Forum Club Meeting Highlights Poets Riley Guest
Forum Literary Club session at Mrs C S Thomas home on Walnut Street featured readings about James Whitcomb Riley and Edgar A Guest. Mrs Letcher, Mrs Verminnion, Mrs Kidd and Miss Harrold presented poems and papers with music by Mrs Ketterm and Nell Noel noted for forthcoming programs. A marriage of Alta Gosnell and Thomas Dickinson was performed by Rev Z B Randall yesterday at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forum Club
Forum Literary Club
C. Shomas
Walnut Street
A. P. Spangler
Annie L. Hopns
Harper
Billy Kidd
Edgar Guest
Roanoke
All America
B. K. Ketr@m
Lindy
Nell McIntosh Noel
Noel
Charleston
Mary
Lucille Thomas
Wilmonth
Kate Barger
Alta Gosnell
Thomas Dickinson
Raven, Va
Z. B. Randall
Methodist Church
Parlor Wedding Plans at Gott Undertaking on Mercer
In a curious notice the Gott Undertaking Company on Mercer Street is described as the ideal parlor for a marriage ceremony. The fragment suggests a wedding plan and venue choice tied to the firm’s premises.
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Gosnell-Dickinson
Gott Undertaking Company
Mercer Street
Misa
Surprise Birthday Party for Mrs Elizabeth Lawrence
A delightful surprise party was hosted Friday night at the Straley avenue home of Mr. and Mrs. J M Barton. Guests included Mrs Elizabeth Lawrence visiting Mrs Burch and many Barton family members. Music games and refreshments followed the honoring of Mrs Lawrence who expressed heartfelt appreciation for the gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Barton
Straley Avenue
Barton
Kk. C. Barton
Elizabeth Lawrence
Lawrence
Burch
W. J. Barton
Florence Farley
J. K. Lusk
R. H. Lawrence
Carl Martin
Lelia Moore
W. H. Barton
Blouise
Mark
E. R. Crotty
Josephine
Louise
EK. R, Jr
W. H. Lawrence
Lola Cr
Circle No 2 Missionary Society Meeting Recap
Circle No 2 of the Methodist Missionary Society met last Thursday with fourteen members and three guests. Mrs. Murphy led devotions, Retta Murphy sang, and Margaret Johnston performed with piano accompaniment. A social hour followed with a salad course cake and coffee. Next month the circle will meet with Mrs J S Chambers on Center street hosted by Mrs Chambers and Mrs W C Kane Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Missionary Society
S. A. Overstreet
J. S. Chambers
Center Street
Chambers
W. C. Kane, Jr
Circle meetings set for Thursday at Virginian Hotel
Circle No. 1 of the Presbyterian church chaired by Mrs. Charles McIntosh plans Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Virginian Hotel with Mrs. Frank Welburn as hostess. All members urged to attend as it is the last meeting of the church year.
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Circle
Circle No. 1
The
Presbyterian Church
Charles McIntosh
Virginian Hotel
Frank Welburn
D. T. Carr
College Avenue
Princeton Personal Roundup of Visiting Residents
L F Bailey from Jumping Branch district and John Kirk from North Dakota visited Princeton yesterday. S A Tabor of McComas attended to business Tuesday. Mrs G B Sinclair of Washington and Mrs Joe Wyse of Pearlsburg Va travel home after visiting for the funeral of Mrs C R McNutt. W A Tabor visited from Bluefield Va for a short time with nephew M C Thomason. D C Borrer was in Bluefield on business. Charles McKeon sold a set of false teeth after her husband’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
L. F. Bailey
Jumping Branch
John Kirk
North, Dakota
S. A. Tabor
McComas
G. B. Sinclair
Washington
Joe Wyse
Pearlsburg
Joe’ Barber
Hale” Avenue
Sinclair
Wyse
C. R. McNutt
W. A. Tabor
Bluefield
M. C. Thomason
Bee Street
A. Overstreet
D. C
Borrer
Grace Hospital
Cunningham
W. S. Gildersleeve
Duseirer
Ma H. T. Graham
Anawalt
McDowell County Court
Welch
M. K. Murphy
War
Harve Johnson
E. J.’ Berlin
Coalwood
Bruce ‘Cook
Saeger
Andrew Weismann
Pomeroy, O
Frank
Volunteer Sunday for Princeton Presbyterians
Presby terians of Princeton prepare for Volunteer Sunday with all members urged to pledge support for the church year beginning April 1. Volunteers will pass the hollot roi to collect offerings after church services, while officers call on absentees March 22. Target budget is 7500 plus organ pledge 4000, with at least 800 in Sunday school attendees. Dr Diehl and the pastor will speak on being a Volunteer.
