Evangelist Joey Smith visits Princeton for college talk
Princeton Social Circles reports evangelist Joey Simon Smith spoke to Concord College students on Consecrated Ambition. He later preached in Bluefield Rotary Club and will address Presbyterian ministers at Maefield, with final gospel meetings at High School auditorium this Sunday.
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Joey Simon Smith
Princeton Presbyterian Church
Concord College
Pee
Athens
Bluefield
Rotary Club
Minis
Ters
Presbyterian Church
Maefield
Norfolk and Princeton Rail Fare Notice 1925
The Virginian Railway announces a $6.00 fare from Princeton to Norfolk with a final departure from Princeton at 4 50 p m and a latest Norfolk departure by 10 p m on Monday September 28 1925. Children half fare applies and East of Princeton rates apply. Sleeper accommodations and baggage check are not allowed for these tickets. R C Sutherland ticket agent Princeton West Virginia and L W Woody A G P A Norfolk Virginia.
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Virginian Railway
Princeton
Norfolk
R. C. Sutherland
Geese Seen Signal Cold Weather Passing Over Town
A large flock of about twenty five wild geese was observed over the area yesterday morning just after daylight. The birds came from the north headed south, seen by several residents including James Roses. Locals note such migrations often foretell approaching cold weather.
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James Roses
Court Hottee
Poor Crop Prospects Reported By Mercer County Overseer
Overseer Loyd Hailey from Gardner reports Mercer County farm had a bleak year. May freeze damaged wheat and meadows. hay crop would be half. drought ruined much corn except a single low ground field. County may need to buy flour and provisions for indigents for winter. Bailey cares for twenty one at the county home.
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Loyd Hailey
Gardner
Romise
Mercer County
Bailey
Population Estimate Sparks County Health Discussion
The county population is estimated at about sixty to sixty five thousand, with roughly one in every three thousand people affected by the described condition, highlighting the strain on local health resources.
Princeton notices and rental ads mix with local updates
A column mix of apartment rental notices and local happenings. Listings include five room flats with hot water and four room cottages with contact numbers, plus a marriage license notice for Joe Carns and Letha Pendergrass. Local tax, crime, and civic updates touch on assessors, sheriffs, road condition, and paving work.
Seven Burros Draw Youths at Mercer County Fair
Mercer County Fair opens on the Princeton Athens road with seven burros as a main draw for children. Burros arrived Monday for riding classes and two will be given away by week’s end to a boy and a girl. Today features public school exhibits, Farm Women’s Club plays, athletic events, singing and orchestra contests, and a big band concert with N and W Bluefield and Virginian Railway Princeton bands.
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Aple
Princeton-Athens
Kiwanis
Bluefield
Virginian Railway Band
Princeton
Charleston
Mercer County Dog Show Attracts Enthusiasts And Prizes
Dog fanciers gather for the Mercer County Pair event with bird dogs fox hounds and many classes offering extensive prizes from cash to dog gear. Open to all pointers. numerous cups collars and items like Expello and silk hose are listed among awards. The piece ends with a local humorous quip about a pep filled man.
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Mercer County
Just Joe
Ethelreda Dan
Mercer
City Council Debates Widening Streets and Paving Contracts
Long Monday night session awards paving on Douglass street and a link road from Honaker avenue to the new state road to Spanishburg. Contracts go to Municipal Paving and Wright and Slayes. Unsettled overcharge in Harrison street assessments prompts further action by the city engineer.
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Douglass Street
Honaker Avenue
Spanishbure
Nunicipal Paving and Construction Company
Wright & Slayes
T Council
Harrison Street
Fifth
Seventh Streets
W. C. Pletcher
D. H. Thornton
Stratevy Avenue
Ninth Street
Park Avenue
Welch Court Awards 5009 to Boy Against Officers
In circuit court Dewey Blankenship won 5009 against officers Bailey Cline Franklin and constable Payne for false arrest of Blankenship and another boy on a country road. The other boy later confessed ownership of a nearby pistol. officers searched the youths and found no weapon. The case followed a raid on a liquor house and involved the boy’s father, J. W. Blankenship.
