Prohibition Debate Rages In Congress Over Dry Agent Plan
Congress mounts another prohibition debate as lawmakers clash over 235 additional dry agents. Maryland Republican Hill accuses Treasury officials of planning undercover spying on state officials. Upshaw calls for strict Volstead act observance while mocking Democratic ambitions for liquor sobriety in key states.
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Treasury
Potomac
Mississippi
Representative Hill
Maryland
Andrews
Upshaw
New York
New Jersey
Bible School Opens at First Presbyterian Monday
The Daily Vacation Bible School at First Presbyterian Church will open Monday at 9 am with a devotional in the Sabbath school assembly room led by Rev. Samuel W. Moore. Miss Nannie Kessler leads the program with department superintendents and trained assistants guiding crafts, sewing, singing, and church history lessons. Adults may join the intermediate history class and must register before 9 am Monday.
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Rence
Samuel W. Moore
Nannie Kessler
Walter B. Hancock
Paul
Hudgin
Beaver High School
Andrew Morsh
Spencer Armistead
Kessler
Death of Mrs. J A Given of Charleston Honored in Richwood
Obituary from the Nicholas Republican Richwood details the life and death of Mrs. J A Given born Nov 24 1858 in Yorkshire England. She married J H Anderson in 1878 and later J A Given. Survived by five children and many relatives across West Virginia Ohio and Parkersburg Richwood and Stranger Creek were among towns listed. Funeral at M E B Church South Richwood conducted by Rev H K Moore drew a large crowd with out of town relatives attending.
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Charleston
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Bluefeld
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Richwood
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Margaret Elliott
Yorkshire
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J. H. Anderson
Town
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Akron
Ohio
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Parkersburg
Ernest Anderson
Strange Creek
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Webster Springs
Ladies’ Missionary Society of Calvary Methodist Church
Two Negroes Held for Grand Jury Action
Milton West and Charlie Brown, both colored, were arraigned on house breaking warrants. Police arrested them after they entered several ice boxes and kitchens in the Johnson Giles street area. Squire Kitts held them for the grand jury and they were sent to Princeton jail.
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Brown
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Princeton
Nation pays homage to heroes of Indian fights
Crow Agency Mont June 26 The nation paid homage to its heroes of Indian campaign as an unidentified soldier killed with General Custer received full military funeral honors after fifty years. The body found by road workers was laid to rest near the proposed battlefield monument as the sev enth cavalry band played a dirge. The tomahawk of White Bull Sioux chief, who aided in the Little Big Horn defeat, joined the grave alongside a granite memorial dedicated by General KE S&S Godfree.
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Narrows club to run girls camp in Giles County
The Business Men's Club of Narrows Virginia will operate a girls camp starting July 6 on the Shumate property by Wolfe Creek for girls aged 11 to 25. Miss Aylla Saunier of New York, a camp expert, will oversee with assistants and instructors. A small board charge will apply, with some attendees possible free of charge as organizers seek applicants across the region.
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Narrows
Shumate
Wolfe Creek
Aylla Saunier
New York
Father Mullen of Lincolnton Buried in Lincolnton
J W Mullen of Lincolnton North Carolina father of Mrs T M Epperson of Bluefield died Thursday in Memorial Hospital New York at sixty two and was buried yesterday in Lincolnton Edward S Mullen of the Tampa Times traveled to New York and back with the remains eleven children survive him.
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Lincolnton
N. C
T. M. Epperson
Bluefield
Memorial Hospital
New York
Mullen
North Carolina
Edward S. Mullen
Tampa
Skeleton Found in Abandoned Coal Mine Near Webster Springs
A skeleton believed to be George Holligan Bennett was found in an abandoned coal mine one mile north of Webster Springs, ending a three year mystery. A skull hole suggests murder. a ring with Bennett’s initials and other items were with the bones. A coroner's jury investigates as Bennet disappeared en route to his sister's home at Grandorff.
