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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1925
Page
15
Beaver High School gym classes rehearse a Friday and Saturday night exhibition at the Boys Club featuring girls and boys tumbling teams. Smith leads a program of daring stunts, pyramid and air work, with parallel bars routines and dances. About twenty from each class perform, with tickets at twenty five cents and capacity for 700.
In criminal court today seven convicts who escaped in March received prison terms eight to sixteen years, reflecting the judge’s harsher stance on the breach of custody and escape attempts.
Twenty nine inmates escaped from the Western Penitentiary and were recaptured the next day, ending the incident with all escapees accounted for and returned to custody.
Walter L. Main Shows, a 46 year high class traveling exhibit, will visit Bluefield on Friday May 1 with a special double-length train, 100 performers including elephants and camels, nine acres of tents, five bands, and a noon street parade. Two performances at 2 and 8 p.m. doors open at 1 and 7. Prof Griffin’s band will headline before each show.
The article previews The Covered Wagon, James Cruze’s 1920 epic about Oregon Trail pioneers. It notes the film’s grand spectacle and dramatic portrayal of homesteaders journeying from Westport to Oregon in 1848 and announces its Rialto Theatre showing today.
The Colonial Theatre presents the First National film Christine of the Hungary Heart starring Florence Vidor with Warner Easter Ian Keith Clive Brook and Walter Heirs. Directed by George Archainbaud the drama follows Christine after her wedding to a sacrifice leading to happiness. H G Wells is reported to be writing a new novel.
Pittebarg reports that on April 21, four convicts received additional sentences ranging from five to ten years. The action reflects ongoing penal discipline in the region and affects the noted individuals and the local correctional system.
A period piece promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal cure for women's ailments. The text asserts women suffer backache headaches and nervousness as signs of derangement and credits the remedy with restoring health and joy of living nationwide.
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