Princeton Social Circles Farm Women’s Club Meeting
The Brush Creek Farm Women’s Club met at the home of Mrs Justin Backett on October 21 with reports from Mrs Sackett and Mrs A Brook on fundraising and county life conference. Grace McCue spoke on the Charleston state fair and plans for December bazaar to fund the dining hall at the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brush Creek Farm Women's Club
Justin Backett
Justin Sackett
Mre. A. Brook
Grace McCue
Charleston
KR. N. Miller
H. Wiley
W. T. Bratton
Leadership slate listed for organization meeting
Harrison Bh. Smith presides as president with Ernest Milair as vice president and Seey as secretary. A. HH. Young serves as medical director with other officers named in the proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Bh. Smith
Ernest (. Milair
Ives, & Seey
A. HH. Young
Med
Why Buy Life Insurance See How It Helps You
An advertising notice argues life insurance supports family income in old age and strengthens community standing. It urges readers to write Guy A. Ritur in Princeton West Virginia for details.
Must File Certificate to Get Auto License
D. L. White of the state road commission told Princeton yesterday that every automobile owner must file a certificate of title with the road commission before receiving a 1926 license. He noted only 3000 of 260,000 had filed by October 1 and urged early filing to avoid delays and car storage while licenses are issued.
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White
State Road Commission
Princeton
KR B McKenzie
Road Commission
Discretion Guides A L White In Plea Of Guilty
In a Plymouth County court A L White confessed to assault and battery after selecting discretion over trial. Judge Dillard fined White 26 dollars plus costs. A second case charging Victoria Robinson with burning a chicken coop was dismissed due to a defective indictment as the session adjourned for felonies the following morning.
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A. L. White
Dillard
Victoria Robinson
Plymouth
Pennsylvania wreck ruled unavoidable accident at Warwood
A coroner and jury in Wheeling West Virginia declared the October 14 wreck of a Pennsylvania railroad passenger train at Warwood an unavoidable accident. Three trainmen died when a dragging chain fouled a switch point causing the engine and three coaches to derail into a ditch.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ht. G. Hobbs
Warwood
Princeton Notices and Local Advertisements
Sulu was brought yesterday in the circuit court by Minnie Holcomb against Arthur Holcomb in chancery to November rules. Private garage for rent. Funeral services for Thomas A. Dunn were held at his son’s home, with interment in Peterstown. Reformation Day will be observed at the Princetonian church on Sunday at 3 o'clock. Santon Bros. advertises boys overcoats and suits with two pairs of pants and fur trimmed coats at special prices. Miss Ovella Hall arrived to take a position with Virginian Railway. Betty Booth Concert Company to appear tonight at the high auditorium as part of the lyceum course. An original operetta A Master’s Birthday will feature the program. The Paramount film Salome of the Tenements will be shown at the Palace Theatre.
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Sulu
Minnie Holcomb
Arthur Holcomb
Betty Booth
Miss Booth
Hugh Brandt
Paul Clark
High Auditorium
Epworth Institute Five Day Meeting at Minefield Va
A five day Epworth League Institute is planned in Minefield Virginia from November 1 to Sunday of that week with an elaborate program. Special study classes pep meetings and a pageant are included to make the event the best attended. Officials and department superintendents are urged to plan attendance to improve leadership and understanding of league work.
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Epworth League Institute
Minefield
Bepworth
Epworth League
Ppworth League
League
Germany Expected to Ratify Rhine Pact
Berlin reports parliamentary leaders predict safe Reichstag majority for the Luther Stresemann ministry as the Rhine pact and arbitration treaties, started at Locarno, move to ratification. Von Hindenburg’s cabinet unanimously approved the delegates’ security conference procedure and the Reichstag foreign relations committee signaled no opposition from middle parties.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Luther-Streseman
Locarho
von Hindenburg
Luther
Stresemann
Socialiates
Welch High Team Faces Princeton In Big Home Game
Welch high school football, a top southern West Virginia team, meets Princeton high tomorrow at 3 PM on McNutt field. Princeton seeks its first home win in weeks and hopes a large crowd will boost the local boys against longtime rival Welch.
