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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1925
Page
2
Readers scroll a string of classifieds and notices from Bluefield West Virginia. Items mention coal offices for sale and weigh scales, freight service openings, vacation pauses on Daily Telegraph, civil service exam in Welch, rental listings, thank you notes, and church club reports. The jumble centers on local commerce, services, and community notices with multiple names and addresses.
A break in occurred at the office with more than a hundred dollars worth of tickets stolen. The entire office was ransacked with papers and records scattered across the floor. The incident went unknown until yesterday morning when the office reopened for business.
Radford selects R W Arthur of Hopewell Virginia as city manager. An alumnus with prior ties to Du Pont and Chest Company at Theta Virginia, he brings city office experience to the post.
Advertisement notes a new drive around Woodland Drive in Glen Heights Addition. It highlights lot 9 at 1200 dollars, 50 by 190 feet, and lots 26 and 27 at 1400 dollars. Directions provided to reach the site. J B Hall & Co. agents listed with contact number.
Society gathered for the wedding of Muriel Vanderbilt to Frederick Cameron Church in Newport. The ceremony was conducted by Bishop Herbert Shipley with assistance from Rev Stanley Hughes, as Vanderbilt’s father William K. Vanderbilt II gave her away. confusion over church law led to a change in rites, and Vanderbilt was raised Roman Catholic.
Paris reports France ready to launch an offensive with the Moroccan division cleared to act. Madrid pledges active Spanish military cooperation as General Naulin urges courage. Colonel Sweeney’s air squadron plans to depart Paris, testing planes at Le Bourget before a gala send-off.
The government filed new indictments under the Sherman anti trust law naming 156 corporations and individuals in furniture manufacturing. Previous actions had implicated about 260 corporations with many already found guilty and fined over 200000 dollars. The latest indictments include firms already indicted and individuals connected with them as groups accused of monopolizing trade in dining room and bedroom furniture.
Analysis of Sam Cameron's stomach from Dickenson county Va shows presence of one hundredth of a grain of strychnine indicating poisoning. Dr J Mitfield of Richmond conducted the test for Commonwealth's Attorney BE Garerane. Whitefield estimated at least two grains absorbed. half a grain is lethal.
Pennsylvania was hit by a heavy rainstorm described as cloudburst like. A man was struck by lightning and several buildings took strikes. no deaths were reported.
Fred E Winsor of Warren Pennsylvania has been selected as King Petroleum for 1929 at the International Petroleum Exposition held in Tulsa. The event will run October first to tenth with Winsor as operator and capitalist presiding over the third annual exposition.
New York July 26 Justice Levy issued an injunction barring police interference with the Steamer Club Inc led by Joseph T Ronan amid accusations of fake liquor raids by bribed officers to aid gambling resorts. Deputy Inspector Pierne and Acting Counsel Nicholson admitted three officers staged a raid. four similar injunctions are pending as courts call the actions bad faith and perjury. The judge called the Steamer Club case the most rotten of them all.
Haselton, Pa. July 25. More cave-ins occurred at Freeland an anthracite mining town twelve miles from here The surface disturbances in Big Row area caused anxiety as a cellar collapsed and large fissures appeared behind a house Some families moved to safer sections Water pumping from Woodside workings abandoned forty years ago and now being reclaimed by Wolfe Coal Co triggered the events The town fears further subsidence as operations continue.
A resolution by small Carnegie Trust depositors urges Governor Pinchot to investigate the Pennsylvania Banking Department over the insolvent Carnegie Trust Company. It calls for removal of officials if laxity is found and was presented at a Pittsburgh meeting led by T. J. George, superintendent of Carnegie Public Schools.
The treasury department announced that the Belgian debt funding commission will sail for America on July 30. Upon arrival in the United States, preparations began to enter discussions with the Belgian envoys. The delegation is led by a former premier and will present Belgium’s debt situation to the American debt commission.
Washington July 26 The Interstate Commerce Commission questioned estimates of savings from the Nickel Plate merger plan as J J Bernet president testified that over 6 million dollars could be saved by uniting five railroads. H W Anderson challenged the figures noting prior Clover Leaf operations and dividend of traffic solicitation. Hearings continue next week.
A six pound jagged edged stone found on the Gillis home side piazza is believed to be used in the murder of Miss Helen Gillis and her sister Georgiana. The stone was sent to state chemist Charles C. Howard in Concord for inspection. No prints were found and investigators note possible blood spots. Sheriff O Dowd reported the discovery today in Hudson New Hampshire.
The Albert R. Leland divorce case, naming Rev. Carl D. Case of Oak Park, gains a restraining writ from Judge Frederick D. DeYoung. The Illinois supreme court halts entry of a decree pending full review of the proceedings by the appellate court.
New York July 25. Senator Bloom says federal legislation to abolish all radio advertising will be sought at the next session of Congress. He spoke before leaving for a trip to England and France aboard the Leviathan.
London faces acute housing demand with some apartments fitting bunks stacked like ship bunks. A rain gauge device and a tunnel with a specified diameter are noted in the same report, indicating engineering and living-space adaptations amid urban growth.
Votes tallied on a crowded Thornton Laird building floor as twelve firms entered a May 6 campaign with over ninety contestants by May 20. Official judges from Flat Top Bank Commercial Bank Bluefield National Bank and First National Bank presided with firm reps aiding counting. Final winners to receive a trip to California amid fevered final hours and persistent rumors of progress and setbacks.
Word from McCulloch Avenue states Mrs John Underwood daughter of Mr and Mrs W R Sheppard is recovering from burns suffered two weeks ago at her Maryland home. She has been at St Josephs Hospital Baltimore since the incident. Her young son died from the same accident when a leg on an oil stove collapsed causing scalding water to pour over them. The mother is expected to leave the hospital in a few days.
Quebec July 25 dignitaries gathered in the basilica for solemn rites honoring Cardinal Begin. Pierre Di Maris represented the Pope as Archbishop Hfejes presided, with thrones filled and thousands outside in quiet procession during the three hour ceremony.
Bluefield Lodge No. 1078 of the Loyal Order of Moose launches a recruitment drive led by Al H. Logan of Parkersburg with associate Wm J. Gamble and T. C. Logan Jr. They report strong early interest, plan a city base at 139 College Avenue, expect 100 or more new members, and outline dues of 7 dollars for pre dispensation and 11 dollars yearly. The Ladies Moose Heart Legion promotes membership to support Moosehaven and welfare benefits for members and families.
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