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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1925
Page
2
Bluefield area notices report Coal and streetcar promotions, barber shop hours, palmistry ad, shoe sales, and a theft at Pocahontas Fuel store. A large electric sign fire damaged Lewis Furniture sign. minor house fire reported with no major loss.
Garland a Negro bellboy of 4 San Francisco hotel wrote Appear ances after reading Chan cie Pollard's The Fool and Al Jolson paid his expenses and found a producer L W Sager bought the play and will stage it in the fall The production has attracted attention among critics and authors Elder Thompson leaves for Pitts New York and Cape May A baby boy born to Mr and Mrs T P Howard at their Jones street home in Denver Colorado colored railway trainmen five days session Bluefield party plans fifteen days state visit Friday July 17 1925 at 133 Clifford street dinner hour 12 to 1 pm Scott Street Baptist Missionary Society seeks dinner attendees
Mise Monite Grey calmed a panic during a stage incident when smoke filled the Gaiety, stopping the performance and prompting audience evacuation and stage crew response. No injuries reported.
By virtue of a deed of trust dated July 1 1920 Nellie M Wall assigns to M Bassey to secure a note recorded in Mercer County West Virginia. The sale will occur on the north side of Duhring Street Bluefield with the described lot from a stake at the alley intersection running west to east along properties. The trustee M Basley will offer the property for cash to the highest bidder at the stated time and place.
Vague chatter grows about post August 1 municipal appointments as new directors tally many roles. The piece notes broad lists of city officials including city managers, police chiefs and officers, clerks, and officers, with skepticism toward the city attorney's influence.
The Norfolk and Western passenger station introduces a large attractive bulletin board providing clear train arrival and departure times for trains in, out, or through Bluefield, aiding all passengers without straining to read the schedule.
A one week reprieve for Russell Scott failed to avert execution as Gov Len Small refused mercy. Scott and his family failed to reach the governor in northern Illinois after the parole board decision. Ministers offered spiritual support but he declined before supper and the gallows.
In Boulogne France July 16 Miss Lilian Harrison Argentine swimmer started for Cape Gris-Nez to swim the English coast. After 1 hour 57 minutes she reached five miles from Dover and was taken from the water in a tug. Water temperature 59 degrees Fahrenheit left her stiff but rescuers saved her from sinking. She plans another attempt in August.
New Martinsville WV July 16 Relatives of J Friend Alley cashier of Pine Grove Bank begin a $25000 surety effort after his operation and bank closure. Sheriff Morgan fixed the amount and noted Alley and family lived modestly. Auditors said the shortage remains undetermined.
July 16 Swampscott report says President Coolidge, strolling in the summer grounds, watched a monkey perform antics only a primate knows. A Secret Service agent summoned, the animal was retrieved from a tree and returned to its owner Ward Sweet, a Maine shoe maker, who owns a summer estate near the White House.
Lisbon reports the deportation to West Africa of fifty extremist leaders linked to recent bomb outrages. After an attempted assassination of Colonel Ferreira de Amaral, police tracked and detained most suspects, revealing ties to robberies and extortion across the city.
Washington July 16 Assistant Secretary Andrews of the treasury pushes an improved enforcement structure amid heavy job applications under the new regime. He tours the New York and Vermand frontiers to study methods for a tighter international border blockade and notes regulations on alcohol products will be issued July 22 and take effect August 1. The rules aim to liberalize legitimate use while narrowing illicit withdrawals.
English pamphlet from the National Milk Publicity Council promotes wholesome food as beauty. Lecturers visit girls clubs and factories, pairing foods like creamed carrots and apple skins with cosmetic ideas. It claims cows' vanishing cream and cereal powders as beauty products and ends urging readers to emulate English girls as the guide.
West end residents and city police seek information on a series of plant thefts. Robbers select prized blooms including a 15 year old Christmas cactus, stolen Wednesday night, with several complaints filed about yard plants and flowers taken.
Timely rewards are offered for information leading to arrests in recent city robberies. The Bailey Lumber Company suffered theft of all plants from their flower boxes last year in the same area. A lighthearted note adds that a good shimmy dancer can shake water off without a towel.
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