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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1925

Page

9

For Rent Or Sell Nice Seven Room House Near Beavigh School

A seven room house with hot water heat and radionation is offered for rent or sale across from Beavigh School. Located a few minutes from Beavigh’s business center, the ad invites inquiries by calling 9552 for price details and arrangements.

Beavigh School Frederick Street Bluefield North Mercer Street Princeton Avenue Hale Addition Bland Street Tin Hale Addison Balsome Street H J. Linkous

Munsey Will Sets Five Year Window to Convert Assets

The estate of publisher Frank A. Munsey faces a five year period for trustees to dispose of the Sun and Evening Telegram holdings and other assets. Estimated value placed around 40.6 million by friends. sister Mrs. John M. Hyde receives personal effects and nine thousand shares, with numerous bequests to relatives and institutions including Bowdoin College and Maine hospitals. Executors include William T. Dewart Richard H. Titherington and Guaranty Trust Co. of New York. Burial planned in Lisbon Falls Maine.

New York Frank A. Munesey The Sun Evening Telegram Munsey John M. Hyde Lewiston Maine Washington D.C Bowdoin College Maine State Hospital of Portland Central Maine General Hospital William T. Dewart Mr. Munsey Mr. Dewart Richard H. Titherington Guaranty Trust Company of Munse

Flood Crest Threatens German Rivers and Railways

Floods across southern, western and northern Germany push rivers above banks. The Rhine runs twenty-five feet over normal as rail service is halted and bridges are swept away. In Coblenz Duisburg and Treves, thousands flee the rising waters. two thousand barges wrecked at Duisburg. Danube and its tributaries surge. Lake Constance may overflow hourly.

Cologne Germany Rhine Moselle Harz Coblenz Duisburg Treves Danube Lake Constance

New Ideas Force Way In Disguise Across Science

Dr. Sisson missed the convention due to a family death while his paper argued that new ideas must force their way into the common mind by disguising themselves as familiar notions. He warned that mass psychology often resists breakthrough thoughts as if they were burglars.

Sisson

New Year's Radio Schedule with Orchestras and Singers

Radio listings detail New Year Eve programs across stations like WTAM WMCA WJR and KDKA. Performers include Violet Kaye Elizabeth Stokes Whitney trio and various orchestras with concerts, dinners, and chimes scheduled throughout the night across multiple markets.

Public Meeting on Industrial Development Plans

A public meeting is scheduled for January Oh day in the underscored room to discuss the possible development of industries in the city and surrounding area. Citizens are urged to attend to hear, confer, and act on proposals and any other suggested plans related to the project.

Cieens Ivefield LeTrhory Tiev Po Acton Lane Apou Dugan Fkin Nou

Notable remark on democracy and knowledge relay

Burton Livingston, permanent secretary of the association and director of plant physiology at Johns Hopkins, warned that democracy born of freedom may strangle the mother and urged preservation and dissemination of knowledge across generations. He spoke on the relay of human evolution and urged heed for knowledge acts by each generation.

Cancer germ isolation and caution in early findings

Reports from Dr. William EB Gye and Dr. J E Barnard claim cancer germ isolation, with Dr James B M Murphy urging careful analysis before conclusions. The note references early British military publications from 1573 and a call for parallel experiments.

William EB. Gye London J. E. Barnard James B. M. Murphy Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research

Twenty Year Goitre Alleviated by Sorbol Quadruple Says Mrs Barnhouse

Mrs Carrie Barnhouse of Wellston Ohio reports dramatic relief after taking Sorbol Quadruple. She describes night breathing trouble and choking easing in three days with full disappearance of goitre in two weeks. She offers to speak or write to anyone. Sold at drug stores or via Sorbol Company Mechanicstown and Goodykoontz Drug locally.

Carrie Barnhouse West Wellston Ohio Sorbol Company Mechanicsturg Goodykoontz Drug

Federal Prison for Fifteen Men

Indianapolis, Ind. Fifteen men were sentenced in U S district court to federal prison at Leavenworth Kan for conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. They aided removal of 891 barrels of whiskey from the Jack Daniel distillery in St Louis in 1923. Several defendants received terms under two years and fines up to five thousand dollars. Some officials and syndicate members were also fined and others granted new trials or dismissed.

