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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1925
Page
5
The community mourns the death of Mrs S A Toy a devoted church member and longtime Woman's Missionary Society figure. Her funeral was held at home with Dr H Yankee delivering a tribute, and burial followed at Oak Hill cemetery beside departed loved ones. Her loss leaves a vacant place in many hearts.
The Mercer County Farm Women's Camp will run August 3 to 7 at the Princeton Ath ens road fairgrounds. The exhibition hall serves as dormitory with cot beds and a mess hall. Activities include classes in basketry, color decorative switches, tied and dyed work, home crafts, assembly discussions, and community singing led by Mise Mae Thornton. A registration fee of one dollar funds meals and supplies. Friday features a joint Farm Bureau and Farm Women's picnic for members and families.
Lloyd Bertrand, air mail pilot, shows off his Chandler roadster and the day and night flying plane at the new Cleveland Airport in Brook Park. The Cleveland boxing commission handles the event rollout.
Lieutenant Leigh Wade drove a Packard car from Los Angeles to New York nonstop on a route of 2060 miles with companion Linton Wells aboard the Boston. The trip, under the American Automobile Association, aimed to test the car and highway system at an average pace of 24.5 miles per hour and observe strict road law throughout the journey. Wells previously rode 3000 miles in Wade’s plane from Calcutta.
A note says those coming only for the picnic should bring a basket lunch. A dollar a day board is charged or campers may bring supplies to cover the week including the picnic. Mrs. Marion Brock, home demonstration agent in Princeton, provides a supply list and handles enrollments. A limited number of town women may enroll.
Bunny Bryan of the National Producing Company visits Princeton to arrange a two week run for Who's Who and Whats What. Cameramen from Beckley Mount Hope and Fayette County will join the project alongside 2000 feet of Virginian picnic footage. The state wide shoot aims to capture West Virginia’s scenic beauty for national release. Bryan, a World War I veteran, brings extensive motion picture experience to the campaign.
A Venice looking, very young couple presented signed parental papers at the county clerk’s office yesterday. County Court Clerk Bowling issued a marriage permit and arranged for a minister to marry the bride and groom. The minister was en route when the article ends.
In Bristol a couple faced wary glances from the married and single alike as a Western Union message from the girl's mother halted a planned marriage license. The pair slipped away, leaving the matter unresolved and perhaps awaiting future Sunday bells.
Princeton notices report Sunday school at 9 46 a m with a large offering for the old worn out preacher fund or superannuate endowment. Last year the Sunday school gave 982 dollars to the fund. The morning sermon will recap last week’s talk on ministerial work versus critics. A 45 minute service follows. Pendleton and Sanders classes will drive to Mercer Healing Springs for luncheon and fellowship. Sunday night at 6 o’clock the pastor’s last message before vacation.
The Dayton Evolution trial will be noticed. Services will last forty five minutes. The preacher will avoid mockery of the monkey trial. Dull days will be turned to busy ones as Joe Lisagor's Department Store announces a big sale with buyers seeking large bargains next Thursday.
A new Monte Carlo book by Charles Kingston tells of a Spaniard Garcia who started with a few francs and built a fortune over $600,000 at the casino. He vowed to quit gambling but two years later, driven by the gambling fever prompted by a duke’s request to reveal his method, he gambled again and lost all his winnings.
Fire alarm signals list from multiple intersections and streets including Bluefield Ave entries and various cross streets. References to Fire Station Southside 1444, Northside 72, and central alarms. station names include Revse Marshall and others with location pairs.
London social season opens a whirl of events as Sir James Barrie quips about Bacon and Shakespeare at a luncheon. The Isle of Wight Cowes regatta stalls with King George and Queen Mary aboard the Victoria and Albert to watch Trinannia and other yachts race.
Paris reports a French scientist has developed a ferro silicon crystal receiver that can pick up radio programs up to 300 miles away and drive a load at shorter ranges. The device is produced in an electric furnace from a fusion of sand and iron.
Glasgow reformer Reverend Campbell Stephen socialist Member of Parliament for Camlachie completes two years of study and is called to the bar marking a shift to legal practice.
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