Coal and service ads blend with dances and notices
Local notices advertise coal prices and delivery from Mercer Coal and Supply Co and service coal, piano care, ice and cold storage. Event notices include Hallowe en masquerades at Masonic Temple, a Rum mage Sale, and dances led by Frank White and the West Virginian. Community updates cover a funeral, church permits, rainfall, police court fines, and a burned Ford coupe on New Hope road.
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Ford Come
New Hope Road
Mra C
Homes For Sale Repair and Renovation Service Ad
An ad notes homes rarely sell well unless woodwork and walls are repaired. It promotes fixing up properties at a low cost to boost resale appeal.
The Student Prince in Heidelberg Delights Local Audiences
Yesterday and last night the operetta The Student Prince in Heidelberg played to capacity houses at the Colonial Theatre. The Shuberts production drew praise for its young attractive cast, musical numbers, and dazzling scenery, with audiences calling it the best locally in years.
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Heidelberg
Colonial Theatre
Shuberta
Bluefield
Richmond
New York
Princess Margaret
Texas
Prince
Kathie
Governor Stresses Urgency of Pending Tax Strike Action
The governor argues against granting an injunction delaying tax collection until court rulings on the act. He says the state must function and revenue is needed to refund any taxes later deemed invalid. He cites prominent attorneys as special counsel and notes government activities depend on timely revenue.
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Fred ©. Blue
T. C. Townsend
Wiesje
H. B. Lee
John T. Simms
Westminster Names A Pulpit Committee
Westminster Presbyterian Church forms a pulpit committee to find a successor for Rev H DuBose who joined Johnson City First Presbyterian. The committee includes Morris Watts Witt Hancock C C Campbell Clyde Bailey and W L Alley. No candidate yet and no definite vacancy. Dr George West Diehl of Concord College will serve as supply pastor for now.
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Westminter Presbyterian Church
H. DuBose
First Presbyterian Church
Johnson City
Tenn
Morria Watts
Witt Hancock
C. C. Campbell
Clyde Bailey
W.L. Alley
George West Diehl
Concord College
Continuance Granted In Mercer County Prohibition Case
Judge J Frank Maynard granted a postponement for R L Taylor and Eli Watkins in Mercer County criminal court to allow filing of a petition to move the case to the U S district court for the southern district of West Virginia Indictments allege criminal assault on J H Counts claim agent for the Virginian Railroad whose car on Oakvale mountain road was searched for liquor The trial had been scheduled for Princeton yesterday but was continued to prepare removal papers.
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J. Frank Maynard
R. L. Taylor
Prohibition
Eli Watkins
Criminal Court
Mercer County
United States Court For
Southern District
West Virginia
Taylor and Watkins
J. H. Counts
Virginian Railroad
Oakvale Mountain
Princeton
Maynard
Methodists Plan Fund Raising for Bluefield District
The Bluefield district of the Holston conference prepares annual funds to cover all expenditures. A meeting of district stewards at the district parsonage on Albermarle street, led by Dr. B. D. Long, set the plan. About twenty stewards attended as the district oversees salaries and benevolent allocations totaling roughly $260,000 yearly.
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Bluefield
Holston
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Albermarle Street
D. Long
Out for President Big Insurance Club
James G. Litz a local agent for New York Life and member of New York Life Big Club announces his candidacy for the club presidency The rule favors the agent with the largest year’s business and presidents cannot repeat This drive ends June 30 1996 with Alabama having last won in 1922 and Litz seeking support nationwide
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James G. Litz
New York Life Insurance Company
New York Life Big Club
Alabama
Mr. Lites
Oil Institute Protest Highlights Misrepresented Conditions
Report on misrepresented waste conditions cited by Mr. Oliver and sent to J Edgar Yew of Mallee Tevas, vice president of Sun Ol Company and president of the Petroleum Institute. Investigators were told to obtain date supporting these claims and the protest will be reviewed by the oil conservation board.
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Oliver
Institute
Oil Conservation Board
Mr. Oliver
J. Edgar Yew
Mallee
Tevas
Sun Ol Company
The
Petroleum Institute
Mitchell Ready for Trial Today
Colonel Mitchell has admitted responsibility for statements made in San Antonio on September 5 and 9 that prompted the war department to order his trial. He claimed the Shenandoah disaster and PN-9 No. 1 failure to negotiate the San Francisco to Honolulu flight showed incompetence and negligence by the war and navy departments.
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Mitchell
San Antonio Texas
War Department
Shenandoah
San Francisco
Honolulu
War and Navy Departments
Woman Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Windsor Manslaughter Case
Windsor Ontario October 27 Mrs Roth A dJanise convicted of manslaughter in the August shooting of Clayton McMallin a Windsor motor car mechanic was sentenced to fifteen years in Portsmouth Penitentiary She fainted during the sentence testimony showed she had been infatuated with McMallin and shot him in front of his house after he said he was through with her.
