Society notes highlight Bluefield social scene and charity event
Society page describes a fashion display at Thornton-Laird store drawing well-dressed crowds from Bluefield and nearby towns. A benefit fair includes a Friday card party and dance at the West Virginian hotel hosted by the Quota Club, running 9 PM to 2 AM with dominoes and checkers for non players. Reservations for card tables are via Mrs. Hillie Petty at 1163.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton-Laird
Bluefield
West Virginian
Quota Club of
Hillie Petty
Local Wedding Unites Mrs. Gosnell and Mr. Dixon at Princeton
Mrs. Rith Gosnell and Mr. T. R. Dixon wed last night in the Methodist parsonage at Princeton with Rev. B. Randall presiding. The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Houchins of Norton Virginia and is well known in the area. the groom currently resides in Raven Virginia where they will reside.
Woman's Auxiliary to Meet. Pageant Slated Today
The Woman's Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian Church will meet this afternoon at 3 pm, the last church year gathering, with a large turnout anticipated. A 1:30 pageant by women and children in costume will precede the meeting, and the public is invited.
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First Presbyterian Church
Local residents share news and visits in Welch area
Mrs J A Bowles remains quite sick. J and Turk of the Reliable Store return from a New York trip. Mrs Lou Joffee and Miss Freda Angrist visit Welch. Mrs Fred Shedd convalesces at Glen Lyn after appendicitis. Misses Myron Foglesong and Mamie Tibbs help at the new Woolworth in Princeton. Mrs May Rice and daughter Eva visit Mrs J S Gillespie. Miss B Dennis of Quality Shop goes to New York on business after Ohio stay. Mr and Mrs H M Riffe of Athens shop in the city. Miss Mamie Stone returns to Roanoke after visiting Mrs E T Tyree. Mrs Roy St Clair of Tazewell shops in the city. Miss EB Matthews improving after a protracted illness. Mrs Barney Thompson and daughter Nancy return to Laurel Fork after visiting Mrs C R Otis. Mrs C T Baker still improving nicely. Miss Nina Walker, Mrs W T Gregory and John and H Atkins drive to Welch. Mrs C S Hughes and Mary Lee of Bluefield return from Pittsburgh. Mrs Victoria Moyer back to Bluefield after winter in Cincinnati. Mrs M Stupalsky returns from Richmond where treated for nervous trouble. Mrs J H Hampton and daughters Way and Hazel and granddaughter Hildred Hampton, with Mrs Sam Hoover, shop in Tazewell. Attorney General H B Lee visits from Charleston. James Stewart ill with throat affection. Mr and Mrs E Scott Hale visit Mt Airy, NC. Mrs William B Schofield of Boston, formerly Bluefield, visits Mrs L E Tierney. L Waterman to enter St Luke's Hospital for treatment.
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J. A. Bowles
J. & Turk
Reliable
New York
Lou Joffee
Freda Angrist
Tuesaday
Welch
Fred Shedd
Glen Lyn
Myron Foglesong
Mamie Tibbs
Woolworth
Princeton
May Rice
Eva
Ohio
J. S. Gillespie
B. Dennis
Quality Shop Millinery
Points
H. M. Riffe
Athens
Mamie Stone
Roanoke
E. T. Tyree
Bland Road
Roy St. Clair
Tazewell
EB. J. Matthews
Barney Thompson
Nancy
Laurel Fork
C. R. Otis
Alder Street
C. T. Baker
Nina ‘Walker
W. T. Gregory
John
H. Atkins
C. S. Hughes
Mary Lee
Bluefield
Pittsburg
Victoria Moyer
Cincinnati
Stupalsky
Richmond
J. H. Hampton
Way
Hazel
Hildred Hampton
Sam Hoover
L. Waterman
St. Luke’s Hospital
A Word to the Wise About Mayr’s Remedy
A reader recalls rushing to a sister’s bedside in Brewton Alabama where doctors offered operation but she was too weak. After taking Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy she recovered to walk a mile to church in three weeks. The ad touts a harmless preparation that clears catarrhal mucus and inflammation, promising money refunds if unsatisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewton
Alabama
Mayr
Nuami Unable to Break His Record
Cleveland March 10 Urgo Frigerio 1924 Olympic walking champion set world’s record for 6 600 metres in a track carnival here. Paavo Nurmi failed to break his mile and three fourths record. Wille Ritola set a new world distance mark of three and a quarter miles. Frigerio defeated Phil Granville to win by a few yards as Nurmi and Ritola watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Mar
Urgo Frigerio
Porld
Paavo Nurmi
Wille Ritola
Nurmi
Frigerio
Granville
Ritola
Milwaukee
James Connolly
Georgetown
Harold W. Kennedy
Ohio States
Loutaville
W. Helms
Ohio Wesleyan Star
Session Opens Prompt Adjournment Hints In West Virginia
