Shelby Fight Draws Mixed Demand Before Dempsey Gibbons Bout
In Shelby Montana anticipation runs high for the world heavyweight title clash between Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons. Tickets range 20 to 50 dollars as many merchants cut prices, with expected attendance between 7 000 and 10 000, while some sellers push cheaper rates to spur sales. Gibbons expresses complete confidence in victory while outlining a measured attack and personal motivation for his family.
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Shelby
Jack Dempsey
Tommy Gibbons
Mountain Me
James Dougherty
Philadelphia
Richard T. Burke
New Orleans
Montana
Fistiana
Ray T. Baker
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Mont
Tom Gibbons
St. Paul
Gibbons
Harry Greb
Eddie Kane
Manassa
Jimmy DeTurn
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Dempsey Gibbons Fight Round Bulletin At Shelby
The Daily Telegraph will post a round by round bulletin of the Dempsey Gibbons bout from Shelby Montana this afternoon starting with preliminaries at 2 o clock mountain time. The main event is set for 3 o'clock mountain time 5 o'clock Bluefield time. The public is invited to view the bulletin board.
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Daily’ Telegraph
Dempsey-Gibbons
Shelby
Montana
Surface treatment planned for twelve miles of Macadam streets
Fully twelve miles of city Macadam streets in Bluefield will be resurfaced this summer. City Manager Ridley will oversee plans, with some streets excluded for rebuilding. Budget from current levy funds the work, which includes filling holes and temporary closures for a better finish.
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Bluefield
Ridley
Jefferson
North
College Avenue
Cutter
Bland Street
Commerce Street
W. J. Cole
Cole Realty Company
James H. Rosenheim
Graham Avenue
Hale's
Tyler Street
Betwen
Union Street
Fairmont Avenue
Washington Street
Toledo Street
Harding Sees Oregon Trail Pioneers Honor in Meacham
President Harding praised pioneers who blazed the Oregon Trail during an 80th anniversary observance in Meacham Oregon. He stressed self reliance and warned against government overreach while linking pioneer grit to the nation’s growth and the central west.
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Oregon
Meacham
Ore
Great Northwest
Oregon Trail
Central West
Republic
March on Logan delayed planning and blizzard trial begins
Witness testifies union miners planned the 1921 Charleston Logan march to confront martial law in Mingo county. The Blazzard murder trial opened with defense of Logan amid clashes between armed marchers and three men killed on Blair Mountain ridge.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Charleston
Logan County
John Wilburn
Morgan
Mingo County
William Blazzard
Wilburn
Jim Morrison
Blair
United Mine Workers
Morrison
Logam
Union
Blair Mountain
George Munsy
British Circles Dismiss Rupture Talk on Reparations
France's reply to the British reparations memo offers no clear solution, with Curzon and Saint-Aulaire unable to define France's stance. Belgium backs France, while Britain resists concessions and hopes for a full allied conference. In Essen, seized Ruhr goods remain guarded as authorities weigh future disposition.
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France
Marquis Curzon
Count de Saint-Aulaire
Lord Curzon
Ruhr
Baron Moncheur
Baron Boncheur
Belgium
Great Britain
Europe
Essen
DeGoutte
Daily Telegraph observes Fourth of July holiday closure
The Daily Telegraph will not publish on July 5 following the holiday. There will be no Thursday morning issue, but the paper resumes on Friday. The Job Department also closes on July Fourth.
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Daily Telegraph
School Head to Become President of Marshall College
Bluefield superintendent M P Shawkey will resign from Beaver Pond School District to accept the presidency of Marshall College, Huntington. He will depart September 1 1923 after leading summer university efforts and serving as Bluefield Rotary Club president. The Board of Education adopts a resolution praising his service and wishing him success.
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M. P. Shawkey
Quarer Pond
Blue
Marshall College
Huntington
Beaver Pond
Eduction
Shawkey
University
Bluefield
Rotary Club
Board of Education
W. Va
State Board of Education
Charleston Man May Not Survive Injuries
Wesley Holesapple of Charleston may not survive injuries from an automobile crash on the Charleston Huntington road near Barboursville. Also injured were Kyle Surbaugh and Miss Margaret Clark. Mrs Buford Jarrell remains hospitalized with shattered ribs and other injuries. Surbaugh says Mrs Jarrell was driving when the car went over a steep embankment. Holesapple’s leg was badly crushed and required amputation.
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Huntington
W. Va
Wesley Holesapple
Charleston
Charleston-Huntington Road
Barboursville
Kyle Surbaugh
Margaret Clark
Buford Jarrell
Surbaugh
Jarrell
Student fatally burned in Spencer fire blast
Glenn Vineyard an eighteen year old student was fatally burned when a fire caused by a gasoline or gas explosion swept the Ray Gough Cleannine and Pressing plant and the J. P. Lowe Drygoods store in Spencer West Virginia. The blaze caused about $6,000 in losses.
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Spencer
W. Va
Glenn Vineyard
Ray Gough Cleannine and Pressing
J. P. Lowe Drygoods
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Fair
Fair Grounds
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Tazewell County
Appalachaia Power Company
Bluefield Telephone Company
Bland Street Men’s Club
Norfolk and Western
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Telephone Company
Ford
Methodist Men
Norfolk and Western Shops
Horeshoe
City Playground
Special Legion
Gold Legion
Bluefield Community Service
D. H. Kincheloe
Kentucky
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