Lefty Thomas 15 Signed by N and W for Safety First roster
Smiley reported Lefty Thomas agreed to join the Norfolk and Western Safety First basketball team. The well known athlete, previously with Washington American League baseball, may also appear for Bluefield. N W plans a large roster with Kochenderfer and Buckhanan possible additions. The season opens with Roanoke during holidays and a Bluefield home game versus Concord at Athens.
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Smiley
Ik and Western
Lefty
Thomas
Washington
Nashville
Lynchburg College
Norfolk and Western
E Boys
New College
Myles Kochenderfer
Davis-Elk
Bluefield Railroaders
Concord
Athens
International League row over salary claims heats up
Samuel Robertson, president of the Buffalo club, challenges John Conway and Jack Dunn over alleged salary increases for President Toole. Robertson says Toole claimed a 2000 increase, notes no such raise was approved, and cites unpaid league assessments pending a certified audit.
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New York
Samuel Robertson
Buffalo Club
International League
John Conway
Toole
Jack Dunn
Baltimore
Robertson
Freshman Coach at Ohio State Dies in Auto Crash
Columbus Ohio Dec 8 Walter Essman freshman football coach at Ohio State University was killed in an automobile accident near Upper Sandusky Ohio. The car struck a vehicle driven by Ella Merrick a schoolteacher as she exited a side road. Fred Crim Toledo member of the Ohio State varsity football team was worse man but not seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Walter Essman
Ohio State University
Upper Sandusky
Ella Merrick
Fred Crim
Toledo
Ohio State
State Gridmen to Play in Professional Games
Morgantown West Virginia December 8 That West Virginia University will play on the team to be posed Grange and his Chicago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Oobe
Grange
Chicago
Bears to Play East West Game Benefit in San Francisco
Mountaineer captain Walter Mahan announced as invited to join the East West game to be played in San Francisco on December 26 for the Crippled Children's Hospital fund. Details and participants remain uncertain as teams prepare for the post Christmas charity event.
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Bears
Pittsburg
San Francisco
West Virginia Unveils Radical Shift in 1926 Football Schedule
Morgantown announces a bold schedule change for WVU with a Pittsburgh-area game moved to late season. The Mountaineers will face Davis Elkins Washington and Lee Allegheny Georgetown West Virginia Wesleyan Lehigh Tech and Lafayette in a strengthened home slate. One date, October 23 or 30, remains open with WV Wesleyan slated for the remaining date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Pittsburg
Mountaineers
Davis- Elkins
Washington and Lee
Allegheny
Georgetown
West V
Wesleyans
Gok Centre
Legie Tech
Wagton
Tofferson
West Virginia
West Virginia Wesleyan
Wesleyan
Dury
Pweetern State University
Washington and Jefferson
Mountaineer Field
Christmas Demands for Boxing and Sports Figures
A satirical list targets Jack Dempsey Bill Tilden Judge Landis Bennie Leonard Babe Ruth Jack Kearns Red Grange One Punch O Goofty and Georges Carpentier proposing absurd upgrades contracts roles gear humor and plans to improve their public image or amusingly misdirect their reputations.
Cross Word Puzzle Clues List
Horizontal clues include paid for an other's food to totter to devour unfastened to assist female performer dined melody series of he halfoo em list coronet small skin oh va secretions left on leaves of shrubs to to 80 one who cuts timber larked horns Vertical clues cover street car pulled by an ear to lift up to finish preposition of place guided to depart wwazeile chemical compound to apply secondary colors measure of area inhabitant of a city mineral spring parade to move in the water fish fashion ineuive fell chalk oblitterators three toed sloth nuts rigid sty spike of corn begs of fishes scarlet before food made from grain affirmative vote imagined aerial avenue newspaper subscribers you and me ancient male cat long runner used on ice or snow impetuous jod towards the orient native metal yellow hawaiian bird reverential fear dad morindin dye
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Orient
Welch Chronicle Column Snippets Reveal Local Happenings
The piece blends humorous non sequiturs with praise for local figures. It notes Sam Solins as a strong Legion Post candidate, lauds Welch football staff and doctors, and mentions a state convention in Welch. It also references rain in Miami and a musical show coming to Welch Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Welch Theatre
Intercollegiate Basketball Scores Report
Greencastle Indiana DePauw defeated Earlham 44 to 39 in a college basketball game. The tally reflects a tight contest with DePauw securing the lead in the closing minutes.
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Callers
Vet College Ue
Greencastle
Ind
Depauw
Earlham
Final production delights town in clever home talent show
The final production of The Whole Towns Talking at city hall drew a large crowd and praise for acting, stage setting, costumes, and humor. Director George M. Barger Jr and the recast earned credit, Cyril Agee provided stage design, and Fallon The Piarist supplied flowers. Proceeds from two performances support local charity under the club’s direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Barger, Jr
Cyril Agee
Fallon
Bluefield Man Elected Vice President Society
Franzheim of Wheeling was elected today to succeed H. Rus Warne of Charleston as president of the West Virginia society of architects. Wheeling will host the next annual convention. Other officers include R. H. Adair of Parkersburg as first vice president, Alex Mahood of Bluefield as second vice president, and Carl Reger of Morgantown as secretary treasurer. The West Virginia chapter of the American Institute of Architects also elected Carl Reger of Morgantown as president, with R. L. Patteson of Charleston as vice president and Walter F. Martens of Charleston as secretary. The chapter will hold its next meeting in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Rus Warne
Charleston
R. L. Patteson
Walter F. Martens
Fined for Giving Liquor to 12YearOld Boy
Eugene Dilinger and Leroy Kinkaid, both colored, were fined 100 dollars each in the city police court for supplying intoxicants to twelve year old Henry Osborne who was found in a drunken condition. The case marks a rare repeated police court action against the offenders, who now face a serious view of their prank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Dilinger
Leroy Kinkaid
Henry Osborne
Tyre
Tseal
Mager
Kinkaid
Fairmont Fields Hit High Loading Record
In Fairmont West Virginia on December 8 1924 224 non union mines produced 2018 cars totaling 100900 tons a new peak for the area. Fourteen union mines loaded 292 cars totaling 1460 tons in the same day data provided by the Brackett Statistical Service and published in the Fairmont Times.
