Circle No 2 Baptist Mission Union Meets at 3 PM
Circle No 2 of the Baptist Mission Union meets this afternoon at 3 o clock with Mrs D B Rumberg on South Avenue. Mrs John Reynolds was visiting in Bluefield yesterday. The Women’s Missionary Society of East Princeton Methodist Church meets Thursday at 2 30 PM with Mrs Amberson on Lee Avenue. The Methodist Woman’s Missionary Society meets at the church at BMI 3 30 today with Circle No 4 in charge. Mr and Mrs Voltan Mavey of New York visit Mrs J G Matney on Par Avenue. Fred Jennings of Spanishburg was in the city yesterday. J H Ingram is in Princeton. Mr and Mrs J H Lilly are away camping.
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Circle No
The
Baptist Mission Union
D. B. Rumberg
South Avenue
Woman's Missionary Society of the East Princeton Methodist Church
Amberson
Lee
Methodist Circle
Methodist Woman's Missionary Society
Circle No. 4
Fred Jennings
Spanishburg
J. H
Ingram
Princeton
J. H. Lilly
WELCH
Frank Houston
Bikhora
John Blakely
Graham Sale
Bert Downs
Joe Sanders
Welch Rotary Club
Northfork Kiwanis Club
J. A. Trostle
Grace Hospital
Pete Kerr
Excelsior
Guy C. Mace
Caroline Eagle
Gary
Ronceverte
Miss Eagle
Joe Crigger
Williamson
EB. Vermillion
Los Angles
California
G. L. Counts
McGinnis Hatfield
Floyd Waldron
Northfork
Jeff Cartwright
Bluefield
William Brandt
Hunti Ie
Bluefield Visitors Attend Army Film Showing at Municipal Building
Mrs. T M Johnson and Miss Hartle Sanders joined Bluefield visitors yesterday. C K Lilly and wife of Serena accompanied another party. Mrs W R Kidd and her son Billy Jr. attended the Army photoplay Over the Top at the new Municipal building.
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C. K. Lilly
Serena
T. M. Johnson
Hartle Sanders
8. B. le
J. R. Vermillions
Bluefield
W. R. Kidd
Billy, Jr
United States Army
Eighty Three Graduates Enter Princeton High School
Eighty three eighth grade graduates received diplomas at the high school auditorium led by Principal C. H. Hadsworth. The program included a class drill, songs, toasts, a class prophecy, and addresses, with certificates awarded and a farewell song marking the completion of eighth grade.
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C. H. Hadsworth
Sydnor Barkedale
Josephine Roles
Billie Sowers
Phillip Sasser
Reba Tuggle
Chariie Stovall
Welden Jones
Frances Jones
Oreda Clance
Beulah Humphrey
Christine Downey
R. M. Sims
Sydnor Barksdale
Woodrow Pendeton
Elizabeth Bird
Richard Smith
Eugene Ballard
Lila Icher
Izabeth Bird
Lydia Barkidlider
Elisabeth Carter
Mabel Cook
George Dickson
Edith Dobbins
Bertha Jenkins
Byron Johnston
Annie Ragaels
Marel Keeney
Morris Lasager
Ruth MacCommack
Raomi Mastin
Iva Munsey
Alice Myers
Catherine Paxton
Bessie Pruett
Retta Spangler
Madeline Spotts
Charles Stovall
Edward Thompson
Wilma Thompson
Macel Walker
Clarence Whebey
Kathleen Bowling
Isabelle Brown
William Campbell
Evelyn Clark
Gifford Conner
Bruce Craft
Virginia Biliaon
Martin Hollsclaw
Beulah Humane
Kirsta Hunter
Weldon Jones
Ances Karnes
Junior Lasenby
Hortense League
Ted Malcolm
Elsie Nicely
Boyd Randall
Margaret Rich
Lloyd Ridenour
Harold Runyon
Philliper
Annie Mae Smart
Richard S
Edna Showalter
Bernard Spitz
Arline Mae Wood
Ciara Barberie
Agnes Brevins
W. G. Bowling, Jr
Verde Broyles
Garland Crotty
Virginia Crozier
Eva Davis
Edith Hearn
Caroyin Hetrick
Dual Hill
Alta Johnston
Lilly Johnston
Regine Miller
Vergil Miller
Virginia Miller
Penitentiary guard pursues prisoners in county action
A former county official, now a penitentiary guard named M. R. French arrived yesterday from an undefined location to pursue inmates or seekers associated with a county failure or incident.
