Trade body members enact role of newsboys at Bluefield meeting
Charles H. Watkins of Magnete Indiana delivered an eloquent address to about 160 attendees at the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. The event featured a banquet at the Bluefield Country Club, a newsboys edition of the chamber report, and a full board of directors election. Watkins urged investing in youth and civic unity, praising local progress and warning against political graft while urging service to the community.
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Everting
Bluefield Chamber
Charles HE. Watkins
Magnete
A. Bluefield
Audinee
Bluefield Country Club
Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Uests
George Dunglinson
J. F. Hoge
W. J. Cole
F. C. Blauvelt
Board of Directors
J. L. Alexander
W. A. Bodell
C. S. Cheyney
Shott
America
F. Wy Udy
Cheyhey
Beaver, High School Orchestra
Jim Brown
John
Mastin
Watkins
Hia
Bluefield
March of Progress
Watking
Angele
Clyie
Seven Hundred Autos Join Union Labor Demonstration
From several western Arkansas counties, about seven hundred automobiles carried union men and families to Russellville for one of the largest coal mining region labor protests. Officials estimated seven hundred autos were counted as the crowd gathered in the town.
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Russellville
Ark
Rorpwestern
Arkansas
London
Bussellville
McClintock Typhoid Case From 1924-25 Trial Timeline
A historical timeline details William Nelson McClintock’s death linked to a typhoid incident. It tracks autopsy, lab theft claims, suspects Shepherd and Waiman, and multiple court actions from 1924 to 1925 including indictments, arraignments, and a late 1925 trial date.
Bankers Elect State Leader as President at Wheeling Meet
West Virginia bankers chose G. C. Givn of the Commercial Bank as association president at Wheeling during the final session. J. Howard McDonald and A. Pletcher were high officers with J. S. Hill and Yeager also named to key posts. Senator Willis urged limits on federal powers and touted possible tax cuts. Huntington was chosen for the 1926 convention.
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Wheeling
W. Va
United States
Frank
B. Willis
Ohio
West Virginia Bankers’ Association
Willis
J. Howard McDonald
A. Pletcher
Fairmont Trust Company
J. 8. Hill
Capital City Bank
Charleston
Yeager
National Exchange Bank
Huntington
Disabled Eagle boat picked up by coast guard tug
The Eagle boat 9, disabled at sea with fifty nine Virginia reservists aboard, was picked up by the coast guard tug Carrabassett and towed to Norfolk. A radio message relayed via the Nitro said the search by Owl had been futile until the pickup at 8 AM. Static conditions delayed earlier reports.
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Norolk
Eagle Boat
Virginia
Aimco
Coast Guard
Carrabassett
Norfolk
Naval Base
Nitro
Serrch
Carrabasnett
Owl
Olympia Macri Must Face a Second Trial
New Haven Conn June 26 Olympia Macri charged with the murder of John Bagnano alleged father of her child will face her second trial in Litchfield county this fall. Pending retrial the girl defendant will not be admitted to bail Judge John R Booth of Superior Court announced after hours of argument The first jury in the Macri case disagreed.
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New Haven
Conn
Olympia Macri
John Bagnano
Litchfield County
Superior Court
Macri
Bodies of Two Are Uncovered in Gillig Theatre Ruins
Firemen and laborers searched the Gillig theatre wreckage in Kansas City and uncovered two charred bodies. The blaze and blast fatally injured several. John Hogan, a fireman, died later. Officials believed about four to five others unaccounted for, with hopes of few more victims. The blast likely stemmed from escaping gas in the basement, and property losses were near 150000 dollars.
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Kansas City
Gillig Theatre
John Hogan
Alex, Menderson
Marly
Ressurand
Harry Likely
Fred Warner
Aged Cripple Acquitted of Homicide Charge
A 74 year old crippled woman, Mrs Nora Prendergast, was acquitted in general sessions court in New York on a homicide charge related to the death of Mrs Mary McGerris. The indictment was dismissed.
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New York
Nora. Prendergast
Iith
Mary McGerris
Sesctona Court
Mra
President Coolidge Spends Day Outdoors in Massachusetts
President Coolidge enjoyed open air leisure in Swampscott and nearby areas as he welcomed good weather. He rode with aides and received reporters while continuing routine summer activities and a late afternoon conference at the White House.
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Swampscott
Maas
Coolidge
Dawgs
White
Shepherd Acquitted in McClintock Murder Case
William Shepherd walks free from Cook County Jail after a jury clears him of murdering William Nelson McClintock. The verdict ends a five hour plus trial amid cheers and a crowd at the courthouse. He still faces a separate murder charge tied to Billy McClintock and Emma Nelson McClintock.
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Willams
Nelson
McClintock
Tervers
Hite
Witham
Darling
Shepherd
William
Nelson McClintock
Willian
Harry Olson F
Chicago
Quaon
Shapterd
William McClintock
Charles C. Farman
National University of Sciences
Robert HE. Crowe
Waiman
Fatman
Cook ‘County
Young McClintock
Hopkins
Criminal Court
William D. McNally
Mia
Emma Nelson McClintock
William Nelson McClintock
Olson
Naols Supreme Court
Lberty
Cook County
William Darling
William Nelson MccClintock
Thomas J. Lynch
Billy McClintock
Emma
Billy
Julie Brepeard
J. Henry Shepherd
Little Rock
Ark
Robert
Groll
William Burnett
Lynch
Judge Olson
Harry Olson
George B. Gorman
Joseph Savage
Stewart
Hw Ohaira
Crowe
Slaf
Ray
Ayeten
Atre
Malrvintaee Mae Tee
D Shepherd Freed After Six Weeks Murder Trial Acquittal
D Shepherd was acquitted last night after a six weeks murder trial and released from jail at 10 45 p m He had slowed his own bond in the case involving the alleged murder of Emma Nelson Mc Clintock mother of the boy involved in the trial
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D. Shepherd
Emma Nelson McClintock
Entire Crew of Nine In Tug Boat Drowned
The entire crew of nine men on the tug Ocean King were drowned when the tug was rammed amidships by the Canadian Pacific liner Mariloch before reaching its pier. The collision cut the tug almost in two.
