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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1925
Page
1
Local reminiscences mix of coal merchants mercer coal company ads with phone numbers and pricing notes. Notices include a Bluestone County meeting, a Shriner Club gathering, a Moose funeral attendance call, housing rental, public power outage, and minor crime updates involving miners and theft arrests.
Gene Tunney the American heavyweight champion and Young Stribling of Macon Georgia have signed for a ten round no decision bout in Miami Florida on January 2 or March 9. The match was arranged at a conference with Billy Gibson W L S Stribling and Ed Douglas promoter. Mrs Grant Uileke's eyes are cited in divorce testimony as a distracting factor.
A meeting at the West Virginian hotel featured J A Brooks Charleston chief game protector outlining West Virginia wildlife, conservation progress, and the league’s role. He cited $60,000 in nets sold by trainers, discussed branch needs, and urged education and better policing, with plans for Bluefield expansion and broader outreach among sportsmen clubs.
Promoters urge customers to save during a rebuilding sale offering hardware, ranges, cooking utensils and more. Featured sales pitch emphasizes lower prices and quick purchase to avoid paying more elsewhere while promoting local engagement.
In San Francisco on January 16, detectives disclosed new statements from Dorothy Ellingson’s friend May Pizgerald linking robbery to the slaying of Dorothy’s mother Anna Ellingson. Three men are in custody in California and Los Angeles over related statutory offenses, as investigations expand to the coroner’s inquest next.
Los Angeles report states heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey plans marriage to actress Estelle Taylor, with a possible wedding slated for May or June. Dempsey told reporters he would retire from boxing unless a fight is arranged before the marriage. Migs Taylor, acting as publicity and business manager, corroborated the plans amid ongoing rumors.
Fire alarm stations and phone contacts for Bluefield’s fire department listed by location. Includes Central Station note and multiple street pairings such as Northside Princeton Ave Hugsell and 16-Bluefield Ave, with numerous cross streets and station identifiers.
Former governor Jonathan M. Davis and his son Russell G. Davis will waive preliminary hearing on conspiracy to accept a bribe tied to a pardon for banker Fred W. Pullman. Shawnee county attorney Edward Rooney said attorney A. M. Harry agreed to drop the January 23 trial date.
Sid Barbaran of Detroit won a ten round decision over Red Herring of Gulfport Miss in Detroit. The ruling was unpopular with the crowd but supported by ringside newspaper writers. London police claim a new speed squad of four linked motorcycles threatens crooks with high velocity pursuit.
Vienna streets witness touching reunion as blind salesman Wragg recognizes his daughter by voice after a decade apart. In Berlin a civic rule bans public smoking by women. law officers vow arrests to uphold moral welfare. In London John Garrick quips back at his boss after firing, then sprays him with a tire extinguisher and is later arrested.
Rhoreditch borough officials decided to contest in the courts the claim for war bonuses by employees who served in the army. The move aims to resolve disputes over eligibility and payment scope for wartime service benefits.
The American Legion Bine Post No. 8 opened its year under newly elected commander R. A. Sheffer. The meeting reviewed finances with a 1924 report held for full accounting, while all standing committees gave reports. The Legionnaire publication will be discontinued due to advertising issues, and weekly dances for whites will continue. An executive committee meeting preceded the main session, and the post band gave a concert.
Douglas B. Hurley a longtime employee of the American and Crystal Coal Companies Mercer county died yesterday at 3 pm at his home in McComas He was a native of Mercer county born and raised there Funeral arrangements to be announced locally
Oakvale notes farewell to a local resident survived by wife and several children with interment planned at Oakvale Sunday. A hardware company advertises a rebuilding sale with 30 extraordinary savings on house furnishings and hardware. London reports farmers appoint an official sparrow catcher in Thanet.
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