May adjourn for weekend as soon as session opens. Delegates and senators arrived in Charleston for the opening, with several at bedside of ill relatives. The joint building committee completed hearings and planned visits to eastern panhandle institutions including Shepherdstown College, Potomac State School at Keyser, and the Terra Alta tuberculosis sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keyser
Foster Lincoln Rine
Marshall County
Moundsville
Glendale Hospital
Wright Hugus
R. F. Kidd
John M. Baker
M. Z. White
John Kee
Nanman Jackson
Clyde B. Johnson
H. O. Boley
E. P. Alderson
Dr. F. 8. Suddarth
C. B. Highland
Troy E. Hardman
A. L. Helmick
E. B. Reynolds
P. E
Nixon
James O. Marcum
Wayne County
J. H. Brewster
Lewis County
Simon Solins
McDowell County
I.“ M.""underwood
Tyler County
Thomas N. Read
Summers County
Frank R. Hill
Pocahontas County
L. T. Harvey
Braxton County
Septimus Hall
Wetzel County
John §. Hall
R. P. Aleshire
Huntington
Raymond Kennedy
Grafton
Herbert. Fitzpatrick
F. W. McCullough
Walter R. Thurmond
Logan
D. E. Cuppett
Thomas
L. V. Koontz
Clendenin
J. G. Bradley
Dundon
German field guns arrive in Huntington memorial park
Four captured German field guns consigned to Huntington by the war department arrived to flank the new Memorial Park memorial arch. The assemblage includes a 160 mm mortar a 150 mm howitzer and two Winnefer 75 rapid fire guns fully equipped.
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Huntington
W. Va
War Department
Memorial Park
Basketball finals repeat results from several colleges
A compact recap shows Oldo Wesleyan leading Princeton and Wittenberg, with scores 28 to 24 and 30 to 19 respectively. Cincinnati edged Heidelberg 21 to 20 in a tight finish.
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Oldo Wesleyan
Wittenberg
Princeton
Dartmouth
University of Cincinnati
Heidelberg
Welch Hell a Necessity and Sermon Series at Local Church
Dr Thomas the evangelist speaks on Hell as a necessity likening it to human law. Welch Baptist church fills with attendees as sermons continue in the Carter Hotel lobby noon meetings. Upcoming talks address Old Time Repentance Second Coming of Christ and a mass meeting where the meanest man in Welch will be named.
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Hyterian Church
Thomas
Christ
Felday
Welch
Dr. Thomas
Carter Hotel
Kimball Kiwanis Club Receives Charter at Banquet
The Kimball Kiwanis Club held its charter presentation banquet in the new Kimball store room with Welch, Northfork, Princeton, Bluefield and Williamson Kiwanis clubs in attendance. District Governor Warren Wilson presented the charter to Dr. W. B. Stevens as guests enjoyed a decorated room, souvenirs, and performances by Mrs. W. B. Stevens and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball Kiwanis Club
H. Bank
Kimball
McDowell County
Welch Kiwanis Club
Northfork
Princeton
Bluefield
Williamson
B'nai Israel Sisterhood
HA Bank
Kiwanis
Kimball Club
GC. C. Morfit
Welch Club
B. YT. Sells
Morfit
Welch
Sells
Tom H
Curd
W. B. Stevens
L. M. Rish
Warren A. Wilson
Wilson
Sixth Cabinet Nominee To Be Rejected by Senate
Washington March 10 Charles J. Warren is the sixth nominee for a cabinet post to be rejected by the Senate. Historical records note prior rejections under Jackson Tyler and Johnson, with some nominees like Roger B. Taney and James M. Porter facing strong roll call defeats in the 1830s and 1840s including elections on June 24 1834 January 90 1844 and January 16 1844 and others such as David Henshaw and Cabell Cushing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles J. Warren
Senate
Andrew Jackson
Andrey Johnson
Jackson
Roger B. Tacey
Maryland
Treasury
John Tyler
James M. Porter
Pennsylvania
David Henshaw
Massachusetts
Navy
Cabel Cushing
Iessate
Johnson
Henry Stanberry
Ohio
Kiwanis Club charter welcomed at Welch meeting
Governor Wilson praised ideal Kiwanis clubs and urged West Virginia to lead in the International organization. Dr. Stevens accepted the Kimball Club charter. The Welch Kiwanis quartet performed well, with encores. Paul Lehmann spoke on Kiwanis work in the state before a 10 to 2 dance with Linderman’s Orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Kimball Club
Wilson
West Virginia
Stevens
Welch Kiwanis
Paul H. Lehmann
Parkersburg
Kiwanis
Linderman
Bluefield
Welch Kiwanians
I. A. Downey
Princeton Club
Floyd EB. Cunningham
Northfork Club
W. R. Wray
R. L. Wheeler
Welch Club
Robert Sheffey
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Wells Goody- Koontz
Williamson
Martin Garry
Bluefield Lions Club
Mrs. Charney Farrington
Welch
Dr J Fillmore Hayford Dead At Evanston Home
Dr John Fillmore Hayford director of the Northwestern College of Engineering died at his Evanston home after a stroke. He had been ill since December and his earth measurements were just accepted as an international standard. Born near Rouses Point New York in 1869 he graduated from Cornell in 1889.
