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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1925
Page
4
A compendium of notices lists Mercer Coal and Supply Co offering standard grade coal at $16.00 and a weigh scale claim of 2000 lbs per 4 ton lot. The itemized commerce also includes real estate ads for a seven room house near a school and church at 1000 on favorable terms, plus auctions, repairs, and services across Bluefield West Virginia.
A Norfolk and Western excursion train will carry three extra sleeping cars Sunday night through Bluefield for travelers from Columbus and Cincinnati to Virginia Beach. Also notices include a 12 acre East End tract sale with railroad frontage, coal price offers, and city court fines for speeding and other violations.
A Morning edition notes farm families spend more on education travel clothing and amusement than town families and rely on mail order. It cites Belmont County Ohio highway deaths with 33 crosses and calls for stricter law obedience and road safety to curb reckless driving.
Bluefield's Ruth Godell and Helen Mitchell headline morning music at Bland Street Methodist Church with Gounod's O Divine Redeemer and an offertory piece. Evening service features 30 minutes of congregational songs under James Elmer Brown with notable soloists. Dr J A Bays preaches both services on themes When Jesus Conjoined the Law and A Wish Prank. Public invited.
Poca-Bramwell and Gary meet at the Gary park this afternoon in a best of two series tied 1 to 1. Settle and Thomas expected to pitch for Gary and the Indians respectively. A large crowd is anticipated after steady practice under Manager Riley and a flawless showing at Coalwood Friday.
The Colored Elks band of Columbus, Ohio will visit Bluefield to give a concert at the Municipal Building tomorrow at 3 or 8 o clock. The band is en route for further engagements.
The Elk's convention in Virginia will feature the Jey P'oom band, ranked among the best in the country. The organization won second prize at last year's convention in Pittsburgh and will present an attractive varied program. Special reservations will be made for white attendees.
Forty Muncie police officers armed with riot guns left the station for an undisclosed destination amid a manhunt for George Anderson accused of fatally shooting Ben Hance and his wife. Authorities said they had a hot tip and raided two apartments in the city’s underworld area but found no sign of him.
In an Aug 15 report from Flagler Fjord, the MacMillan Arctic expedition between Etah Greenland and Cape Hubbard, Elles Island, established direct voice communication for the first time with an explorer using a sixteen gauge wavelength. Lieutenant Schur and Aviation Pilot Bennett reportedly aided the shuttle service between Etah and Cape Hubbard.
Mrs R G Hutchins wife of a New Haven railroad director died from a fractured skull after a stone struck her head during a blasting accident at the grounds of her summer home. She was 62 and survived by three daughters and a son in law.
An automobile at the Chesapeake and Ohio crossing near Camden Park overturned with about twenty five gallons of moonshine liquor aboard. Fire destroyed the car. two men inside escaped uninjured and fled the wreck. The seven passenger vehicle carried a West Virginia license and the alcohol stock was reported to be higher than any state license.
Record of a city police accident report describes a crash at about seven oclock when a liquor car speeding west of this city collided with a vehicle driven by S G Via as he began turning from Piedmont road into Blas Driveway. The liquor car overturned and immediately caught fire.
Washington reports indicate the American and Belgian debt commissions face impasse yet hope remains. Secretary Mellon Senator Smoot and President Coolidge meet Monday at Plymouth Rock to seek a constructive path ahead after a joint session Tuesday.
MONTEVIDEO Aug 15 The Prince of Wales impressed the Anglo Uruguayan community at a Montevideo luncheon by toasting in Spanish and praising Uruguay. Applause followed his words Viva El Uruguay. He joined in singing Kor He's a Jolly Good Fellow. He continues a round of entertainments and will attend a church service tonight before departing on the Curlew at sunset for Buenos Aires.
Coal production in the Pocahontas district during the week ending August 8 exceeded 400000 tons with an additional 6061 net tons coke produced in the same period. Output shows a rising trend and last week was the largest on record.
The report notes continued full service by the Norfolk and Western railroad with no market losses eliminated. A brief labor shortage at some mines coincides with rising demand, expected to curb production within the next week.
The body of Edgar Addison Bancroft, former American ambassador to Tokyo, arrived in Honolulu aboard the Tama. The vessel will sail for the mainland tomorrow with a guard of honor of two Japanese sailors. A large wreath display accompanied the coffin in the cabin.
Treasury officials prepare for a Washington gathering of prohibition chiefs and state directors to outline enforcement plans. Thirty members including H Welker and other officials will attend to align the new organization with state viewpoints and administrative roles.
Fifty thousand tons of gasoline in five tanks at France Field in the Canal Zone burned at 3 p.m. There is no hope for any of the tanks to be saved. The cause is unknown and no other damage was reported. Major General William Lassiter named in connection with the incident.
Grane oenespar Wheeling West Virginia reports the Riverside plant of the National Tube Company a US Steel subsidiary will be blown in Monday. The furnace will start with 600 men idle for eighteen pay periods during remodeling and its capacity will be doubled, making it the largest output furnace owned by United States Steel Corporation.
In San Francisco on August 15 a collision involving Healdsburg trains left more than a dozen people seriously injured and possibly fatally harmed. The crash disrupted rail service and prompted emergency response.
A Northwestern Pacific steam engine crash into the rear of a San Rafael electric two coach train just outside Sau Salito yards telescoped the rear car to half its length. The steam train pulled four attached cars, causing a major wreck.
Independent firms resume price cuts as Standard Oil lowers to 18 1/2 cents, the Ol Company of Nebraska counters with a 1 cent reduction, widening the gap to 17 1/2 cents plus tax. The move follows a two cent state-wide decline agreed by the independents yesterday.
The Atlantic Refining Company announced a one cent a gallon gasoline price cut in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Effective tonight, motor grade changes to 22 cents plus two cents tax and 68-70 grade to 25 cents plus two cents tax.
A Paris note recalls the superstition of the number 13 with a string of incidents involving Gabriel D Annunzio Wagner Massenet Rostand and others. It cites D Annunzio's 1907 accident Leipzig author and a 1922 car crash and Rostand’s 13 letters for a chair.
Two marked bandits roped a suburban Yokohama police station while officers slept. They seized a large haul of valuables and stole an army truck from the station, shocking local authorities.
Hupp Motor Car Co reports July Hupmobile sales surged to a record level. General sales manager C Hutchinson says the month was among the three largest in company history with Eight models driving the rise. July volume up 59 percent from 1924. dollar sales up even more.
Five officers and sailors escaped discovery under a mass of wreckage as a germ warfare destroyer vessel ran aground near London. The trapped crew surfaced later, confirming their survival amid the damaged craft and debris.
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