Princeton Criminal Court Opens With Grand Jury
The Princeton criminal court will convene Monday with Hon. George L. Dillard as presiding judge. The July grand jury sessions include representatives from Beaver Pond Rock East River Plymouth Jumping Branch. Court aims to clear the docket by Tuesday night ahead of the Fourth, with possible adjournment by July 16 due to harvests. A suit was filed in circuit court by W. H. Wallingford against W. I. Snider, administrator of R. R. Brown, in chancery. Roy Combs was fined 100 dollars and jailed thirty days after arrest and escape attempt. Reid C. R. Reid faced liquor possession charges and received 100 dollars fine and thirty days. Prayer meeting canceled due to chautauqua. Mrs. H. E. Spangler won a diamond ring in a carnival drawing. The article mentions plans to seek bids for building additions at an estimated first-unit cost around 75,000 dollars.
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Criminal Court
George L. Dillard
Beaver Pond
D. B. Brookman
A. M. Belcher
Charley Surface
E. H. Looney
Rock District
Pen Maxey
al. Danielly
BE. C. Wright
E. F. Karnes
East River District
J. M. Smith
J. D. Gott
T. J. Caffee
W. C. Jackson
Plymouth
D. L. Thompson
J. A. Cooper
I. J. Elligon
Thomas H. McBride
Dillard
Circuit Court
W. H. Wallingford
W. I. Snider
R. R. Brown
Reid C. R. Reid
O. C. Snodgrass
Rock
Squire O. O. Karnes
Cecil Stevena
Reid
Snodgrass
Moonshine Still Seized In Ashland Home Raid
Sheriff Crumpecker and Deputy Dan Franklin seized a hidden closet in Floyd Ashland’s home between Rock View and Montcalm, finding a 22 gallon liquor stash and full distilling equipment. Ashland was jailed after a preliminary hearing. the still and liquor were taken to the Princeton jail yard.
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Crumpecker
Floyd Ashland
Rock View
Montcalm
Ashland
Dan Franklin
Squire O. O. Karnes
Princeton
For Sale Homes and Farms in Princeton Area
For sale listings include a 7 room home near Glenwood Park with 6 acres and 75 acre farm with a farmhouse, both on hard road with water heat and lights. Several small lots with water rights on Princeton Bluefield car line. a fruit tree filled lot near Princeton. and a 15 room brick home on satisfactory terms. Prices start at $27,000. Easy terms and balance to suit purchaser. Auto may be accepted as part payment.
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Glenwood Park
Princeton-Bluefield
Princeton
Princeton Paraphrase Dance and Army Store Clearance
Wednesday night at Glenwood Park features the Princeton Paraphrase dance with admission of 1 dollar and Bob Hoke's string band. A big clearance sale at the Army and Navy Store urges men to take advantage and shop now. Prof C A Gouf of Mullens WV is hospitalized in Lancaster Ohio in critical condition. Mildred Hummel, Princeton granddaughter, is summering at home. Radio outlets report Houston and Kansas City signals amid reception issues due to erotic interference.
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Glenwood Park
Bob Hoke
Army Store
C. A. Gouf
Mullens
W. Va
Lancaster
Ohio
Mildred Hummel
Princeton
Houston
Kansas City
For Rent Cottage Near Memorial Hospital
Three room cottage on Princeton Avenue two blocks from Memorial hospital available for rent. Apply to W. H. Malcolm.
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Princeton Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Missionary Circles and Social Visits Highlight Week
The Christian church missionary circles plan Thursday afternoon meetings in eight circles led by Mrs. Coffin, Mrs. Burwell, Mrs. Johnson, and Mrs. Bingham. Rev. Priddy hosted a Tuesday noon dinner at Circle Drive with guests Long, Schular, and Laird. Weekend visitors included Hedrick and Scaggs staying with the Woodson on Honaker Avenue.
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The
Christian Church
A. A. Coffin
Honaker Avenue
W. B. Burwell
Center Street
W. A. Johnson
Bee Street
C. W. Bingham
Princeton Avenue
Thomas Priddy
Circle Drive
D. Long
Bluefield
T. C. Schular
G. M. Laird
Mire
Thomas Hedrick
Huntington
H. F. Scaggs
Lewisburg
Gladys Hedrick
New York
J. ©. Woodson
Junior Town of the Redpath Meeting Plans Parade
The junior town's gathering opened at 10 o'clock with Mayor Irvan Reeves presiding. After minutes and commissions’ reports, plans were laid for the coming week and a parade with a best float prize was announced for next Saturday following the health minstrel.
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Redpath
Irvan Reeves
Local Scouts Attend Princeton Event and Baseball Outcome
Troop No. 115 of Hinton entertained in Princeton with a social meal and a talk by Dr. Wallingford on Heroes of Science after a 13 to 11 Princeton victory in a close afternoon baseball game. Leaders and scouts from Hinton were listed among attendees.
