Senior group dinner party and church circle events in Princeton
East Iver High School seniors hosted a dinner party at the Virginian Hotel with Miss Lady Ruth Ogle as toastmaster and a jazz band. The First Baptist Church T E L class prepared for spring attendance, while the Woman's Missionary Society planned a banner rivalry and a wedding anniversary party. Princeton activities include an Easter benefit tea by the YWCA, numerous personal notices, and local visits from residents such as S A Moore, G W Rimmer, and J A H Gadd as they travel for business and family matters.
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East Iver High School
Virginian Hotel
Lady Ruth Ogle
T. EE. L
First Baptist Church
Woman's Missionary Society
RK. L. Dagan
Princeton
Hartley Sanders
Walker Street
Princeton notices andads mix of rentals sales and news
For sale lot 60 by129 Bluefield cave and Trent street terms. Lost batch of keys in black folder reward to J T Hopkins Hale’s Pharmacy. For rent two unfurnished rooms 713 Bluefield avenue. Six room house five lots Bowling Addition see J J Clark. Phone 129 Princeton. Marriage license issued for Clay Fuqua 24 and Helen Pegan 21 Boissevain. IRS agent visited Princeton for 1920 1921 returns. many lacked proper filings. Abraham Lincoln film cast notes and moonshine seizure near Princeton. Clean-up week underway. speeding complaint near Glenwood Park. car damage to Worthy Johnson party.
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J. J. Clark
Princeton
Taxicab License Belongs to Huntington Woman Driver
A Charleston message identified the license plate driven by Johnson as belonging to a Huntington woman taxi driver, with no injuries reported.
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Charleston
Johnson
Huntingion
Three Children to Be Sent to State Institutions
Three siblings from Kelleysville a twelve year old girl a ten year old girl and a fourteen year old boy will be sent to state institutions at Selem and Pruntytown today by Deputy Sheriff Chap Johnson. They were taken to Bluefield for a court hearing after an investigation by probation officer Mrs. Carr into school neglect and petty theft complaints. Their mother deserted them years ago and the father remarried and has five children by a second marriage. The grandparents who cared for them for thirty years cannot anymore, and the family situation is described as grim with concerns about mental competence and schooling.
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Selem
Pruntytown
Chap Johnson
Kelleysville
Bluefield
Dillard
Carr
Johnson
Magnolia Petroleum Earns $4.50 a Share in 1923
Magnolia Petroleum Company reported 1924 net earnings of 8,456,977 dollars before taxes, or 1.69 dollars per share, compared with 1923 earnings of 4.50 dollars per share on 8,510,660 shares. Gross earnings reached 17,335,660 dollars, up over five million from the prior year, while Simms Petroleum also posted higher per share income.
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New York
Mar
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Simms Petroleum Company
Bluefield Painter Credits Pepgen Cure for Ailments
J C Weaver a Bluefield painter at 21 Bluefield Avenue says Pepgen relieved a long history of stomach trouble and indigestion. He reports improved appetite and strength after short use and urges others in a run down condition to try it. Pepgen sold at Goodykoontz Drug Co in Bluefield and in nearby towns. imitators warned.
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Weaver
J. C. Weaver
Bluefield Avenue
Pepgen
Bluefield
Goodykoontz Drug Co
Bootlegging Ring Hit by Sheriff Crumpecker Raid
Sheriff Crumpecker and Deputies Reynolds and Moseby halted a bootlegging ring on Black Oak Mountain near Princeton. Roby Epling fled in a Ford, Artie Hall and Roby Epling became fugitives, and John Goad remained jailed on federal and county charges after a raid that uncovered moonshine and liquor paraphernalia.
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Princeton
Sherif C. H. Crumpecker
W. S. Reynolds
J. W. Moseby
Matoaka
Black Oak Mountain Road
Artie (Wormy) Hall
Roby Epling
John Goad
Bluefield Telegraph
Camp Creek
Epling
Sheriff Crumpecker
Sheriff Cumpecker
Crumpecker
Hall
Goad
Two Scores Earn Lead in Bowling Tourney
Buffalo March 23 Five squads of doubles and singles in the American Bowling Congress Tournament produced only two scores to place among the leaders One in each event B Cole and P McKee of Wilmington Delaware totaled 1243 pins to take seventh in the two man event In the singles Herbert Flander Mey
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Buffalo
Mar
B. Cole
P. McKee
Wilmington
Del
Herbert Flander-Mey
Marvelous Self-Home Treatment For Rupture Free Trial Offer
An old advertisement promotes a free trial of a rupture treatment claiming miracles without trusses. It urges readers to send name and address to W. A. Collings Inc at 454 Collings Building Watertown NY for a no cost trial that could save a life by restoring ruptured parts and enabling normal work.
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W. A. Collings, Inc
Collings Building
Watertown
Cleveland bowlers shine in team and singles events
In a Cleveland bowling meet, Cole led the day with 665 in two-man play finishing with 222 212 221. McKee opened with 213 as part of a team score. Herb Indias of Cleveland claimed second in the five-man event with 2,906 pins, Wilson rolled 623 and Bodis 616 in singles, and the Wilson Grieble pair totaled 1490 in doubles.
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Cleveland
Cole
McKee
Herb Indias
Wilson
J. Bodis
RB. Grieble
Advent of Spring Sparks Town Activity
A noticeable buzz swept the town as signs of spring appeared. The air carried both the hum of bees and the sounds of builders at work with saws, hammers, picks, and drills amid trees and budding growth.
Building activity in Princeton gains real momentum
Claiming to the world that building activity in Princeton had begun in real earnest. Trucks thunder along the streets with brick stone lumber and all building materials as if Princeton expected this year to experience her growth.
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Princeton
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G. W. Rimmer
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Kentucky
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Cclevers
Mery Crews
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J. A H. Gadd
C. W. Escue
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L. G. Lilly
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E. B. Wright
Rock
M. L. Johnston
G. D. Lusk
Ami, Fla
M. A. Woodrum
Straley Avenue
J. A. Breen
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Bluefield Cave
Trent Street
Cal
J. T. Hopkins
Hale's
Clay Fuqua
Helen Pegan
Boissevain
Internal Revenue Department
Abraham Lincoln
Royal Theatre Today
Allen Pinkerton
President Lincoln
Long St
Lincoln
Mary Todd Lincoln
Anne Rutt
George Nillings
Nell Craig
Ruth Clifford
Mr. Billings
New Hope Road
Don McClaugherty
Oldsmobile
Glenwood Park
Sheriff's Office
Worthy Johnson
McDowell
Magnolia Petroleum
Hi Gacs
Flo Kennedy
Pollies Beauty
Prince Voncea Trouberzkoi
Hollywood
Film Colony
Ienlly
Epting
Flat Top
United States
Thomas H. Scott
Grand Jury
Justice of the Peace
O. O. Karnes
King
Mercer Insurance Agency, Inc
General Insurance
Cleghon
Royal Today
America
Pngue
National Picture
John Hi.gall
Mercer County
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Sand Lick
Browning Realty Co
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Huntington, W. VA
E. K. Bailey
J. M. Martin
G. E. Martin
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