Lutheran Chapel Sermons and Social at Wonderland
In City and Coalfield Lutheran Chapel announces Sunday sermons with themes Ye cannot serve God and Mammon and Sone reasons for not going to church. Rev. C R W Kegley invites parents and children to Sunday School. A Monday weighing social at the Christian parsonage by the Young Peoples Aid Society charges one quarter cent per pound. Wonderland offers a special matinee on Saturday September 26 with Acrologue Talking Pictures ladies and children 5 cents.
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Lutheran Chapel
C. R. W. Kegley
Christian Parsonage
Young Peoples’ Aid Society
Wonderland
Marriage invitations for Ruth Sterne and Joseph Boyles
The notice announces the marriage of Miss Ruth Leigh Sterne daughter of Mr and Mrs Melville W Sterne of Greensboro North Carolina to Dr Joseph Henry Boyles. The wedding is planned for Wednesday evening October 7 at West Market Street M E Church Greensboro.
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Ruth Leigh Sterne
Melville W. Sterne
Greensboro
N. C
Joseph Henry Boyles
West Market Street
M. E. Church
Sterne
Bluefield
Death Lays Brother to Hearse as Train Home Arrives
A long distance message summoned a man home for his ill brother and, upon arrival, he found his brother had died on the train. The Clover German Club hosted the fall and winter monthly Germans in their hall with a select crowd, dancing late. A two year old colored girl, daughter of Benton Ward, was playing with matches on Mercer street when her dress caught fire. neighbors contained the flames but she died Thursday afternoon after being badly burned.
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Henry Kidd
East View
Nelly Kidd
Maxey Kidd
Lewis Street
Jessie Thompson
James Kidd
Clover
Mercer Street
Benton Ward
J. M. Smith
Roanoke
A. M. Lane
Graham
Gary
W. L. Burton
Lane
Highland Avenue
Davis
Huger
D. C
Man over fifty arrested at Altamont hotel for harassment
Isaac James, a stranger, entered the city and attempted to pursue a young hotel employee. He was fined 50 dollars and sentenced to 15 days in jail, with permission to pledge a horse and his watch as security to raise funds for payment. Officer Pittman detained him after a several hour search.
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Isaac James
Altamont
City Recorder
Reynolds
Pettitt the Drury Lane Playwright Meets Old Schoolmate
An anecdote recalls Henry Pettitt acknowledging his kinship to the dramatist famed for Drury Lane. A London Telegraph note narrates the brief exchange about Pettitt’s reputation as a star. An ad promotes Pedigo's Opening today and Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup claiming gentle bowel movement and throat relief.
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Henry Pettitt
Pettitt
Drury Lane
Henry
London Telegraph
Kennedy
Crystal Dmino Sugar for Tea and Coffee
A compact sugar product marketed for tea and coffee uses a neat form with no waste. The label highlights Chase and Sanborn's Teas and Coffees as the brand association.
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Chase and Sanborn
Iner Seal Cakes and Crackers Demo at Sublette Barnes
Sublette Barnes invites shoppers to meet National Biscuit Co representatives showcasing Iner Seal line of air tight products on Saturday September 26. Households urged to attend with new varieties on display including fruits vegetables and fresh foods while store offers low sugar coffee and tea prices to save money.
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National Biscuit Co
Graham Republican Club backs Taft-Sherman slate
The Graham Taft-Sherman-Slemp Republican Club met last night, reading resolutions pledging support for the party candidates and calling out Democratic alliances with trusts. The group praised Noel for honesty, condemned Dems’ election tactics, and urged voters in the Ninth district to resist corruption at the polls. Also reports include Red Sox 13 College 6, appendicitis case of a 15 year old, bank directors meeting, and local personals.
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Republican Club
Graham
Taft-Sherman-Slemp Club
Europe
Bryan
Haskell
Noel
Rhea
Democratic Press of
Virginia
New Altamont Barber Shop Opens in Hotel Basement
The New Altamont Barber Shop will open Saturday morning in the basement of the New Altamont hotel. Four expert barbers will provide first class service in a specially prepared shop with polite attention to every patron. James M. Warren, proprietor.
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New Altamont
Altamont
Altamont Hotel
James M. Warren
Rosh Hashanah Begins 6669 Hebraic Year Across World
The setting sun ushers in Rosh Hashanah the Festival of the New Year marking year 6669. Jewish communities observe one day for Reform and two for Orthodox. Yom Kippur ends the ten penitential days with fasts and prayers. Bluefield stores close for the holiday.
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Bluefield
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