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Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia
Fairmont Times
Brackett Statistical Service
High Court Postpones Bittner Contempt Case
Charleston W Va December 8 The West Virginia Supreme Court deferred further consideration of the motion to dismiss the writ of error in the Van A Bittner contempt case until the final hearing on the writ of error itself at the January term. The court issued no comment on the justification of the motion to dismiss or the merit of the writ of error.
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Charleston
W. Va
van A. Bittner
State Supreme Court
Colored soprano Lucretia Lawson Mitchell Concert At Institute
Lucretia Lawson Mitchell, a famed colored soprano, performed at the Blue Colored Institute auditorium. She opened with Oh Robert from Meyerbeer and delivered a diverse program of operatic arias and negro spirituals to a well filled audience including white attendees.
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Lucretia Lawson Mitchell
Blue Colored Institute
Robert
Robert le Diable
Meyerbeer
I D'Arte
der Asra
Rubbinstein
Bebert
Bernard L. Walton
Bluefield Colored Institute
Mercer Still Clings To Story Of Murdering Man
James J. Mercer former circus employee who confessed to killing O G Harvey Getat a Zanesville shoe maker remained steadfast in his account after twelve hours of questioning as his trial date nears. Contested policies may affect a $118,600 payout while detective Earl T. Cox says Mercer is convicted by his confession and the facts. Mercer admits slugging Geist with a blackjack and robbing him of 65 and other jewelry before casting the body into a canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Ohio
James J. Mercer
Parkersburg
W. Va
Harvey Getat
Zanesville Yong
Mercer
Geist
Earl T. Cox
W. Waglands
Hearings on Virginian lease postponed to January
The Norfolk and Western Railroad lease hearing before Interstate Commerce Commission examiner H B Davis was adjourned to January 4. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and Norfolk business interests oppose the lease to the Virginian System with Baltimore and Ohio Railway representatives also intervening to testify in January.
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Washington
Norfolk and Western Railroad
H. B. Davis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Norfolk
Via
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Still Set No 4 For The Sheriff
Sheriff G H Crumpecker and deputies with state police captured Still Set No 41 on Pinnacle creek near Algonquin Mercer county. Michael Harris, former North Carolina resident, held after hearing. pledged $3,000 bond but committed to Mercer jail. Harris had twice served time in Atlanta federal prison for moonshining.
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G. H. Crumpecker
Reynolds
Pinnacle Creek
Algonquin
Mercer County
Michael Harris
North Carolina
Harris
Thomas H. Scott
United States District Court
Bluefield
Atlanta
Sheriff Crumpecker
Cooper
Sherif Crumpecker
Matoaka
Express driver accused in gambling loss at Altamont
Karl Boswell, a twenty page per game driver for the American Railway Express Company, alleges he was doped and swindled out of about 700 from a poker night. Four others joined. two were arrested, two fled to Virginia Side. Sam Hall, known as Society Red, Hazard Kentucky, was arrested with 365 on him. The Express Company attached 300 of Boswell’s loss to Hall to aid Boswell. Hall fined 50 in police court. Hoge’s case continued tonight with bond set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Boswell
American Railway Express Company
Express
Altamont
Boswell
Virginia
Sam Hall
Sere & “Society
Hazard
Hle
Squire H. B Kitts
Hall
Express Company
Hoge
Freight Car Loadings For Week Near Million
Washington December 8 Freight carloadings for the weekend November 28 totaled 134 461 fewer than the previous week due to Thanksgiving but 44 082 more than the same week last year Coal loadings 172 279 cars down 16 903 from the prior week Grain and grain products 48 696 down 4 425 Miscellaneous 44 404 down 51 603 Merchandise and leas than carload lots 232 152 down 26 258 Livestock 29 581 down 6 154
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Washington
American Roway Association
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Lefty Thomas
WVU
Pitt
Jack Dempsey
Bill Tilden
Tarkington
Keith
Judge Landis
John D. Rockefeller
Bennie Leonard
Babe Ruth
Jack Kearns
Siberia
Red Grange
U. S
Georges Carpentier
Central Sales & Purchasing Co
Law & Commerce
BY Williams
Trwilbaws
MEA
Ime
Charlie’s
Herb
Welch
Turkey Knob
Viso
Jack
McDowell County Legion Post
Sam Solins
Sam
Drs. Conner Hall
Sam Daniel
Charley
Docs
Miami
Fla
Julius
Flat Iron Drug Prep
Frank
L. A. Osborne
The
Welch Kiwanis Club
Small Boy
Fairmont Fields
Bittner
MAVIS
Oakland
Bluefield-Oakland Co
Bradmann Bldg
Bervica Station
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield, W. VA
Dalace
Daugher
Cincinnati
Manuel
Cmt CO
New
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