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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1925
Page
2
Multiple items and services appear including Pocahontas coal pricing and weighing, Florida fruit arrivals, jewelry and loan office notices, real estate rentals, bake and rummage sales, barber and garage services, Christmas tree sales, clothing store sale at Lilly, tax notices, religious services, auctions, and local event notices all dated in Bluefield area with numerous businesses and citizens mentioned.
Assorted stuffed fruits and Sun beam glace fruits prepared for fruit cakes are noted. The Bramwell club meeting scheduled for Thursday has been postponed. Christmas seals committee urges public participation to ensure a healthy Christmas.
Stanford star Ernie Nevers agreed to lead a Jacksonville group in a professional football venture with a $60,000-plus payout. He would receive $25,000 for five games and 5 percent of gates, plus $5,000 per game thereafter, while New York Giants interest as a pitcher was noted if he ends the football deal.
Pomeroy Ohio December 12 police failed to locate the lone robber in the Simpson powder house burglary last night while three accomplices were captured. A car fleeing the scene was believed empty after a fusillade of shots and the driver may have been wounded and driven into the Ohio River toward West Virginia.
Indiana University women start a fashion fad by wearing men's hose over their own silk hosiery to shield ankles from autumn wind. The look spreads across campus with stores selling out, as stockings are pulled high to resemble half-hose and may replace galoshes in mild cold.
A collection of eggless dessert ideas including Steam Graham, Suet Pudding, Cumberland Pudding and Fruit Pudding. Steps call for butter, molasses, graham flour and suet with spices, steam times from two and a half to three and a half hours, served with lemon or hard sauce and whipped cream.
The League Council endorses a significant resolution to extend arbitration and conciliation efforts and examine security pacts as a preventive war measure. A disarmament study covers civil and military distinctions and the military value of commercial fleets under covenant operations.
Two Army airmen, Corporal Carter and Lieutenant Va., were injured when their plane developed engine trouble and crashed into a tall tree near Moundavi. One passenger, Ford, is reported to be in serious condition at the hospital with possible fatal injuries.
New York December 12. A spring schedule of twenty exhibition games will pit the Senators against various opponents. The plan includes home and away contests, aims to sharpen form ahead of the regular season, and reflects a busy tempo for the club.
A central fire alert sent from Central Station triggered alarms at the Fire Station Southside and Northside. Signals were received by Southside on phone 1444 and Northside on phone 77, prompting a coordinated response.
The New York Giants announced an eleven contest series against the Washington Senators of the American League. The former National League champions will train in Sarasota, Florida, and open their slate in Washington on March 20. Mrs. Perugini recalls her father’s era with Thackeray and George Eliot, noting her resemblance to him.
London report notes Kate Persini, described as the last daughter of Charles Dickens, marks a birthday with family celebration. Details remain fragmentary in the clipping.
Antwerp reports a Belgian inventor named Dony who says his bi-chromatic movable screen can reproduce colors by bringing out hues in color motion pictures.
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