City and Coalfield Short Items
Local notices list coal dealers and services in Bluefield area. Advertisers include Allen Street Coal Company, Mercer Coal Co, Standard, plus repair shops, real estate offers, plants, and a barber shop under new management. Also classified sale items, vehicles, seeds, and urgent public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesa Money
Call
Allen Street Coal Company
Mercer Coal Co
Standard Pgredes Et al
H. Walker Dodrill
Itan the Future, Mortgage Service and Wear Estate Co
Bluefield
W. Va
Bluefield Woman's Club hosts informal gathering and banquet
The Bluefield Woman's Club held an evening at the Y M C A on Federal Street with invited guests. Toastmistress Mrs J R Murphy led remarks on women’s achievements, club history, library work, and Y W C A programs while speakers praised civic causes and camp life. A musical program followed, and tables featured iris centerpieces with a chicken salad dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Woman's Club
Federal Street
J. R. Murphy
H.C. Weller
W. C. Bailey
Bluefield
Frank Wadgins
W. C. Pollock
T. J. Dawson
Secon
Edgar A. Guest
Herbert Maritle
E. 8. Baker
Bramwell
Ciug BC
Woman's Club
Ernest Henson
Henson
Kipling
Mary Becker
Quota Club of
Airla
P. W. Poff
League of Women Voters
Margaret McCue
Garding
American Legion Auxiliary
Effie Loudermilk
T. H. Claggett
Asher Bible
Frank Y. Jackson
Miss Grace
Chase
F. L. Black
Miss Chase
Carlyle
R. J. Develin
Murphy
Ming Ruth Bodell
V. X. Shriner
J. O. Nichols
Death of Dr William H Edmondson in Christiansburg
Dr William Henry Edmondson, a leading southwest Virginia physician, died suddenly at his Christiansburg home Friday night at age 76. He served in the Civil War with the Fifty fourth Virginia Regiment and leaves a son Henry Blair Edmondson and two daughters, Mrs Mary Richardson and Miss Anna Edmondson, all at home. Funeral planned for Christiansburg this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Edmondson
Southwast
Virginia
Christiansburg
Henry A. Edmondson
Southwest
Congress
Henry Blair Edmondson
Mary Richardson
Washington, D. C
Anna Edmondson
Epee
Fifty-fourth Virginia
Edrondeon
Detective shot while stopping silk robbery in Brooklyn
New York May 15 A detective was seriously wounded in Brooklyn when he tried to stop a truckload of silk valued at 236000 from being robbed by five to eight gunmen. The wounded detective John S McGuire trailed the thieves and was shot as he stepped from a doorway to intercept them. the band escaped with the loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Themen
John
McGuire
Revival at Trinity Methodist Church Hopes for 300 Conversions
Six services of the Bluefield revival drew strong attendance with Dr Coale delivering a forceful Bible reading on the Holy Spirit and a second altar call. Sunday features include an 11 am sermon The Lost Christ and an 8 pm discussion on Does the Bible Teach a Burning Hell. A mass meeting for men and boys and total church involvement aim to lift Bluefield’s spiritual fervor as the program enters its final week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Methodist Church
Coalp
Wall
Christ
Liam
Bluefield
Trinity Church
Christian People of
South Bluefield
State Officers Arrest Two Auto Parties Near Princeton
State Trafic Officer Buchanan and State Policeman Creacy arrested two automobile parties near Princeton for speeding last night. The groups were en route to Bluefield to dance. A second party was stopped by the same officers and contained several bottles of liquor in the taxi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rorex
George Buch‘anga
Princeton
Buchanan
Creacy
Bluefield
Last Wills and Casualties From Virginia Family Passes
The report notes bonds posted for a hearing in the city, a car moved to Princeton likely to be confiscated by state officials, and Virginia license holders among those involved. Surviving family includes husband and sisters Mrs. Karnes of Princeton and Miss Florencn Calfee of Bluefield, plus brothers Kohler Calfee and Lather Calfee among others. Pallbearers named: Painter, Calfee, Calfee, Snider, Bivens, McNeal, Cawley, and Godgey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Virginia
Jessie
Lettie
Winnie
Cogal
C.G. Pritt
Grat
Ton Bailey
Washington
Ton
Mrs. A. E. Bailey Laid to Rest in Calfee Cemetery
Funeral service for Mrs. A. E. Bailey of Ceres was held at Caffee Chapel with Rev. John Reynolds officiating. She died Thursday afternoon and is survived by six living children. Born March 20, 1862, she joined the Christian church at sixteen and married A. B. Bailey in 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Bailey
Ceres
Co. G. Pruett
Princeton
Caffee Chapel
John Reynolds
Calfee Chapel
Reynolds
Tennessee
Calfe
Christan Church
A. B. Bailey
Rally at Mt Zion Baptist Church Hears Several Preachers
A grand rally at Mt Zion Baptist Church features Rev L Dabb ney as pastor and multiple sermons by Rev Dr J B Evans Rev Dr J J Hall and music from the Maybeury and Tabernacle choirs Reports from church auxiliaries are promised Master of the House line appears as stray text
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
L. Dabbney
J. C. Hicks
J.B. Evans
Baybeury
Maybeury Choir
J. J. Hall
Bluefield
Tabernacle Choir
Sallie King
Mt. Zion
Auxiearies
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. C. Cockerham
Citizens’ Coal & Supply Company
Paul Witt
Stark
United Commercial Travelers
Union Bank
Princeton Avenue
Tazewell Street
W. C. Haseley
P. O
Hox
West Virgina Toy Co
Bluefield Bottling Coa
Fetera
Walllow ‘Hardware Co
Weinberg
Weinberg’s
M. G. Whitlow Hardware i Company
California
Bailey Lumber Company
Bluefield Grocery
By Tip At
Cumberland Gap
Sourwood Mountain
Municipal
J. W. iVatera Co
Nankia
Hankia Grocery
Shrine Club
Bluefel Shrine Club
Ti. G. Mays
Tazewell
Welch
Bristol
Se Aon
LE Altamont Cafeteria
Harry L. Greenapon
PEERY
N. Y
Butte
Commercial Bank
Telephone
P.O
Bleefletd
Nixon
North Side
Shaeaiaes Ig
The
Joyce Co
Ane
Vineaten
Southern
West Virginia
Metto
Bland St
J. B. Eades
Joss
Bob OG
Rampage
Citizens Underwriters Agency
Ray Evans
Peery Bldg
Mercer Funeral Home
Bland Street
Modern Funeral Establishment
R. L. Morris
Bluefield, W. Va
WM. H. Carr
Osteopath Specialitat
Abrama
Coal & Coke
United Shoe Beratming Ny Opperite Postetlice
Bradmann
Nixon Paint
DR. W. H. Edmondson
Gang OF Silk Thieves
Greenville Piedmont
Rogers &T
Trinity Methodist
ASH & Tote
Giles St
Clyde C. Sarver College
J. W. Waters Co
the Reliable Jewelers
Cash Grocery
Quick-Sales
Mercer Street
Sell-Rite Cash Grocery
Princeton, W. Va
Elizabeth Arden
Curvature
Miss Wise
FOX Pharmacy Hotel
West Virginian
Goodykoontz Drug Co
Three Good Drug Stores
Goodykoontz
Gagt End
Feinceton Avenue
Blueyield Pharmacy
Bluefeld
Wandacyenet
Scone
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