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Quebec
Impa
Malone urges teaching all theories to youth in Tennessee
Dudley Field Malone of New York addressed the Civilien Q Club in Chattanooga calling for teaching all theories to the young generation for advancement and truth. He cited the Tennessee anti evolution case of teacher John T. Soppes, to be tried July 10 at Dayton, and urged respect for personal liberty amid the national debate.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Dudley Field Malone
New York
Civilien Q Club
John T. Soppes
Rhea County
Dayton
Tennessee
Malone
Thousand Union Coal Miners Stage Peaceful March in Arkansas
About 1,000 union coal miners marched from Ozanne to Russellville in a peaceful demonstration over mine operations in Arkansas fields under the 1924 wage agreement. Four Spadra field mines are reportedly operating on an open shop basis.
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Coal Hill
Ark
Ozanne
Russellville
Arkansas
Spadra
Genaro defeats Williams in twelve round title bout
Frankie Genaro the American flyweight champion defeated Kid Williams former bantam king after twelve rounds at bantamweight limit in Baltimore on June 26. Genaro won by decision in a clear display of skill and power.
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Genaro
Williams
Baltimore
Frankie Genaro
Kid Williams
Sensational turn in Symington divorce testimony shocks New York court
Mrs. Margaret Pinkham testified that in 1924 Thomas H. Symington discussed his wife's alleged admission that she bore an illegitimate son at sixteen. He claimed he would make the child his legal heir and asked Pinkham to sign papers detailing the birth, intending to spite the Symington family amid the divorce suit.
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New York
Margaret Pinkham
Ida May Symington
Thomas H.symington
Supreme Court
Symington
Ida
Fie
Centenarian Kennedy Dies in Pittsburg Police Service
Patrick J. Kennedy aged 100 who served 48 years on the Pittsburg police force died today in Pittsburg. He was born in Ireland and served with the department for nearly half a century.
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Pittsburg
Patrick J. Kennedy
Ireland
Moonshiner feud believed to have killed two hikers
Chatteroons Tenn June 26 A W Mason Veterinaria and Lather Bowman vanish on Coal Mountain and are believed slain by moonshiners amid a long running feud with the Bowman and Godsey families. Local mountaineers say the shooting followed years of prohibition era violence on the mountain.
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Tenn
A. W. Mason
Bowma
A. Horag
Bowman
Bow
Wader
Ted
Godsey
Macy
Bowm Sh
Eas
Itis
Orb
Cantianooy
Pangalos forms new Greek cabinet takes oath
General Pangalos Greece's new premier heads a hastily formed government. He becomes minister of war and foreign affairs ad interim with Admiral Hadjikirakos as navy chief. The cabinet includes Stamoulis interior minister and Tavoularis education minister among others after yesterday's overthrow of Michalakopoulos.
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Athens
Pangalos
Greece
Coundouriotis
Repub
Michalakopoulos
Hadjikirakos
Averof
M. Hadjiktriakes
Saloniki
Politica
London
The
Exchange
Athena
General Pangalou
M. Rendia
Hadjikirlakos
M. Kapalnas
Thea Interior
Benjamin Sentenced Three Years in Penitentiary
William A. Benjamin, forty, of Philadelphia, was sentenced to three years in county prison after being convicted of obtaining $10,000 by false pretenses tied to promotion of The American Fuel Company. The company was alleged to own coal lands in Webster and Braxton counties, West Virginia. Benjamin blamed his former attorney for failures to transfer title to coal acreage. Attorney John W. McClintock Jr. denied involvement with the American Fuel Company while facing related indictments.
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Philadelphia
William A. Benjamin
American Fuel Company
Webster
Braxton
West Virginia
Benjamin
Hia
Hia Company
John W. McClintock, Jr
McClintock
Staunton
Parents of kidnapped boy badly hurt in crash after court
New York June 26 Mr and Mrs Raymond Von Maluski were injured when their motor truck collided with a motorcycle and sidecar returning from general sessions court where Mrs Mary Jones was sentenced for kidnapping their three year old son Bon Raymond The elder son Raymond suffered a spine fracture and remained in hospital The wife was knocked unconscious and the brother was also injured as they headed home after the sentencing Twenty to forty years imprisonment were ordered for Mrs Jones.
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New York
Raymond
You Maluski
General Sessions Court
Sing
Mary
Jones
Hlawite
Janes
Embezzlement Charge Filed Against Former Cashier
An article reports that a former cashier, identified as Jackeon Tenh, faces an embezzlement charge. The piece notes warrants issued and mentions a previous warrant and related indictments. Further details on dates, locations, and involved institutions are not clearly legible.
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W. C. Given
Senator Willis
Beis
Eae
Sersi
Coolidge Hag
Thomas ‘Waite
Saenee
Lagialatare
Gooltdis der Malm
Hublifo
Bedlam
Marine
Jackeon
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