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Windsor
Ont
Roth A. dJanise
Clayton McMallin
Portsmoouth Nntentiary
Danise
McMahin
Eighteen Dead and Dozens Injured in Crash Aftermath
The report lists numerous victims with severe injuries across several states including Frank Anderson 19 Hollywood Tennessee brain concussion P Anderson 21 Aberdeen Mississippi spine injury and leg break Margaret Hummer 28 Macon Mississippi skull fracture Mildred Hummer Macon internal injuries David MayDowell 43 Batesville Mississippi spine chest injuries Andy Minor 35 Batesville Arkansas back injuries and severe cuts L E Tallichet 42 Tupelo Mississippi broken leg internal injuries Mrs J C Champion 68 Winfield Alabama back broken Forrest Harper unknown location broken left leg Sydney Omstead 29 Camden Arkansas broken hip both legs Randolph Jackson 17 Macon Mississippi injuries undetermined Hubert Kellett 18 Winlifred Arkansas scalp lacerations Nellie Marrow 24 Bremen Georgia lacerations bruises others injured include Rev W D Griffin 46 Memphis Ballard Hogan 23 Aberdeen T M Hussey Tupelo Louis B Henrich 32 Russellville Randolph Jackson 17 Macon Hubert Kellett 18 Winlifred Nellie Marrow 24 Bremen Albert Motley 18 Hazen B Newman J S Thompson Sr 63 Tupelo.
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Frank Anderson
Hollywood
Tenn
P. Anderson
Aberdeen
Miss
Margaret Hummer
Macon
Mildred Hummer
David MayDowell
Batesville
Andy Minor
Ark
L. E. Tallichet
Tupelo
J. C. Champion
Winfield
Ala
Forrest Harper
Columbia
Okla
Sydney Omstead
Camden
W. D. Griffin
Memphis
Ballard Hogan
T. M. Hussey
Louis B. Henrich
Russellville
Randolph Jackson
Hubert Kellett
Winlifred
Nellie Marrow
Bremen
Albert Motley
Albert Motley, 18 Hazen
B. Newman
Birmingham
J. S Thompson, Sr
Leidy Divorce Suit Filed by Mrs Josephine Widener Leidy
Mrs. Josephine Pancoast Widener Leidy files for divorce from Carter Randolph Leidy of Philadelphia. The suit, filed in Montgomery County, was kept private as papers were impounded. The Widener heir and Leidy eloped in Knoxville in 1920 and have a two year old daughter. Leidy is abroad in New York while Leidy family officials decline comment.
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Norristown
Josephine Pancoast Widener Leidy
Knoxville
Tenn
Carter Randolph Leidy
Philadelphia
Montgomery County
Leidy
Lelby
Ashevill
N. C
University of Pennsylvania
Joseph Leidy
American Carana Foundry Company
Ber ‘Ck
Coupe
New York
Four Held on Murder Charge in Walker County
Jasper Alabama October 27 four residents of BigWoods Bend Walker County Wilita Dockery Eunice Dockery Gilbert Emerson and Lee Cooper were jailed charged with the murder of Mrs William Dockery twenty five and Laisa Dockery five wife and child of William Dockery Eunice Dockery confessed that William struck his wife and child with a pistol then tossed them into the Warrior river after a boating party quarrel the bodies have not been recovered
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Jasper
Ala
Wilita Dockery
Eunice Dockery
Gilbert Emerson
Lee Cooper
E'S Bend
Walker County
Wesker County
William Dockery
Laisa Dockery
Sherif Kilgore
William
Warrior River
Four boys linked to Halloween gang parade arrests
Police say Ernest Mathena Roy Turner John Ward and Kendrick Hicks aged seventeen to nineteen admit involvement with a bold gang after arrests Monday night and Tuesday morning. Eight balloon cards rims and tubes valued over 500 dollars recovered with more property expected. Ward and Hicks face arraignment after bail set at 1000 dollars for Mathena and Turner. The Halloween parade in Bluefield will be a major three day carnival with massed costumes prizes and a parade route through downtown including a grand masquerade and street dancing.
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Ernest Mathena
Roy Turner
John Ward
Kendrick Hicks
R. ©. Bond
Lewis
Captain Seagle
Roy Thompson
Squire T. H.ite
Ward
Hicks
Legion Committees
Bluefield
Commerce Street
American Legion Municipal
Federal Street
Princeton Avenue
Norfolk and Western A
Reeton Avenue
Bland Street
Bland
Post Office Square
Federal and
Scott Street
Kassey-Perkips Company
Fasley-Perkins Company
Tip Toe Inn
Thornton- Laird Company
Fox Pharmacy
J. W. Waters Company
Gentleman Gruen
Joyce Jewelry Company
Miss Sue's
Jackie Coogan
The
American Legion
Missing crew members haunt schooner J C Webster
The schooner J C Webster from St Johns New Brunswick was towed into Rockland Maine after three crewmen, Stanley Bradford Fred Murray and Clarence Jefferson, were lost at sea during a storm. Captain Bradford said his son was washed overboard as the vessel battled heavy seas and lost most sails. The Red Wing cutter and a coast guard seaplane searched for the missing sailors. The Webster is owned in Boston.
