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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1925
Page
1
A chaotic mix of ads and notices lists coal sale prices for Pocahontas and Glen Alan Egg, furniture, groceries, meats, and household items. Also notes meetings, library overdue notices, a voters registration reminder, and local business promotions with contact details and prices.
A building formerly home to J B Turk and the Relfaple Store at the northeast corner of Bland Street and MacCulloch Avenue was sold to M E Lameth. The price was not announced and plans call for improvements and remodeling in a prime business location.
Thomas Gill of St Paul Virginia died April 16 at age 86 after eight years as a cripple. He is survived by his wife two children Mrs Luther Holbrook of Dante and Frazier Gill of St Paul and three brothers Robert Mack and George Gill of Montcalm. Funeral April 17 at home conducted by Rev Belcher under Odd Fellows and Red Men. interment Coeburn Virginia.
A comedy in three acts titled Sophronia's Wedding will be presented at Jones Street Christian shared Thursday evening at eight o'clock. The N and W band will furnish music. Refreshments served. Admission for adults and children priced. Citizens at large invited.
The article discusses Prof Ripley's plan to consolidate the Virginian with Norfolk and Western, Toledo and Ohio Central, and Kanawha and Michigan to provide a western coal outlet. It notes connections at Matoka West Virginia and Roanoke proposals, plus commission attitudes and potential impacts on competition and future construction. A Bluefield church service edition features Dr. Knickerbocker praising The Truefield Telegraph and offering a sermon on faith, home values, and mothers commandments.
Real estate transfers filed yesterday and Tuesday list multiple deeds in Bluefield and nearby areas. Transactions include Mills to Akers for 2.6 acres. Wilson to Leffel. Oliver to Stevenson. Bird to Stevenson. Craft to Lowry. Kimble to Harvey. Davis to Carr. Richardson trustee to Bluefield Produce and Provisions. Compton to Coen. Reynolds to James + Mons. Treson to Coon. Johnston to Wilson. Tabor to Taborstal. Considerations range from 0 to 3,500 dollars, with properties in Bluefield, Princeton, Widemouth, and Grahame Field noted.
Norfolk and Western plans to lease the Virginian Railroad faces opposition from the city and state authorities. The state corporation commission, already against the merger, would object due to potential harm to Hampton Roads interests. City leaders will review the proposal as stockholders gather in Roanoke and Norfolk for related meetings.
Dr Knickerbocker entertained a packed Bland Street Methodist congregation with wit and pathos during last night’s services. He urged thrift until age fifty, offered a dollar for collection if the offering reached forty dollars, and quipped on wives and humility in a bustling, humorous sermon.
Irvin Johnson of Huntington recalls thirty years at a country general store selling Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines and Remedica with many customer endorsements. He personally used Golden Medical Discovery to restore energy, appetite, digestion, and overall health after fatigue and weakness. He urges readers to write Dr. Pierce at Invalids Hotel in Buffalo for free advice.
The speaker contemplates church seating and friendliness, noting a flower of hospitality fading in cities while lingering in the countryside. A brief concern about a musical director in Bluefeld passes, and the narrator expresses preference for someone named Jim Brown over all others.
Washington reports the Los Angeles will remain at Hamilton Bermuda overnight and not return to Lakehurst tonight. The ship reached Hamilton this morning and moored to the tender Patoka. Commander says the vessel sits at Patoka’s mast in a northwest wind of about 35 mph likely to diminish by sunset, then turn and become more favorable on Thursday for Lakehurst arrival Thursday night.
Huntington officials report Chesapeake and Ohio Railway exercised option to purchase the Shelby Valley and Elkhorn Railroad. Consolidation will join the line with the Big Sandy division in coal country of Eastern Kentucky. The 41 mile line, once Baltimore and Ohio property, is operated by Consoliration Coal and normally ships 75 to 100 coal cars daily.
Wellington scientists discover a caterpillar whose head harbors a small germinant, suggesting early stages of a germination process observed in New Zealand. The finding may indicate a biological mechanism affecting insect development in the region.
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