Personal Paragraphs Brief Local Social Notes
James Washington of New York was in the city yesterday. G. T. Fogle of Honaker Virginia registered at the Altamont. Louis Jaffee left for a business trip to Keystone. Mr and Mrs H L Yost of Taeger visiting friends here. Mrs Henry Peery of Norfolk visiting sister Mrs N Worley. K A Brown lumberman of Ironton Ohio in the city on business. Miss Bessie Godbey returned home after visiting Roanoke. M G Gilmer left for Roanoke to attend his brother’s marriage today. O M Deverle of the Flat Top Fuel Company and family left to spend time at Tran Lithia Springs Tip Top. J D Honaker Jr of Abingdon Va chief clerk to L P Summers in Roanoke on his way to Rocky Gap Va to visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Deverle
Flat Top Fuel Company
Tran Lithia Springs
Tip Top
J. D. Honaker, Jr
Abingdon
L. P. Summers
United States Internal Revenue Collector
Rocky Gap, Va
Notice of Appeal in Mercantile Stock Case
William kK Ross trustee for Consumers Mercantile & Supply Company sues 8. J. Finley and R. G. Garland to collect two shares at 25 each. Trial before Squire Godbey ends in favor of defendants. Ross gives notice of appeal. Finley never signed the subscription. Garland signed but received no stock. The co op offered goods at a ten percent profit and allowed store trade in lieu of cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kk. Ross
Consumers Mercantile & Supply Company
J. Finley
R. G. Garland
Squire Godbey
Mercantile Company
Finley
Ife
Garland
Ross
Victory for city in street paving suit
Judge J C Herndon ruled in favor of Bluefield city against C A Johnston et al to enforce street paving assessments. About 60 70 property owners were involved with roughly 60000 dollars at stake. The ruling confirms two thirds paid by abutting owners and one third by the city on streets without streetcar tracks, with car company handling track payments. The decision likely ends the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Bluefield
C. A. Johnston
J. C. Herndon
Circuit Court
Winston-Salem Southbound Railway bids to start in July
Winston-Salem plans call for immediate construction of the Winston-Salem Southbound Railway. Captain O H P Cornell, chief engineer, was authorized to call for bids with Norfolk and Western to supervise the work. The board hopes the road will be substantially finished within a year. Chief Engineer C B Churchill of Norfolk and Western attended the meeting. He said he had inspected the project site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
N. C
Winston- Salem
O. H. P. Cornell
Wachovia Loan and Trust Company
Norfolk and Western
C. 8. Churchill
Road project gains funding and contractor bids planned
Captain Cornell and Mr. Churchill named Norfolk and Western contractors to bid on the road. President Fries announced the railroad is an assured fact with negotiations completed Friday. The line will be built promptly with top materials and first class equipment to handle heavy future traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Churchill
Norfolk and Western
Fries
Atlantic Coast Line
Pedigo's Carni nal Millinery Sale at Union Park
George, a small man, will make you laugh at the Carni nal in Union Park on June 30 2021. Pedigo's offers Gage hats and millinery at Ferrell Mercantile Co for low prices as they go for a song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Carninal
Union Park
Ferrell Mercantile Co
Noted Sociologists Gather at Sagamore Beach Conference
Noted sociologists from across the United States gather at Sagamore Beach Mass for the third annual sociological conference. The event runs through Thursday night with a limited set of speeches to allow all members to discuss topics. The program lists several topics for discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagamore Beach
Mass
United States
Social Progress and Unrest Topics at Ford Hall Conference
A Boston Ford Hall conference features essays by Kelloggs Ellis Baker Woods Robins Wise and auschenbusch. George W. Coleman heads sessions and leads post address discussions on social reform democracy and cooperative society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A. Kelloggs
William T. Ellis
Philadelphia
Ray Stannard Baker
