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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1925
Page
9
A large Bluefield crowd heard the verdict of acquittal for Prof William Green principal of the colored graded school accused by Nina Forest, a sixteen year old pupil. Judge Bouyer and two justices presided as evidence was reviewed for three hours in the domestic relations court.
A 1925 letter from W A White of Jenkin Jones West Virginia praises local participation in the egg contest tied to Bluefield Virginia and pledges continued effort. He notes hens produced 810 eggs in eighteen days and 364 eggs in seven days after selling stock. He challenges rival Mr King and promises a Leg horn cock if beaten.
Miss Sally Litz of this city studied voice in New York and sang Saturday evening with operatic stars including Armando Agnini of the Metropolitan Opera House and Miss Vanette Van Sweringen at Heckscher theater. The performance, under the Woman's Auxiliary Knickerbocker Hospital Social Service, drew a packed house of New York notables and received wide city press attention.
G. C. Wright a Petersburg financier and stockholder in Twin City National bank visited the Virginia side yesterday. He is president of Planters National bank of Wilson North Carolina and director in Central National bank of Richmond. Wright praised Greater Bluefield saying you have a wonderful city.
J A Sublette of the West Virginia side recalls the April 28 1852 earthquake with vivid detail. The advert offers a for rent furnished room at 16 room brick house on Vince Street Bluefield Virginia contact owner 210 Bluefield W Va.
Lee Marsh of Ashe County North Carolina recalls the 1869 solar eclipse while tending hay. He learned of it from an almanac and notes limited daily papers then with farmers relying on almanacs for news. Marsh is now eighty three, almost grown when the eclipse occurred. Funeral of Trigg Leedy Held at Powhatan with Rev. R. E. Early officiating at Maple Hill Cemetery. many relatives attended.
Examinations are in full swing in the Virginia side schools with all students working hard. Enrollment nears the thousand mark and is expected to reach the figure for the second semester.
Mrs. Fannie McGuire sister of James F. Dudley of this city died Tuesday at her home in Miamisville Ohio after a lengthy illness. Before marriage she was Miss Nannie Dudley.
The Epworth League Tri District Union will meet at Grace M B church Bluefield WV on Thursday night January 29. Mr Rid ley Bluefield city manager will address the gathering with Rev Roy Early and Rev Frank Y Jackson also present. The banner goes to the league with the highest attendance. Virginia side personals note local visits and health updates as January 26 1925.
J H McCall, a well known young man from Tazewell, died Wednesday in a Huntington West Virginia hotel. He had been residing there for some time and was visiting the city.
Consideration of the postal bill continued in the senate. Conferees named to handle the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill. President Coolidge addressed the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. The foreign relations committee discussed the world court proposal without action.
The obituary notes S. L. McCall died in a Huntington hotel and was brother to J. W. McCall of Bluefield and Jesse and George McCall of Raven. Unmarried, his remains were to be sent to Bluefield and then to North Tazewell, to Mrs. Keiser’s home, with no funeral service announced. Also reports a railroad yard derailment delaying traffic as three cars of Pocahontas coal spilled.
Harry J. Tarter has been appointed postmaster at Red Ash in Tazewell County by President Coolidge, a decision announced as the administration fills rural service roles.
In South Bluefield and other city areas scores of women, young and old, have moved into Bluefield over the past eighteen months from rural Virginia and North regions, signaling a notable migration pattern within the area.
An appeal urges Carolina and southern women to engage domestics through clubs and missionary societies to protect and uplift them from vice. Messages of kindness accompany notices of a husband’s death, Genoa Avenue School graduates, Rev Pen preaching at Emmanuel Baptist, and a pastors relief club dinner on Jones Street.
Rex Ingram presents The Arab with Ramon Novarro and Alice Terry in the principal roles as a Sheik's son and a missionary's daughter. The Bedouin hero falls in love with the Christian girl and uses his tribe to aid her, delivering a dramatic photo play experience in this Metro release.
The Arab, shot in northern Africa with John F. Seitz as photographer, features Edgar Selwyn’s stage play adaptation and stars Ingram Terry and Novarro. Critics praise its gripping plot and the climactic sequence, noting the natural locations elevate the picture.
A brief note compares attractive mules to brocaded materials with buckles and gold trim. It then advises keeping eyes on the goal to avoid missing scenery, suggesting a caution about distractions during pursuit.
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