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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1928
Page
12
Bluefield Virginia June 30 192 Virginia sidelights report pastor M C Hughes will preach Sunday at 11 on Gods Workmanship and discuss Ready For the Dawning at night Sunday school starts 9 45 with classes for all Mrs J F Galloway hosts Susanna Wesley club at Graham Avenue home with pink decorations.
Oklahoma delegates bring a band and costumes to Houston for the Democratic nominating season. Contests test knowledge with poems and biblical trivia, followed by a Dunbar life story presentation. Visitors share refreshments as Al Smith and Robinson views stir barber shops and streets. Strawberry crop dwindles in Virginia, signaling the end of a large season.
T. S. Lypes a traveling salesman from Chicago House Furnishing Company returned home Thursday after a trip through the coalfields. He said truck gardening there shows greater prowess than in this section with beans ready to pull and tomatoes almost as large as hen eggs. crops lower in the valley are farther advanced.
Members of the Virginia Side Business Men’s club were royally entertained last night during a dinner event hosted by local business leaders. The gathering featured speeches and fellowship highlighting the group’s civic activities and future plans.
A small tornado accompanied by heavy rain struck the Virginia side on Thursday night. Winds blew for over an hour, creating narrow streams in streets and roadsides. Branches were torn from trees but no serious damage was reported in Clinch and Bluestone valleys.
In Palmer Hall the Gra ham Methodist church women presented an annual pageant after a 6:45 dinner for more than 50 business men and church ladies. The entertaining event featured a coat of women presenting world characters and was among their most elaborate productions to date.
In West Branch Iowa on June 20 Mrs Jennie Scellars keeper of the house where Herbert Hoover was born finds 110 signatures in a guest book added by visitors since his nomination. The born room gains visitors as motorists stop near the highway while Scellars contemplates turning the house into a tea room to earn income amid national interest.
A woman jokes about sharing funny stories with her children and visitors as tourists come to learn where Hoover was born. The scene shifts to her laughing and preparing the front porch room for guests who want to see the birthplace and the famous book on display.
Funeral services will be at 2 o clock this afternoon for Miss Thelma Thomason Smith 24 wife of Roy Smith whose death occurred yesterday morning at 7 o'clock at the Smith home in the Hurricane section of Mercer county. Services will be held at the Smith location.
Mrs Thomason, born and raised in Mercer County near Princeton, died from complications. Survived by her husband, two children Cecil Ray aged 2 and a 12 day old daughter, her mother, and several sisters and brothers including Martha, Viola, Gladys, Louise Thomason, Willie Thomason, Mrs EB I Hylton, and Mrs C J Kman. Sister Sallie Thomason preceded her in death.
Dr. George West Diehl president of Concord College Athens will preach Sunday morning and evening at College Avenue Baptist church Bluefield This will be his first appearance at the church and his first visit here for an address in some time Rev Howard L Weeks pastor has been out of the city for a week Also a weather note lists Clarksburg Cumberland Jeannette and Scottdale Johnstown games affected by rain with scores or calls.
An explosion at the Baby Rice Popcorn stand caused over $1,000 in damage yesterday to tenants at the Honaker property on Federal street and Princeton avenue. Firemen contained the blaze to the popcorn area but smoke and water damaged Cole's flower shop and adjacent businesses. Cole's stock, valued at $4,000 with $1,500 insured, suffered about $700 in losses. No insurance covered the popcorn stand or the other shops.
A pharmacist promotes a new prescription named B C that promises fast headache relief within minutes. The ad claims no mood drop or after effects and touts its safety and rapid action for various headache causes. It urges readers to ask their druggist for the product or write to Be Dept. 14 in Durham.
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