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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1925
Page
2
A mixed listing of advertisements and notices appears, including coal prices and suppliers, plant sales, bankrupt petitions for Stella Levie City Meat Market, Mangus Phillips shoes, Lost blueprints, and market items. Community events include New Hope Sunday gathering, Episcopal church services, roof garden dances, and civil service job notices. Detectable items cover sales, services, and public notices in Bluefield W Va.
Charley Smith died at a Bluefield hospital after being shot during a raid on a still on White Oak Mountain Wyoming county. Five prohibition officers were involved. Smith died from a leg wound severing an artery. He will be taken to Delorme and then Coleman Kentucky for burial. The officer who fired the fatal shot was not identified in reports.
Si Terris of New York defeats Ace Hudkins of Omaha in a ten round boxing bout at East Chicago. Terris wins the decision, pulling ahead in the final round to secure the victory.
Members of the Christian Endeavor Society of the First Christian church aided volunteers in beautifying Walnut Grove cemetery. Virgil Lowder supervised the effort, a lunch was shared at noon and a watermelon feast at 5 30 pm. About $200 was raised from numerous donors to buy tools and materials.
Cedar Point Ohio July 10 Former United States attorney general Marty M Daugherty told the Ohio State Bar Association tonight one of the outstanding acts of his administration was the refusal to surrender confidential government files to an unauthorized investigating committee of the United States Senate He said the radicals and Reds sought to impeach him over the injunction in the shop crafts railroad strike and urged newspapers and readers to recognize the importance of enforcing law and protecting individual constitutional rights
The article explains that merely throwing a cap or glove at a batted or thrown ball does not penalize the team unless the cap or glove actually contacts the ball. If contact occurs, severe penalties apply: on a batted ball, the batter earns three bases and runners advance. on a thrown ball, runners advance two bases.
Dr Frederick Bock a 36 year old native of Yards Virginia died in Durham North Carolina after pneumonia set in following a rescue at Crystal Lake where he saved two young girls from drowning. He had been in Durham on vacation and was taken to Flat Top for burial with funeral expected Sunday. The Bock family and relatives are named in Yards Monroe Street and Durham areas.
Dr. David Fairchild writes from Casablanca to the National Geographic Society about Moroccan life under French control. He notes safe travel during the war with the Rif, favorable climate, and sightings like the argan tree as a cornerstone of local life and agriculture.
Frank Stoop, famed trap shooter, seeks a home by daytime viewing and nighttime radio testing. He tours residences to assess radio reception, discarding those with static. Stoop, ex president of the American Trapshooters Association, notes the search and adds a government spend report on coast guard ships to curb rum runners, totaling over 12 million dollars.
Washington reports along the Labrador coast show unprecedented field ice impeding the MacMillan arctic expedition. Messages from Hopedale and Hopedale note heavy floes and rough seas as Dr. Walter N. Koels catalogues fauna and flora while planners aim to push 200 miles north to Cape Mugford. Old fishermen call this the worst season they have seen.
Impeachment proceedings against Taylor County Court members John M. Ross and W. H. Goodwin advanced with a motion to strike a ninth charge about bidding for a new courthouse. Evidence on drunkenness against Ross appeared, and defense counsel proposed resignations to end the dispute, with a vote expected at an upcoming special meeting.
Dr Luther A Fox prominent Roanoke College professor and church leader died at his Salem home after a year of declining health He served as chairman of the Supreme Board of Review of the United Lutheran Church of North America Funeral services set for Saturday at Hill Cemetery with Roanoke College President Charles J Smith delivering a tribute noting Fox lifelong devotion to education and his students He was 81 in August and survived by four children
In New York on July 10 the wholesale mid-continent crude oil advance was followed by a rise in mid-continent gasoline to thirteen cents. Refiners had offered at 12 3 8 and 12 1 2 cents a gallon. London reports The Discovery, Scott's Antarctic ship, refitted for use as a South Sea whaler.
The text notes that in 1882 Roanoke College appointed him to the chair of philosophy and history, with the connection lasting until his death. He served as a member of the Southwestern Synod of the Lutheran church and represented his synod as delegate to the United Synod at nearly every session.
Crowds gather as nine three year olds race for a rich Dwyer Stakes prize. Silver Fox and Kentucky Cardinal show form with Silver Fox finishing third in recent prep, Arbitration could draw major attention if he wins.
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