Bluefield Classifieds and notices prompt local ads
Coal firms list prices and phone numbers for Pocahontas and Red Ash coal. Other ads promote furnace liners, auto repair, truck covers, and real estate for sale in Wittens Mills. Shrine Club Halloween dance set for October 23 at Masonic Temple with Repass orchestra. Police Bulletin notes fines for speeding and dismissals.
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Chub
Masonic Temple
Shrine Club
Masmate Temple
Wittens Mill
Tazewell County
Virginia
C. F. Brown
Wwittens Mills
T. FR. Smoot
Bluefield
W. Va
Hallowe Temple
The
Masonic
Nfepass’ Orchestra
Hallowe'en
Seldom Turn Satisfactorily When Woodwork and Walls Poor
A repair service advertises fixing up properties to improve condition for selling at a small profit. The text notes focus on woodwork and walls and implies contracting for resale readiness.
Repeal of Estate and Gift Taxes Urged in Hearings
Massachusetts Republican chair Green and fellow committee members heard broad debate on repealing estate and gift taxes. Texas Tax Clubs led by Lee Satterwhite and Senator R A Stuart urged leaving revenue to states while questions arose about potential evasion if the federal levy ends now.
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Massachusetts
Texas Tax Clubs
Lee Satterwhite
Texas House
R. A. Stuart
Green
Masons Received by the President
Lists of Masons received by the president include names such as Thomas J. Mason, Harry W. Meyer, Ira M. Wheel ing, Harold H. Oakley, Logan Parrish, Clarence W. Young, George W. Tavenner Jr, Frank Webb, and others from Huntington, Clarksburg, Charleston, Parkersburg, and Moundsville. The fragment shows continued names on page one.
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Wheeling
Thomas J. Mason
Jarlessen
Harry W. Meyer
Ira M. Jon
Huntington
Harold H. Oakley
Logan
Nar Parrish
Clarksburg
Clarence W. Young
C. Savage
Charleston
George W. Tavenner, Jr
Parkersburg
Frank 8. Webb
Moundsville
Public schools to test new singing system
A Chicago Musical Art Society official demonstrates the Foreman system of common sense applied to school music at Hancock school in Grant street. The method uses drills and phonograph records to train pupils daily without a resident musician, with teachers guided by experts. If the test succeeds, the program may spread to other district schools.
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Beaver Pond
Homer
Dam
Musical Art Society of Chicago
Hancock School
Grant Street
Libel suit filed as coal operators challenge union leaders
The scene centers on a libel suit by hard coal operators against a speaker who accused union leaders of violating trusteeship. The exchange accuses operators of misstatements about profits and adulterated products and questions the operators’ handling of negotiations last July, highlighting industry demoralization and public inconvenience.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lewis
Mardi Gras Carnival Promoters Outline October Festival
Enthusiasm marked a meeting of promoters for an American carnival planned for October 29 30 31 with daily Lancheon by Legion Auxiliary at Appalachian Power plant for fifty cents and indoor carnival at the Legion Dugout Each day. A grand Mardi Gras carnival and street event will close the affair on October 41 pending city traffic controls.
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Lancheon
Regulation of Oyster Industry Advocated
At the fifty fourth annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in St Louis the call for state regulation of the oyster trade was made to curb typhoid outbreaks seen in New York and Chicago in 1924. Doctors Krumweide and Park from the New York health department discussed chlorine purification experiments, but stressed that only prevention of contamination can truly stop germ spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louwla
New York
Chicago
American Public Health Association
Charles W. Krumweide
William H. Park
New York Health Department
How to Reduce Enlarged Veins with Emerald Oil Claim
An old home remedy article touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a cure for swollen veins. It promises rapid improvement after applying a two-ounce bottle at home with a money back guarantee. Local pharmacies are listed as sellers.
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Moone
East End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
Fairview Pharmacy
Lived Eighty-four Years To End His Own Life
A 84 year old man, William A. Wittich, a watchman at the Superior Bronze works, was found this morning at the plant with a bullet wound to the head. Authorities believe he shot himself during a state of despondency. he had been in poor health.
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William A. Withee
Wittich
Felt and Emanuel linked in fatal double tragedy
Philadelphia woman recounts Maurice Felt took his own life over business losses and a betrayed friend. She says he planned to flee with her, later delivering details as authorities examine a $25 000 life policy for her son Forest. Executors consider challenging the insurance payout.
