Princeton Baptist Circle Meetings and a Wedding
The Baptist Circles meet at church and homes this afternoon for mission study and chairmanship led gatherings. Hattie Hall wed Harry Smith in a 5 pm ceremony at Mrs. S. H. Baker’s home with Rev. Ogle officiating. they plan to live in Princeton. The Methodist Women meet at the church at 2 30 this afternoon. Mrs A L Green hosts a children’s party for Arthur Law.
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Baptist Circles
Circle No
The
Baptist Church
Arnold Crotty
South Avenue
R. C. Sutherland
R. B. Bodell
Er. W Bonham
Ben W. Bird
Straley Avenue
Ray Hylton
Circle No. 5
Tom Charouchas
G. V. Bruce
Methodist Women's Society
Ditcch
A. L. Green
van Court Apartments
Arthur Law
Princeton neighbors list rental ads and local notices
Rentals offered including store room opposite the courthouse four room cottage brick home and apartments with hot and cold water. Marriages licenses issued for Zed Tate Virginia Tarr and Paris Bowling Emma Nicewander. Legal actions include a chancery suit and a fiduciary appointment of Alex Hedrick. Road work plans aim to improve roads before fall and winter. Chinquecpins from Carroll county. Heavy rain improves local vegetation. Giles County Fair attendance by Princeton merchants. Wayne K E Ross dies aged eleven. funeral in Trout Dale. Gifts and trades include a Dodge coupe trade and two furnished rooms for housekeeping.
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Zed L. Tate
Coalwood
Virginia F. Tarr
Dante
Paris B. Bowling
Bluefield
Emma B. Nicewander
Poplar Hill
Obituary for Edwin Hale
In memory of Edwin Hale who died September 16 1924 Odessa Crowell writes of a child at rest from sin. The piece speaks of Jesus welcoming Edwin, missing his sweet voice and playthings, and notes his small eyes closed yet felt near from the skies.
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Edwin Hale
Little Edwin Hale
Odessa Crowell
Edwin
Bangs
Edwin Dear
Two Men Held for Federal Grand Jury
Cecil Shrewsberry was bound on 4000 dollars by Justice W P Haller at Matoaka and appeared before U S Commissioner TH Scott in Bluefield. He faces federal grand jury action on moonshine operation charges after a sheriff raid. Attorney W C Fletcher represents Shrewsberry. Frank Martin, accused of liquor sales and conspiracy, was captured near Brush Fork after an escape attempt as Constable Belcher tried to arrest him.
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Cecil Shrewshberry
Justice of the Peace
W. P. Haller
Matoaka
United States
TH. Scott
Bluefield
Shrewsberry
Crumpecker
W. H. Shrewerberry
Cecil
W. C. Fletcher
Frank Martin
Belcher
Brush Fork
Family dispute leads to court hearing
Martin was taken to Bluefield yesterday by State Policeman Creasy. He was arraigned before Commissioner Scott and held under $1,000 bond for a hearing on September 30.
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Martin
Bluefield
Creasy
Scott
Gypsy Smith Addresses Kiwanis Club Meeting
Evangelist Gypsy Smith spoke before the Kiwanis Club at the weekly luncheon, recounting his London boys club work and his campaign at the Presbyterian Church. I. A. Downey was absent, with H. C. Hays presiding, and plans were announced for an inter city Kiwanis meeting at the Mercer County Fair Grounds next Tuesday night. A club singing program directed by S. G. Williamsen was held.
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Gypsy Smith
Presbyterian Church
Kiwanis Club
London
Canada
I. A. Downey
H. C. Hays
Bluefield
Matoaka Kiwanis
Mercer County Fair Grounds
G. Wilhiameson
Pope to convoke world Catholic council in 1928
Rome reports in Vatican circles that the Pope will call a world ecumenical council of the Catholic Church in 1928 the largest in history. The last ecumenical council sat in 1869 under Pius IX with nineteen councils in total beginning at Nicaea in 325. The 1870 end was interrupted by Franco-Prussian war and Rome's occupation by Italian troops.
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Rome
Vatican
Pius IX
Nicaea
Asia Minor
Italy
Evans Triple Phosphates Promises Relief for Nervous Weakness
Promotes Evans' Triple Phosphates as a restorative nerve food and blood builder for weakness sleeplessness and nerve trouble. Claims quick benefits within two weeks with money back guarantee and lists Goodykoontz Drug Co Princeton Hale Pharmacy and other druggists as suppliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rego Evans
Evans
Goodykoontz Drug Co
Princeton
Hale Pharmacy
Playground and park proposed for Prospect near Bluefield
The Prospect board of education plans to buy a five acre parcel near the Bluefield Princeton Highway from Judge C W Smith. It includes a one acre wooded park and a ground for a recreation area with a baseball diamond and two tennis courts. The move aims to provide an accessible play area within five minutes of the courthouse. The land lies beside the highway and near a trolley line. The purchase is urged now to prevent loss to others and to benefit Princeton residents. Also noted is a divorce suit between Katherine Thompson Wood and Lt Osborne C Wood listed for the September term of the superior court in Wilmington Delaware.
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Board of Education
C. W. Smith
Bluefield-Princeton
Boudary
Court House
Princeton
Wilmington
Del
Katherine Thompson Wood
Osborne C. Wood
Leonard Wood
Philippines
Dave's Mentha-Pepsin Promises Quick Gas Relief
Bluefield druggists advertise Dave's Mentha-Pepsin as a quick fix for stomach agony gas and indigestion. The ad claims ten minute relief from gas and heart strain and promotes one bottle to banish indigestion with claims of strong sales in a New Jersey town. It lists local Princeton area pharmacies as outlets.
