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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1925
Page
1
A columnist notes shifting weather moods from warm spells to showers and the public’s griping about roads. It then discusses church unity, denominational divides, and the impact on growth. Finally it cites statistics showing women drivers and pedestrians are safer than men, with most accidents at intersections where signals are ignored.
ATLESS shieks roams Bluefield streets in parade style. The piece praises hatless outfits among high school boys and suggests it may be a university fad, noting the harmless appeal and cautioning about broader social influence.
A humorous fragment ponders garter bells and stockings as fashion symbols. It jokes about writers noting bell sizes for wearers while taxes and high living costs keep the author grounded, ending with a quip about being “with bells on.”
Atlantic City officials of the Laryngological society report that 100 million colds occur annually in the United States, causing $1.5 billion in lost work time. A new book argues many colds are unnecessary, and experts plan efforts to reduce the cold bill.
Archaeologists dig at ancient Troy to confirm legendary figures Helen of Troy and Paris and their famed romance. The piece notes skeptics may doubt, but Helen's myth endures in literature and art, shaping imagination across generations.
John W. Davis returns to Clarksburg West Virginia on June 20 for his first hometown visit since receiving a nomination. He spends time golfing with old friends and staying at Miss Cornelia Bassel’s home.
San Francisco June 20 reports say violence in China has diminished with most unrest internal to Chinese factions. A Canton general strike against British French and Japanese employers is planned while Chinese seamen strike reduces Hong Kong bound steamship service. Diplomacy at Peking centers on the Chinese foreign office response to protocol powers over the Shanghai incident and a call by forty eight Chinese colleges for severed ties with Great Britain.
Defense witnesses testifying in the William Darling Shepherd murder trial argue against the state's germ theory. Walter Smith and Dr. Frederick C. Tenney clash on whether germs existed at the City Health Department and Farman school. The defense aims to finish its case next Monday with one more Shepherd witness.
Lincoln Nebraska June 20 Attorney General Spillman begins actions to determine extent of corruption charges and countercharges raised by former Governor Charles W Bryan and George E Johnson. Spillman filed two civil suits seeking 8414 155 38 returned to the state tied to falsified records and corrupt connivance by Johnson and E H Morey.
Francis Grover Cleveland, son of former President Grover Cleveland, married Alice Erdman, daughter of Charles R. Erdman, at the Old First Church in Princeton. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Erdman, newly elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church and Princeton Theological Seminary faculty member.
At Havre France on June 20 the French liner LaSavoie failed to sail for New York after about two hundred crew members deserted. A second crew later also deserted and tugs had their hawsers cut. Officials hope the steamer can depart tomorrow amid rising seamen unrest linked to a sailor union secretary's month long sentence for causing a previous deser tion.
Dorothy Perkins, seventeen, convicted of manslaughter in the death of former suitor Thomas A. Templeton, will appeal the verdict. She is to be sentenced next Monday and her counsel seeks a deferment of the sentence to the following week before Judge McIntyre.
New York January 20. Dr Henry H Rusby dean of the College of Pharmacy at Columbia University says coffee is a drink. He cites its stomach and digestive properties and claims beer’s carbonation adds little beyond moderate use.
Portland reports Dr. Charles Hill Tout of Vancouver BC declares at the AAAS meeting that humans predate ape ancestry. He cites records showing man before ape and notes shared features do not prove direct lineage. He estimates earliest skeletons date around six hundred thousand years, with early human intelligence rising two million years ago.
Clarksburg West Virginia June 20 Peter Caputo a Lumberport merchant was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to six months in Harrison County jail for assaulting Edward Webster a negro coal miner of the same town The sentence followed a petition signed by four hundred residents seeking mercy and a courtroom clash over the mercy petition and prosecuting attorney Will E Morris denouncing circulation of such petitions
Plans for a Detroit to San Francisco flight next month to test the air mail route as a military asset. Major Thomas Lanphier at Selfridge Field announced six planes from the first pursuit group will participate in the test flight.
A Mount Vernon thief used a fishing pole to pull trousers and $16 from Frank Trincenelli. He removed a bedroom screen, lifted the clothing from a chair, and left the fishing line and pole behind.
Wisconsin mourns Senator Robert La Follette with a state capitol vigil and a special guard of honor. The funeral will be at the Capitol Rotunda with the procession forming from the national capital train. In Madison work pauses as the legislature recesses for the service.
Lieutenant Commander MacMillan left Wiscasset Maine aboard the Bowdoin for the Arctic voyage aboard the Godspeed. Thousands cheered as the Bowdoin and Peary departed amid a massive send off with Governor Brewster and other dignitaries speaking. The expedition includes Dr Gilbert Seene and IR Hildebrand of the Palen Geographic Society.
Weston West Virginia enforces a curfew for under sixteen from 9 30 p m with a nightly bell signal. The ordinance requires youths to be indoors by curfew time unless supervised by adults.
In Chicago on June 20 Bernard Grant, under death sentence for killing Policeman Ralph Sauders, was stabbed five times by Walter Krauser during a visitors’ meeting at the county jail. Krauser, also condemned, may gain a retrial. Grant remains critically ill with little prospect of recovery.
Bart Butcher of Ellenboro West Virginia was held at gunpoint by a stranger in his car near Cairo Ritchie County. He was bound gagged and beaten and left in weeds. The thief fled with the car and belongings. Police from several counties search for the suspect. Butcher later recovered his property and car and sought medical care.
Washington reports Secretary Davis ended his settlement conference on the Operative Plasterers International Union strike after failure to bring the plasterers against bricklayers, masons and plasterers into agreement. He warned the parties must resolve issues and resume building operations or bear responsibility. The strike began last week under President McGivern and affected work on homes, schools, churches, hotels, offices, and apartments across eastern and midwestern cities.
A pavilion on Cape May beach collapsed as Reading railroad veterans from Reading, Pennsylvania crowded near the rail to view life guard demonstrations. A score or more were slightly injured and treated at the Colonial Hotel before being returned to the excursion train.
In Huntington West Virginia early today federal and state prohibition officers clashed in a dark Camp Creek ravine. Chief Porter and Chief Ball were killed, W E Workman wounded, and Poe Joy and Dixon were arrested. Porters death ended a pursuit of moonshiners near a still.
In Boston Pennsylvania Rev. John Hansen of Chi died at Iren Hospital Phillipsburg New Jersey this afternoon. He was the forty seventh victim of the wreck near Hackettstown New Jersey on Tuesday.
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