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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1925
Page
2
Short notices from Bluefield and Mercer area include coal supply ads from Standard Fuel and Twin City Coal Co and notices about late Friday hours and Saturday closings. Also services, rent, Masonic notice, bus schedule, legion meeting, road work, funerals, and coal production rise.
At a Bluefield council meeting the Mercer County Bar Association named Bluefield and Princeton attorneys to petition the county court at the July session for a thoroughly modern record system in the county clerk’s office. The current aging method slows deed abstracts and other record reviews, and a new indexed filing system is urged to cut costs and improve efficiency. No other business was noted.
The friends of Harvey R Benjamin announce his resignation from the Isadore Cohen Company after six years to start anew in Florida. He plans to leave Bluefield soon and has not decided his Florida location. Benjamin, a well known Bluefield figure and American Legion member, leaves with regret.
Yesterday marked the curb market opening on Wayne Street Bluefield as farmers bring produce for direct sale to residents. No market on Saturday due to the Fourth of July. sales continue every Wednesday and Saturday through the summer with wagons of vegetables available.
J O Dell Gregory of Elkins West Virginia has been awarded the Minor Blackford prize by the University of Virginia for the best essay by a law student. The prize honors Mrs Susan C Blackford in memory of her husband.
Berlin reports on Jazz praised by Max von Schillings of Berlin State Opera as enriching modern music. Also notes German architects impressed by American building methods and Beaux Arts influence, plus critical views on German embassy decor and a Berlin taxicab central system trial.
Martin Martino, condemned to hang for the murder of his common law wife, received a second stay of execution from Governor Alvan Gore. The delay, following a prior postponement to July 3, leaves open the possibility of commuting the sentence to life imprisonment as officials review aspects of the case.
Ferraline claims quick relief for indigestion heart burn sour stomach and ridicule disorders with a money back guarantee. A one dollar bottle is pitched as equivalent to many gallons of mineral water and druggists offer refunds if not satisfied after the first bottle.
The home of H. C. Weller, general superintendent of the Norfolk and Western railroad’s western division, at Princeton Avenue and Summers Street, was burglarized Wednesday between 3:20 and 6:30 PM. Four pistols, a diamond stickpin, Elk lodge pin, garnet brooch, and many old coins were stolen. Police had no leads by late night.
The Lions Club meeting at the West Virginian Hotel endorsed the Kiwanis Club’s get out the vote campaign for the upcoming election. The club introduced guest D. H. Davis of Roanoke and reported over 125 raised from the roof garden dance for crippled children.
Residents survey wrecked La Mesa coast after a major quake. Rebuilding adobe houses proceeds while the lighthouse remains dark for the first time since 1856 when Captain Albert J. Williams lit the kerosene lamp. Plans aim to restore the mission homes and landmark.
The new overnight air mail service between New York and Chicago is inaugurated with pilots George Myers and Shirley Short flying the initial planes from Hadley Field New Brunswick New Jersey and Maywood Field Chicago. The service promises fast clearance for banks brokers insurers and industries across cities.
Parkersburg Parkersburg West Virginia July 1 E A Brast today became collector of internal revenue for West Virginia. He was sworn in by a Washington representative. Victor H Mealy editor at Parkersburg News is chief field deputy succeeding William Budiey. William Kemery named chief office deputy succeeding Barron Hall.
Three Australian natives perform in America at Chautauqua led by Dolly Stewart a noted entertainer composer and pianist. Edwin Hames violinist a Melbourne Conservatory graduate and Alan Murray baritone join in humorous duets with Stewart while presenting original monologues including The April Fool The Gay Pianola and Mothers Maxims.
President Coolidge replied to the latest Peruvian note as officials forecast discussion on extraterritorial rights in China. Immigration experts prepared to implement the new plan for examining immigrants.
R T. Stealy was appointed to fill Mr. Kemery's former position. No other changes were announced for the present by Collector Brast. Brast's private office was filled with flowers from friends for his induction. Retiring collector A. B. White was not present at the ceremony.
Barricades on Winona Street, paved under private contract, have been removed. The street, a key link between Wyoming and Union streets, now carries heavy automobile traffic as Glendale Avenue paving progresses and weather remains favorable. The area lies in a new residential section developed by A K King and associates, with property plating considered excellent for imminent market sale.
The United Mine Workers of America denounces guerrilla tactics by coal operators and warns that without forced wage compliance a general strike by bituminous miners will be launched to preserve the wage scale, describing the operators’ conduct as dishonorable and illegal.
New York July 1 directed verdict in favor of Mrs. Ida May Symington was ordered by Supreme Court Justice Ford in the divorce from Thomas H. Symington wealthy manufacturer. Court found no adequate proof of infidelity. Mr. Symington said he would appeal. Mrs. Symington expressed relief for her daughter by a former marriage.
Dorothea Webber, age thirteen, one of the last witnesses for the defense, is noted. Justice Ford rules that apart from Talbot W. Chambers testimony, no evidence justifies the husband’s action to damage his wife’s reputation, and he will not admit Chambers on oath despite indictment for adultery.
Policeman William Maye tried to separate two fruit sellers quarrelling in Chicago. His uniform was spoiled when fruit was thrown at him by both women. Police investigated the incident and questioned the parties involved.
An 84 year old Pittsford resident, W A Loder, reports dramatic relief from facial scurvy and general itching after using Petersons Ointment. The ad promotes Petersons Ointment for piles, ulcers, eczema and skin diseases, with a 35 cent box price and Petersons Soap at 25 cents.
Conductor Bud Aliff of the Norfolk and Western dies at age fifty two at his Keystone home from Bright's disease. He served twenty seven years with the railroad, funeral Friday at Keystone with Masonic and railroad conductors involved, burial at Monta Vista cemetery. Survived by wife and six children, plus four brothers and three sisters. Oil Well Supply Company to offer six million dollars in 7 percent preferred stock tomorrow in Pittsburgh via Blair & Company and Union Trust Company.
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