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Eolard
M. R. French
Prisoners to be moved to penitentiary at Monndeville
Monndeville will transport nine prisoners to the state penitentiary for various terms this April. Mr. French departs this morning with his group over the Norfolk and Western to be joined by others at Welch. About 1,700 inmates are confined at Moundaville, with a likelihood many will work on state roads this summer per Governor Gore's suggestion.
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Monndeville
French
Norfolk and Western
Welch
Moundaville
Gore
George M. Ford to Deliver East River Graduation Address
The East River High School class night program is tonight in the high school auditorium. Tomorrow evening the largest class yet graduates with diplomas awarded by 8S. W. Gentry and George M. Ford, state superintendent of schools, who will give the graduation address. Miss Clara Diets will give the valedictory and Harvey Rice will deliver his prize oration, A Tribute to West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East River School
East River High
W. Gentry
George M. Ford
Clara Diets Willl
Harvey Rice
West Virginia
Real estate transfers filed in county court clerk office
Transfers list nine property deals in Princeton Bluefield and Bramwell areas. Names include R C Lambert, J H Shufflebarger, Sarah Walton, Martin Gardner, C W Hawley, Lillian Holley, Ida Beckett, J A Boyle, Brooks Ayers, Joseph Oakes, Hallie Gilbert, Houston Laird. Purchases range from 1 to 1700 dollars for parcels in Bee Addition and Bluefield region.
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R. C. Lambert
J. H. Shufflebarger
Bee
Princeton
John Shrader
A. H. Johnston
Sarah F. Walton
Martin E. Gardner
Bluefield
Kiwanis Club Plans Welcome Signs On Roads
The Kiwanis Club held a luncheon with a good program and attendance. Miss Hersh of Concord College gave two readings. J H Bane of Northfork Kiwanian spoke on Kiwanis work in his hometown, and the ten committees reported.
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Kiwanis Club
Te Kiwanians
Hersh
Concord College
J. H. Bane
Northfork Kiwanian
Cave
Ten
Princeton Highway Signs Prepared for Next Week
Four large wooden signs ready for placement at highway entrances into Princeton were welcomed by officials as preparations for next week proceed. The plan aims to guide travelers and reinforce local messaging.
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Princeton
High School Beats Elks 10 6 on McNutt Field
The Elks nine composed of stags and yearlings fell 10 to 6 to the high school squad at McNutt field yesterday. Dagey Karnes hit a homer over the fence the game’s longest blow, while Don McClaugherty pitched for the Elks with poor field support. Austin pitched for the high school.
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Elks
Stags
Yearlings
McNutt Field
Dagey Karnes
Don McClaugherty
Austin
Family tragedy as teen shoots in Triangle dispute
Chicago reports a fifteen year old girl shoots her father and three times Miss Agnes Simnick in a domestic triangle dispute. Miss Simnick dies, the mother wounded, the girl in police custody, no charges filed yet.
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Chicago
Father
Murer
Lucille Munech
William Munsch
Agnes Simnick
Menech
Miss Simoick
Misa Simnick
Munsch
Lucille
Riversale
Sarah Louise Arnold Heads Girl Scouts at Convention
Sarah Louise Arnold was elected president of the Girl Scouts of America at the eleventh annual convention opening in Boston on May 26. She succeeds Mrs Herbert Hoover as first vice president. other officers include Mrs Julius H Rosenwald and Mrs Vande McCormick. The group reports 98 370 Girl Scouts and 112 224 total personnel, up 20 347 from 1923.
