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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1925
Page
10
The New Hope Missionary Society will hold a Wednesday meeting at 2 o clock at the farmer’s club to discuss Christmas and New Year plans. Men are urged to attend due to the importance of the gathering.
County licenses issued for six marriages. names and ages listed. Street work near the Virginian Railroad station advances drainage with co funding by the Virginian and city. Princeton alumni return for varsity vs alumni games on Straley avenue, expected large crowd and renewed rivalry. Clarence Danley jailed 30 days and fined 100 dollars for liquor possession. Dale Cole and Rosa Warren dispute leads to peace bond request after shot allegation.
A Sunday evening pageant titled Till the Day Break impressed a large congregation at the Presbyterian church. The event featured a candlelit decorated church, choir music, and a procession of figures from Old Testament saints to angels depicting the Nativity. Local church members and groups participated as speakers, gift bearers, and performers led by pastor E Penn and others. The pageant concluded with solemn music by soloists and instrumentalists.
An old style classified page highlights a new chocolate drink from Chere Cola Bottling and showcases Meadows Furniture Co offerings for gifts and home decor. It also lists rental ads, a memorial resolutions note for Mrs Bryson, and a small local notices section.
Judge Herndon presided a brief circuit court session with chancery matters including Bluefield Water Works versus Mord and Company and the appeal option on the lodge tax case. Court adjourned until January 11. notes mention a holiday schedule and a local pharmacy advert follows.
Local Welch column mixed with light humor and community notices. Mentions Cecil Johnson in Milan, holiday gift tips, American Legion dues, Dr Diehl of Concord College, bridge players Guy Lawhead and Dec Cook, and playful quips about War, Florida real estate, and Jesse James heirs. Page teaser ends with a prompt to turn to Page Thirteen.
Marriage licenses issued include Doilphus Durhorn to Tishie Cornwell both of Pageton Carmen J. Jones to Susie Beasley both of Mohegan Carl Smith to Vista Auville both of Lex James Kelley to Mamie Whitt both of Cary Tonight is ladies night at the Kimball Kiwanis Club with a Christmas program and attendance prize Details note changes in Blue Stocking Club meeting date and postponed Christmas Eve gathering Miner Vest Quesenberry injured at Coalwood mine Grace Hospital with multiple injuries Weather fog and travel caution in Welch and surrounding area Express office busy with heavy shipments Slattery defeats Roy McCormick in boxing North America water power stated at 60,000,000 horsepower Robinson, suspected drunk, arrested after assaulting wife with shotgun then beating her. Night Policeman Mitchell aids capture.
A man identified as a Welch carpenter with Green and Stowe died from a fractured skull after an Overland car overturned near Saw Mill Hollow on Welch Maitland road. Ed Fults survived with minor injuries as the vehicle rolled down a 12 foot embankment. Pugh, a 20 year coalfield resident, was unmarried and survived by a brother. The body went to the estate.
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