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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1925
Page
23
Unclear fragment from a listing places a job department at the Daily Telegraph on the fourth and fifth floors of a KEW building. No individuals, dates, or clear actions are readable.
In a continued discussion, Commander Bellairs urges taxi-meter style time limits for speeches in Parliament to cut duration and save government costs. Austen Chamberlain once mocked the idea, suggesting taxi-meter limits would not suit the House. Bellairs revisits the plan, praising potential savings in light, heat, and paper, and noting energy waste among MPs. French communists plan to nominate women in upcoming city elections.
Paris reports that French courts uphold death by own action as heroism when a person sacrifices life to save another. Henri Rouet drowned saving a girl in the Cher. his widow’s insurance claim was denied as not an accident but a voluntary act. High court affirmed the ruling, calling it a premium on cowardice.
City fire alarm stations and phone numbers appear across Bluefield and surrounding streets. The garbled list references stations at Mercer and Prince ton avenues, Southside and Northside areas, plus multiple cross streets and landmarks. The article also veers into foreign affairs and unrelated anecdotes about art, politics, and a family tragedy.
Broadcast listings compiled by United Press show a Saturday schedule of orchestras and vocal groups across stations in Ottawa Chicago Detroit Cleveland Portland and more. Items include Arthur and Break organ recitals Brooklyns Godfrey Ladlow violinist and church services with various times and venues.
The dispute between Alexander Muir and Angus MacDonald, two Aberdeen farmers, began over a single egg and has escalated into a lengthy legal clash with ongoing friction.
Muir sold Mac Donald twenty hens but delivered nineteen. He later produced the missing bird with the explanation that it did not lay until the after need. The case has yet to reach a final decision as parties incur lawyer fees and court costs totaling 6000 dollars.
Ride will be received on Wednesday July 1 1925 at 2 p m for the erection of an addition to Fairview School Bluefield West Virginia. A certified check of 250 must accompany each bid and a surety bond for double the contract will be required of the successful bidder. A deposit of 10 will be returned on each set of plans. Application to Garry and Sheffey Architects 301-302 Fleet National Bank Building Hilefield West Virginia.
Public auction set for July 3 1925 at 10 a.m. at the Mercer County Court House Princeton West Virginia to sell all leasehold coal mining property and related real estate described in the May 15 1924 deed of trust from Smith Pocahontas Coal Corporation to J H Lilly trustee. The sale is to satisfy $75 000 in bonds with accrued interest as declared due by the trustee.
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