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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1925
Page
2
Numerous small ads: coal and service firms, barber shop hours, job offer seeking capital for books, sales at Mangus Phillips and Pedigo, fresh produce and meats, railroad town events, streetcar tickets, dance and music at Peery Roof Garden, ready-to-wear and shoe sales, notice of public events, and local commerce updates including paving resumes and new home construction in Montvale.
General left Washington this afternoon to attend the first Taena Arica plebiscite commission meeting in South America, of which he heads. His official ship will sail from Key West Sunday.
Chicago on July 17. County assessor released 1925 tax lists showing penalties for residents of the Gold Coast for failing to file personal pro-tax schedules. Penalties equal 50 percent of the valuation, with assessments based on half actual values. Names include John Borden, R T Crane, Mr and Mrs F C Dennehy, B A Rekart, Hale Holden, Victor F Lawson, Potter Palmer, Gustavus F Swift, among others.
Honolulu July 11 I W Wright president of the Honolulu Central Labor Council and Hawtian representative of the ACLU and the International Defense League said they would take to the Supreme Court if needed to free Paul Crouch and Walter Trumbull. The two privates were convicted by a military court of inciting a Communist uprising in the army. Civil court efforts are pending. organizations do not believe the trials were fair and think convictions stem from their opinions.
In Somerset Pennsylvania on July 17 two coal miners Kearney Morris and Jack Swayne and a 16 year old boy Carl Verna died from black damp in a fifteen foot well at Holsophle near town. Chris Verna, returning from work, heard his son crying and descended the wall to rescue him but all three were overcome. Other miners lowered a rope and Swayne was brought up alive while the others died before aid arrived. An inquest was ordered for tomorrow.
Lisbon July 17 The ministry led by Antonio Da Silva as premier and war minister resigns today after existing only two weeks.
Moscow reports a vast collection of Russian and Western porcelain in a new museum. Private estates seized after the revolution, including Morozov’s near 3000 pieces, form the core. Items from Hermitage holdings in Petrograd and Danish porcelain from Dowager Empress Marie enhance the display.
Berlin officials acquire the gala coach of Napoleon II from a wax museum. The coach bears the Imperial French crown over 1813 and will join the Little Caravan at the Zoo, a procession of children on small mounts making hourly rounds through the Zoological Garden.
Bluefield water supply shown free of bacteria and safe to drink without boiling according to Dr. C. J. Reynolds, director of public health in Bluefield. He notes many residents still favor springs, but tests reveal springs and wells are often more polluted, especially the fair grounds water, reinforcing city water safety.
Troy Chester Rorrer nineteen year old died at 5 30 p m at his uncle Co L Cruise home on Locust street from typhoid fever He came to Bluefield from Hillville Va in 1924 attended local schools and worked at National Armature Works He was son of Mr and Mrs G W Borrer survived by four sisters three brothers grandmother Mrs Mary A Cruise funeral set for Sunday at 2 pm in Hillville with train No 4 to transport the pallbearers.
Rumors spread that the newly elected city directors will soon announce the distribution of political appointments. Officials say no formal announcement has been made and some disappointment persists.
Boston reports the reappearance of three rum ships on Rum Row near Cape Ann. The Grace, Ruby Montclair, and James W. Parker were driven out two weeks earlier by the dry navy blockade. Officials say Grace and Ruby Montclair were sighted twenty miles off Cane Ann, while James W. Parker loiters sixty to seventy miles offshore. Destroyers, cutters and a large fleet of smaller craft will resume the blockade.
A Lehigh and Hudson River mixed freight train derailed near Maybrook New York killing engineer Wheeler of Warwick New York and brakeman Frank Seasarwick formerly of Nelson? New Jersey. Three others were injured Ole Swenson fireman and Frank Arnold conductor among the injured.
Pasadena, July 17. With Mrs. Anita Baldwin in Canada for the summer, George Harrington, her manager, will entertain Sheik Tolba Kattaab Fadallah of Egypt at the Baldwin estate in Santa Anita. The sheik will be taken on sightseeing trips throughout the state as part of a world tour promised by Mrs. Baldwin.
Answer to yesterday's crossword puzzle provides a long list of clues and vertical hints including To put on Second note in scale organ of sight Negative adverb light brown Small particle of earth June flowers Seasoning Fine driving icy particles Plant sesame Sour substance To an omnes Collection of facts Sun Happening every day To allow Nichta To woo Measure of ares Two fives To restrain Act of dressing To emulate Finishes Social insect Neuter pronoun Denoting the middle part Lean Spike of corn Green jewel Exhibite indignant displeasure Performer Elect a particle Turf To attempt Small venomous snake To drain Cupidity Bovine More sugary Wiser Officers of a college Small vegetable Tree of tough wood To rescue Exclamation of surprise Period Anger Wooden baseball club Three-toed sloth ay of Answer to yesterday's Crossword Puzzle 16) AIG
Chicago July 17 Albert R. Leland was awarded $10,000 in a $50,000 slander suit against F E L Hartig, a Oak Park Church official once linked to Leland. Jury deliberated over three hours as cases tied to a divorce and church inquiry unfold. Hartig seeks a new trial. case follows Leland divorce alleging misconduct by Dr Case.
Chicago July 17 The Chicago receiver for Dean Onativia Company the $35,000,000 New York and Chicago brokerage house against which bankruptcy proceedings were instituted recently was discharged late today It was stated the firm's officers will probably be reopened next Monday morning.
News of Colored Folk announces Bethel AM Church calls for worship Sunday with Rev. T M Hitler, pastor, leading morning service. Presbyterian pastor Dr. T M Hitler preaches at Bethel while Rev. T W Cotten, P E of Roanoke District, will deliver Palm Sunday sermon in the city.
London July 17 An official inquiry into miner and mine owner differences stalled as miners refused to testify, forcing adjournment. Meanwhile a broad trade union alliance forming to unite miners railway workers engineers shipbuilders and transport workers gathered support among executives though full realization faces hurdles.
A union official indicated terms and a report to another conference should occur within a reasonable period. Late this evening, a man was traveling by chair and freight train when he was injured. He was brought to a hospital here where his leg was amputated between the knee and ankle.
Hunt W Va July 17 report that Earl M a seventeen year old from Cane Fork Logan County suffered the loss of his left foot at Barboursville.
Arthur Ferguson faces arrest on charges of blackmailing his father, Dr. R. J. Ferguson, in a case tied to threats and coercive demands amid family dispute and police involvement.
At the Colonial Theatre on Monday and Tuesday, the film So Big sparks a contemplative mood about Selina’s life and the effect she had on those around her. Viewers may ponder personal scale and potential after the screening.
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