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Dewey Blanken- Po
Halsey Bal- A. J. Cline
W. B. Franklin
Jin Payne
Law Kenship
J. W. Blankenshin
Russell Ritz
Bluefield
J. W. Blankenship
R. A. Munden
Rr. Johnson
Munden
Johnson
B. Houston
Legion Post Plans Old Fashioned Barbecue In McDowell County
McDowell County Post No. 8 of the American Legion invites all to an old fashioned barbecue in the Houston Addition Sunday afternoon with tickets available now. The event is part of preparations for the state convention in Welch next year and aims to boost Legion activities beside screenings of The Whipping Boss at Welch Theatre.
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McDowell County Post
American Legion
Houston
Legionarres
Welch
Welch Theatre
Imball
Keystone
Northfork
Legion
McDowell
America
Automobile Victims Reported Improving After Davy Road Crash
Fred Quesenberry and Roosevelt Turpin injured when a Ford left the steep Davy road embankment Sunday evening. H. C. Quesenberry and James McNew were killed. the two injured men show slow improvement and are expected to recover. McNew’s body sent to Clinchfield Va for burial. Quesenberry funeral held in Ocala yesterday afternoon.
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Fred Quesenberry
Roosevelt Turpin
Davy Road
H. C. Quesenberry
James McNew
Welch Hospital
Turpin
Clinchfield
Ocla
Welch Notices and Local Travels Highlight Mercer Mercer
C R Van Dusen an architect of Bluefield was transacting business in Welch Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Tom Edwards returned from a visit with relatives in Bluefield. Clarence Morris of the West Virginia state mine department is spending several days in Mercer and McDowell counties on business. Judge R D Bailey of Pineville spent time in the city yesterday with Mrs Bailey who is ill.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Princeton
D. Fletcher
Gardner
WL. Rippetoe
Truntington
Oak
Eddie Galloway
H. L. Moore, Jr
Edna Mae Moore
Grace Hospital
Reford Walker
Hollywood
Fla
James A. French, Jr
J. C. Killey
Vivian
Floyd Grose
Anawalt
C. R. Woolwine
Davy
Bradshaw
Welch
Francis Roller
Charleston
C. R. van Dusen
Tom Edwards
Clarence Morris
West Virginia State Mine Department
Mercer
McDowell
R. D. Bailey
Pineville
Welch Briefs Licensed to Wed
The following marriage license was issued yesterday in the county clerk s office. Andy Faulkner 19 to Agnes Teems 19 both of Vivian.
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Joe Carns
Letha Pendergrass
Algonquin
County Clerks Office
Andy Faulkner
Agnes Teems
Vivian
Car Over Embankment Injures Two Men in Bluefield
O H White of Bluefield and F W Burton of Lick Branch, both employees of Appalachian Power Co., narrowly escaped serious injury when a Ford touring car they rode in went over an embankment near the McDowell County Infirmary on the Davy road. White, driving, glanced at a school building, pulled near the edge and overturned. Grace Hospital treated Burton for minor facial cuts, an ankle wound, and a bruised thigh. White was pinned but escaped serious harm. Will Walk, another passenger, was uninjured and drove Burton home.
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O. H. White
Bluefield
F W. Burton
Lick Branch
Appalachian Power Company
McDowell County Infirmary
Davy Road
Grace Hospital
Will Walk
White
Burton
Aileen Guy Wins Grand Circuit Futurity Trot
Columbus reports the Horse Review Futurity for three year olds was won by Aileen Guy driven by Ben White after four heats. Ben Yuy placed second with Ben White guiding the winning horse in the final heat. Other stakes and tax figures are noted from the event day results.