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Webster Springs
W. Va
George Holligan Bennett
Here
G. H. Miller
Wm. Oxley
Bennett
W. M. Studevan
Orandorff
Discarded Sweetheart of Durkin Takes Stand
Betty Andrewserner testified Durkin warned of a shootout with police when returning from California in a stolen car with her. The defense argues Durkin did not know Edwin Shanahan was a federal agent when police attempted the arrest. Andrewserner denied immunity.
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Chicago
Betty Andrews Erner
Martin J. Durkin
Edwin Shanahan
Durkin
California
Shanahan
Vacation Bible School Enrollment and Activities Planned
Tomorrow at 3 PM students enroll at the First Church for the Daily Vacation Bible School. A church auto ride follows and attendees may bring horns and flags. The program features verse contests, sword drills, stories, handwork, and Friday moving pictures with a focus on constructive study of the Bible.
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Clingenpeel
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Virginia
Miss Helen
Indictment against a Dead Man Nolled in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia Judge John Ritz nolled an indictment against Fred King for stealing an automobile ten years ago. King fled after aiding two inmates in a jail break and was never found. It was learned he had joined the army overseas and was killed in action, prompting the nol pros.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Intermediate Court
John Ritz
Fred King
King
Bert McConnell
Ohio County
Toledo
A. C. Schiffier
Ritz
Wife Slayer Forgiven by Father-in-Law in Cambridge
Hazelton Trueman Price, who killed his wife Pauline Price, was forgiven by his father-in-law Alonzo H. Abbott who spoke from the hospital cot where Price, near death from self inflicted poison, lay awaiting his daughter's body. Abbott wished him luck and recovery as he sent the forgiveness.
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Hazelton Trueman Price
Alonzo H. Abbott
Cambridge
Abbott
Price
Pauline
Flooded Leon Guanajuato faces mass casualties in Mexico
Reports from Mexico describe hundreds dead after two weeks of torrential rain. Debris filled streets and trenches hid many bodies in Leon Guanajuato, with 30,000 pesos property damage and estimates of 100 to 1,000 casualties. Relief efforts rely on mule back and limited rail access as aid shipments struggle to reach the stricken area.
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el University
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Nogales Herald
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Mexico
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Leonis
Mexican National Railway
Pioneer merchant Joseph Hartley dies en route home
Fairmont West Virginia June 26 Joseph Milton Hartley eighty three year old pioneer merchant dies suddenly on a train in Nebraska while returning from Denver with his son Harry J Hartley and family. Hartley head of the Hartley department store and a Civil War veteran leaves three sons Carney Hartley and Mrs Glenn Greer among others. Funeral planned for Wednesday with funeral party reaching Chicago Sunday morning.
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W. Va
Joseph Milton Hartley
Nebraska
Denver
Colorado
Harry J. Hartley
Chicago
Hartley
North Platt
Kearney
Ordination Service At First Christian Church
This morning at 11 o clock the First Christian church will hold a special ordination service during which Virgil Lowder will be ordained to the gospel ministry. Lowder a Bluefield resident and church member is a Beaver High School and Lynchburg College graduate currently serving as assistant pastor. The service will be assisted by Rev. Floyd Black and church elders. Black and Lowder both graduated with high honors from Lynchburg College this month.
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Bluefield
Beaver High School
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Yale School of Religion
New Haven
Conn
Daredevil Dugan to Feature At Fair Grounds Race
The American Legion Automobile Races committee reports Daredevil Dugan will perform as a special feature on Monday July 5. He leaps from a moving car at 75 mph using a Jordan Straight and aims to light upon his feet. Dugan has been filmed by Pathe and starred in moving pictures nationwide.
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Fair Grounds
Daredevil
Dugan
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Jordan
Tremors near Washington Dull Georgetown Seismograph
Earth tremors began at 2 58 p m and lasted four and a half hours were recorded by the Georgetown University seismograph. The epicenter was about 5 000 meters south of Washington and the announcement called it a gigantic disturbance.
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Washington
Georgetown University
Money speeds up as $1 bill life shortens
Washington June 24 The $1 bill now lasts six months down from twenty months a decade ago. The worn currency replacement cost rises to $4 000 000 yearly prompting treasury steps to reduce elastic wear and improve life of the notes.
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Washington
Treasury Department
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