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Will
Princeton
McNutt Field
Welch
West Virginia
Princeton High
Welch McDowell Gridiron Thriller Promises County Showdown
Civic leaders led by Graham Sale prepare for the Concord Morris Harvey football game at Welch high school grounds on October 31. Tickets by sale overseen by Sale, with transport by Carter and Blakely. Admission set at 1.50 for adults, 0.75 for schoolchildren, and 10 000 capacity planned with special buses and trains for both big games.
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Graham Sale
Rotary Club
West Virginia
Roanoke
Ceive
McDowell County
Concord
Davis
Equipment Heist Hits New Candy Shop Setup
The first shipment of candy shop equipment, destined for Campbell Corelli and Miss Jennings, was lost when city trash workers removed three barrels of dishes with the trash. A chase followed as the barrels were found and returned, two barrels recovered after officials questioned the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell Corelli
Miss Jennings
Welch Electric Company
Mystery barrel disappearance puzzles locals
Late yesterday evening several interested persons searched for a third barrel that evidently walked off. The whereabouts are unknown and no one can explain where it disappeared to.
Motorists Urged to File Certificates of Title Now
Traffic Officer Hub Herndon warns motorists in the county to fill out certificate of title blanks mailed to every vehicle owner. Delays in submission delay 1926 license tags, which go out from the Road Commission in Charleston at about 3000 daily. tags ready Nov 1 and usable before year end. Officials say forms confusion led some to seek help from Squire Jones Lay and Fred Stuart for guidance.
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Hub Herndon
Mr. Herndon
Road Commission
Charleston
Department
Squire Jones
Northfork
Fred Stuart
Keystone
Welch
Welcoming Bluefield Boosters Honored by Welch Officials
Welch city officials led by Mayor Blakely extended a cordial invitation to Bluefield Good Will boosters to visit Welch and stay as long as they like. The mayor praised Welch as a modern little wonder and pledged to showcase its hospitality to visitors. A separate note mentions Lilly Land Company offering a nine acre tract with a four room house on the Princeton Athens Highway for sale with a good second hand automobile as cash.
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Lilly Land
Spmpaxd
Athens Highway
Welch
Blakely
Bluefield
Lilly Land Company
Princeton-Athens
West Virginians urged to welcome visitors to Welch tour
The mayor urged citizens from surrounding towns to stay in Welch and host guests during a tour. He praised good fellowship and said West Virginians, especially in this region, should entertain visitors, with Bluefielded urged to strut their stuff as McDowell county sits as the Pocahontas coal field capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
West
Sheriff Hatfield Ill but Improving After Hospital Stay
Friends of McDowell County Sheriff Hatfield reported a serious illness at Welch Hospital No 1. He was admitted with a partial intestinal obstruction. By evening his condition fluctuated from critical to improved and he rested well overnight after consultation with doctors Wade H. St Clair and A G Rutherford.
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McGinnis Hatfield
McDowell County
Welch Hospital No. 1
Sheriff Hatfield
Hatfield
Wade H. St. Clair
Bluefield
Welch
A. G. Rutherford
H. G. Camper
St. Clair
Retail Merchants Meet Sparks Welch Holiday Push
The Retail Merchants Association of Welch gathered about 120 attendees at the Appalachian Power building basement last night to discuss plans for boosting holiday business. Warren A. Wilson, West Virginia Kiwanis district governor, spoke, urging support for the Welch Chamber of Commerce amid speeches, music, and a Dutch lunch.
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Retail Merchants’ Association of
Welch
Appalachian Power Company
Warren A. Wilson
West Virginia
Blaine Bowen Released on Bond in Wilmore Case
Blaine Bowen of Wilmore, arrested amid charges of kidnapping and forcing colored track workers to flee with pistols and other means, was released on bond posted by Harvey Trent, a Wilmore merchant, in the amount of 600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine Bowen
Wilmore
Harvey Trent
Welch Area Socials and Local Moves Highlight Small Town News
A Welch society page lists dozens of residents visiting relatives, business trips, and weekend trips to Bluefield Huntington Pikeville and Pineville. Notable items include Dr Wade St Clair visiting for Sheriff Hatfield’s illness, Charles Kink Concord College football manager, and a Baltimore Housewives League plan to open a cooks and house maids school.