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Philadelphia
Maurice Eucone
Mise
Lillian M. Emanuel
Mise Emanuel
Reed
Miss Emanuel
Hin
Forest
Felt
Missa Emanuel
David Bortin
General Electric Holdings Spanning Hotels Railways and More
First witness FD D. Kammerer, chief traveling auditor for General Electric, reveals the company has interests across hotels, amusement parks, cash stores, fair and exhibition firms, railways, power plants, and numerous other concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric Company
FD. D. Kammerer
General Electric
Mrs. F F Farley Questioned Over Detention and Insurance
Mrs. F F Farley wonders why she is detained as part of a case involving $14,000 of a $60,000 life insurance payout paid to her sister Mrs. Turner. Turner was committed to Never County Jail in default of bail or court obligations.
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F. F. Farley
Knights of Malta Tour Wheeling Industrial Sites
Three hundred Knights of Malta at Wheeling West Virginia for the forty second national conclave toured local mills and foundries whose output aided World War II era projects. A banquet at the Wheeling Country Club and a concert at the First Christian Church closed day one. The College of Ancients will confer degrees tomorrow with a parade planned after lunch.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Knights of Malta
Wheeling Courtry Club
First Christian Church
College of Ancients
Order
Wheeling Malta Temple
Lgag
Seizure of Corone Carrying Rum Off Atlantic City
Seven coast guardsmen boarded the wooden steamer Corone with a 440000 liquor cargo after it was sighted forty five miles off Atlantic City. Most of the twenty two crew were said to be drunk and the vessel’s papers were destroyed, obscuring ownership. The seizure occurred as Rum Row patrols kept tight waters.
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New York
Corone
Coast
Fire alarm signals at multiple Bluefield and Princeton locations
Fire alarm signals listed for stations and streets in Bluefield, Princeton and surrounding areas. Readouts include station names and street intersections such as Bluefield Avenue with Chestnut, Spruce, Cherry, and Monroe Streets, plus nearby avenues like Giles, Princet on and Union areas.
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Kirkland Farm
North Street
Princeton Avenue
Talbot Streets
Southside
Northside
Princeton Ave
Russell St
Bluefield
Mercer
Bluefield Ave
Chestnut St
Spruce St
Cherry St
Raleigh
Pederal St. Gaels
Stewart Sta. Eens
Monroe Sts
Giles St
Princeton Ava
Fahod Et Ana
Ceton
Reese
Marshall
Allen and Powell
Park
Land and Jones
Mar
Wrederick St
Beast
Henry
Greenbrier
Perest
Union
Tnd
Union Oakhurst Ave
Death by Blow on Temple Near Lowsville
Morgantown West Virginia October 20 Tony Kosner fifty a miner for Fairmont Lowville Coal Company at the John Y plant one mile south of Lowville Monongalia County was found dying in his shanty shortly after eight oclock tonight He died before state police arrived State Trooper Orth says death caused by a heavy blow on the temple with a blunt instrument skull fractured and lower jaw broken murder theory advanced No clue to attacker found a blood pool on the porch $99 in cash in the room with the body police assembling to search the Loweville district for clues
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Morgantown
W. Va
Tony Kosner
Fairmont
Orth
Kosner
R. A. Moody
Loweville
Highest ranking court martial assembled in U S history
A thirteen member army court martial, the maximum allowed, will convene led by Major General Charlies P. Summerall. The court includes four corps area commanders and several brigadier generals, with Colonel Blanton Winship as law member. Members hail from Columbus, Chicago, Baltimore, Omaha, and distant posts across the country.
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Charlies P. Summerall
Second Corps
New York
Columbus
Ohio
Baltimore
Chicago
Omaha
Blanton Winship
Law
Summerall
Robert L. Howsee
Fred W. Sladen
West Point Military Academy
Douglas MacArthur
William 8. Graves
Ajamin A. Poore
Albert J. Haley
Fort Bragi
N. C
Edward L. King
General Service Schools
Fort Leavenworth
Frank R. McCoy
Third Infantry
Fort Sam
Houston
Tex
Edwin B. Winans
Fort Clark
George Irwin
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Edwin E. Booth
Cavalry School
Fort Riley
Kans
Blanc» Winship
First Corps
Boston
Law observance and religion key to national needs
The executive argues law observance relies on public sentiment and religion. He states religion, not mere government, inspires the resolve to follow laws, citing clergy, home piety, and societal devotion as powerful forces behind upright conduct and institutional integrity.
