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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1925
Page
1
A classified item seeks a glass partition or hall glass to divide office space. Includes contact notes and mentions related ad by Dairy Telegraph and Citizens Coal & Supply Co, plus various local listings and offers from merchants.
The Rev. Ernest Muntaing of Daleville VA will lead both morning and evening services. Morning sermon titled A Great Work and a Great Worker. Evening sermon Making Room for Christ. All are cordially invited. Cement and material supplier Economy House and Lumber Co advertises two phone numbers 78 and 79 for orders.
In 1924 the Logan County case details Hatfield’s arrest at the Blue Goose and a campaign fund payment to a sheriff. Chafin denies involvement while testifying that he had no knowledge of liquor sales there after taking office. The jury found Hatfield guilty, leading to appeals and later federal indictments for conspiracy to injure a witness.
The body reversed last night and again today voting to legalize boxing with several delegates changing positions. Opponents lost votes from absent members and pairing adjustments while amendments to road and jail work provisions were debated and some defeated.
A continuation note from the first page states the house passed a resolution for an extra session. The enacting clause aimed at killing the bill was presented, signaling the action to proceed with the extraordinary session.
Putham England April 17 The broken nosed British dirigible B-33 was brought home to its hangar after a thirty hour battle with a gale that tore it from its mast over the North Sea. Flight Lieutenant Ralph Sleigh Booth, 30, commanding, improvised a wind shield by sewing a gas bag to the frame to prevent loss, then fought back to Holland and finally home to Pulham by mid afternoon.
A suit in equity is filed against the Piggly Wiggly chain. The action seeks a share of net profits from four stores and equal equity in all company assets.
City board of directors and planning commission held a Friday session to review proposed park sites and held a secret portion of the meeting. No final action was announced though a definite decision is expected soon. About $20,000 was appropriated in a bond for parks and over $47,000 is available for municipal parks and playgrounds, with roughly $3,000 spent on two small parks in Montvale Addition.
In Boston on April 47 Harry Greb, Pittsburg middleweight champion, defeated New York former title holder Johnny Wilson in ten rounds. Both fought at catchweights with Greb at 168 1 2 pounds and Wilson at 164 1 2.
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