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WELCH
Wade St. Clair
Bluefield
McGinnie Hatfield
Welch Hospital
Walter Lowe
A. Christy
Keystone
George West Deihl
Athens
Otis St. Clair
Huntington
A. G. Simpkins
Matewan
R. Hughes
Kimball
Virginia
Charles Kink
Concord College
C. W. Evans
William J. Hatfield
Laeger
Robert Page
Berwind
Yestern W. Cook
Laeger National Bank
A. French
Midland Stores Company
Charles Boone Houston
Chester
Maude Frazier
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Gypsie Lee Pine
C. Thornton
William Winfrey
A Brook
Albert Mooney
J. Faulkner
Hetherington
Julia Hetherington
L. B. Evans
J. Sackett
E. B. Belcher
W. R. Harman
Mary Harman
Woman's Club
Presbyterian Church
E. W. Hale
State Association
G. B. Halstead
Halstead
Meedames Dever
Early, Robinson
HD. Karnes
Sutherland
W. E. Fletcher
George Oxley
Noel
Stewart Garrett
Mise Eupha Bonham
Mre HB
Pearls
West Virginia Federation of Woman's Clubs
Elkins
Gleaners
First Baptist Church
Nites Heese Pine
Monica Kennedy
Mary Roles
Mesdames S&s
W. Gentry
Robert
Pearl Spangler
Jen Kennedy
Nellie Mitchell
Tressie Williamson
Mae Thornton
Esther McClung
Sam Lilly
J. D. Boone
W. M. Howell
Faraday
Russell Coleman
Jennie Leighton
Charles Wheby
Second Street
Richmond
George Washington Life Insurance Co
Charleston, W. Va
Guy A. Ritur
Princeton, W. VA
Pennsylvania
Mercer
Miss Ovella Hall
The
Virginian Railwayiss
Washington, D.C
New York City
Montreal
Canada
City
Mary Overholt
Blanch Straley
Greece
Miss Overholt
Paramount
Anzia Yezierska
New York
East Side
Salome
Tenements
Palace Theatre
Sidney Olcott
Jetta Gondal
Godfrey Tearle
Jose Ruben
Santon Bros
Thomas A. Dunn
Bill Dunn
Mercer Street
Peterstown
Monroe County
Charles KE. Musser
Micajah
Catherine
Musser
Memorial Hospital
Princetonian Church
C H. Phi
Santon Bros. Department
Epworth Institute
Benu Noga
Llewellyn
United Mratee
Konnda
Sen
C. G. Dene
W. W. Done
Germany
Welch High Team
Hadden’s
Acorn
Hadden
Midland
Daily News Review
Welch High School
Gail T. Carter
John Blakely
C. C. Morrit
W. OD. Levett
Eddy
Bert Downs
Anawalt
Gary
Hell
Kellogg's
Kelloggs
Grand Jury
Hayder Williams
Mas King
War
S. EK
Ward
Marytown
Gay Ward
Nora Stacy
Kathleen Steele
Thompson
Williamson
A.W. Willey
Grundy
Laura Harmon
A .D. Cooke
Pineville
J. W. Johnson
Hill
Lick Branch
W. H. Coleman
Pikeville
Dr. Coleman
Eula Dennis
Mohawk
C. Grose
R. C. Harmon
W. F. Bicklebach
O. M. Shadad
W. K. Hatcher
Vella Pauley
Panther
Housewives’ League of
Baltimore
Saeger
Durham
Baptist Tabernacle
Overbay
Nell Anderson
L. T. Davis
T. Hatcher
Margaret
H. L. Tutwiler, Jr
Russell Burgner
Blue Ribbon Orchestra
A. &. Miller
Central Hotel
Keystone, W. Va
Memorial Building
West Virginia Council of Religious Education
Smylie Bible Class
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