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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1925
Page
2
Short items list promotions for hair curling experiments at Nanoll Parlor, coal and fuel advertisements from East End Coal and Red Ash suppliers, a tax payment reminder, a new shirt cleaning plant promotion, a cleaning and pressing service, a buyers' convention invitation, and a city fire report. Contains multiple business names, addresses, and contact numbers across Bluefield West Virginia and surrounding.
Glendale Gas Coal Company and Ben Franklin Coal Company of West Virginia asked Marshall county court for injunctions to bar unionizing their mines. The petitions target intimidation and picketing and seek to bar discussions about unions with company employees, naming John J. Lens and other United Mine Workers leaders as defendants.
New York reports pig iron sales last week dropped to about 7,500 tons from 10,000 tons the prior week. Inquiry is light with prices cited as 19 to 19.60 for India markets, Buffalo at 20 to 20.50, and eastern Pennsylvania in that range.
At a Sunday-school picnic on Pinafore Lake near St Thomas Ontario two flat boats joined and capsized, tossing twenty seven into the water. Four known dead include Edin Rob chesing and Mrs Watts, with Frances Didier, 9, and Murray Barnes, 5. Three others are believed drowned: Roland Smith, Jean Robertson, 12, and Alfred Sutherland, 5.
A Roanoke special grand jury in the corporation court indicted Albert Robinson, 22, on two counts of murder of Roanoke Police Officers C. H. Morgan and William H. Terry. Indictments returned Monday afternoon at 1 30 o clock with Captain J L Manning ordered to enforce secrecy.
Sydney July 5 All was quiet in the Cape Breton colliery districts as 12 000 miners strike against a wage cut by their employers British Empire Steel. Progress in the disturbances was reported and tomorrow an investigation into the death of miner William Davis in New Waterford will begin.
The five masted schooner Nancy bound from Norfolk to Bangor with 3 300 tons of soft coal ran ashore on Nashawena Island in Vineyard Sound during thick fog. No hull leak. crew from Cuttyhunk coast guard station pulled the ship off tonight and it will proceed with clearing weather.
Twenty years have passed since Bland Street Methodist Church began on the new land street site. The groundbreaking happened at 6 45 am with J Raff Sidney Bernard and Geo Strader on the building committee Rev J Baylor and others on the finance committee present. A proposed reunion of old members to recall the old frame church and its antiques is being promoted by John R McCulloch with a date not yet fixed.
Mrs. Payne aged 74 native of Giles county Va died at 8 30 p m at the home of her daughter Mrs Sue Payne Stewart on Bland street Bluefield She lived there for years and was a Methodist and well regarded The survivor list includes another daughter Mrs W D Haynes of Bluefield and a son who lives away A service was held at the home yesterday before the party left for Newport Giles county where funeral and burial will take place today.
H. A. Lucas, a well known local building contractor, has been awarded the contract for the Fairview school addition in South Bluefield. The project doubles capacity and converts the building into a junior high under the board of education policy. Garry & Sheffey prepared the plans and specifications, work to start soon.
Indianapolis July 6. Martin Hawkins former president of the Hawkins Mortgage Company was sentenced to fifteen years in the Leavenworth federal penitentiary and fined 10000 for defrauding investors through company operations. An appeal was filed and Baltzell granted twenty days to raise 60000 bond. Government charged losses between 4 and 6 million dollars from the company and 104 subsidiary loan societies.
New York July 6 Justice Lewis in Brooklyn granted annulment of the marriage between Mary Woodson of Washington and Morris Seldow a convicted bigamist. Augusta Reiderbach Seldow of New York City filed for divorce. Woodson disappeared from Washington two years ago and was found in Brooklyn married to Seldow. The reunion led to Seldow's arrest for violating parole from Elmira where he was sentenced for burglary.
Denver Musser eight son of Woods Musser of Catlettsburg Ky drowned in the Big Sandy river while swimming with other boys. Patrolman Charles Clark was injured in the effort to recover the body. A hook on a net used in the search injured him. The body was recovered about three hours after the drowning.
