street. Also notes a plumbing bid notice from the Beaver Pond district with Mahood & Van Dusen. bids opened July 7 at 9:00 am.
Public auction scheduled July 18 1924 at 2 PM in front of The Flat Top National Bank Bluefield WV to sell two lots No 14 and 15 in Shenandoah Street East River Avenue area Mercer County. Trust deed to secure notes of F M Sutherland toward McClaugherty and George Aidson Jr. Trustee George Richardson Jr with bond. Clerk Lowry Bowling certifies proper proceedings June 18 1924.
Classified real estate and employment notices from Princeton Bluefield area. Listings include eight room houses on Union St and Roge St, lots on Memorial and Frederick streets, and properties on Washington and Highland Aves with terms and prices. Also many help wanted items for miners, woodsmen, seamstresses, and houseworkers.
Classified blurbs list job desires for mine foreman fire boss stenographers and barber positions with care box contacts Bluefield Princeton dates. Miscellaneous lost items include a tag a gray handbag and a license tag with rewards and contact instructions.
The article reports pending congressional bills to make Howard University a government under the Bureau of Education. It notes the interior secretary hopes to finalize this before the next graduation and discusses the long-standing, precarious grant from Congress as a moral obligation rather than a definite appropriation.
Classifieds offer eight to seven room homes in Graham and Bluefield areas with prices from $1750 to $8000. Features include modern kitchens baths and hot water heat. Also listed are four lots near a new passenger station two acre farms and a Maple Wood farm in Bland with 250 acres priced at 15000. Many terms available and nearby town mentions.
Dudley Land Co. advertises multiple houses and lots in Graham Virginia and Bluefield Virginia. Properties include five room cottages with water and lights from around 1 7500 price, four cottages on Sanders Drive with baths, seven room bungalows, two story houses with basements and garages, hot water heat homes, and six room cottages with easy terms. Contact Dudley Land Co. Inc. Baylor Barbee Building Graham VA or call 807.
West Virginia corporation Harrys Branch Coal and Coke Company held a June 4 1924 meeting in Bluefield Mercer County to dissolve its charter and surrender corporate franchises The board plans to pay remaining assets pro rata after debts and publish notice weekly for four weeks and file certification with the West Virginia Secretary of State. President H Hare signs the document.
Two lots offered for sale in South Bluefield with cash price of 2200. The seller is Geo. L. Robinette, contact phone 2193. The second listing: Lot on Union State with house bath good basement asking 5200, 1000 cash balance 50 per month. contact I. Robinette, phone 2193.
The Board of Education Beaver Pond District invites bids for four hundred tons Pocahontas R. O. M. Coal to be delivered to the active school building in the Beaverfield area. Details from the Superintendent. Bids due before July 7. Edwin C. Wade, Superintendent.
Stock of sport goods from a Bristol Virginia store on State Street. Winchester line light hardware, total inventory and fixtures valued at 12 000 dollars under a 5 year lease. Goods new and opened last August. Will trade for city property or a modern farm around 12 000 dollars, debt free. Contact by mail wire or phone as requested. Arrange date to view. Phone 468
A feature describes the complicity of a trio headed by George in a paternal intrigue. Key figures and organizations are cited, outlining a dramatic sequence of events, stakes, and shifting loyalties within a crowded social landscape.
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