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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
6
The Princeton city council imposes automobile parking restrictions near the Power Company and at the Virginian depot forbidding boarding trains and curbside passenger solicitation. Local political and wartime updates follow with candidates and servicemen noted alongside rain damage and draft activity.
G C Legg reports East River and Weaver Wond districts mobilized for thrift stamp drive. Clubs use motto We’ll lick the Kaiser and song Keep the Home Fires Burning. Rain halted a Brushfork center meeting. rescheduled with plans for a big event featuring a guest speaker, cake walk, and dishing contest to boost agricultural club activity.
In Norfolk Virginia and Elizabeth City North Carolina announcements urge sale of War Savings stamps. Mrs L L Belcher and family travel to Parkersburg and Cincinnati. Concrete Steel and Bridge Co Parkersburg to begin Elkhorn River bridge work when water falls. Local social notes list visits and guests.
On Active Service With the American Expeditionary Forces in France May Moore writes from Paris to Bluefield WV friends. He describes sunny spells after months of rain, life at the Y M C A, and daily routines, praises home Liberty Loan support, and hopes to reconnect with Bluefield classmates while awaiting the war’s end.
The ad promotes Zemo from The E. W. Rose Co. Cleveland offering 35¢ or 1 bottle sizes. It claims fast relief from itching pimples eczema blotches ringworms and other eruptions, sanitizing and softening the skin.
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