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Hinton
Seeney
Princeton
Boy Scouts of
A. R. Kyle
Albert Reynolds, Jr
Dr. Wallingford
B. Paul
Harry Wickline
Ray Hayth
Carol Miller
Bill
Memorial Building Plans To Be Reviewed By Officials
Mercer county soldiers and sailors memorial building directors will meet with the county court on July 9 at the regular meeting to confer on the plans and possible changes. The session aims to review the memorial project with county officials and determine next steps for construction and funding.
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Mercer County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building
Thousands of Baby Chicks Reach City via Parcel Post
The Princeton post office reports 14 576 one day old chicks arrived since April 1 destined for local chicken growers and fanciers. The largest shipment this year was 1000 chicks, compared with 5000 last year. Casualties were few and regulations limit parcel post to one day old birds.
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Princeton
Lost Shaefer pencil engraved H Effron returned
En graved Shaefer pencil bearing the name H Effron was lost. Finder urged to return it to the Army and Navy Store for restitution.
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Shaefer
H. Effron
Army and Navy
Bags With Appliques Of Straw Recent Fad
Paris reports a new fashion fad featuring bags with straw appliques. The fine weave straw is durable and pairs with straw motifs used as hat insets. Natural colored straws are favored with ankle monograms on hose becoming a recent eccentric style.
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Paris
Oil Outshines Gold in California Over Fifty Years
California produced far more value in oil than gold over the last fifty years. Gold output valued at 345,546,000 dollars versus oil valued at 2,559,294,000 dollars, highlighting oil as the state's dominant mineral wealth.
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California
Four Teams Adopt New Game Schedule in Coalfield League
At a Welch meeting, Keystone North Bluefield Mullens and Welch approved a revised schedule amid disbandment rumors. Four teams remain, with extra Sunday games and hope of self sufficiency. standings to be published soon as Vernees finalizes the new schedule.
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WELCH
Coalfield Baseball League
W. R. Werness
Kimball
Coalwood
Bluefield
Mullens
Keystone North
Vernees
Four Winds
Ich
Opening of Coney Island park announced for next Friday
Readied for a grand opening at 1 PM with improved grounds, a modern hall and swimming pool, shaded picnic areas, and sanitary eating stands. Security measures and park rules ensure a wholesome family atmosphere. Also noted are local incidents and notable residents in Welch and surrounding towns.
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Coney Island Park
Coney Island
Gary
Coalwood
River Lumber Company
Welch
Mercer
Wyoming
Mingo
McDowell
West Virginia
Elect
Judge Sets Sale of Coal Company Aside
Judge J C Hernion of the circuit court set aside the property sale after discovering an error following the bid confirmation by D J F Stre ther, local attorney for the Flannan coal property. The court learned the attorney for the purchaser held conflicting interests in the transaction.
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D. J. F. Strether
Flannan
J. C. Hernion
Circuit Court
Big Eagle Coal Faces Set Aside Confirmation
The Big Eagle Coal company appears in a case where a circuit judge who is a shareholder had a confirmation set aside at once. The action raises questions about conflicts of interest and rapid court ruling.
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Big Eagle Coal Company
Welch Personal Includes Visits by John Gildereleeve
John Gildereleeve noted English merchant spent Tuesday in Welch on business. Mrs Julius Goodman and son Al are mentioned in the same item as residents or visitors connected to the Welch scene.
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John Gildereleeve
Welch
Julius Goodman
Redpath Chautauqua Opens Today in Welch High
The 1928 Redpath Chautauqua opens this afternoon at Welch High School auditorium with a Shumate Brothers concert. Kiwanians report lively season ticket sales to benefit underprivileged children, aiming to fund committee work for the group. Argentina surpasses U S in agricultural exports, with last year’s figure 1.5 times 1923 and 96 percent of exports agricultural.
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Redpath Chautauqua
Welch High School
Shumate Brothers Quartet
Welch
Chautauqua
Kiw
Kiwanians
Argentina
United States
Department of Agriculture
Colds Treated with Aspirin Laxative Named Asper-Lax
Doctors claim colds and flu are caused by toxic poisons and can be broken up with aspirin. The article notes a laxative called Asper-Lax is given, moving and eliminating toxins.
Miners Slated for Severe Injuries After Separate Minings
James Gearheart of Booth-Bowen Coal at Freeman and N C Taylor of Switchback Mine Pocahontas Fuel were admitted to Bluefield sanitarium for injuries from separate incidents. Gearheart underwent amputation of his left leg after a late Monday injury. Taylor suffers crushing chest and hip injuries from a fall yesterday morning.
