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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1925
Page
17
Multiple rental ads describe unfurnished rooms and offices for rent in South and Pocahontas, with contact boxes and prices. Another listing promotes a desirable residential lot on Pose streets, offering a cheap option and nearby store or office space through a contact path.
Mercer County Circuit Court proceeding in June 1925 for W A Smith and Ruby Smith seeking adoption of infant G H Smith the court orders publication in the Daily Telegraph for four weeks and sets August 10 1925 at 10 AM at the Mercer County Court House to examine interested parties with a next friend appointed for the child. The clerk N D Kyrnes certifies the document as a true copy.
Notice records a June 9 1925 stockholders meeting in Bluefield WV where Flat Top Garment Company Inc votes to discontinue business and surrender its charter and corporate franchises. Assets will be converted to cash to pay debts and remaining funds distributed pro rata to stockholders after all obligations are settled, with publication of the notice required for four consecutive weeks.
Public auction to cash bidders in Bluefield Mercer County Virginia at the Federal Building. Items include a Ford touring car Chevrolet roadster a Ford coupe a seven passenger touring car and other motor vehicles with specified model numbers motor numbers and license plates. The sale follows an order of sale issued by the United States District Court Southern District of West Virginia and is scheduled for Saturday July 10th at 2 o'clock PM.
A dense list of crossword style clues and phrases covering foods actions objects places and traits. Includes references to portable houses a pole disturbances bird fail staff members and many wordplay clues such as to vent to direct a ship sun god and earth and many others.
A G Gulbransen piano maker notes high daily intake of alcohol nicotine caffeine opium and cites vast tea coffee and tobacco use. He warns two hundred fifty thousand die yearly from nervous excitement and breakdown and argues music from a registering piano offers a nonharmful stimulant and mood interpretation.
Classified notice lists a woman seeking stenographer or clerk work with a phone contact. The text also contains a collage of unrelated items about an epidemic remark and a county tax sale notice in Mercer County West Virginia with details of a sheriff sale and a deed, dates, and amounts, including a June 15 filing.
Several lost items listed: a six month old dog possibly named Steppenson or Italy, a straw of broken pearia found between Pinnacle and Bluefield, a cat lost on July 4 with rewards offered, a wallet with N and W pass and currency, a Billford with $60 and papers, a Hamilton watch missing on a Sunday. Rewards and contact details cited for Leola Peery, Sam Morgan, and West Virginia Hotel.
In Paris a historic first occurs as M. Adam becomes the first taxi driver elected to the French chamber of deputies. He continues to drive his taxi when the chamber is not in session. In London a suburb resident builds a bicycle entirely from hedge sticks with a crotched stick as a fork.
H A Shumate holds deed to a Mercer County West Virginia property previously sold for delinquent taxes on March 16 1924. Redemption must be completed by June 1 1925 or the deed will be issued. Total due 23378 with interest. Clerk Lowery C G Bowling signs the notice.
A. W. Frye supreme commander of the Maccabees states poor working mothers drive baby mortality in the U S The Maccabees will study infant death at their July 20 Washington convention He notes one in six infants of very poor workers die before age one while prosperous families see one in twenty six die In high income districts deaths are lower though still high Poverty is the immediate cause and the group warns against commercial supremacy gained by maternal employment.
President Jeane Grand Chapline of LaSalle Extension University in Chicago predicts rapid growth in college enrollment. He cites 126 percent gain at the 30 largest schools from 1914 to 1924 and notes 550000 students nationwide last year, projecting millions by 1925 and beyond. He says education is increasingly linked to income and extension work credits count toward degrees.
Ground breaking starts a project at Bluefield Institute to build an athletic field praised as among the best for schools in the state. The plan aims to meet a long felt need with broad local support and will bring pleasure to the student body as construction proceeds. Congratulations go to President Simms and the school for this realization.
Hollywood gossip notes Miss Willette Kershaw, sister of Mrs. Thomas H. Ince, has won 195000 in Wall Street ventures and reveals plans for a new husband, preferring an Italian over American due to economics. Her current husband, David Sturgis, faces a grass widower future pending court action over marital conduct.
The article notes that people seek a healthful lift from music, comparing it to caffeine and stronger nerve stimulants. It warns that such “kick” experiences can impact well being and longevity, urging caution in using music for stimulation.
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