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Presbyterians of
Princeton
Hirch
House of God
Woman's Auxiliary
Diehl
Alleged Traffic Violators Fined By Police Court
In police court yesterday Ray Brown was fined 12.70 for speeding. He was arrested Monday night near the cemetery with others on charges of parking without rights and overloading a touring car. Coombs paid 15.75 for overloading and taxi-driver summons. Glenn Williams received 10 and costs for lacking an operator's card. James Duncan of Montcalm was fined 5 and costs for missing proper plates and Will Reynolds of Matoaka fined 1 and costs for leaving his operator's license at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Brown
C. H. Shepherd
Brown
Fielder
Creasy and Hawkes
Justice of the Peace
T, C
Hubbard
Coombs
T. C. Hubbard
Glenn Williams
Willams
Squire Hubbard
Senator White
State Road Commission
Bl. McKenzie
Montcalm
Matorka
James Duncan
Will
Reynolds
Matoaka
Costa
Real Almanac Spring Due In Ten Days
Real Almanac spring is expected in ten days with mixed weather. Robins and bluebirds arrive in limited numbers, their songs heard in early mornings around town. A notable absence is the town cow, sidelined by city officials to the junk pile. Princeton may open lawns and gardens to owners for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Springtime in Princeton as stores display garden stock
The town eases into spring with shop windows filling with garden and flower seed signs. Onion beds are prepared, lettuce sown, and preparations for spring cleaning start. Local notes mention trout stocking plans for nearby creeks, a wildlife stock request, auctions, church gatherings, and upcoming store openings at Santon Brothers on Mercer Street with new fixtures and spring fashion displays.
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Mercer Street
Santon Brothers Department Store
Princeton Paragraphs and Local Notices
Local classifies list rentals in Princeton with large rooms and flat options, plus a brick-box directory update. Marriages were licensed for Carter Wilson, Dixon Gosnell, Lyon Farley. a chancery suit by Mercer Securities against Harman proceeds. A theatre ad promotes Dangerous Money at Royal Theatre and Marriage Gamble engagement with vaudeville. Wild Life League notes 20,000 rainbow trout shipments from White Sulphur fisheries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wild Life League
Virginian Hotel
RE .Jackson
White Sulphur
Oakvale
East Hiver
Candlelike plans to connect land for new high school
The article notes a proposal mooted last summer by local businessmen to raise funds to buy a 30 to 40 foot wide strip from Mercer Street to the front of the new high school on Straley Avenue. The plan aims to provide a direct passage from Mercer, improving access past nearby frame buildings, and highlights the school’s stately appearance.
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Mercer Street
Stratéy
Brighth Street
Ninth
Straley
Mercer
Move to Number Homes Sponsored in City
A Business Men's club luncheon sponsored a project to number all businesses and residences so the Bluefield Telephone Company may publish correct addresses in the directory. A committee of R G Wornal FE Ketron and Dr W B Davis will meet the city council. Also discussed were potential action toward the state Negro penitentiary and a school arithmetic course. questionnaires were distributed to gauge sentiment.
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Bluefield Telephone Company
Business Men's Club
R. GB. Wornal
FE. K. Ketron
W. B. Davis
Morel Calloway
Charles Miller
F. S. Tinder
T. M. Johnson
Frank We‘bean
State Negro Penitentiary
S. W. Gentry
Princeton
Gentry
Welch). Birthday party for Alice Mary Gay at Hobart street home
Mrs. B N Gay hosted a green and white birthday party for her daughter Alice Mary on Hobart Street from 4 to 6 pm. Little guests received miniature green hats. refreshments featured brick ice cream, shamrock cakes, and mint baskets.
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Alice
Mae Gay
Mary Ann
W Elizabeth Wetherby
Bonnie May Lockwood
Anne Hern~don
Connie Hall
Lorainne Shields
Margaret Jane Waldron
Virginia Rees
Fairtax
Tabor
Margaret
Rosanell Grose
Nell Marie Brewster
Charlotte Solins
Phoebe Rodgers
Betty Garrett Cox
Jane Henritze
Virginia Rouse
Frances Hyman
Billy Armour
Elsie Cooper
Maxine Cartwright
War Town Fire Destroys Six Stores and Fueling House
A Tuesday morning blaze devastated six major War store rooms and a fueling house, with total losses estimated over $100000. Eyewitnesses dispute ignition points, some pointing to the Dollar Store year, as others doubt the location, while an elderly man leapt from a second story to escape.
