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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1924
Page
3
Various local notices list services and reminders from City and Coal Co. including fuel, weighed loads, and pricing. Other entries announce chiropodist services, office room rentals near Pocahontas and Federal street, and auto license deadlines with penalties. Public notices include a swimming pool opening by the American Legion in Richlands and hat sale announcements.
Actress Dorothy Mackaill purchased fifty tickets from her Black maid and won an infant orphaned at eleven months. A Los Angeles Baptist church used a drawing to place the child with a family of the child’s race, with Mackaill promising support through infancy.
Miss Ruth Bodell will sing at both services today at Bland Street Methodist Church. For the morning service John Prin die Scott's setting of The Voice in the Wilderness will be sung and in the evening The Lord Is My Light by Oley Speaks will be performed.
Mrs. C. L. Seyler travels to Pittsburg to join sister LaVina Goodlander for an operation at the Homeopathic Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. 8 G Litton and children leave for Meadow View Virginia to spend a week with relatives. Mrs. J W Murphy called to Burton Virginia by her father’s illness. Mr and Mrs George Wolfe of Beckley visit Bluefield. Mr and Mrs A Patrick Wood of Welch are weekend guests in Bluefield.
Little James Litz Jr hosted a small gathering at his Cumberland road home with guests Sam Lambert Jr Judson Lambert Pauline Stump Lou Emma Stump Peggy Smith ulso Smith Peace Greever George Litz and William Litz Refreshments were served and the children enjoyed the evening Lou Emmaump won a candy prize for pinning the donkey's tail Stuart, Mrs Litz’s son, assisted in entertaining the children.
Railroad quarters anticipate an embargo on shipments to the lakes due to severe damage to the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio lines around Sandusky yesterday. Norfolk and Western reports indicate heavy damage to both lines, which could affect lake coal movements from Columbus and local markets still recovering from stagnation.
Jane Murray Mary Hodges Elsa Kent and Madge Burrows formed a human chain to pull a boy to safety from a drowning attempt in Chicago. The quartet acted quickly to save the child from the water.
The Westminster Auxiliary announces an executive meeting on Wednesday at 3 o clock in the church.
The Union Bible Class will meet with Mrs. W. C. Bartle at 207 Fairfax Street Thursday evening at 7 o'clock.
The city’s downtown business district saw a larger Saturday crowd than in weeks due to hot weather. Retailers reported light shopping but stores were crowded, and a missing child in a Federal Street store was later reunited with parents.
More stone is being placed on the east side of Bland Street for retaining walls to be erected in front of property. Contractor Lamanca nears completion of Maple Park Cemetery wall and plans additional walls under city specifications to ensure uniformity.
A late windstorm at Eastport Florida killed two men and left two foot lumber sheds unroofed and partially destroyed. The report notes the incident occurred in the evening and provides sparse details beyond the fatalities and structural damage.
Marie de Latour of Paris is accused of killing a physician in Amiens after he allegedly kissed her. The case centers on alleged motive linked to the physician's actions and the resulting fatal shooting.
Paris Mme Eloise Contignan received $5,000 in her lawsuit against a hairdresser who burned off her blond curls. The ruling details the injury and the defendant’s responsibility in the hair styling incident.
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