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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1926
Page
2
Small town items list services from City and Coalfield, plant offerings, plumbing and auto sales, and rental notices. Public notices include an Epworth League supper, a county school supervisor bid, a Masonic meeting, a charity sale, and police court bullets. Towns include Mercer, Bluefield, Athens, and Princeton.
Charley P. Bailey of the city police was hit by a car driven by Ed die Hess at 12 45 AM at the Tazewell street Princeton avenue intersection. Bailey suffered a fracture of his right leg and was rushed to St Luke's hospital after being placed in the vehicle.
Mrs. India Waren Jesse died at her Matoaka home Sunday afternoon from Brights disease. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock in the Christian church with Rev. J. Boley officiating. Burial followed at Rock cemetery. She married twice, first to Hancock with three children Ray Paul and Madge living, then to G R Jossee a carpenter of Matoaka.
The Department of Agriculture reports fluid milk consumption last year reached 64.326 billion pounds including cream, up 1.654 million pounds from 1924. Per capita intake averaged 1.20 pints daily.
Shannondale offers a shaded picnic spot with ample parking and a lasting memory of a standout SWIM. Enjoy Dancing on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday nights with music by Repass Orchestra.
A late Saturday night gun battle in Lindsey Mingo County left three men dead Roberts Sansom and Hardin and Tennessee Carter the woman reporter killed. State police and county officers rushed to the scene and ruled out further arrests as all participants were slain in the exchange.
Mr and Mrs Jack Woods of Chicago were injured Sunday night when their Ford wrecked on Stony Ridge near the Mercer and McDowell streets intersection. Both are at St Luke's Hospital with head, knee and body injuries. Mrs Woods needed sixteen stitches for a knee laceration.
In a continued floor delay Representative Oldfield foresees no committee action until the House is ready to adjourn. The session stalls over when to set a date for adjournment and to proceed with business.
Willie Goforth, a four year old from Brushfork, is hospitalized at Binefield Sanitarium with a fractured skull after being kicked by a horse late last week. The injury prompted medical care and observation.
The U S court in the southern district of West Virginia opened civil hearings with M H Tomb suing J B Clifton and Raven Red Ash Coal Company over an alleged stock option valued around twenty thousand dollars. Judge McClintic also imposed a two dollar fine on Taillison Shumate for liquor related possession. Three other guilty pleas led to sentences or transfers, including Dot McDaniels who drew two years in the Chicago House of Correction, and Beck Law who paid twenty five dollars. Ike and Wiley Sizemore transfers were sent to Huntington.
In Para Brazil on June 21 Argentine aviator Bernardo Duggan and two companions, missing a week, are aboard Vigia after arriving by canoe from Maraca Island. A tugboat with fuel and supplies heads to Vigia to lift them and retake to Maraca where the hydroplane is moored. Duggan expects to reach Para by Friday noon. They are touring a New York to Buenos Aires route.
Atlanta message from President Coolidge opens the sixth annual convention of Disabled Veterans of the World War. He vows government aid to reintegrate veterans into their proper places in the community. Madame Schumann Heink performed.
Lab Placid New York June 21 John E B ONeil adviser of the prohibition administration asked the American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association for aid in eliminating bootlegging druggists. A motion to survey druggists needing whiskey for prescriptions met unanimous opposition but delegates offered to help officials abolish whiskey use in prescription filling.
Washington dispatch reports Chief Justice Taft, ill for over two weeks, remains in bed and will not depart for his summer in Canada as planned. His heart specialist says he shows improvement and may leave for Canada by week’s end.
Tendon June 21 two witnesses claim a ghostly Archbishop Laud appeared at the royal estate in Win Commander Derwent Sammons a retired naval officer says the figure wore bulging white sleeves The report notes Laud was executed in 1645 and the apparitional sighting followed their search for the apparition.
Ned McKinney shot Frank McRoberts on the back porch of A. J. Moore’s home near Bud and Alpeca, Wyoming county, after allegedly finding McRoberts with McKenney’s wife. McRoberts was fatally wounded in the liver area. McKinney was arrested, released on 1500 dollars bond, and the case awaits indictment. Both men were miners for Thermo Pocahontas Coal Co.
A Chamber of Commerce meeting approved forming an interdependent association of retailers and Bluefield consumers. Led by B C Riggle, the plan aims for merchants to act as buyers serving consumers who dictate purchases and receive cost plus service. A committee of retailers was named to develop details.
W J Koontz R B Hudson M W Mangus led a meeting with delegations from the Virginia Side Princeton and coalfield areas. The discussion focused on countering cash and carry and mall order houses by educating residents about shopping with local Bluefield merchants who spend money in the region.
The Geneca Avenue school held commencement exercises last night to honor graduates. Twenty six diplomas were awarded by D. M. Easley as R. C. Wood delivered the address. Principal Prof J L Hill led a successful year with Dr Edwin C Wade also speaking.
In London on June 21 Mrs Travers Edwards Madden filed a libel suit against Earl Winterton under secretary of state for India seeking 5000 pounds. Her husband, a British Army major who served as comptroller of palaces to the Maharajah of Alwar, died poisoned. Madden accuses Winterton of calling her mind unhinged in a parliamentary letter. The defense argues privilege. Judge Horridge adjourned the case to hear more.
A South American report notes the Incas’ belief that their origin lies with the sun deity. The tale reflects royal and religious themes in Andean culture.
The 28 nominees for the board of directors face a tight race with votes close to the lowest candidate. Final ballots will be mailed in the morning. polls close Friday at 6 pm. The annual banquet on Friday plans a 6:39 pm start and a $1.50 ticket. James T Begg will give the principal address.
Coroner Volker ruled death a suicide after investigating the body of Mrs. Kate Jordan Vermilyea found in the woods at Mountain Lakes New Jersey beside a partly drained disinfectant bottle. The author and playwright had been staying with her son in law two months for nerve disorders after being reported missing.
An old advertisement urges readers to purify their health with Calotabs, promising removal of chronic ailments and a thorough system cleanse. It touts a twice weekly course and claims Nature rewards improved vitality, selling the product for 35 cents in drugstores with full directions.
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