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Ple
Credit million and a half to the Vatican
New York bankers extend a 1.5 million dollar credit to the Vatican to guard against European currency fluctuations and strengthen ties with the American hierarchy. Blair & Company and Chase National Bank will serve as depositaries. officials withheld final completion details.
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New York
Vatican
Blair & Company
Chase National Bank
NO SOLUTION YET IN SWAMPLAND BODIES CASE
New Castle Pennsylvania October 20. John N Dunlap Lawrence county detective said search of the swamplands between here and West Pittsburg would not be continued though officers have not solved the finding of two bodies and two heads. The heads may belong to the bodies, with three main theories: victims of drunken parties, bodies moved from elsewhere, or victims of a maniac. Local residents recall a nearby camp of Mexican railroad laborers where gambling and drinking occurred.
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West Pittsburg
New Castle
John N Dunlap
Lawrence County
Here
Odd Facts From 1920s Headlines Include Rubber and Pigeons
A miscellany of curiosities notes that the US used 70 percent of world rubber last year, city women outrun country women in craziness, city air yields 25 to 30 pounds of smoke per person yearly, and a sparrow-sized South African bird outruns a horse. Other items mention telephotography checks, Alpine hotel bill collection, shoe sole readings, Royal Barge age, Mars civilization claims, pigeons crossing the Atlantic, Canadian honey production, and more.
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United States
South Africa
Boston News Letter
William
England
Mars
Ue Atlantic
Europe
New York
Canada
Vandervoort to begin life term for patricide
Warren Vandervoort a seventeen year old from Allison Iowa will start a life sentence at Fort Madison state prison for slaying his father Rev R J Vandervoort Methodist pastor at Parkersburg The boy's mother Mrs Della Vandervoort returned to Parkersburg and expressed relief that the extreme penalty was not sought The two parted after the sentencing amid somber emotion The hearing also touched on the boy's demeanor and the family reaction while in New York the drug conference announced plans to urge Congress to bar distribution of intoxicants by druggists citing threats to the legitimate drug trade
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New York
Court Delivers Life Sentence in Sleep-Centred Crime
The judge expressed gratification that the state had accomplished the remaining objective and noted that defense and state counsel agreed life imprisonment would satisfy both sides after the crime occurred in sleep.
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Alty
Newsboy Wins Harvard Scholarship Amid Global Jokes
A newsboy earns a Harvard University scholarship amid commentary on jet fuel, coal substitutions, and preferences for jet power. The broad satirical tone laments modern excess and praises education securing a bright future.
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Coal and Supply Co
Bernice Coal Company
Lawrence & Webb
Bailey Lumber Company
Nash
Bluefield Avenue
Commercial Bank
Viswt
Bly & Walker Dry Goods Co
the Magazine News, L. & C. Bldg
Army Recruit Office
West Virginia
Fifth Cavalry
Port Riley
Kansas
Twin City Coal
Bluefield Awning & Furnace Co
Donohue
J. Hufford
F. M. Slade
G. G. Carrico
J. T. Samples
Simon Turley
C. C. Keeney
Dgee
Pocahottas Operators’ Association
Bailey Building
Bland Street
Homes For Sale
Nixon Paint & Paper Co
J. B. Eades
Ertespathie
Mayer
Luefield
Harry L. Greenspon
Aliff Transfer Co
Binefie Ave
Thomas
Biyofield Hartware Co
N. Y
Jas. G. Lit, Agt
Sake
F. C
Blaefield, W. Va
Altamont
Mercer Funeral Home
Modern Funeral Establishment
Masons
R. L. Morris
Bluefield, W. Va
WM. H. Carr
Abrams
Coal & Coke
Res
Teagh
Maurice E. Felt
English Channel
Des Moines Register
Lord Illingworth
Lower
Lloyd George
Lady Ilingworth
Durham
Fox Pharmacy Hotel
West Virginian
Vandervoort
Harvard University
Harvard
Germany
Bluefield National Bank
Blveereup West Va
DR. J. S. Compton
5 and Me
A Or.yan Wesnee
Goodykoontz Drug CO
Three Good Drug Stores
Electrex
Marcel
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