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Columbus
Horse Review
Ben Yuy
Ben White
Aileen Guy
Sie
Guy Ozark
Sam Williams
Hollywood Leonard
Capital City
Pthelinda
Crawford
Shade May Get Another Chance To Win The Title
Negotiations opened today for a return match between Mickey Walker world welterweight champion and Dave Shade of California. Promoter Tex Rickard said Walker won a indecisive 15 round bout at Yankee Stadium last night and a rematch is possible in Madison Square Garden. No contracts yet. Kearns ready to sign, Flynn not approached, but expected to pursue another title bid. The show drew 32,000 paid spectators and $186,156 in receipts.
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New York
Mickey Walker
Dave Shade
California
Tex Rickard
Walker
Shade
Yankee Stadium
Rickard
Madison Square Garden
Jack Kearns
Leo P. Flynn
Flynn
Pirates Closer To Flag As Giants Idle In St Louis
Chicago September 22 Pirates need one win to clinch the league title while Philadelphia drops games. Senators push eight and a half games ahead of the Athletics as they battle Cleveland and St Louis. If Giants drop all ten, Pirates may seal the senior circuit crown.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Pirates
Philadelphians
New York Giants
St. Louis
Giants
Washington Senators
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Athletics
Dirions
Arthur Fletcher backs Pirates to win world series
Pittsburg Sept 22 Arthur Fletcher Phillies manager and ex Giants player says the Pirates will win the world series from the Senators in spite of a Phillies loss He praises Cayler Traynor Wright and the Pirates speed and hitting noting their stride in big games and better overall punch than Washington.
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Pittsburg
Arthur Fletcher
Phillies
New York Giants
Pirates
Washington
Senators
Philadelphia
Cayler
Traynor
Wright
Hagen Remains In Contests For Title
Walter Hagen of Pasadena Florida survives a marathon match at Olympia Fields defeating Al Watrous one up after 39 holes to stay alive in the professional golf championship. Watrous led early, Sarazen and Burke were eliminated, and eight New York qualifiers advance with Diegel and Mehlhorn advancing for Chicago’s hopes.
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Chicago
Walter Hagen
Pasadena
Fla
Olympia Fields Country Club
al Watrous
Grand Rapids
Symie
Watrous
Hagen
Sushine
Gene Sarazen
Jack Burke
Burke
Sarazen
New York
Walter H.yen
Laurie Ayton
Leo Diegel
al Espinosa
Bill Mehlihorn
Paiings
Ohie
Ray Cerr
Abe Espinosa
California
Bill Mehlhorn
Emmett French
Youngstown
Pacific Coast
Morte Dutra
Aberdeen
Wash
Willie Ogg
Worchester
New England
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Wils Gypsie Lee Pine
East Princeton
Thorn Street
Parof
Parenteacher Association
Hare
Mercer Street P. A
Walter Gentry
College Hill
Er Hill
B. K. Deyerle
J. W. Murphy
Lula Burgess
Roanoke
Lewis Jale Hospital
H. L. Moore
H. L. Glenn
Oakie Keatley
Beckley
Glenn
Blanche Bingham
Charles Reid
Reed
Rs. J. C. Schultz
Danny
Lynchburg
W. Vall
W. Woody
Norfolk, Va
MME. Savver
Marina
Mercer Street
Woolworth's
10 Cent
Santon Bros
Hancock
Room
Caldwell
Highland Avenue
Apply Lilly Land Company
Neeton Avenue
Ashington
Staunton
Opie O. Karnes
Wireinta
Tennessee
Mississippi
Muscle Shoals Dam
Justice
West Virginia
W. B. Moore
Pocahontas
Bank of Matoaka
Princeton Lumber Company
Princeton Public Library
F. H. Shephard
Weatinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Shephard
Municipal Paving and Construction Company
Straley Avenue
Eral
Burns Wornal
Joe Snyder
Wornal
Snyder
Hale
Bank of
Bank of Princeton
the Bank OF Princeton
Princeton, W. VA
Eeeeee Daily News
Mcdowell County
Dewey Blankenship
Law
Will
Legion Post
Welch Briefs
Mike Brady
S Collins
Muncie
Ind
Portland Cement Association Union Trust
Parkersburg
National Organization
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