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Chicago
John Fullmore Hayford
Northwestern College of Engineering
Ewanston
Hayford
Madrid
Spain
Royal Gederafistic Society of Great Britain
Cornell University
Committee Called to Prepare Revenue Bill
Washington March 10 Congress member Henry T Rainey Democrat Winds said in a statement for the Congressional Record that members of the house ways and means committee have been notified they will be called to Washington likely October 15 to draft a revenue bill. He warned that the plan the Republicans pursue would be labeled in future years as the crime of the 69th congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry T. Rainey
Congressional Record
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mellon
Division of Wheeling Ward Into Three Smaller Wards
Wheeling West Virginia on March 10 reports the division of the tenth ward into three smaller wards has been decided. The action impacts local governance and future district boundaries. Department officials have yet to release detailed maps or timelines for implementation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Ward Leads Growth Tale in Expanding Suburban District
Night through the city council highlights a ward that has surged in population, outpacing others in the rapidly growing suburban district as planners weigh future development and services.
Railroad defendant in seventy six suits filed
Cumberland Md March 10 Western Maryland Railway Company named defendant in seventy six individual suits filed in Allegany County circuit court by former shop employees. Total damages sought about 400000 alleging violation of a working agreement after positions were abolished on March 26 1922 and work turned to a contracting firm. Plaintiffs claim wages lost due to the alleged breach as they refused to work for the contractor at reduced pay and different conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Western Maryland Railway Company
Allegany County
Federated Shop Crafts
Giants Beat Senators In First Spring Clash
The New York Giants defeated the Washington Senators 8 to 7 in Palm Beach Florida marking the opening of their spring exhibition schedule. Giants rallies in the fifth and late in the eighth produced the decisive runs led by SouthWorth and Ross Young.
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Giants
Senators
Palm Beach
Fla
New York Giants
Washington Senators
SouthWorth
Ross Young
Groh
Washington
New York
Atterlea
Zachery
Russell
Marberry
Wargrave
Tate
Nehf
Wisner
Walker
Greenfield
Mann
Hartley
Devine
Mason elected mayor of Philippi in 3rd term bid
Philippi West Virginia March 10 W A Mason was elected mayor defeating W A Crislip by 73 votes. John Ramsey won city clerk race by 156 votes over Allen Crislip. Mason to serve a third term and has been a former postmaster. Councils elected First ward A S Hawkins Second ward George 5 Ward Third ward Allen N Dyer Fourth ward Floyd England At large W B Malone.
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Philippi
W. Va
W. A. Mason
Philipp
W. A. Crislip
John Ramsey
Allen Crislip
Mason
A. S. Hawkins
Geo
Allen N. Dyer
Floyd England
W. B. Malone
Hotel Proprietor Robbed of Eight Thousand Dollars
Three armed men robbed Anton Pechar, proprietor of the Central Hotel in McKees Rocks, of eight thousand dollars just after he took it from a bank to pay customer checks. They fled to the Ohio river, seized a motorboat ferry, and forced the operator to take them to the opposite shore before escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Central Hotel
McKees Rocks
Anton Pechar
Ohio River
Trees Bowled Over In Typical Thunderstorm
A spring thunderstorm hit Cleveland from the southwest at about thirty miles per hour. It toppled trees, damaged telephone and electric poles and wires, and plunged parts of the city and suburbs into darkness. Streets flooded with more than two feet of water where storm sewers overflowed.
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Cleveland
Mar
First Hand Study of Effects of Dry Law Rejected
Stockholm March 10 a proposed appropriation of 60000 kronor for a detailed first hand study of the effects of prohibition in the United States has been rejected by the Riksdag committees to which it was referred in view of the many conflicting reports on the workings of American.
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Stockholm
Mar
United States
Riksdag
Amnesty for Former Governor Ferguson Victory in Senate
In Austin tonight the Texas Senate approved a bill granting legislative amnesty to former governor James E. Ferguson. The decisive final passage vote is reported. a final tally is noted as pending, with the measure expected to affect Ferguson’s political standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Pee Mat
Texas Legisature
Bis Arranta
Woodward
Senate
James E. Ferguson
Rosetner
Ementh
Prohibition Bill Backed by Swerlish Interests
A prohibition measure sponsored by Swerlish influence groups aims to reform the current restrictive system. The proponents argue the present regime is too stringent and seek changes to ease enforcement and expand regulatory flexibility.
