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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1925
Page
3
Numerous small ads list coal firms Pocahontas coal Nut and Pocahontas grade, phone numbers, and miscellaneous services in Bluefield area. Also advertisements for rails barrels, farm stock feed, milk delivery, theater tickets, clothing, and local events with dates in 1925 1926.
The Salvation Army placed pots on streets for Christmas dinner baskets and toys for the poor. Three pots were in service yesterday with on duty corps members at each post and bells ringing to attract attention. The pots will stay out a few days before Christmas as donations are collected. The Norfolk and Western officials, led by A Needles and W J Jenks, visited division routes including Bluefield Cedar Bluff and the Dry Fork branch. Faraday’s Pocahontas Fuel operation was also inspected by officials.
In Mexico City on December 6 a wide range of bus leaders both Mexican and foreign express alarm at the proposed labor law requiring profit sharing with employees. Organized labor backs the bill while the chamber of deputies pushes it to the senate for amendments.
In Cleveland on December 6, members at a regional conference voted against a national convention soon noting that ten weeks would limit countrywide representation. National vice president Mercer Johnston of Baltimore led speakers who urged focusing on party organization in various states for next year.
Topeka December 6 The Supreme Court ruled that wheat pools are exempt from taxation. The decision held individual members of the pools not liable for taxes under the state provisions.
Albuquerque reports that white engineering inside the Isleta Pueblo has halted a 300 year old custom. The burial of Juan de Padilla, martyred in Canada, reemerges annually under the chapel altar and is no longer rising from the earth due to changes in irrigation and reform. The body is noted to be in remarkable preservation with long dark whiskers.
The Rhinelander case ends with a jury ruling Mrs Rhinelander never deceived Leonard Rhinelander about her race. The verdict denies fraud in the marriage, with alimony and fees unresolved. Chief counsel says an appeal will follow and a judge’s final annulment decision is pending.
Paris reports Count de Prorok and Bardley Tyrrell of Beloit College returning from the Sahara with findings claimed to prove an advanced ancient civilization. They described a desert tomb once thought legendary and artifacts from the Viogens country as part of their labors.
Lassen Peak in California erupts after months of inactivity. A large column of smoke rose from the crater yesterday and persisted for hours, visible to motorists and train travelers. Observers noted clear air at sunrise followed by renewed smoke in the morning.
Gary citizens report unexplained violence linked to barber shops with lawyers retained by business interests. Detroit seeks light on outrages against flat and building owners as a nationwide bombing concern emerges.
President Coolidge will travel by special train to Chicago for a Monday address at the International Livestock show. The trip departs tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. Coolidge and aides Major Iain Adolphus Andrews and others accompanying.
Denver dispatch reports stage driver Dennis Tilden and two women were trapped overnight in Bertoud Pass about sixty miles west of Denver as a winter storm dumped deep snow and subzero temperatures. Rescue crews guided the party eleven miles through heavy drifts to safety after spending the night in a board shack.
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