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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1925
Page
2
A jumble of ads and notices lists wanted to buy homes and coal supplies, business service openings, sales events, and a infant death. It includes phone contacts for Mercier Coal and Supply, Nestle Lands Waving price, and several local merchants, plus a fire alarm and garages burglary report.
Indictments of murder were returned today by the county grand jury against Noel Lynnville and his mother Mrs Jasper Lynnville in the death by poisoning last April of Letha Gregory Lynnville. Noel eloped with the dead girl less than two weeks before her death. No true bill was found for Robert Morgan, accused in a separate murder warrant. Authorities accuse the mother and son of poisoning the victim with peanut butter while she lay ill. Strychnine was found in the organs examined by Dr William Litterer.
Washington July 29 P L A Mueller in charge of the Ku Klux Klan parade to be held here August 8 announced it would be but a local affair with about 5000 Klansmen participating He denied plans for a national turnout saying no large group is expected in Washington Augusta and the parade has no national significance.
Akron, Ohio, July 29. Mrs. Maney Cates seventy four mother of the St. Louis Browns manager and first baseman died at a friend's home in Manchester Ohio. She fell ill while visiting her son in St. Louis and returned with a nurse. Funeral plans delayed awaiting the arrival of the hosebell star Cassius, Jr. and another son Cassius.
Marion Ohio July 2 1924 Next Sunday marks the second anniversary of Warren G Harding’s death with tribute services in the morning at Trinity Baptist Church where he was a trustee for 25 years Dr Carl W Sawyer son of Brig Gen Charles E Sawyer White House physician will deliver the eulogy
The Brussels mission to Washington to settle Belgiums debt to the United States left for Cherbourg to sail to New York on the Olympic tomorrow. Former Premier Theunis and Baron Cartier De Marchienne head the delegation.
Orders for carved wooden images and other art at the Oberammergau players’ headquarters rise after Anton Lang and associates visited America. Steamship officials forecast over 250000 American and Canadian tourists to Europe this summer, the greatest total in history.
L A Harper of Point Pleasant announces plans for a three day celebration October 8 to 10 marking the 151st anniversary of the Battle of Point Pleasant. An estimated 25 000 visitors are expected each day as historical cant will be staged and the battle refought with portraits of border warfare figures. Organizers include the Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce Kiwanis Rotary American Legion and the Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter D A R inviting all West Virginians and Americans to attend. Point Pleasant sits at the confluence of the Kanawha and Ohio rivers and is accessible by rail and good roads.
The 31st West Virginia Funeral Directors Association convention adjourned to July 1926 in Huntington after installing Virgil Brown as president elect. The body approved appointing one member from each congressional district and committees for district convention organization. Action on the Institute of Funeral Directors was deferred for a year.
Hugh Lilly of Flat Top was arraigned before Commissioner Thos H Scott on a federal warrant alleging conspiracy to violate the national production law. He was held on $5,000 bond for the Dinefield term. Lilly also faced Mercer county grand jury action in Princeton on a Red Man Act charge with $3,000 bond. The cases stem from a weekend raid in Flat Top where Sheriff Crumpecker and deputies were reportedly fired upon.
Revenue officers found three thousand cases of high priced liquor and malt in the coal bunkers of the steamer Augusta, seized after it landed a $250,000 cargo and violated the Vineland Volstead Act. Two crew members are held on $5,000 bond and twenty-two on $500 bond for conspiracy to violate Prohibition.
Jane Ramsey and Eugene Har are to be tried in the frano court today on a series of charges arising from a disturbance on Wilson street last evening. Knives were involved and Har reportedly received knife wounds, claiming Ramsey attacked him and fired a shot that hit no one. Both were arrested and will be turned over to the state today.
Fremont Ohio July 29 Peter Manning world champion trotter shattered the state trotting record on a half mile track with an exhibition mile in 2 03 driving by Alfred T Morrison of Sandcaet He lowers his former mark made in Findlay in June by half a second Peters best time on a mile is 4 06 3 4
July 29 Great Palle reports William Black a 38 year old truck driver was struck by lightning while in an oil field. The bolt shattered his watch chain fused two silver dollars, tore his clothes and burned him leaving him unconscious for two hours but expected to recover. The same bolt started a fire in a nearby oil tank before being extinguished.
City officials in Bluefield prepared to announce new appointments after a long session by the newly elected board. Mayor-elect A J Stewart and T Williams indicated two key posts, city solicitor and municipal judgeship, would be announced once all were ready. Additional meetings were planned for today.
