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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1925
Page
2
Roanoke newsstand ads promote Fulchler Hill Co papers and local services. Bluefield items list groceries, farm produce, rentals, a country ham seller, and a moving-toward relocation of a resident. notices mention liquor arrest and a club shooting event with preparations for a handicap tournament.
Ten women from the West Virginia farm bureau drafted and endorsed a constitution uniting rural women into a farm women's club federation. Pending final action at Morgantown during farmer's week in January 1926, current officers remain in office: Mrs. Gilbert Scott president, Miss Jenny Boner vice president, and Mrs. G. C. Hileheimer secretary and treasurer.
At the universal Christian conference in Stockholm Bishop Iling and Dr. W M Tippy urged industry to adopt a motive beyond profit. They called for social control and educational preaching to inspire cooperative effort, warning capitalism may fail without moral leadership. A parallel exhibit in London shows Queen Victoria etchings from over 80 years ago.
The article traces Boyd A Bennett’s career from concrete dock work and city engineering in Conneaut Ohio to building supplies and municipal contracting. It notes his service as Civilian aid in France, roles in Lynchburg and Charlottesville, and a sweeping paving and water works expansion during his Charlottesville tenure.
Williamstown Mass August 21 The fifth annual session of the institute of politics ends with a plea for U S entry into the League of Nations. Dr William Rappard of Geneva, a member of the League's permanent mandate commission, cites Russia as hostile to the league and Germany as a par a sa made of hide and seek with the league. Italy and Japan resist clear groupings while Mussolini's fascism marks a break from Wisconsin liberalism.
Dr William J Hickson of the Chicago Psychopathic Laboratory claims research shows women are 20 percent crazier than men based on 30 years of mental detective work. He cites 60 percent of 17 000 feeble minded patients treated there as women and argues diligence can curb insanity in girls of medium intelligence.
An item lists numerous fire alarm signals and related locations across city streets. It records multiple cross streets and intersections including Princeton Ave Russell St Bluefield Ave Mercer, Raleigh Federal Sta, Gilesa Princeton Ave, Algert Prince est, and Bilan Sts with associated payment figures and vague station notes.
Dr Hickson uses poetry to test suspected patients and release those who succeed. The routine aims to curb lazy behavior and is followed by a quiet exit to peaceful halls. A report of his presidential endorsement by the Women’s Party is unfounded.
Westfield Massachusetts August 16 during a recent hot spell Chas Kelso manager of the farmers cooperative milk exchange discovered that one of his turkeys had made a nest.
President and Mrs Coolidge return to the summer White House at Swampscott Massachusetts after a one week absence. The trip included a 145 mile afternoon ride from Northampton after overnighting in Plymouth Vermont en route.
A hillside scene notes a bird watcher finding that two days after observing the nest, the sun had hatched all 17 eggs.
Washington reports American experts of agricultural elements for the 11 months ending May 1925 totalled 457,344,603, up from 56,182,801 a year earlier. Wheel tractors were the leading item, followed by plows and harvesters and binders as the second and third largest categories.
Chicago reports that Commissioner Landis will review findings by John D. Martin of the Southern Association regarding alleged requests for Nashville players to "lay down" for a pennant bid. Names are unconfirmed apart from Fred Eichrodt, who denies involvement. The 1919 World Series "Black Sox" shadow looms as Landis again probes the sport.
In Evansville Indiana Devenas Taylor sixteen was killed when Ruby McIntosh fired a gun after her child was slapped by the teen The mother admitted the shooting and was released on five thousand dollars bond pending grand jury action next month Also a note on 1836 dated half dollars with lettered edge valued at forty cents each
Mine Worker Officials of the International Association of Coal Workers, led by Van A. Bittner, arrive in Williamson West Virginia to tour the non union coal field. The Tate members and International board officials visit county seat where 1920 and 1921 union efforts faced disorders and martial law was declared.
Minneapolis police arrest John Howard, once surgically treated by court order for criminal tendencies, after he confesses to four downtown robberies. The 1912 case saw a brain surgery to curb stealing, and he later received a pardon before vanishing from police attention.
In the city police court Jack Bratton was fined ten dollars for assaulting Alvin Stafford. Clarence Woods and Wade Wolfe were each fined ten dollars for breaking the speed laws. Police Judge Donahue warned violators to not face a second offense without respecting the limit and revoked a driver's permit for driving under liquor influence.
An entangling session in the auditorium of the new freight station gathered 36 officials and staff from the Norfolk and Western system. Present were executives and superintendents spanning divisions from Shenandoah to Pocahontas, plus telegraph, safety, and transportation leaders.
The Ice Cream Manufacturers' Association of West Virginia will hold its annual convention in Bluefield on November 17 and 18. Local organizers secured the event after weeks of effort, marking the first time the convention will be held in the state's extreme southern end. About 260 attendees normally participate, and that many are expected for the 1925 meeting.
Leipsic reports 63 000 postage stamp varieties through a leading German stamp catalog publisher. The claim highlights the vast diversity in philately and the catalog's role in documenting global issues.
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