New Buildings in Busy Bluefield During 1924 Cost $2,035,814
Radford Va Jan 3 Death claimed James Hoge Tyler former governor of Virginia at his home in Radford after a period of illness Mrs Tyler has borne up bravely and the funeral will be in Westlawn cemetery services set for Monday afternoon Tyler born Aug 11 1846 at Blenheim Carolina county descended from President John Tyler he was a Presbyterian elder at twenty three and attended Pan Presby councils in Toronto and Glasgow.
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Radford
James Hoge Tyler
Virginia
Montgomery’s
Tyler
Central Presbyterian Church
Westlawn
H. H. Wilson
Harrisbore
Robert W. Jopling
Lancaster
8. C
Stockton
Heth Tyler
Norfolk
Senate
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Tyler
Blenheim
Carolina County
George Tyler
John Tyler
Eliza Hoge
James Hoge
Pulaski County
Tylers
Belle Hampton
General Hoge
House of Delegates
Montgomery County
State Senate
Toronto
Canada
Glasgow
Scotland
Sue Montgomery Hammett
Edward Hammett
Scott Tells Story of Gambling in Washington Court Case
Alpena Mich Jan 3 Mrs Edna James Scott testified about gambling involving her husband Congressman Frank D Scott and other lawmakers in the Boars Nest on K Street Washington. She described infidelity jealousy and a trip to Panama with liquor and trunks heavy with alcohol to be claimed as port access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpena
Mich
K_ Street
Washington
Edna James Scott
Frank D. Scott
Scott
Mrs. Scott
Harry B. McCain
Scotts
Emerick
Night and opinion collide in a scattered editorial
A long column blends social critique with local lore and a murder memory in Bluefield. It rebukes radical labels, recalls a centuries old heap of bones buried under a future paving project, and muses on night, light, and progress with scattered reflections on law and science.
Long Distance Bride Granted Divorce in Texas
Mrs. Helen Keller, age nineteen, was granted a divorce from William Horace Keller after a long distance marriage begun by telephone. The 1923 ceremony linked Bremerton Washington and Fort Worth Texas via a straight wire route through St. Louis Chicago Denver San Francisco and Seattle, spanning over two thousand miles.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Helen Keller
Lattimore
William Horace Keller
Keller
Bremerton
Wash
Helen Leona Satterwhite
Telephone Company
St. Louis
Chicago
Denver
San Francisco
Seattle
Bluefield Hosts First Radio Show Educational Exhibit
Bluefield to host a week long radio show January 26 to 31 in the Bluefield Garage display rooms opposite the post office. Distributors Superior Supply Flat Top Auto Supply Bluefield Hardware Bluefield Supply Post Glover Electric will showcase twelve to fifteen radio sets with hourly twelve minute demonstrations and expert talks.
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Bluefield
Superior Supply Co
Flat Top Auto Supply Co
Bluefield Hardware Co
Bluefield Supply Co
Post-Glover Electric Co
Speeo
O. E. Royal
Action on standardized bread loaf bill urged in House
Representative Brand of Ohio urged action on a bill to standardize bread loaves and require full weight loaves in interstate commerce. He said the measure would mirror Ohio and DC regulations and ensure purchasers get real pound loaves without price increases.
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Washington
Representative Brand
Ohio
District of Columbia
Miners Wife Killed by SixYearOld in Kentucky
Madisonville Kentucky January 3 Mrs Jahneta Phaton twenty seven a miners wife was shot through the heart and instantly killed today when her young son Fritz six pulled the trigger of a rifle which he thought was unloaded Mrs Phaton collapsed near an open grate and was burned before assistance arrived
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Madisonville
Jahneta Phaton
Fritz
Trial Denounces Sweetin Hight Poison Murder Sentence
Mount Vernon Illinois January 3 Judge J C Kern overrules motions for new trials for Mrs Elsie Sweetin and Lawrence M Hight convicted of poisoning and murder. Sweetin gets thirty five years Hight life imprisonment. Judge rebukes both for cruelty and moral failure.
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Mount Vernon
J. C. Kernowaday
Elsie Sweetin
Lawrence M. Hight
Wilford Sweetin
Mrs. Sweetin
Hight
Kern
Sweetin
Rogers Installed Sixth Consecutive G A R Commander
In Wheeling West Virginia General W W Rogers was installed for a sixth consecutive term as commander of J W Holliday post No 12 G A R The joint ceremony also inducted new officers of the Daughters of Veterans and the Women s Army Corps.
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Wheeling
W. Va
W. W. Rogers
West Virginia
J.W Holliday
Daughters of Veterans
Women’s Pone Corps
Ofce
Senate action on postal pay bill eyed for Monday
Washington January 3. Senator Moses in charge of the administration measure to raise postal salaries and rates failed to win unanimous consent today. Norris objected and Obdie warned against a one cent per pound rise for advertising matter. If passed, the bill would yield $5.5 million yearly from rate readjustments. The veto vote was slated for Tuesday with hearings on rate increases planned for the summer. Norris urged passing the pay bill over the veto while hearings on rate increases proceed later.
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Washington
Jan
Moses
New Hampshire
Coolidge
Norris
Nebraska
Obdie
Nevada
Post Office Committee
Post Office Department
White House
Senate
Repair crews busy at wrecked glass tank in Clarksburg
Repair crews work to resume operations at the Rolland Glass Company plant in Northview after a main glass tank burst. The accident caused a loss of 100 tons of glass but firemen and workers prevented total tank loss and no injuries were reported among more than 200 employees.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Rolland Glass Company
Riet
Northview
French Debt Talks Move Forward Amid Washington Waiting
Paris reports say Finance Minister Clementel floated funding ideas for France’s war debt to the United States, but officials doubt it can form a basis for talks. In Washington, Secretary Hughes awaits Herrick’s cable with the French memorandum as British debt talk looms and Paris hosts Franco allied ministers. The U S emphasizes war claims over debts in the Paris conference role.
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United United States
Washington
Paris
Clementel
United States
M. Clemente
Herrick
America
Washington, Yan
France
Monay
London
State Department
Kellogg
James A. Logan
Bluefield Building Boom Sees 427 Permits in 1924
A Bluefield survey of city clerk records shows 427 building permits issued in 1924, with 208 new residences and multiple major projects. Total spending reached about 2.035 million dollars, led by the Norfolk and Western depot, Peery and Bailey projects, and hospital conversion. May was the peak month for expenditure at 632,904 dollars, while December was the lowest at 29,050 dollars.
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Dr. Thos
EK. Peery
Peery
EB. L. Baile
Municipal
Norfolk and Western
Law and Commerce
Bluefield Hardware Company
Mercer Garage
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Preston Street
Beaver High School
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Stovall
Bluefield Avenue
Chestnut Street
St Luke's Hospital
Brethren Church
A. M. EB. Zion Church
Ramsey Street
Henry Street
Midway
Pettyjohn Company
St. Luke's Hospital
Bland
Raleigh
Thos. E. Peery
KE. L. Bailey
Bluefield
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J. Hoge Tyler
Mas
K Street
Daily Telegraph
Switzerland
Charles Dickpens
Chancery
Yale
Andio
J. C. Kern
Elsie
Gen. Rogers
President Coolidge
Hughes
Ambassador Herrick
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