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Rockland
Main
J. C. Webster
St. Johns
N. B
Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Red Wing
Peaked Hill Bar
Stanley P Bradford
Fred Murray
Clarence Jefferson
Pengfield
Beryn Bradford
Webster
Boston
Retail Coal Dealers Must Install Scales in Bluefield
A. G. Rutherford, sealer of weights and measures for Bluefield, ordered all local retail coal dealers to install scales and weigh each ton of coal sold. Weighs must appear on every bill, ensuring buyers receive 2,000 pounds. Five dealers lacked scales, but some are ordering them and others with scales are upgrading facilities.
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A. G. Rutherford
Bluefield
Rutherord
Eligible Members Set for Bluefield Gun Club Tournament
A canvass of qualified members shows all eligible participants to enter the annual tournament to be held at the Bluefield Gun Club Thursday afternoon.
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Bluefield
Handicap Trap Shooting Tournament Opens At One
Eligible members must attend as traps set for today and all preparations completed. Each member will shoot 100 rounds in a handicap event. The highest average wins a Lovine cup donated by Ai O N C Weller, club president. Public invited to watch, season finale open to all members afterward.
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C. Weller
President Harding Praised For Wartime Demobilization And Fiscal Celerity
The speaker commends President Harding and his administration for a business like budget and swift action. Demobilization of wartime army employees and statesmanlike handling of arms conferences are highlighted as notable achievements.
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Allen
Harding
Cold Midwest Weather to Persist For One More Day
Chicago reports a cold spell spreading across the middle west will last at least another day. forecasts show snow and freezing temperatures with readings near the zero mark in the northwest and widespread snow in the Rocky Mountain region.
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Midwest
Chicago
Middle West
Rocky Mountain
Snow blankets town as freezing cold bites Billings
Snow spreads over the region while Billings endures record cold temperatures that threaten crops and daily life. City crews work to clear streets and residents prepare for continued icy conditions.
First Warning Sparked Collision on S-51 Sub Sink
Boston October 27 The sudden red light on the City of Rome warned of danger to the bridge before colliding with the submarine S-51 off Block Island on September 26. Timothy Dreyer Savannah Ga third officer testified at the naval inquiry into the sinking and loss of 33 lives.
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Boston
City of
Rome
Timothy L. Dreyer
Savannah
Sreamer
Naval Boat
Block Island
Vanderbilt Jr. Confined With Infected Jawbone
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., noted newspaper owner and social figure, is confined to his hotel room in Atlanta with an infected jawbone. Doctors say the illness is not serious and he has been under care for a week, believed to be from gas exposure in World War I. It should be several days before he can leave his room.
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Atlanta
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Vanderbilt
Bank design aims to aid small savers at first window
The Bluefield National Bank announces its new Raleigh Street location features a front window dedicated to savings accounts. The choice targets convenience for customers new to banking, making the savings window the first stop after entry.
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A Co
Ony
Mercer Coal and Supply Co
Service Coal Company
Bluefield Ice i Cold Cool Co
Masonic Temple
Kimball
W Va
Masone
J. L. Penn
Rogers Su
W. W. B. Club
Harman
Williams and
Bland Streets
Frank White
B. B. Northen
Blue Rose Tea Room
BT. Oliver
Ait Court
M. B. Postelwaite
Peery
West Virginian
Margery Marx
Alexander du Bruille
Easiey
Hallowe'en
Ahavath Sholem
Birth Hall
Matt
Blue Fine Tea Room
Bassey Drug Store
Mercer Street
FE. F. McKinney
F. D. Trail
Brushfork
William Snead
A. Z. Peters
C. E. Rose
Hi. B. Hager
J. F. Webb
S. J. Peters
W. E. Spangter
D. C. Taylor
W. T. Peters
New Calvary Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church
Highland Avenue
Wade
Hiuefield
Keeney
Henry Melvin
Joe Williams
Vince Lambert
Jack Kidd
J. P. Penn
Rogers Street
Homes For Sale
Nixon Paint & Paper Co
J. B. Eades
Osteopathic
Buiding
Harry L. Greenspon
Leea
Aliff Transfer Co
Wirefield Ave
Thomas St
Bluefield Hardware Co
N. Y
Jas. G. Litz, Agt
Commercial Bank
P. D
W. Va
Altamont Cafeteria
Mercer Funeral Home
Westminster
P. W. Bowman
Princeton Ave
R. L. Morris
Bluefield, W. Va
WM. H. Carr
Osteopath
Abrams
Coal & Coke
Res
OUT
BIG Insurance Club
Fifl Leidy
Elizabeth Arden
Hotel
Mathena
Turner
State Reformatory
Telegraph
Virginia
LaBelle
M. G. Whitlow Hardware Co
Princetonvenue
Billings
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Teliers
Bluefield National
Federal
Raleigh
Russell Brown
Keil Alderson
William Otey
Bluefield National Bank
Bluefield West
DR. J. S. Compton
Goodykoontz Drug CO
Three Good Drug Stores
Qua
Convenient Drug Stores
Perating
East End
Bluefield Pharmacy
Fairview Pharmacy
Bland and
South Streets
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