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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1925
Page
5
Two social groups from Trinity Methodist Church met at Shannondale for a post contest outing. About 142 people traveled by automobile to a watermelon feast with sandwiches ice cream and other edibles following the Uplift Bible class defeat and honor guest arrangement.
Mrs Saul Greenspon hosted a polite lawn party on North Street with guests including Mrs Bell Rothchild of Washington DC and daughters and friends from New York Newark Norfolk and Maryland. Prizes awarded for mahjong casino skill and bridge high score.
The Bluefield Country Club hosts round two of the Ladies Club Championship with Huffard beating Kabler 13 3 Markle defeating Michany 7 5 Hardy over Sudduth 7 5 Little over Hoge 4 3 Final matchups set Huffard vs Markle at 9 30 and Hardy vs Little at 9 45. Also notes guests and visitors from Logan Bramwell and Boaz Alabama.
Advertising copy touts Black Flag as a guaranteed pest killer for flies mosquitoes roaches and more. Claims include quick action against ants moths dog fleas bedbugs and plant lice with powder or liquid forms and low introductory pricing.
Fourteen West Virginia operators were appointed to National Coal Association committees this week. Appointees include H. Cunningham Marsden Smokeless Coal Huntington chairing government relations, C. Dickinson Dry Branch Charleston on membership, John Laing Wyatt Charleston foreign trade, J. J. Lincoln Crozer Elkhorn government relations, W. Watson Fairmont and Cleveland Fairmont publicity, and P. Snyder Mt Hope East Gulf on publicity.
Nearly three thousand visitors have toured the home with many from out of town. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh guests joined locals as the house remains open this week from 2 to 6 pm and 7 to 10 pm each day.
A wave of prohibition discussion rose in the capitol as the treasury weighs new policy options. The Romanian minister was recalled to discuss debt concerns with the United States.
W H Abbot of Mineral Street, a Colored man, was struck by a Ford coupe driven by W T Thompson on Federal Street near Raleigh Street. Abbot, who had stepped into the street, was treated at Lomax Hospital and later sent home. witnesses noted slow speed and a quick stop, and Abbot previously lost a leg in an early life accident.
Theodoric Cannons, a Black resident, is charged with murdering his wife Beulah Cannons in East Bluefield Virginia. The warrant was sworn by Isaiah Jackson and served at Lomax Hospital where Cannons is treated for a self inflicted wound after Beulah died at Lomax Hospital following a Sunday night shooting. A guard was placed over Cannons at the Lomax Hospital.
The courtroom hears William Jennings Bryan argue that evolution is not a true theory and that teaching it undermines religious faith. He contends experts cannot redefine the law and urges focus on the law and the evidence in the case.
The driver J. H. Hager of Warren street was questioned after a street accident involving a boy named Peery. The boy suffered a broken leg with the bone snapped in two and was taken to Lomax Hospital after initial examination at Bailey-Penn Company.
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