City Coalfield Short Items and Notices
A collection of brief notices: storage available for a piano for a childless couple, coal and service quotes, pears sale next Wednesday, store hours and closures for Smoot samples, kindergarten registrations, rental and lodging offers, car for sale, court actions against Federal Court suspects, confiscations by police, weather and water reports, President's Cup date at Bluefield Gun Club, American Legion joint meeting plans, and a move to a new home on Grove land avenue.
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Bluefield
Five Drunks Locked Up Over Week End
Five men were jailed after weekend arrests for drunkenness. F. B. Smith was found near the fair grounds and removed on stretchers as too drunk to stand. Nestor Guy was held for trial, while Charley Robinson Robert Jamison and C. E. Murphy were fined $25 each. Murphy faced an additional assault charge which was dismissed on McCarr.
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Smith
Fair Grounds
Nestor Guy
Charley Robinson
Robert Jamieson
C. E. Murphy
Murphy
BE. W. MecCarr
McCarr
Prince Youssoupoff suit against Widener dismissed
New York court dismissed the suit by Prince Felix Youssoupoff seeking re-delivery of two Rembrandt portraits from Joseph B. Widener. The judge ruled the transaction was a sale with a conditional repurchase right, not a loan, and future option to buy remained with Widener within ten years from August 1921.
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New York
Vernon M. Daviaday
Prince Felix Youssoupoff
Joseph BH. Widener
Philadelphia
Widener
Justice Davis
Justice Davis Ld Widener
Permanent injunction ends strike picketing in Pomeroy mines
Judge A P Miller today made permanent the temporary injunction in Pomeroy Ohio, barring Union miners on strike from picketing the Pittburg Coal Company and Stalters-Hesex Company mines on the Pomeroy Bend. The union seeks resumption under the Jacksonville agreement.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
A. P. Miller
Pittsburg Coal Company
StaltersHesex Company
Pomeroy Bend
Jacksonville
Prairie Oil and Gas Board Passes September Dividend
Independence Kansas Sept 14 The board of directors of the Prairie Oil and Gas Company today voted to pass the September dividend on the stock. W S Pitepatrick, chairman, issued a statement noting the present unsatisfactory state of the oil industry warrants anticipation of greatly reduced earnings for the rest of the year.
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Independence
Kans
Prairie Ol and Gas Company
Pitepatrick
Nat Reiss Shows Shine At Bluefield Fair Carnival
The Nat Reiss Shows loom as Bluefield Fair’s largest carnival yet with 15 rides acts and concessions lining the midway. Organizers praise courteous staff and high standards while Georgia Minstrels and 4A Ranch Wild West Show entertain beside music from Prof. Frank Meeker’s band.
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Bluefel Fair
Bluefield Fair
Nat Reiss
Bluefield
Georgia Minstrels
Hvans
Bluefield Val
Eteer
Frank Meeker
Eskimos Become Fine Fox Farmers in Alaska
Frank DuFresne of the U S Geological Survey reports Eskimos are developing fox farming and pelts marketing in Alaska. On Seward Peninsula they shift from whaling and driftwood loss to ranching, with some families earning about 2000 dollars yearly as women lead the work and families previously at risk begin to thrive.
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Name
Alaska
Frank DuFresne
Seward Peninsula
United States
Iological Survey
Bering Sea
Arctic Ocean
DuFresne
Eleven Jury Seats Tentatively Filled in McNamara Trial
Indianapolis September 14 jurors were tentatively seated on the first day of the trial of labor leader John W. McNamara on four counts of blackmail. The state says he threatened workers to abandon jobs for union laborers. Police guarded the corridors as McNamara sat with his counsel, showing little interest in jury selection.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John W. McNamara
McNamara
Structural Steel
Structural Steel Workers’ Union
Criminal Court
San Quentin Penitentiary
Los Angeles Times
Destruction of French Plane in Clouds Reaches Ground
Freiburg Germany Sept 14 The French aircraft en route from Etampes to Bagdad with Robert Thierry killed and Dieudonne Goste injured crashed after entering clouds reaching ground level. The plane struck a large tree and plunged into the steep Rotbach river bank as heavy rains swelled the water. The machine was completely wrecked.
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Freiburg
Baden
Germany
Etampes
Bagdad
Robert Thierry
Dieudonne Goste
M. Coste
Interrod
St. Joseph's Hospital
Rotbach
Veteran of Civil War Shot Near River Bank
Mathew Casey eighty, a Civil War veteran, was shot near the Marietta Manufacturing plant in Point Pleasant by Dora Turner fifty five. Turner fired three times injuring Casey who was taken to a hospital in Guiltpotts in a lying condition. Turner is under arrest.
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Mathew Casey
Gallipolis Hospital
Dora Turner
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Turner
Casey
Guiltpotts
Point Pressant Jal
Marietlayr
New Annealing Formula May Transform Steel Treating
H A Schwerts of Cleveland announced at the American Society for Steel Treating convention a method to calculate exact anneal times for malleable iron castings and to test material annealability. The advance eliminates guesswork and lengthy experiments, promising big time and material savings.
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Cleveland
Ohio
American Society For Steel Treating
H. A. Schwerts
Hooded mob leaves man in critical condition in North Carolina
In Monroe North Carolina a man named Turner Blanchard thirty two is in critical condition after a hooded mob abducted him from his Charlotte highway home tied him blindfolded to an auto carried him away mutilated him and returned him with the warning that he would pay his grocery bills He is father to five and stepfather to three with four men reported in the attack and all wore hoods
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Monroe
N. C
Turner Anchard
Charlotte Highway
Here
Blanchard
Merger Report Possible Here for Steel Firms
Reports from Youngstown Ohio today hint at a merger involving You Sheet and Tube Jones and Ughiin Republic and Inland Steel Companies. Trumbull may be included though no official statement was issued.