Robert A. Woods
South End
Boston
Raymond Robins
Chicago
Sagamore
Stephen S. Wise
New York
Walter Auschenbusch
Rochester Theological Seminary
George W. Coleman
Augusta Republicans choose delegates for state and legislat
Staunton Virginia June 29 The Augusta county Republican mass meeting selected delegates to the state convention in Newport News on July 28 and to the local legislative convention. Delegates favored W P Kent consul general to Guatemala for governor though he may resign the consulship to run. Kent previously sought lieutenant governor four years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
Attendance Surpasses Expectations at State Education Convention
Attendance at the Fifty Third Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania State Educational Association in Bethlehem on June 29 exceeded all prior records. Delegates from across the state gathered to discuss educational policy, curriculum innovation, and teacher professional development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania State Educational Association
Bethlehem
Fifty third annual Pennsylvania State Educational Association opens
The conference begins a three day session at Lehigh University Bethlehem with sessions at Packer Memorial Church. Dormitories at Lehigh, Bethlehem Preparatory School, and Moravian College accommodate attendees. Noted speakers include Dr W H Fannce, E D Warfield, Dr John A W Haas, Rabbi Stephen Wise, and Dr W J Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Fannce
Brown University
E. D. Warfield
Lafayatte College
John A. W. Iiaas
Muhlenberg College
Stephens. Wise
New York
W. 3. Franklin
Lehigh University
Dinner talk and a child's question in Milwaukee
A visitor asks Mrs. Goldrox about her daughter WKke Chopin. Myre replies the daughter is splendid and recalls having tofey for dinner. She praises it as lovely when boiled in a casual Milwaukee Sentinel style snippet.
Man’s suicide linked to unhappy home in paper tale
Mr Wallace narrates a story of a man who killed himself due to family unhappiness. Mrs Wallace questions whether the home was unhappy enough to drive the act, and whether the paper mentions a happier outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wallace
Mrs. Wallace
Magnate Offers One Hundred Thousand for College Edifice
A backroom exchange hints at funding a college project with tainted money to cover damage to reputation. A president insists that even vast sums fail to justify ethical compromise.
Unclear dialogue sparks furnace complaint in Miwaukep
Fragmentary dialogue from Miwaukep Wisconsin describes a heated exchange about a malfunctioning furnace grate. The speaker urges an automobilist to inspect the blaze and fix the obstruction. No further context or names are clearly readable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miwaukep
Wisconsin
The Big Sale Continues at Ferrell Mercantile Co
Citizens urged to seek Foley's Kidney Remedy for early kidney and bladder trouble as Bright's disease concern rises. medicine sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Foley
All Drug
Igiate
Summer Time and Stationery Advice From Berkshire Lifks
Summer time offers freedom from social obligations and a chance to write long overdue letters. Take good stationery to the shore or mountains and choose the finest products made in the Berkshire Lifks of Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettleton
Berkshire
Massachiaeelis
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E.S. Pedigo
Salé
M. G. Wiilson
Comppany
Rinceton
gMac
Whitlow Paint & Paper Co
Pulaski Street
W. Va
Kelley & Moyer Bupa
Bluefield, W. VA
James Washington
City
G. T. Fogle
Honaker, Va
Altamont
Louis Jaffee
Keystone
H. L. Yost
Taeger
Henry Peery
Norfolk
8. N. Worley
K. A. Brown
Ironton
Ohio
Bessie Godbey
Roanoke
M. G. Gilmer
DSS
Consumers Mercantile Company
Finley and Garland
Norfolk and Western Athintic Oast
White Pharmacy
Keni
Knox
Metropolitan
Shumate Glothing Company
Schloss Bros. & Go
Edwin Clapp
Shumate Clothing CO
Princeton Avenue
Guatemala
Haden
Mbationery
Eaton, Crane & Pike
Flat Top Book & Stationery Company
Bland ST. Bluefield, W. VA
Travel
Virginian Railway
Charleston
Roanoke, Va
Norfolk, Va
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