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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1925
Page
4
Testimony describes an alleged payment chain involving Senator Edwards and a bank visit at Hardwell. Wilson says Edwards called him a boot legger and handled envelopes of cash totaling $4,700. Hurlbut details payments and the cashier’s role, claiming Edwards ensured no records were kept.
Judge McClintic denounces stock schemes tied to high officials and warns grand jury on Klan activity and federal offenses. 125 new criminal docket items, two civil motions, and large crowds at the federal building mark a busy session focused on National Prohibition Act cases.
An old advertisement urges readers to boost health and build flesh with McCoy’s Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets. It claims a five pound gain in thirty days for adults, fifteen pounds in seven weeks for a woman, and asks customers to try the sugar-coated tablets sold by Goodykoontz Drug Co. and other druggists.
Historical crossword list with numerous clues and answers listed in mixed order. The entry ends with a prompt asking for the solution to yesterday's puzzle, yielding the single word STAT.
Twenty three of ten fifteen of which drew fines totaling 1930 dollars. The court took time to consider the evidence in three other cases, dismissed two, continued two and gave one person a jail sentence. Caroline Rivers was the only person given a jail sentence on a plea of guilty. Sixty days in the Mercer county jail was the sentence. Those pleading guilty and receiving cash fines included W. D. Lee Damon Enaworth John T. Mulins W. G. Dickergon Join Hughes Clove Hate Ryn Ford J. S. Walker Andrew Day Thomas Pressley J. W. Murphy G. M. Wright C. C. Avery Henry Nash Pete Capaldino. Continuance was granted in Joe Zangore and Albert Thompson. The court took time to consider the evidence in Paris Belcher George Reed Po A M. Lee and dismissed the cases of Hob Hardin and John Taylor. Among the attorneys admitted to practice in the United States district court were W. G. Fletcher W. G. Burton and Charles A. Tuiciter.
Continued from Vase One reports clashes among delegates over opium policy at Geneva. Viscount Cecil and American envoy Stephen Porter sparred amid questions of colonial narcotics use, with Ireland’s Michael Macwhite urging open discussion and broader scrutiny of all aspects of the opium problem. The scene reflects rival blocs and shifting alignments as nations weigh participation in future talks.
A British representative apologized after withdrawing a charge amid debate among delegates. West Virginia House of Delegates assigns numerous committees including Forestry and Conservation led by Cogar and Arts, Science and General Improvement led by Jackson. Reynolds Syracuse hires Pete Reynolds as head football coach at Syracuse University, replacing John F. Macison who resigned.
A country boy Chuck visits town with Two Spot and the Fairy Queen. He complains of city life, dodges a grass sign while sledding, resists violin lessons, and learns a lesson from a blue velvet butterfly guide that work must precede play arriving back to the country with a new resolve. The tale ends with a promise of more to come.
Governor Neff greeted by cheers as he passed the office to Mrs. Ferguson presenting a photograph of Woodrow Wilson and a white rose and Bible. He marked Psalm 109 105th verse Thy word is a lamp unto my feet to guide her path.
Seven popular dancers who posed for moving pictures for charity were blinded for a week by strong night lights used in the filming.
A fragmented clipping notes a range of topics from county and state cost sharing on road construction to amendments involving school districts and tax laws. It references changes in educational institutes' names, moving picture tax provisions, road funds, and evocations of Constantinople’s evacuation alongside textile fashion notes.
The Warlick Furniture company held its annual banquet at the West Virginia hotel with 23 employees honored. W C G Wartick chaired, James Elmer Brown led the music, and D E French spoke on bank relations. Stock growth plans included offering new stock tied to home furnishing financing ideas.
Five years of long distance calls between Liverpool and London led to Jin Bath a London switchboard operator and George Moore a Liverpool operator marrying after Moore visited to meet her. The couple note their real silver as hall marked.
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