Gun battle near Lincoln Park and Sheridan Road ends with the deaths of two robbers and the hotel cashier. Citizens fled into doorways as a speeding taxicab and pursuing police opened fire. Traffic chaos ensued with cars diverting to side streets for safety.
The West Virginia Funeral Directors Association adopted a resolution of thanks at the final session of its thirty first annual convention in Bluefield. It praises the entertainment committee, undertakers P D Bratton and A L Hawkins, Mrs W H Carr and her ladies, James Finner Brown and assistants, and notes gratitude to the press, hotels, the city manager, and ministers for support.
Miss Grace Compton and Miss Mary Compton of Williams town arrive for a visit with their uncle Dr J. B. Compton, staying after arriving last night.
Washington reports the Navy will not grant use of a battleship for Dr. Edwin R. Scott of San Francisco amid ongoing tests linked to a claimed death-ray like device. Officials say no definite plan exists, though Scott argues the stroke could burn steel two inches thick at a mile and be directed up to twenty miles.
Standard Oil of Indiana cuts gasoline by one cent at Aberdeen and Watertown to 24 cents a gallon, matching independents. South Dakota plans to reopen seven state stations and roll out 26 more as fuel arrives, with state price set at 22 to 22 1/2 cents while private stations average 26.
More than fifty Cook county guards who watched Russell Scott on the eve of his execution were questioned at the state attorney's office. The proceedings aim to show Scott has not become insane after fifteen months in custody for the slaying of a drug clerk during an attempted holdup.
Seventeen men and women were hurt when lightning struck an aerial of a radio outfit set up inside a tent in Hartlepool England. The incident occurred during an outdoor listening event though the report does not specify the condition of the injured.
Charles F. Jenkins told the congressional sub committee that there is no postal deficit and that archaic bookkeeping creates the illusion. He urged uniform treatment for all journals including farm papers and urged funding extensions through appropriations rather than higher rates.
Robert Joyce a young farmer from the west end of Tazewell county was shot and killed while searching the Laurel Creek mountains with his brother William. Authorities allege Walter Strouth a moonshiner fired the ambush to protect an illicit still and a warrant for Strouth’s arrest is on hand.
Pittsburg July 29 A Center Avenue police wagon man Herbert Rice off duty was robbed while driving slowly on Center Ave A Negro jumped on the running board and flashed a light then drew a revolver stealing Rice s revolver blackjack cartridge belt and several dollars before fleeing Rice reported the holdup at the station
A mob of infuriated women tarred and feathered Miss May Simms in the yard of a lumber mill at Eros in Jackson Parish. About 150 people witnessed the attack as she was stripped of most clothing, sprayed with paint, and told to leave town. This marks the second assault on Miss Simms in two weeks amid allegations of improper relations with men at the mill.
Urbana Ills July 29 a westbound Wabash passenger train derailed at Toledo killing Maggie Keokalo of Decatur with a fractured skull. Other riders suffered broken limbs and minor injuries. Doctors said she had no chance of recovery. Cause of derailment unavailable at this time.
Hughie Gartland manager of Bob Fitzsimmons Jr. reports receipt of a telegram offering a $10 000 fee for a Fitzsimmons Jr. versus Gene Tunney bout in San Francisco. The telegram is signed by Harry Morrison of the Mission Club in San Francisco.
Harrisburg July 29 announcement from the department of banking states B. B. Blackburn president of the First National Bank Oakmont and J. H. McGinity trust officer and secretary of the Pittsburg Trust Company Pittsburg were named to appraise Carnegie Trust Company assets Carnegie, taken over by the department last April.
Charleston West Virginia July 29 Cincinnati sales offices of the Winifrede Coal Company have been closed. The firm organized in 1848 owns 15000 acres of coal land with estimated 160000000 tons recoverable and valued at 4000000 dollars. The company once employed 600000 tons yearly output and had up to eight hundred workers.
The late Walter Camp, Yale’s famed athletic deviser, left an estate valued at about $326,634. The inventory filed by administrators shows personal property, bonds and stocks, cash deposits, and royalty contracts with New York publishers.
Ben Tone sales surge after one week in Bluefield with hundreds of letters from relief sufferers praising its effects. Local testimonials from Mrs Dora Strickland of Savannah and John Norman Sherman claim dramatic relief from indigestion and pain. Ben Tone is sold at Bluefield three stores, plus Hale Pharmacy in Princeton and Bradley Drug Co. in Matoaka.
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