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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1925
Page
14
Bluefield items list coal companies with phone numbers and product lines, store sales and clearance notices, a church service time change, a real estate or store for sale notice, and a tax collection notice. Pedigo's features run through many promotions including dry goods, patterns, and dress offerings.
A Bluefield brief notes El Katan Temple No 227 invites members to a January 7 1925 meeting at 7 30 pm. After installations for 1925 there will be eats and 1925 cards are requested.
In St Louis on January 3 the half ton hermetically sealed bronze casket holding Joseph Marconnot's body was moved to the family vault at Mount Olive cemetery. Marconnot, a 64 year old recluse, requested mummyfied preservation akin to Egyptian pharaohs and will permit viewing through the casket glass while the vault opens on specific church holidays for dead devotion.
Richmond reports former Governor James Hoge Tyler praised for long meritorious public service. Obituary notes Carter Glass nomination speech praising his character and Jeffersonian virtues. KE Lee Trinkle expresses deep regret over Tyler’s passing and respect for his public life.
Washington reports that all employees of municipally owned utilities acting in a proprietary capacity must pay income tax on their compensation. Returns dating back to 1918 are required as the Internal Revenue Service enforces the ruling. Officials expect few people will be affected, pending further adjudications.
Washington January 3 The American Association for the Advancement of Science ends its sessions praising weather forecasting for aviation and honoring Le Roy Meisinger of the Weather Bureau. The group endorses a thirteen month calendar plan four weeks per month, a national botanical garden and arboretum in Washington, a national park at Glacier Bay Alaska, and a navy funded oceans study.
The Navy Department failed to receive any bids to lease Cape May New Jersey naval air station for private operation. Bids were postponed from December 18 at Goodyear Rubber Company request and no announcement was made on plans if no proposal is accepted. The station includes a large airship hangar and extensive facilities for lighter than air ships.
No clue to the whereabouts of Martin Martino forty of Pittsburg sought for killing his former wife, Mrs Josephine Scalise thirty nine, at her home on Werniger street after a quarrel. Police in Parkersburg and Pittsburg aided the Clarksburg inquiry. Jealousy over her remarriage is suspected. A separate note mentions Guatemala cotton mill with 5000 spindles and 150 looms.
The Boys Club outlines a New Year with member attendance, class schedules, and contests. Seniors Cadets Intermediates Juniors meet on specified nights while a five to six thirty period is reserved for Intermediates and Seniors. Special awards reward credits and future letters and emblems.
Secretary Wilbur has read the special naval board's inquiry into confidential correspondence between Captain Osterhaus and Captain Berry regarding a war game at the Newport War College. The report goes to Rear Admiral Latimer for review and court martial action was not disclosed. The issue highlights strict confidentiality and discipline in the naval service.
The table shows permits issued for new construction and renovations in Bluefield during 1924. It lists counts for new buildings and remodels of residences and business properties, along with the total monetary values as provided.
Col W C Pendleton editor author returns from Welch and heads to Marion Va to prepare a new work on Appalachian political history The book praised by Professor Gilbert for its fresh use of records and traditions and seen as a standard for local histories The piece notes his Civil War service and prior editorship of the Tazewell Republican The four main banks report a strong year with deposits up and Bluefield National entering the million dollar class and optimism for 1925
In Columbus Ohio Princeton tallied 9 points while Ohio State posted 34 in a football score reading. The contest highlighted Ohio State dominance with a decisive margin as the home team controlled the game from early.
Mrs Ellen Holliday wife of Herbert Holliday a Rondout Ills jail robber and Miss Hele McNeil his niece were freed by postal officials in Little Rock with no charges. McNeil held on 10000 bond awaiting federal grand jury action in Kansas City over receiving and secreting stolen government property tied to 21000 in bonds found in a safety deposit wall. Bonds valued at 78000 linked to Holliday's share of loot were recovered yesterday from a rural mailbox near Little Rock.
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