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James Gearheart
Freeman
N. C. Taylor
Booth-Bowen Coal Company
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Bluefield Sanitarium Yes
Gearheart
Taylor
Upside Down World Studied by Scientists
Worcester scientists at Clark University test inverted vision using kinases worn for two week periods. Dr. Walter Hunter and graduate students P H Pward Norman L Munn study how upside down images distort sight and separate it from touch and hearing to reveal coordination of the senses.
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Worcester
Mass
Clark University
Walter 8. Hunter
Department of
P. H. Pward
Norman L. Munn
Amsterdam Letters Posted On Trolleys
Amsterdam June 26 The foreign visitor in Holland notices mail boxes are infrequent and the custom of locals to drop letters in boxes attached to streetcars near major railway stations and the main post office. The system aims to ensure delivery to the main post office or railway post office within about thirty minutes.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Fog Delays Arctic Rescue Efforts Near Spitsbergen
In Kings Bay June 26 milder weather yet fog hinders aviators and marines seeking survivors of the Nobile expedition and Roald Amundsen’s rescue plane. Once fog lifts, work will press closer to six marooned near Foya island as Nobile’s Italia base ship Citta di Milano nears the Hinlopen Strait entry.
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Kings Bay
Spitsbergen
Arctic
Toghy
Roald Amundsen
Ehipa
Foya Island
Nobile
Ehip
Citta di Milano
Hiniopen Strait
Farm values rise with American farms valued high
Farm value in the United States reached about 17.7 billion dollars last year, marking a 9.73 percent increase. Among states, ten recorded slight declines in farm value while overall gains were reported.
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Combs
Roy Combs
Lerena
W. W. Creasy
C. E. Hawkes
Dave Thompson
Squire R. A. Martin
Presbyterian Church
G.h.crumpecker
Harry Oxley
George
L. P. Cormany
College Avenue
W. W. Hamilton
Wallace Street
Ann Boggs
Jacksons Mills
Billy and
Paul Morrison
George Coffin
Aker Avenue
Lesstey
Scoommanie
Denny Shuff
H. E. DeJarnette
Richmond
F. M. Keefer
Frederick
Camp Houston
Keefer
Staunton Military Academy
Eric DeBrick
H. B DeJarnette
Bluefield Yester
John Fredeking
New Gott
Philadelphia
Dorothy
Jack
Louise Stafford
Ene
Shawnee
Madie McGlothiin
Pete
Parkersburg
Jamison
Episcopal Church
Bramwell
Edmund Thompson
J. Andrew Gott
Jack Hampton
Billy
Gott
Fred Linkous
Opal
Fifth Street
Charleston
Raymond Scruggs
Delville
Sallie Chestnutt
Fairfax Hall
Cotley Snidow
Chestnutt
Scruggs
John Herring
Pennsylvania
W. H. Roberts
Neapolis
Rotary International
Roberts
Rotary Club
By Williams
Jim
Trwillans
Ien
W. H. Malcolm
Princeton Society
Harriet Woolfolk
Christian Circles
Gilbert
Uipwow
John Harris
Roy
Ray Brown
Punchy
Bus
Bobby Nealy
Billy Richmond
Buddy Edmonds
Charles
Nathan Anderson
Johnny Honaker
Sheriff Hayth
Paul
Billy Morrison
Norman Crouse
Ray Pollock
Howard Deaver
Junior Price
Jimmy Beasley
William Webber
Julian Pitzer
Bill Abrams
Mullena
George B. Halstead
Wyoming County
Northfork
Pineville
Winding Gulf
R. E .L. Strider
Merrill Callaway
Clarence Norris
Fred Mole
J. B. Thompson
George Sands
G. B. Hall
R. W. Hibbert
Norvel Lee
W. B. Morris
Charles Thrasher
Fred B. Lee
Lake Shawnee
Erma Riner
Hale Avenue
Mercer-Wyom Realty
Downey-Chambers Bldg
Princeton, W. Va
Keystone- Northfork
S. Julia Cody Goodman
Buffalo Bill
Mrs. Goodman
F. A. Goodman
H. J. Goodman
Ion
Woodlawn Court
Jonburg
W. B. Stevens
Bekman
Milltown
Joe Stevens
Eckman
George W. Howard
J. N. Harmon Jr
Federal Court
F. K. Day
A. G. Rutherford
Welch Hospital No. 1
James Caffee
J. Ed Blakely
H. W. Herndon
Cincinnati
Graham Sale
Abingdon
Edward O’toole Jr
Helen
Christiansburg
Goodrich Sale
Buddy” Hughes
Jaeger
Tom Mooney
San Quentin Prison
Mooney
A. A. Herrman
Denver
Dr. Herrman
Amundsen
E. Lundborg
Foyn Island
Account la
King's Bay
Bay
Vincenzo Pomella
Latham
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