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Swerlish
Noted woman explorer killed by rhinoceros
A despatch from Nairobi reports Mrs. Green, an Irish explorer from Dublin, killed by a rhinoceros near Nanyuki while crossing Africa to Mount Kenya. British Captain Atkins and his wife arrived at the scene. the rhino charged them, killing the captain. Mrs. Atkins escaped and gunmen later killed the animal.
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London
Daily Mall
Natirobi
Kenya
Miitise East Africa
Green
Dublin
Africa
Belgian Congo
Nairobi
Mount
Nanyuki
Atkins
Toledo Experiences Real Summer Weather
Toledo reports an official 72 degrees in March, the third time this milestone is reached in Toledo's weather history. A heavy thunderstorm followed with rain and hail, driving the temperature down to 64 degrees as a gale arrived with winds shifting from west to northeast.
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Toledo
Mar
Mercury
Buckeyes to host Wisconsin as 10k crowd eyed
Columbus March 10 A large Western Conference clash draws a crowd exceeding 10 000 as Ohio State faces Wisconsin Saturday night in Columbus. Ohio State athletic officials expect the attendance to surpass prior records for Western Conference basketball games.
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Columbus
Mar
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Bluefield Fire Alarm Stations Listed by Streets
The Bluefield Fire Department lists alarm stations with cross streets and phone contacts. Central Station alarms cover many routes including Southside Northside Princeton Ave Russell St Bluefield Ave Mercer St and more, with numerous intersections such as Raleigh Stewart Wyom ing Giles Lee Franklin Talbert Kire Pulaski Bland North South College and others. The document notes means phone alarms and alarms sent from Central Station.
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Southside
Northside
City Hall
Princeton Ave
Russell St
Bluefield Ave
Mercer’ St
Boggs & Goodal
Thomas St
Chestnut St
Spruce St
Bluefield
Federal Sts
Raleigh and
Stewart
Wyoming
Monroe St
Giles St
Princeton
Lee and
Franklin
Talbert St
Princetonn
Kire Station
Reese
Marshall
Allen and Powell
Pulaski and
Park
Bland
Jones
Willams
Ellis
North
South and
Jefferson Sts
Penn-Mar Ave
Frederick
East River
College Ave
Walton
Roanoke and
Clarke
Hardy and Orange
South Midway
North Midway
Henry and Greenbrier
Greenbrier and
Logan
Upper Jones St
Forest and Union
Oakhurst Ave
Bland St
Central Station
Gray haired thief target on Fifth Avenue attack case
New York police hunted a masked trio after they invaded the Fifth Avenue apartment of Mrs Beatrice Fay Perkins yesterday morning. Milton Abbott, a cotton broker, was attacked and $25 000 in jewels taken. Perkins and her husband Benjamin Perkins, once Fay Fink, have reconciled after this incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Beatrice Fay Perkins
Milton Abbott
Atole
Abbott
Galéler
Mra. Perkins
Fifth Avenue
18Th Street
Benjjamin Perkins
Tha City
Chicago
California
Kansas City
Fay Fink
Murder confession by boy sparks contempt motion
Harold Sonny Wills confessed to a murder after surrendering to juvenile authorities. The district attorney called the confession a flagrant contempt of the superior courts and filed a motion to strike the proceedings from the court calendar. Judge Archbald set a hearing for next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
Harold
Sonny) Wills
Margaret Willis
H. D. Archbald
Coal Miners Strike in Bellaire Ohio Apr 1
Fifteen hundred Rail and River Company miners in Bellaire Ohio went on strike today after a company threat to suspend work on April 1. Four mines are idle as operators and miners dispute the check-off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Ohio
Rail and River Company
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Nuami
Ugo Frigerio
Willie Ritola
Silco Products CQ
Portsmouth
City
State
Hell
Evangelist
J. Fillmore Hayford
Evanston
Princeton and Vicinity
THE
Johnston Motor CO
Mercer Street
Princeton, W. Va
Mountain State Motor Club
Mountain State Motor Club, Inc
Johnston Motor Company Auto Accessories, Storage and Service
Dodge Bros
Ferguson
Bluefield Fire Department
Carl Laemmle
By Booth Tarrington
George Hackathorne
Eleanor Boardman
Pauline Garon Theodore von Elta Victory Bateman
Killeen Percy Emmett Corrigan
Edward Hearn
Winter Hall
Hobart Henley
Jollies
American Legion Shrine Club
Colonial Theatre
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