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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1925
Page
1
City and Coal Co and several firms advertise coal sales with prices and delivery terms. Messages include Merger Coal, Mercer Coal, R C A specials, and Kaneda Pocahontas offerings, plus shop notices, store rents, and phone contacts. Church and community notices follow with service times and events at Episco pal and Calvary Baptist churches.
Dump Dotson, a negro wanted for the attempted murder of another negro at Northfork on Christmas Day, was arrested here yesterday by a Hard Jwin-Felts Detective Agency agent. He is being held for McDowell county authorities after fleeing to Pageton and returning with his wife to the Nor folk baggage room to claim a trunk. The case involves a serious condition as reported locally.
Seven forces labor on interior work of the new municipal building as of year start. Administrative offices unlikely to be finished before March or April, but the city police department may move in sooner. Auditorium progress exceeds original contract and grounds work to await spring weather.
According to hotel registers, the Bluefield visitor farthest from home today is Ray W. Arms of Chicago, listed among guests as the most distant traveler.
John Campbell, twenty four, condemned to twenty five to sixty years for robbery, rode to freedom inside a burning motor truck load of ashes at a Pennsylvania penitentiary. He leaped from a sedan after reaching the city edge, injured guard chauffeur Charles Kront, and escaped on foot aided by a passerby’s clothing. Firemen in pursuit were outdistanced.
United States postal officials recovered 79000 dollars in Liberty bonds stolen from a mail train at Rondout Wisconsin last June. The bonds were found in a rural mailbox ten miles west of Little Rock on the Maumelle road after an anonymous call to Major James A. Pitcock, chief of the Little Rock detective bureau, alerted authorities. Tra C. Ross accompanied Pitcock to the site. the bonds were in perfect condition and had only recently been placed there. The informer’s name could not be learned as the caller abruptly hung up when questioned.
Mik Hutcherson a colored man died at Lenmax hospital after being shot by Rebecca Rawn colored while investigating a neighbor’s hen house disturbance. Rawn told police she fired to scare a thief and reported the incident at the city police court the next morning.
The Isadore Cohen Company moves from its Princeton Avenue stand to the Itz Building on Federal Street. Miss Sue’s Bhoppe leaves the Nite Building for the Peery Building taking the north room on the Federal street side. No opening date set yet.
A San Blas Tale language study by Dr John P Harrington and R P Vogenitz raises questions about Norse teachers among the White Indians of Darien. They note numerous Indian terms closely match Norse forms in sound and meaning, suggesting possible ancient contact or coincidence.
Bluefield Post No 1 of the American Legion plans a year start meeting to organize committees and outline the yearly program. Commander announces intent to make one of the greatest showings in its history by year end.
state officials report a heavy rush as applicants swarm to secure 1936 plates before deadlines. lines formed outside offices over consecutive days with many seeking any extension and staff struggling to handle demand amid the final scramble.
Miss Nora Sneed daughter of Mr and Mrs W W Sheed of Carolina avenue was badly injured Thursday night while coasting on Lynn street. She sustained a fracture of the skull and was taken to St Luke's Hospital where she was reported resting well yesterday.
The Legion’s regular Saturday night dance will be held in the Dugout tonight from 1 to 12 p.m. The music will be furnished by the well known Alabamians. Dances this season have been well attended and enjoyed.
Chicago January 2 manager Wm Killifer of the Chicago Cubs left to arrange spring practice for Catalina Islands training. The squad will depart February 26 for six weeks of training. The United States produces more than 3 billion dollars worth of milk in a single year.
Colunbia South Carolina reader testimonial praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Mrs A Houtey says three years of sickness and failed medical help ended with the remedy making her able to do housework again. The notice cites a large customer canvass showing high satisfaction with the product.
Construction on the Law and Commerce building addition nears finish as contractor H A Lucas prepares to begin wrecking the street elevator used for material handling on Commerce Street. Early spring will bring improvements to Commerce Street per building trade insiders.
Homer Fain was fined $100 and jailed for thirty days by Police Judge Easley after arraignment in municipal court on a warrant charging possession of liquor.
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