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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1925

Page

8

Convict Taylor Arrested After Backdoor Return in Virginia

Bluefield Virginia paper reports convict Clayborn Taylor, 22, who escaped from the Bland county road camp, sought a Baldwin-Felts officer at Sanders Drive, was recognized by a scar, and taken in for possible return to Bland county. He complained of mistreatment and asked to avoid the camp, while local revival news and fashion shop ads fill the page.

Clayborn Taylor Virginia Penitentiary D. D. Willams Mrr Wiliams Sanders Drive Mr. Willams Baldwin-Felts Taylor Williams Inland County Darky Bland County Bland Road Clifton Forge Whitms Major Yewell Land County Road

Goiter Study Shows Iodine Link in Akron Children

In Akron Ohio a health survey tested thousands of school children for goiter with parent and school approval. Among 2190 who received iodine only five had slight thyroid enlargement while 496 of 2305 not given iodine developed goiter. Doctors Murlee and Kimball lead investigations urging iodized table salt to prevent deficiency.

Akron Ohio Goiter David Murlee C. P. Kimball

Automobile Victim Hops After Christmas Crash Report

An injured auto crash victim, TC Keister, is able to hop around days after a collision near No Man's Land. The wreck involved Paul Campbell’s car hitting a telephone pole, with Keister insisting the pole continued buzzing in front of him and calling for a change of scenery amid the Cedar Valley gossip. In other news, Lon Garrett and Margaret Maxwell Wam ale y wed Bluefield, and a maple syrup recipe offers a home cordial.

A. TC. Keister Mr. Meister Paul Campbell Campbell No Man's Land Mr. Kelster Kelster Garrety-Wamsley Cinch Valley Bluefield Lon Garrett Margaret Maxwell Wamaley Garrett Jatied Maxwell Tazewell

Appeal for Herbert Lambert Fund Stirs Local Help

The community rallies to aid Herbert Lambert and his six motherless children after his wife’s death. Donations flow from locals, with Judge George Dillard’s check among early contributions. The fund aims to lift the burden of debt and is to be publicly acknowledged in Sundays paper.

Herbert Lambert Terry Tilers Tibbs George A. Reynolds Reynolds George Dillard Thone Ay Prentier

Tazewell County Board Action on Gasoline Tax Referendum

The Tazewell county board of supervisors urged Governor E Lee Trinkle to convene the Virginia General Assembly in extra session to revise the gasoline motor tax law. No determination of the governor's stance has been reported, and the board noted slow highway progress in the county and southwest Virginia.

Board of Supervisors Tazewell County E. Lee Trinkle Virginia General Assembly Trinle Board of

County Supervisors Back Gasoline Tax for Roads

County supervisors favor raising funds for highway construction through an increase on motor fuels. The Tazewell board weighs a substantial gasoline tax, with rates to be set after the general assembly acts. Representatives from the county and district have not spoken, but may support the principle. The Fashion Shop sale runs two more weeks.

Tazewell Board Highway Ten Tthis General Assembly

Drive for Completion Church to Be Pushed Ahead

The drive for finishing the Methodist church here gains momentum as Dr. Coale at the old church urges swift progress and tything. His earnest talk stresses duty to support churches to avoid ongoing fundraising appeals. Nearby, a night hawk prowled Hast street yards, then fled when spotted, and local notices mention Mrs. McCall’s improving health after pneumonia.

Methodist Dy. J. Coale Los Angeles Calif Goale D. Nouton Eldston Knoxville Tenn John Wesley Cluefield Coale

Florida trip amid illness linked to Mrs McCall family party

A reported illness within Mrs McCall’s family led to yesterday’s departure of Mrs McCall, her mother Mrs J W Baldwin, and brother Sheb Gillespie with an automobile party bound for Florida. The text notes mixed fragments from local notices and a bake sale advertisement at Dudley and Finks Store starting at 9 AM for Christian church parishioners.

Mra. McCall Mra. J. W. Baldwin Florida Sheb Gillespie Ladies of the Christian Church Dudley and Finks

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