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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1925
Page
13
Out of town visitors are expected for an evening concert featuring Miss Lawson of Washington DC, described as the capital city’s most gifted soprano.
Washington soprano Franceska Kaspar Lawson headlines a piano recital this evening with James Elmer Brown providing piano support. Details and program listed elsewhere in the paper.
Mr. W. C. Warlick left last Saturday evening with his family for a short visit to his North Carolina home. He plans to attend the furniture market held at High Point during the stay.
Welch residents and visitors fill the social page as Sheriff McGinnis Hatfield hosts guests including Mr. and Mrs Herbert Noell and Mr. and Mrs Arthur Perkins. Local business visits and outings are listed with names and towns across West Virginia.
Mrs J Herbrum hosted a delightful bridge party at her Polon apartments featuring four tables of bridge and socializing. Guests enjoyed refreshments and polite conversation in a refined home setting.
Fire-damaged basement of an old building in a Mexico City suburb reveals a graveyard of hundreds of cigar store Indians. The figures, once popular in the United States, were produced by a local factory and dumped after demand faded.
The annual Chamber of Commerce banquet opens at the Memorial building at 8 30 tonight. Three local speakers A Osborn Solins and Graham Sale will discuss Courtesy Growth of Welch and the Selling Public and Co operation of Buying and Selling.
Joan Dean, a Black man, was acquitted today of murder in the death of Clarence A. Parsons in Flagerstown on July 30, 1924. The jury deliberated about an hour and a half. supporters cheered as the verdict was read and order had to be restored. Dean, visibly moved, said he would never forget the ordeal. He is reported to have accumulated a fortune of $60,000.
Welch briefs announce a Bnai Isreal Sisterhood dance at Community with music by Weidemeyer's of Huntington and many surprises. Marriage licenses issued to Frank Green and Marie Compson, James Riggins and Nell Cox, A W Campbell and Willie Dunn. Harley Murray fined 50 dollars and six months on the road for pistol carrying. George Mitchell fined 10 dollars and costs for disorderly conduct.
The American Legion Post No. and McDowell County will stage a minstrel show in Welch theatre on March 12. Members who wish to participate should report to the post adjutant soon. The show will be directed by a producer from the Joan B Rogers Producing Company of Fostoria Ohio. John Blackeley chairs the committee and has pursued the best director available. Members are eager to help ensure a successful production.
Otto Segrin of Portland Oregon says seven years of stomach trouble cost him much but six bottles of Tanlac made him well and happy reporting a gain of twenty pounds and improved health. Tanlac is described as Nature s greatest tonic built from roots herbs and darks to revitalize blood and tone digestion. The ad urges readers to visit their druggist for Tanlac and offers Tanlac Vegetable Pills for constipation.
The Day in Washington reports on Coolidge era actions including agricultural commission recommendations made public and a House conference on the Underwood bill to privately lease Masele Shoals. It notes a February 27 Republican caucus to pick speaker and floor leader, court debates in the Senate, an appropriations bill passage for states justice commerce and labor, church representatives urging world court participation, and potential DOJ shifts as Attorney General Stone nears retirement. Final action from the Senate on the Smith-Houck freight rate readjustment.
The notice reports sixty five new members paid up and in good standing. The Red team works day and night toward the silver loving cup prize while the Blue team has only one new member and an elusive captain.
Judge James A. Strother of the county criminal court fined Kk. F. Lark a local colored attorney ten dollars and costs for contempt after lateness and failure to attend 1:30 pm proceeding in the case of Dump Dodson charged with unlawful wounding. Dodson was found guilty and given three years in the penitentiary. a 30 day stay for appeal was granted.
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in the district court by the Williamson Fuel Company of Williamson listing liabilities of 239 058 45 and assets of 204 751 65. The court appointed Kenner McCory of Williamson as receiver. the firm owns about 300 acres of Winnifred seam coal and 700 acres of Thacker seam within Williamson city limits. Arctic temperatures are noted as comparable to northern US conditions.
Roy Foggs twenty six confessed bandit attempted a jail escape in Wheeling West Virginia by sawing two bars from his cell door. He concealed cuts with black tape and a saw was found in his cot blanket. He claimed an innocent piano player was an accomplice who gave him the tool.
Germany’s reply to allied ambassadors insists it has disarmed and seeks evacuation of the Cologne area. Berlin rebuffs the council of ambassadors note and complains the Allied response offers only a formal explanation regarding presence in the Cologne zone.
An ad touts Aspironal as superior to whiskey for colds and flu, claiming laboratories approval and authority endorsements. It urges readers to buy for half a dollar, take two teaspoonfuls, and promises relief within two minutes, with a money back guarantee.
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