Indianapolis Ind Leavenworth Kan J. Louie Cincinnati United States District Court Jack Daniel St. Louis Michael J. Kennedy Don H. Robinson Chicago Indiana Robert C. Baltzell Pends Circuit Court of Appeals Arnold J. Hellmich Internal Revenue Eastern Missouri Nathan Goldstein Harry Levin Morris Martin Michael J. Whalen George R. Landon William Lucking Cncinnati Willam J. Kinney Hellmich Edward Meininger Anthony Foley

Belgian Budget Approved by Chamber of Deputies

Brussels December 30 The chamber of deputies approved the government budget for 1926 by a vote of 24 with three absences. Receipts for 1926 are set at 5 500 000 000 francs and expenditures at 5 027 000 000 francs.

Brussels Chamber of Deputies France

Liquor Crimes Lead to Joint Sentences in Marion County Jail

Robert Walker and Johan Connors of Cincinnati, partners in a bill posting firm, plus Harry P. Stratton, also of Cincinnati, received fifteen months and $1000 fines. Daniel ONeal of St Louis got fifteen months and $500. Edward J O Hare of St Louis drew one year and one day and a fine. Several others from St Louis and Cincinnati were jailed for short terms. They began serving immediately with no appeals planned.

Robert Walker Johan Connors Cincinnati Harry P. Stratton Daniel O'Neal St. Louis Poliicianm Edward J. O'Hare St. Louds

Rum Runner Dowland Faces Bankruptcy Board

London reports Sir Broderick Hartwell Dowland told creditors that his assets total only the amounts owed by dealers who obtained liquor in the United States and likely will not pay. He valued his final shipment to the United States at 250000 pounds, but partners and dealers paid nothing, prompting creditors to adopt a bankruptcy resolution and adjourn for a trustee appointment.

London Sir Broderick Hartwell Dowland Broderick United States

Farmers of Corn Belt Await Better Prices

Des Moines reports Iowa farm relief plans and a large unmarked corn surplus. A conference to discuss the issue will be held here next month, while farmers hold onto corn awaiting higher prices. Some seal cribs and borrow against contents under warehouse laws. Prices in the field hover around fifty eight cents a bushel. Two airplanes at Duxford report daily weather.

Des Moines Iowa Farm Relief Iowa

The Goblins and the Ice Pond

A Christmas tale follows Nancy and Nick as Jack Frost freezes a pond for skating. While children enjoy玩 skating, goblins led by Tweekanose undermine the ice from below. A Fairy Queen warns Inch o Pie and the Twins to catch the mischief maker or Christmas fun ends.

Jack Frost Santa Claus Nancy Nick Incho Pie Fairy Queen Inch O Pie Elf Tweekanose Crookabone

Buried at Rote for J H J Wilson in Bluefield area

The colored community notes the burial of J H J Wilson who died at his home on Jones Street. His funeral was conducted by Rev R B McKay in Crumpler, with attendees from Bluefield. Wilson once lived in Crumpler and was a director of the Golden Rule Beneficial Endowment Association. He left the coal fields for health reasons. his widow and several children survive.

Rolf J H. J. Wilson Hime Jones Street Crumpler Rote R. B. McKay Bramwell Ods Bluefield Wilson Cruovper Golden Rule Beneficial Endowment Association

Stockholders Meeting Planned for York Masonite Investment Co

The annual meeting of the stock holders of the York Masonite Investment Company will be held today at 10:30 a.m. at the Masonic ball on Jones street. Dr. W. C. Mitchell is president and J. H. Moorman of Elkhorn is secretary.

York Masonite Investment Company Masonic Ball Jones Street W. C. Mitchell J. H. Moorman Elkhorn

Ohio State student Miss Coleman visits parents over holidays

Miss Winefred Coleman, a student at Ohio State University, spends the holidays with her parents, Prof. and Mrs. J. D. Coleman. Early Smith of Goodwill was in the city on business yesterday. James Wright of Beckley met friends in Bluefield on his return from Marion, Virginia, where he had spent several days.

Winefred Coleman Ohio State Universty J. D. Coleman Early Smith Goodwill James Wright Beckley Bluefield Marion

New Year's Celebrations Named In Princeton Notices

The colored residents of Princeton plan a New Year celebration at Masonic Hall with music refreshments and dancing as the old year ends. Bettie Dabney hosts a social for Bluefield Woman's Improvement Club members and husbands on Thursday at 4 PM. A M E Zion Church to hold New Year dinner at H P Bundy residence and watch meeting service at 10 39 tonight led by Rev W H Blake.

WRNY Volga WMAQ Whitney Trio Elizabeth Stokes Wenkr S— Orchestra WHT KYW WGN Wqs Skylarke WLW WHAS WHO KPRO WKRO KTHS WSOE WJAZ WCCO WDAF Princeton Masonic Hall Woman's Improvement Bettie Dabney A.M. B. Zion Church H. P. Bundy Davidson AM E. Zion AM E Zion W. H. Blake

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