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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1925
Page
10
A roundup of short items includes coal prices from Citizens' Coal & Supply and Allen Coal Company, furniture bargains, rental and cleaning services, furniture and store room notices, a Bluefield car detail, and court action over movable houses. Also notes a Bluefield store opening and a June 4 Masonic meeting. The piece mentions Howard Abbott in Hillsdale Michigan and W. H. Gibson in Bluefield.
Four old shacks on the east bank of Bland Street, owned by E. T. Oliver, have stood for over a year and are slated for removal by the sheriff of Mercer County. The action signals enforcement of property cleanup in the area.
The article notes two gross sales tax bills passing in both branches. an official from the department of public safety gained authority over Meense to carry arms, with the measure passing seventy three to four. The tobacco tax bill faced final scrutiny but was decisively defeated despite appeals to bolster school funds.
New York June 3 Gene Tunney weighs 182 pounds and Tom Gibbons 180 as they close training for a fifteen round bout at the Polo Grounds. Both fighters sparred vigorously and rest plans set for Friday night with Deforest promoting and potential winner to face Wille Weinert winner.
A freakish weather day saw a cyclone sweep across the country killing more than a hundred people. From the stands crowds fled to open fields as rain and mud slowed movement. Darkness fell around 4 p.m. and the downpour lasted about half an hour.
Medical men from all parts of West Virginia will attend the fifty eighth annual session in Bluefield. Governor Gore may speak at a banquet as doctors from across the nation join the four day program to discuss policy and public health.
Litye Garner eight teen months old daughter of Editor and Mrs Gordon Garner of the Mercer Recorder Matoaka was rushed to Bluefield after drinking water containing concentrated lye from a bucket on a porch. She was reported in critical condition and pneumonia feared.
James D. Hawkins formerly with Clinchfilind Coal Corporation at Dante Virginia resigns as confidential secretary to Lee Long and joins Spiller Hicks as general agent for Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia. Beginning July 1 he will represent Provident Mutual in southwest Virginia.
Mr and Mrs W A Bodell and daughter Miss Ruth Bodell travel to Hinton for a marriage of a niece and cousin. Dr Charles T St Clair leaves for White Sulphur to spend about two weeks recuperating. Mrs St Clair accompanies him. Mrs Lucile Perkins departs yesterday for Philadelphia to vacation with friends. Edwin Fox of New York visits friends and relatives.
An elderly man named W. W. Carter praises Adlerika, calling it ideal after sixty years and claiming it removes gas in ten minutes and relieves a bloated stomach. The ad notes Adlerika as buckthorn bark mixture and mentions a drug store in Princeton, Rice Drug Co.
In Brooklyn the murder of Misa Florence Kane prompts police to hold William Bresefield on suspicion after gloves found near the scene test positive for blood. Dr Gettler calls the gloves crucial evidence though further tests and a delay in submission may have reduced value.
A store window in Bluefield displays Bradley's elaborate bathing suits drawing hundreds of onlookers on a scorching day. The crowd verdict praises the line as the most attractive yet shown and talks of a municipal bathing pool as a key local need.
Leroy Broyles aged seventy four of Littlesburg died at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the home of his daughter Mrs Floyd Hypes on Highland avenue after a year of declining health. A Mercer county native he lived all his life in the Littlesburg area and is survived by six children. Funeral arrangements not yet set.
Bluefield kept its heat wave contrast with the rest of the east as thermometers show a citywide average near ninety degrees yesterday. The baked ground and stifling afternoons have made relief scarce for residents seeking a cooler evening.
New York June 3 Governor Al Smith returned to Albany to recuperate from a throat ailment that left him voiceless for three days and forced restrictions on his schedule for the coming week.
Lions Club plans a baseball team to defend civic club titles and a tug of war team of twelve to compete with other clubs during the July 4 celebration. Committee members were named, with 200 pounds as the assumed team weight and officers to be elected next week.
The Rev Samuel W Moore D D is praised for his broad service to Bluefield and the Presbyterian church. As pastor of the First Presbyterian Church he is described as an ambassador of God, tireless in moral and civic betterment and beloved for his sermons and leadership.
A fragment notes a figure described as a doctor of mercy and admired by friends being named a fellow in divinity, with Davidson College seen as reflecting honor upon itself through the act.
Secretary of War John W. Weeks, operated on for gallstones last Thursday, shows a slight but definite improvement in a bulletin from his physicians. The report notes a normal temperature and pulse with rest improving, though he remains in critical condition with no overall change through the evening.
Mrs. Jessie Ford widow of a man who killed himself after accusing Thure Lindhe, a former suburban policeman, of winning her affections, was married today after a divorce. Mrs. Lindhe and Lindhe had been arrested on statutory charges. Chicago June 3 (4). Figures note 18,000,000 autos, a Cleveland drunk driving incident reduced it by two.
Dr Andrew S Ellett of Christianburg Virginia died after an appendectomy in a Christiansburg hospital. He had undergone surgery Tuesday and deteriorated suddenly, leaving a large family network in southwest Virginia. Funeral set for Christiansburg at 3 this afternoon. Grimsby tragedy follows with Mrs Alice Gowdy killing her two children in a fit of rage.
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