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Youngstown
Ohio
You Sheet and Tube
Jones and Ughiin
Republic
Inland Steel Companies
Trumbull
Peace Accord Reported Between Two New York Tongs
Authorities say the Hip Sing and On Leong tongs signed a peace pact at the office of Ziang Ling Chang consul general of the republic of China. The article notes travelers in East Africa using hollow sticks to collect rainwater from yak tree hollows.
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Tong Peace League
New York
Tongs
Ziang Ling Chang
Republic of China
Jubaland
East Africa
Eulogy for Mrs. R. G. Meador of Athens West Virginia
A longtime Baptist loyalist Mrs. Lizzie R. Oxley Meador was born April 18 1856 in Bland County Virginia and died September 3 1925 at her home in Athens West Virginia Leaving a husband R G Meador and extended family The tribute praises her steadfast character humility charity and strong religious faith noting she guided many through church and life while living a life of quiet propriety and resilience The memorial closes with a blessing and the line Sweet by and by spoken by a friend of 30 years
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R. G. Meador
Bland County
Athens
W. Va
Lizzie R. Oxley
West Virginia
Baptist Church
Otenes
Our Church
Two federal investigators arrive to identify body in Iowa
Dubuque police confirm two men from the post office department in Washington arrived to view a river body found last Wednesday. They seek to determine if the deceased matches George Dutch Anderson, accused slayer of Mr. and Mrs. Ban Hance near Muncie Indiana. Local authorities expect federal agents to arrive by tomorrow.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Post Office Department
Washington
George
Dutch) Anderson
Ban Hance
Muncie
Ind
Anderon
Stathers Reappointed Chairman of Public Service Body
Charleston based announcement says Berk S. Stathers is reappointed chairman of the Public Service body by Governor Gore. Stathers previously held the post under former Governor Morgan and is credited with advancing the body’s efforts from the Governor’s office.
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Charleston
W. Va
Berk S. Stathers
Public Service
Macy
Gore
Stathers
Morgan
Starthers
Utheess
Three Firemen Feared Dead In Knox Oil Yard Blaze
Mount Vernon Ohio September 14 three firemen were fatally burned and another missing after a fire destroyed Knox Oil Company storage yard. Three other firemen were seriously burned and damage was about 100000 dollars. The blaze likely started when hose metal touched a gasoline tank. Harry Snyder twenty an employee tried to rescue the books and is believed trapped.
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Mount Vernon
Ohio
Knox Oil Company
Harry Snyder
Four Room House Burned On Talbert Street
A four room house on Talbert Street owned by Samuel Turk and occupied by Kelly Collins was destroyed by fire about 2 oclock Tuesday morning. A jurist judges a exchange about a crime and a quip from the defendant reveals a hospital family tale.
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Talbert Street
Samuel Turk
Kelly Collins
Armour Morats Merger Declared Not Violating Act
Secretary Jardine dismissed the 1923 initiated complaint against the Armour and Morris Packing Companies merger. He found the consolidation did not create a monopoly or restraint of trade, noting it aimed to cut costs and boost product sales. He cited Armour’s market share under 2 percent and contrasted it with Swift and Company.
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Wathington
Armour and Morris Packing Companies
Jardine
Walace
Ite House
Packers and Stock Yards
Ington
Secretary of Agriculture
Armour and Company
Swift and Company
Red Cross launches nationwide campaign for disabled veterans
The American Red Cross initiated a national drive to aid disabled veterans in government hospitals. From Washington, telegrams urged 2,000 Red Cross chapters to enlist 30,000 sweaters as cold weather approaches. Members and donors were asked to contribute wool at about 2.75 dollars per sweater and sleeves or 1.60 dollars for those without sleeves.
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Washington
American Red Cross Today
Also Mentioned on This Page
Coalfield
Mercer Coal and Supply Co
Service Coal Company
We Grocery Co
T. R. Smoot
Saint Louis
Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co
Brookey Coal Co
Bowers Old Yard
P. Dodd
Dubling Street
F. B. Godsey
Albemarle Street
Ford
Peice
G. C
Ae Ow
Federal Court
Cox
Bradshaw Meyers
Prohibition
A. J. Hearn
Huntington
United States Court
Seagle
Commercial Hotel
Bath Room
Moint
Uefleld Post No. 3
The
American Legion
Legion Auntliary
Legion
A. F. Kingdon
Groveland Avenue
Montvale
Nixon
Roanokest
Wyrick
PRI Beer
J. W. Haley
West Virginian
J. B. Eades
Osteopathic
Huefield
Harry L. Greenspon
Aliff Transfer Co
Bluefield Ave
Thomas St
Bluefield Hardware Co
N. Y
Jas. G. Lita Agt
Commercial Bank
P. D
Bluefield, W. Va
Altamont
Mercer Funeral Home
Bland Street
Prince
Ben-Tone
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Pharmacy
Flat Top Drug CO
R. L. Morris
WM. H. Carr
Coal & Coke
Res
Celestial City
Israel
Amy
McCormick & CO
Baltimers
the Royal Steam
Coalfields
Royal Steam Laundry
Armour-Morats
White House
A. F. Tinsley Manufacturing Jeweler
Federal St. Bluefield, W. VA
the Quality Shop
Goodykoontz Drug CO
Three Good Drug Stores
East End Pharmacy
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield Pharmacy
Bluefield Avenue
Fairview Pharmacy
Bland and
South Streets
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