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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1920
Page
7
New York markets show butter firm with extras at 54 1 2 to 55. Exes steady, fresh gathered firers at 51753, cheese steady around 25 1 2 to 26 1 2. Poultry live steady fowls 49 turkeys 25 dressed steady fowls fresh 28 42. Flour firm. Cotton goals quiet and weaker yarns dull. Trade reports show cancellations in car and floor coverings while dress and agents await buyers’ demand for spring prices.
Two judgments dated March 11 1920 against W L Wright of Bramwell West Virginia for 284 23 each with 24 97 costs, issued August 4 1920, with liens and notice to debtors to pay or deliver personal property.
In New York at the Ritz Carlton Hotel on August 5 1925 actor John Barrymore wed Mrs. Leonard M. Thomas formerly Miss Blanche Oelrichs. The ceremony linked two socially prominent families in the city.
Unfavorable foreign news and short selling sent industrial stocks down 1 to 10 points in New York trading on August 5. Early gains in rail shares faded as oils, steels, shippings, sugars and leathers led the decline. Total volume reached about 1,359,000 shares with bond activity steadier in a weak stock environment.
Baseball results from Aug. 5 include St Louis 2 Washington 1 in a ninth inning rally, Boston 4 Chicago 2, Detroit 7 New York 1, Boston 1 St Louis 0, Cincinnati 7 Philadelphia 0, New York 2 Chicago 1. Team standings show New York 65-41, Chicago 63-40, Detroit 67-34, St Louis 46-50, Boston 61-?
In Brooklyn New York on August 5 Pittsburg defeated Brooklyn 8 to 6 in ten innings. Pittsburgh scored four runs in the final frame while Brooklyn managed a late rally but fell short. Carlson Hamilton and Hafner pitched for Pittsburg with key hits guiding the comeback.
The schedule lists daily trains from Bluefield departing 7 45 am for East Radford and local stations with connections to Bristol Roanoke and beyond. It notes dining and sleeper cars to Norfolk Philadelphia New York and Cincinnati along with various connections to Roanoke Shenandoah Hagerstown and Norton. Local agents W B Bevila and W C Saunders advise contacting for details.
Berlin Aug 7 German emigrant workers have sailed from Stettin to Reval en route to Kolomna near Moscow. Mostly metal workers and building trades operatives, batches of 1000 will follow in coming weeks. The government has begun large scale emigration permits after negotiations. A trade union commission will visit Russia to ensure proper employment and housing.
Meissen Saxony begins production of 3 000 000 twenty pfennig porcelain coins for Hamburg elevated railway use to alleviate small change scarcity and avoid torn paper currency. Other towns plan similar porcelain issues while Germany weighs coins from ten pfennigs to five marks. The piece notes height differences among the world’s tallest and shortest races, averaging five feet five inches.
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