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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1925
Page
10
An inspector's report describes Mc Dermott pressing for salary considerations to gain supervisors' support and arranging with parcel post users to influence rate legislation. The scheme unraveled after the postmaster general notified Senator Sterling, head of the Senate Post Office Committee.
January pages celebrate Freemasonry with notable members born in January. Names highlighted include Dr. John Theophilus Desaguliers, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Robert Morris, Israel Putnam, Paul Revere, Edmund Burke, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Millard Fillmore, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Robert Burns, Frederick the Great, and Joseph Bonaparte. The piece connects their births or roles to Masonic history and January milestones.
The pre primary report on candidates sent to Anti-Saloon League supporters includes a claim that General England would have been governor otherwise. The letter states General England’s nomination was defeated by this statement and that Pullen would have faced similar loss. Pullen also said his commission as state prohibition department agent carried no pay and he would surrender it if it hindered the commissioner or offered no benefit to the department.
Lumberport West Virginia January 1 The Citizens ticket won the municipal election and filled all town offices. Mayor J W Bowers lost to BE P Boggess by 192 to 162. Charles Hedges defeated Harry Carney for recorder 186 to 152. Elected councilmen were John Sincel Mare Knight Charles Hess Robert Mick and Fred McDonald.
Jane Lew W Va January 1 report shows little interest in the city election. C B Bodkin endorsed by Citizens and People's tickets elected mayor. Dr C B Grant, supported by both parties, chosen recorder. Citizens ticket council winners include Coy Lowther William Law Dave Johnson Milton Wooster and Dr G C Corder.
Belfast announces an Ulster ministry order mirroring Britain's embargo on American potatoes to prevent Colorado beetle introduction. The British ban, issued late last month, targets potato imports to England and Wales for pest control.
The British freighter Western Valley ran aground on rocks in Heysham harbor near Liverpool and was reported breaking up. An SOS message picked up at Cape Hatteras indicated the vessel was on the rocks and fast breaking apart. The ship’s last known position was Genoa on December 7.
Sutton West Virginia January 1 B James candidate of the Citta party was elected mayor over J H Shuttleworth on the People ticket with 168 votes to 131. Vv M Byrne was endorsed by both parties and totalled 239 votes. Councilmen elected include L W Hawkins 275 I J Vasser 212 W L Juegens 196 J E Baughman 206 and L A Holcomb 189.
Morris Ground was popping corn when a kernel flew into his eye. He felt irritation which progressed to infection and caused him to become blind. The incident occurred in Hull, England.
A mysterious veiled figure is reported at Lowel Castle near Witney Oxfordshire prompting a ghost scare among rural England. Locals claim the wailing light is the bride of a Lord Loves suffocated on her wedding night, a tale tied to the castle’s dark history.
Burdens secured coveted stone pillars and urns after buying the Devonshire House suite once used by visitors who admired the prizes. Separately Whisky shortages push consumers toward West Indies, Bahamas and Mexico with distillers in Scotland reporting high premiums for aged stock.
Alfred E. Smith is inaugurated governor of New York for the third time, becoming only the second chief executive to serve three terms. Florence Knapp, New York's first woman secretary of state, administers the oath as a 3,600-strong inaugural parade includes National Guard, Naval militia, and police band. The ceremony echoes DeWitt Clinton's historic third-term oath from a century ago.
Burnsville West Virginia January 1 The Progressive ticket swept the municipal election with L H Herrold elected mayor and W F McCoy recorder Councilmanic winners include Calvin Ramage Frank Amos Harper Skidmore Hewel Bush and W A Means.
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