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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1924
Page
2
A collage of classified items lists shoe sales at Aaron's and Mercer Garage storage offers with heated building space and portable car care. It also features millinery, fruit cake specials, bakeries, Christmas trees, a Billy Sunday meeting, and notices from Greater Bluefield Business College and local businesses.
Bluefield hosts a memorial service for Bluefield Lodge No. 269 and invites visiting brothers. The section notes updates on the telephone directory closing December 20 and local businesses offering radiator services, storage, and college courses. It lists new arrivals at Greater Bluefield Business College and appeals for needy clothing and winter garments through Salvation Army.
Police at headquarters stated a missing car has not yet been found but is expected to be recovered. Circulars will be mailed Monday if no trace is found today. A series of social notes and local visits follow, including families from Dante Virginia and Bluefield. A Westminster church meeting set for 6 45 pm discusses In His Steps. Prominent men Harvey L Kirk and Edward Deihl of Wheeling were in town. Earl Brown from North Fork, a self styled detective, was fined fifty dollars for carrying concealed weapons in Roanoke. Jesse Cardel from this city enlisted for Infantry in Hawaii. Virginia hunters in Craig county reported four deer seen.
L H Bird a Bluefielder reports timber robbery on his Boissevain area property. He found most of the lumber removed and a small log house wrecked, with timber allegedly sold for mine props. He promised immediate action with local officers to pursue the parties.
Stickem, introduced to two Bluefield merchants, is held by Roanoke police on charges of passing worthless checks totaling about 200 dollars. He visited Lilly Clothing Company and the Central Loan Office, appeared to solicit no purchase, then bought goods with bad checks and fled. He was arrested in Roanoke yesterday. next disposition unknown.
Virginia side and West End residents plan a petition to Princeton Power Company for improved main line street car service. They call for more cars and a faster schedule due to crowding and delays. South Bluefielders report satisfaction with their line amid heavy holiday travel.
William C. Brown seventy one former president of the New York Central railroad died this morning in South Pasadena Cal He suffered a stroke two years ago and had been in failing health since
Victoria Feodorovna, grand duchess of Russia and relative to many European royal houses, arrives in New York guarded by police after threats. She plans to visit Washington and Philadelphia, hosted by prominent Americans, underscoring a social mission rather than politics. Separately, E. Wright, aged ninety two, prominent Mason of Montgomery county, dies at East Radford, Virginia, after a long life as a farmer and father to several children. funeral set for East Radford with relatives traveling from nearby towns.
Elkins West Virginia December 6 Audubon Society president T Gilbert Pearson spoke at a banquet for the West Virginia Wild Life League session Wade Coffman acted as toastmaster Noted sportsmen and hunters attended A B Brooks spoke on stream pollution W E Hodges discussed game and forest protection Two mule deer stock purchases were announced by Dr C O Young Officers elected H H Haynes president Glenn Hunter treasurer Geo W Hill vice president An executive committee to appoint a secretary will be named later
Two men identified by Mr and Mrs Rosenberg as robbery suspects were found injured on hospital steps after an elevator hold up. Dominic Petrillo and Joseph White sustained jaw and limb injuries and were later arrested. Jewelry worth 4300 was reported stolen.
Fall River Massachusetts reports by office and plant notices that all but five cotton mills will reopen at full time Monday, restoring work for about 20 000 workers after extended closures. Improved cloth market conditions cited as reason. The item closes with a joke exchange attributed to Kasper of Stockholm.
Washington Star reports Judge James P. Gorter finds Daniel Burke guilty of manslaughter after Burke, having two drinks of blackberry wine, ran over and killed 11 year old Walter Filmore. The ruling ties intoxication directly to the fatal accident and warns of the dangers of driving after drinking.
A historical note emphasizes motorist safety by describing driving as requiring perfect body coordination. It warns that alcohol impairs this coordination, suggesting that two cocktails can render a driver unable to control a car safely.
Prohibition officers and Mercer county deputies raided near McComas on Saturday arresting Medo Boscomie the boardinghouse operator. They destroyed about three hundred gallons of raisin wine four gallons of whiskey and four barrels of mash. Boscomie was fined one hundred dollars and cost and sent to the county road for thirty days. Temperature note included states beehive winter temperature about fourteen degrees centrigrade.
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