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Boston
Sarat Louise Arnold
Simmons College
Girl Scouts of America
Herbert Hoover
Julius H. Rosenwald
Chicago
Vande McCormick
Pennsylvania
Fredert H. Brooke
Washington, D. C
Jane Deeter Rippin
Armament talks at Geneva see cautious optimism amid objections
Geneva May 2 American delegation injects new courage into the arms control conference. Smaller states led by Yugoslavia press for a balanced treaty linking traffic controls to private manufacture. Delegates seek a framework to prevent collapse while Russia refuses participation and nontransparent arms imports persist.
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Geneva
Jugo-Slavia
Theodore E. Burton
Ppt
Burton
Europe
Russia
Two Children Die in Cascade Area Crash
A Grand Rapids crash killed two children and left another in danger of death. Ethel Gardner four, Ella Gardner nineteen months, and Meredith Gardner nine suffered critical injuries after a sedan collided with a truck, injuring nine members of the Gardner and Berlin families from Grand Haven. Two escaped unhurt and four were seriously hurt.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Cascade
Ethel
Gardndr
Ella Gardner
George Gardner
Wilbur Berlin
Grand Haven
Salvation Army
Wholesome Scores From Wheeling and Cumberland Games
Wheeling beat Fairmont 6 to 2 while Cumberland defeated Johnstown 4 to 3 in a pair of tight contests showing strong offense and late competitive action.
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Wheeling
Fairmont
Cumberland
Johnstown
Princeton Notices and Court Proceedings Update
Licenses issued for multiple couples in Princeton and nearby towns. Civil suit Field by Three States Coal against Faster Coal in assumpsit seeking $1000. Cauley fined $10 plus costs for speeding near Sand Lick. Legion post square dance and hall improvements announced. Film showings at Royal Theatre feature Anita Stewart in Baree and Larry Lemon's Skids and Scalawags. Church meeting in Lexington and Nashville trip outlined for Hopkins. Sowers vs Virginian Railway trial ongoing with $60,000 claim. Moonshine seizure and gun charge result in $500 fine and six months jail. Dublin home linked defendant. Mercer Insurance moved offices. Santon Brothers selling spring outfits at half price. Rental notice for a two room flat available through Virginian Hardware.
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Paul Smith
Dublin
Simmons
Poiicemen
New Cotton Area Explored in Magia West Africa
London reports large tracts of land ideal for cotton farming in Magia West Africa. Viscount ulme, who recently explored the territory, claims its potential for extensive cultivation and future development.
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London
Magia
West Africa
Viscount Orulme
Powerful Kojene Antiseptic Promises Cure for Catarrh
An old advertisement touts Kojene as a powerful non poisonous antiseptic for catarrh. It claims a six ounce bottle costs 60 cents and is sold by multiple local pharmacies with a money back guarantee if no improvement in a week.
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West End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
Fairview Pharmacy
Princeton
Hale Pharmacy
Welch youth escapes death in Capels embankment crash
B H Steinert payroll clerk at Central Poca hontas Coal in Capels nearly died when his Studebaker left the road after a blinding Ford headlights incident. He suffered a head laceration and spinal injury. a trolley wire halted the vehicle as bystanders helped him to Grace Hospital. He faces at least six weeks in plaster. the Ford driver fled. Steinert is married with one child.
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B. H. Steinert
Studebaker
Capels
Steinert
Central Pocahontas Coal Company
Capels Road
William Haas
Ford
Davy
Welch
Haas
Coal
Miss Cook Engaged to W H Riley at Home Event
Social notes recall Miss Lucile Cook announcing engagement to civil engineer Walter Hillman Riley at her parents' home Rev J F Cook and wife hosting a pink and white party. Maxine Cartwright distributed sealed envelopes revealing the betrothal before June 15.
