Sunday Pours Hot Tar on Sinners at Byefield Tabernacle
Billy Sunday preaches on Personal Work before a crowd near 2000 at the Byefield Tabernacle after a rainy day. Lieut Col Thomas Stanyon of the Salvation Army speaks briefly on the Army’s work and purpose of his visit during the service. Sunday cites Proverbs 11 30 and urges individual effort in winning souls.
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Thomas Stanyon
The
Salvation Army
Byefield
Rody
Tabernacle
Billy Sunday
Senate Keeps Tariff Bill Intact As Amendments Fail
Washington May 11 The senate passed the emergency tariffs and anti dumping bill 63 to 28 retaining all finance committee amendments while rejecting those individually proposed. Seven Democrats joined Republicans in approving the measure with Knox dye provision amid warnings of a monopoly risk. Conference representatives named and six months active tariff duties on farm products and textiles included. Senator France to visit Russia sails May 24 for England then Moscow for firsthand view of Soviet conditions.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Broussard
Louisiana
Jones
New Mexico
Kendrick
Wyoming
Myers
Montana
Pittman
Nevada
Ransdell
Sheppard
Texas
Ashurst
Arizona
Moses
New Hampshire
House
Knox
Pennsylvania
King
Utah
Penrose
McCumber
North Dakota
Smoot
Simmons
North Carolina
Williams
Mississippi
Ways and Means Committee
War Trade Board
State Department
Treasury
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
France
Russia
Baltimore
United States
Joseph I. France
Maryland
England
Moscow
Williams Stops O GattY in Ninth Eleven- Round Bout
Kid Williams of Baltimore defeats Packey O Gatt y of New York in the ninth round of a twelve round match as the referee stops the contest to save the local boy from further punishment. O Gatt y was knocked down ten times, weights listed at 130 8 4 pounds.
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New York
Kid Williams
Baltimore
Packey O’gatty
O’gatty
Sergeant O’Hare Knew Nothing of Buried Gold in Bergdoll Escape
First hand account from Sergeant John O’Hare, commander of the Bergdoll escort, testifies he heard no tale of buried gold until after the escape. He describes orders from Colonel Hunt, visits with Bergdoll and lawyer D. Clarence Gibboney, and the aborted act of cuffing the prisoner, with details of the Philadelphia leg and diversions before Bergdoll’s departure toward Maryland.
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Washington
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Philadelphia
John O’hare
Bergdoll
Governor's Island
Maryland
House Investigating Committee
O'Hare
John DB. Hunt
Hagerstown
North Philadelphia
D. Clarence Gibboney
Gibboney
Hunt
Conpf
Bluefield Charter Vote Promises Citywide Government Change
Bluefield residents face a historic election next Monday to choose a new city charter. Proponents push democratic reforms, tax fairness, and broader citizen power while opponents rally on misinformation and class concerns amid debates over taxes and municipal debt.
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Bluefield
Harding
Woodrow Wilson
W. G. Lee
National Brotherhood of Railway
E. A. Nunan
Labor Review
Dayton
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
American Legion
Woman's Auxiliary
H. S. Shott
Anus
Church Schedule Highlights with Evening Service Reminders
Today’s program lists an afternoon service at 2 30 and a night service at 7 30. A special sermon on Home is set for Thursday night followed by a prayer meeting workers meeting after the service. A Bible study class forms at 3 30, with Paneten Bible study for high school girls at 4 15 in the Blue Triangle.
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Blue Triangle
Campaign sidelights on Bland Street traffic
All traction cars to Graham south Bluefield and the west end are parked before the close of each Sunday meeting on lower Bland street.
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Graham
South Bluefield
West End
Lower Bland Street
Rotary and Billy Sunday crowd fill Bluefield meeting
Rotary club members and their wives attended Billy Sunday meetings in Bluefield, with reserved front-row seats near the evangelist. The piece notes weather quirks during services, a car drag location change on Princeton avenue, and shares a joked parable about an Irishman and a Jew. It also mentions the YWCA aiding visitors at the Blue Triangle Center on Raleigh street during the campaign.
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Rotary Club of
Bluefield
Billy
Rotes
Bill
Raleigh Street
Bland
Russell
Princeton Avenue
YY. W
Y. W
Blue Triangle Center
Sunday Echoes on Morals and Hellish Road to Perdition
A preacher voice laments moral decay in Sunday sermons, declaring sin is sexless and warning that churchgoers can drift to hell. He urges steadfast faith, condemns double standards, and calls for a single moral standard while noting America’s need for reform.
Sunday Evangelist Billy Sunday Seeks Debt Lift in Bluefield
Billy Sunday campaigned in Bluefield with large crowds and music by Rodeheaver as Rev P P Haskelllander led prayer. Finance chairman F M Archer said efforts would be made to raise the remaining debt Thursday night amid Sunday’s praise of Bluefield’s record crowds.
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Billy Sunday
Bluefield
Cincinnati
New York
Bill
Rodeheaver
P. P. Hasselvander
Christian Church
Riley Again Chosen Head State Labor Federation
James Riley of Charleston was reelected president of the West Virginia Federation of Labor at the fourteenth annual convention in Huntington. He defeated J. B. Porter of Huntington and J. B. Easton of Parkersburg as delegates noted changes in district representation and potential new officers for 1921.
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MO. Riley
State Labor Federation
Huntington
W. Va
James Riley
Charleston
Présis
West Virginia Federation of Labor
J. B. Porter
J. B. Easton
Parkersburg
Dila T. Moran
Wheeling
Tobacco Strippers’ Union
James L. Pauley
Federation
Pauley
Banquet for Coal Merchants at Bluefield Country Club
A contingent of 125 coal merchants from the west and midwest toured Pocahontas fields by special train from Cincinnati, visiting Welch Lick Branch Pocahontas and Bluefield. They attended a Country Club banquet with speeches by industry leaders and a closing dance, before departing for Richmond to attend the National Retail Coal Merchants Association meeting.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
West
Middle West
Welch
West Virginia
W. E. E. Keppler
Pocahontas
C. C. Morfit
Tug River Operator's Association
Pocahontas Field
Lick Branch
Country Club House
William Singleton
J. Frank Maynard
O. M. Deverle
Smokeless Coal Association
Perry Quinton
Coal Merchants Association
H. S. Shott
Percy Bryan
Kansas City
Mr. Yeagley
Indianapolis
Maynard
Watkins
Ers
Richmond
Asso
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Sergeant O'Hare
Vetera
Impossible
Holy Church
Pat
Hell
Perdition
America
God
Night Dervige
the Tabernacle
Mr. Archer
Evangelist
Samuel Gompers
Fis
No. 16
Robert Clark
Western Coal Merchants Association
BE. L. Greever
Tazewell
John George
Indianapolis Coal Company
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