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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1928
Page
12
Bluefield Virginia news reports a large prayer gathering in Palmer hall urging the Democratic party to nominate “good men” for president and vice president as Houston readies for the national convention. The event involved Billy Sunday club members and local congregants.
J. Fred Brown 35 died Monday at his Greever avenue home from blood poisoning after infected tonsils. A World War veteran and N and W railway bridge gang worker, he was a Cedar Bluff native with a widow Miss Fannie Compton and several siblings. Funeral 3:30 p.m. at West Graham Methodist with Rev. Trigg James and Rev. Mahood. Maple Hill Cemetery burial.
Virginia observers report intensifying debate over Governor Smith’s nomination at the Houston convention. Senate allies oppose Smith while several Virginia delegates reportedly back the New York governor. Governor Byrd and Senator Glass are cited as opposing Smith, with ex-Governor Trinkle absent.
Sidelights from Virginia note the corn belt’s significance while Nan Crockett and Lois Benbow recount two weeks in Kansas City with Mrs. Carlisle Peters. They toured parts of Kansas and Missouri and shared impressions. Weeds trouble graziers in Clear Fork district as tall grass and a weed crop threaten meadows. Donald Sanders and James Davidson blame winter frost for grass dieback and a big weed crop. Committees were named for the Billy Sunday club after a recent election with J F Callaway as president and B E Talbert as vice president. Extensions and program, prayer meeting, music, and publicity panels are listed with members. The club meets in Palmer Hall each Monday evening and invites public attendance. Joseph F. Johnson, 76, former Duhring resident and lumber man in Mercer county, died in Coeburn. he was the father of the late R E Johnson of Bluefield.
The document dated May 5 shows Mrs. C. E. Painter and the minister of the Holston conference arranged his funeral in detail. Richmond dispatches report Virginia short ballot amendments passing by about 8000 votes with the ninth and seventh districts approving. Slemp is named as a stockholder in the Old Sweet Springs company under new ownership.
Mrs R Cawthorne and her three children arrived from Appomattox to join her husband at his local headquarters. The Cawthornes are prominent Baptist church members near the site famous for General Lee's surrender. Mrs J S Richardson and Miss Sally Miller escaped serious injury in a Mingo county automobile accident as Dr Richardson’s car tumbled off a bank. Mrs G M Goodwin returned from Salem after a weekend visit with sister Mrs Charles Wilson.
The Grand Piano company on Bland Street received a new shipment of Columbia records featuring hits by Paul Whiteman's orchestra. Whiteman has just signed an exclusive contract with Columbia. The selection includes Viva-Tonal records and other Columbia and Victor artists. the public is invited to listen.
The final lamplighter in Chicago retires as Oakley Boulevard, the city’s only gas lit street, is modernized with electric illumination. The move marks the end of an era in Chicago street lighting.
John Gilbert and Greta Garbo reunite in MGM adaptation of Anna Karenina with Gilbert as Vronsky and Garbo as Anna. Edmund Goulding directs the lavish drama set in pre revolutionary Russia with strong supporting turns from George Fawcett Brandon Hurst Emily Fitzroy and Philippe De Lacy.
Reverend James H. Lotspeich began a protracted meeting at Greenview Church near Ceres on the Princeton road, six miles from Bluefield, on Monday night. The article notes ongoing services led by the pastor at the nearby M. E. church.
An advertisement offers free guidance to women suffering ovarian pains headaches or nervous disorders. Mia Ellen Lovell at 6297 Mass Kansas City Missouri promises home remedies and testimonials from women who report relief and renewed wellbeing with no sales involved.
Paris reports John D. Rockefeller Jr. donated 260 000 francs about 50 000 dollars for eight clerestory windows restoration at Chartres cathedral. The appeal invites public attendance nightly at 8 o'clock this week.
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