Unclear Ad Text About ZE MO Eczema Relief
Fragmentary OCR style ad text mentions ZE MO and promises eczema relief. It reads as a dubious health claim with nonsensical phrases and lacks verifiable details or attribution.
Fire destroys dwelling behind Dollar Store
Fire at the rear dwelling occupied by Mrs. Coy Freeman and roomers spread quickly due to dry conditions. An elderly man named Dad jumped from a second story to escape, suffering minor burns. Bucket brigades formed as Tug River provided water and Welch fire department arrived after Mayor Murphy sought aid from Welch.
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Dollar Store
Coy Freeman
Marriage license issued for R N Lackett and Mary Taylor
Briefs report a marriage license issued yesterday in the county clerk’s office to R N Lackett aged thirty and Mary Taylor aged thirty-one, both of Keystone. Also noted is the death of Mrs Charles Richwood of Panthee in a local hospital yesterday afternoon, with a child in critical condition upon arrival, prognosis poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Carter
Cooper
Carrie Wilson
Bramwell
Thomas HE. Dixon
Alta Gosnell
Bluefield
Roy W. Lyon
Akron, O
Dollie Farley
Camp Creek
R. N. Lackett
Mary Taylor
Keystone
Yee Richmond
Charles Richwood
Panthee
Berday
Moonshine Still and Moonshine Seized Near Virginia Line
Two men Turner Sparks and Jim Brown were arrested after officers seized a copper still of sixty gallon capacity, twenty gallons of double distilled moonshine, and eighty gallons of mash buried near the Virginia line. The raid, led by Squire R. N. Simpkins with Virginia deputy KE. V. Crowder and Joe Stanley, resulted in $200 fines and ten days in jail for each man, with later Virginia court trials for manufacturing moonshine.
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Squire R. N. Simpkins
Virginia
Turner Sparks
Jim Brown
Squire Simpkins
Joe Stanley
Faraday
KE. V. Crowder
Squire
Favorable Report by Roads Supervisor on Brown Creek Road
McDowell County court held a busy session with committees presenting petitions for roads in various sections. County Road Supervisor Jed M. Stewart submitted a favorable report on the proposed road up Brown Creek, a matter on file since the last court meeting.
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McDowell County
Jed M. Stewart
Brown Creek
Wyoming County
Stewart
County Court Orders Brown's Creek Road Survey and Updates
The county court instructed the supervisor to assign engineers to survey Brown's Creek road up to the Wyoming county line and report findings. Petitions for Davy ASCO and Pineville roads were heard, with action taken under advisement. A committee addressed the Tug River South Fork to Spica Creek road and was referred to the supervisor. Bills were paid and business proceeded. court adjourned.
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Browns Creek
Brown's Creek
Wyoming
Davy
Asco
Pineville
Tug River
Spica Creek
Evangelist Rev Trigg Thomas Draws Large Welch Church Turnout
Kansas City evangelist Rev Trigg Thomas preaching at Welch Presbyterian Church reports strong success with forty five conversions, one hundred four reconsecrations, and seven new residents transferred to the Welch Presbyterian Church during last Sunday service.
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Presbyterian Church
Trigg Thomas
Kansas City
Welch Presbyterian Church
Welch Press
Page Wleven
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Emma Peck
Princeton Lodge
H. H. Richards
Straley Ave
Princeton, W. Va
Chicago
Charles McKeon
Presbyterians
Ada
East River
Laurel Creek
Mountain Creek
Bluestone River
F. H. Conner
Old Athens Road
Apply Santon Bros
G. A. Phipps
Tigers
Cubs
Woolwine
Huntington
Covenanters
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Christian Church
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
George W. Diehl
Santon Brothers
Christia Avenue
Call J. B. Shrewsbury
Charles Wheley & Sons
Second Street
Charles Mosrie
Luft
Mercer Securities Company
B. J. Harman, Et Als
Athens
Bebe Daniels
Royal Theatre
Brooklyn
New -York State
Lake Como
New York
Harry Shannon
Royal
Fnsnids Kolelols de Ene
Paramount
Bebe
Tey Mar
Welch Society
Thomas Lovans
Dry Fork Theatre
Acme Hardware and Furniture
W. Henry Johnson
Jake Shore
Army and Navy
Shore
Samuel Shore
Flat Tap Insurance Company
Rutherford & Mahar
Welch Insurance Agency
J. W. Luther
Richmond
Panther
Williams
Troy
N. C
Blaze
Dad
Hell
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