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Bluefield
Dave
New Jersey
Maefield Pharmacy
Fast End Pharmacy
Fairview Pharmacy
Princeton
Hale Pharmacy
Welch City Upgrades Sidewalks and Traffic Plan
Welch undertakes downtown sidewalk rebuilds with new basins to divert floodwater. Mayor Blakely weighs raising the speed limit to twenty mph to ease traffic flow, with officials still considering the change. Community urged to keep Welch clean amid steady notices and local visits.
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Helais
Blakely
Welch Drug Company
Welch
Nine year old girl struck by car in city incident
Lucile Contes nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs R C Cantley was knocked down and run over by an automobile in a street mishap. The report notes the young girl injured as the vehicle operated by another nine year old.
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Lucile Contes
Exrd
R. C. Cantley
Et Cogivecd No
Local Marriage Licenses and City Notes
The county clerk issued licenses for Daniel Teschuk and Annie Ninichuk both of Elkhorn. William Harris and Rosa Walker of Excelsior. Turl Gilmore and Beatrice Sho walter of Jenkin Jones. Dr J L Lameth moved to new offices at 90 McDowell over Sully's Barber Shop. Ethel Hunter, nine, was injured after falling on a pump while running to school and taken to Grace Hospital with a fractured right ankle and other injuries. Authorities report she is resting comfortably.
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Catherine Rhodes
Columbus
OK State University
Roscoe Hall
Davy
Grace Hospital
Mose Cherapich
Thorpe
A. W. Hannell
Jenkin Jones
W. Reed Werness
Bluefield
R. D. Bailey
Williamson
Baltimore
H. G. Camper
Dr. Lameth
Walter Waldron
George M. Noell
Charleston
Welch
P. C. Morrison
Huntington
J. Hoagland French
O. P. Jones
P. W. Jones
Virginia
Robert L. Page
Berwind
Henry Johnson
J. W. Strickler
J. A. French
Ethel Brewster
Midland
FE. D. Massie
Gary
Daniel Teschuk
Annie Ninichuk
Elkhorn
William Harris
Rosa Walker
Excelsior
Turl Gilmore
Beatrice Showalter
J. L. Lameth
Hutson
McDowell Street
Sully
Ethel Hunter
Co. J. Hunter
Costs of West Virginia state asylums and hospitals for 1925
Charleston reports the fiscal year ending June 30 1925 state board of control released totals for Weston Spencer Huntington Welch McKendry Fairmont and other hospitals. Weston total 252364.17 inmates 1318 per capita 191.48 net 185.61. Spencer total 110286.46 inmates 700 per capita 157.55 net 136.24. Huntington total 172442.03 per capita 197.98 net 65.64. Welch No 1 total 47922.83 inmates 57 per cap 840.55 collected 58759.88 cap collected 1048.41 net 207.66. McKendry total 44514.65 inmates 23 per cap 1500.64 collected 10335.05 net 24179.60 cap 1051.29. Fairmont No 3 total 57435.85 inmates 45 per cap 1165.2 money collected 34132.33 cap 758.50 net 18303.51 cap 406.74.
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Charleston
W. Va
J. Walter Barnes
Fee
State Board of Control
Weston State Hospital
Spencer State Hospital
Huntington State Hospital
Welch Hospital No
McKendry Hospital
Fairmont Hospital
Welchman Elected to Embalmers Board in Chataton
In Chataton West Virginia on September 164 commissions for members 47 were issued. Welchman named as member of the Board of Embalmers.
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Welchman
Board OF
Embalmers
Four named as appointees and licenses issued by governor
Governor Gore announced four individuals named today to terms ending in 1928 including B C Hooper Montgomery C J Douglas Welch and Mrs Julia A Ogden with reappointments to Martin and owset as president at the Hotel Kanawha. New licenses were issued to Victor W Scott Otis M Trevey Vince W F Jones and George Barrow with a reciprocal license to F Victor Harmon.
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Gore
B. C. Hooper
Montgomery
C. J. Douglas Welch
Julia A. Ogden
St. Mary's
Martin
Kanawha
Owset
eUntington
Victor W. Scott
Otis M. Trevey
Mounds.vince
Wheeling
George Barrow
Charleston
F. Victor Harmon
Williamson
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Gypsie Lee Pine
MME. Savver
Mercer Street
Woolworth’s
Santon Bros
Apply Lilly Land Company
Minnie Armstrong
Allison Hedg
Alex Hedrick
Annie Hedrick
Carroll County
Mercer
Pearisburg
Giles County
Wayne KE. Ross
Walter Ross
Maben
Trout Dale
Keatley & Glenn
Jesus
Tua
George Washington Life Insurance Co
Harrison B. Smith
Ernest C. Milair
Harrison Fred'k M. Staunton
Edwin A. Barnes
Fred O. Blue
Ben Baer
Benjamin B. Brown
N. Smith
Darwin E. Abbott
National
Guy A. Ritter
West Virginia
Ith
W. E. Mohler
R. Graves Hubbard
A. W. Reynolds
Charles E. Ward
Braxton D. Gibson
E. C. Colcord
Addison M. Scott
Robert S. Spilman
Ben Joelson
Woolworth 5 & We
World Conference OF Catholic Church
Prospect
Dare
Joe Lisagor
East End
H. Barbakow
Deitz Brothers
H. Coleman
B. Joelson
L. Meron
Star Clothing Company
Daily News Review
Mcdowell County
Joseph M. Sanders
Samuel A. Christey
Keystone
Joseph M. Crockett
Maude Frazier
G. L. Straub
Ann
Pennsylvania
Welch Briefs
Welch I
Standard Oil
U. S. Pat. OF
Lester Tucker
J. L. (. Davis
Sec
Treas
M. Rosenburg
Claude M. Bare
Princeton Furniture Co
Clifton Forge
Covington
T. M. Brookle
Peery
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