Baltimore news recounts an odd dispute at a boarding house where Catherine Mann teased Charles Rhea by stealing the mouthpiece of his pipe. Rhea reacted angrily, pulling her hat in a charged moment, and a judge later presided over the ensuing suit.
A joint congressional committee announced new postal rates. The American debt commission set dates for receiving French destinations. President Palmer of the fleet corporation announced an active ship sales campaign.
A National Geographic bulletin notes Amoy as a historic tea port and gateway to the West. It describes Amoy Island harbor, its two town sections, sanitation issues, and the impact of Formosa’s 1948 loss on trade. The piece highlights emigration from Amoy and the port’s support of a U.S. fleet visit in 1908.
Ray Archibald president of the Middle Atlantic Baseball League announced Scottdale Pennsylvania has acquired a league franchise and will enter the circuit soon. Scottdale was initially among the six clubs but was excluded at the season start. The league now includes Johnstown Cumberland Clarksburg Fairmont and Wheeling with the first half ending next Saturday and Scottdale scheduled to begin play on Sunday.
Cedar Rapids Iowa July 6 at the order of Railroad Conductors semi annual board meeting discussed sites for a home for its aged and infirm members. President L E Sheppard said a committee may visit Florida to inspect proposed locations while wage issues will be deferred to the executive board.
Noblesville Indiana July 6 The trials of D C Stephenson former grand dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan Earl Gentry and Earl Kliick charged with murder in the Madge Oberholtzer case will not be held until October Judge Fred E Hines adjourned the April term after rival lawyers failed to agree who should be tried first A motion for change of venue was prepared and a hundred man jury pool for Gentry was discharged defense counsel said they were surprised and undecided on next steps
Mr and Mrs W J le Roux after one third of a world circuit estimate 13 000 000 steps and 59 000 000 wheel revolutions. Starting from Johannesburg in 192% with three cents they funded travels by lectures and hope to finish in four years. It would be a first for a world walk.
The piece traces the decline of touring “turkey” road attractions once common in holiday seasons. It notes origins of the term tied to holiday meals and turkey money, the rise of professional unions, bond requirements, and stricter scrutiny by audiences and theater managers, leading to fewer risky shows.
Two deaths and several prostrations were reported today as a new heat wave swept New York. The humid conditions caused suffering in congested districts though relief arrived later, while the Honduras steamer Choluteca raised anchor to sail for the night to protect its cargo.
The article notes southern audiences demand solid productions and warns managers against inferior shows. It contrasts fading buzzy titles like Sally, My Girl, Lady Be Good, Irene, and Mercenary Mary with a shift toward premier road shows. Producers delivering top quality, whether in Hamlet or Broadway, gain real reward.
The Tribune Tower on Michigan Avenue was formally opened in Chicago with an estimated crowd of 26 000. The 34 story Gothic limestone building cost 8 500 090 dollars and will house 4000 people, including Tribune employees, with editorial offices on the 24th floor and a 1000 volume library.
A Burlington shopkeeper found eggs scattered on the floor. A cat crawled into the basket and tossed eggs onto the floor to gain a square meal.
The Bluefield Kiwanis Club votes to sponsor next year's chautauqua with equal funding from the Bikey Lions and Quota clubs and asks civic groups for 4 percent expression. A publicity report praised the get out the vote efforts for the municipal election and featured the Australian Artist Trio and a talk by Charles W. Cookson on Kiwanis goals.
Cleveland Boyd, twice convicted for the murder of Squire Cook in Rock district, wins a new trial. Judge Hudson of the circuit court granted the writ of error during vacation after sustained points raised by defense counsel C. B. Martin and John Kee. Trial date unspecified, likely at the next criminal term.
A new dustless bituminous coal from Tazewell County is announced by A G Lucas chief mine inspector. The lumps are pea sized or larger and run about three percent ash. The product may surpass existing coals and will be known as Pocahontas No Seam.
Miss Anna Cates of Bristol Tennessee was the weekend guest of Mrs Leon Worley at Baldwin Court in Bluefield Virginia.
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