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Miss Cook
Lucile Cook
J. F. Cook
W. H. Riley
Maxine Cartwright
Lucile Ellis Cook
Walter Hillman Riley
Gladys Gay
Hazel Carter
Causthia Buchennan
Isabel Hammond
Lucy Gusler
Zula Cook
Eunice Cook
Oscar Freeman
Charlotte
N. C
A. S
Piles Relief Claim For Hamadala Tablets
A Buffalo reader reports twelve years of piles relief after one box of Hamadala Pile Tablets. The letter says four months after stopping use no recurrence and endorses the internal treatment as permanent. Goodykoontz Drug Co distributes the product with a refund guarantee and mail order to out of town customers.
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Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
John A. McAllister
Goodykoontz Drug Co
Hamadala
Hungarian Miner Severely Burned In Home Fire Incident
Steve Turk, a Hungarian miner living in Premier, was severely burned yesterday morning at about 5 o clock when attempting to light a fire with gasoline. He poured gasoline on kindling and struck a match, causing flames to flare up toward his face and body.
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Joe Seep
Premier
Grace Hospital
Steve Turk
Turk
Kimball Kiwanis Hold Weekly Meeting Education Night
The Kimball Kiwanis Club met at Houston M E Church South for Kiwanis education night. Doc Cook reported on the Mullens charter party and week of May 25 as clean up week. Rev Worley spoke on Kiwanis value to the community. new members J C Williams and A D Robertson were introduced.
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Kimball Kiwanis Club
Houston M. E. Church
South
Eddins
Kiwanis Education
Doc Cook
Mullens
Hia cCommittes
Kimball
J. Will Bailey
B. ©. Hylton
RE. D. Eddins
Nathan Spector
Lawhead
Kimball Orchestra
New Safe Way to Rid Unsightly Hair Permanently
A brief advert announces a new method to remove unwanted hair permanently sold by a pharmacy firm. The copy mentions a product name and notes it is available for purchase through a merchant identified as Sd Pharmagy or similar.
Welch Briefs and Local Notices From Welch
A social guest list highlights a party for Miss Lucy Gunsler hosted by Mrs. P A Warley in Welch. A county clerk report notes no marriage license applicants and fewer licenses issued than any year since 1914. Gary baseball manager Riley announces a Sunday game with Roanoke Shop, seen as stronger now. Kimball Kiwanis Club leads a citywide clean-up drive with a May campaign proclamation urging residents to participate.
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Caushia Buchanan
P. A. Warley
Lucy Gunsler
Welch
Princeton
Riley
Gary
Roanoke Shop
Roanoke
Simost
United States Coal and Coke Company
D. Beglaal
Kimball
Kimbell Kiwanis Club
Cless
Kim
Turner
Considerable Interest in Coming Bond Election
City residents rally behind a bond issue to expand parking space and grow the city. Registration is finished and polling opens Saturday morning May 23 for voters to support the bonds.
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Polis
Welch
Sinclair Consolidated Oil posts rising earnings
New York May 20 earnings of the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation run at an annual rate of 80 million dollars and probably will rise. Harry F. Sinclair says all facilities and capital are now working, up from prior construction levels. Gasoline sales in January to April 1926 rise 65 percent year over year, with April up 37 percent.
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New York
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
Harry F. Sinclair
Tanlac Promise Of Health And Strength For The Underweight
The ad touts Tanlac as nature's tonic that builds flesh and restores digestion. It cites glowing customer letters and claims quick relief from torpid liver rheumatic stomach issues and general weakness.
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Tanlac
Taniac
Nature
Tanleo Promises Quick Relief From Digestive Ailments
An advertisement touts Tanleo as a cure for distance related indigestion and malnutrition claims. It urges readers to obtain a bottle today and feel better by nightfall.
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Tanleo
Stek
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