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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1922
Page
4
Honaker's Inc promotes Bluefield's biggest aluminum sale with ads in the paper. Other items include prices on shoes, hats cleaning, auto tops, roof repairs, and headlines about a Knights Templar conclave, a moving sale, and local notices.
W G French remains in critical condition at home on Highland avenue after several days of illness. Daughters-in-law Mrs Bessie Corvin of Roanoke and Mrs M Woodyard of Williamson traveled here for his care. Others mentioned include Ellie Miss Marie Barlow operated for appendicitis, Annie Reedy at St Luke's Hospital improving, and G F Strader moved to St Luke's in serious pneumonia case. Arch Sterne and family from Norton visiting. Stella Bailey of Rural Retreat visiting relatives. Edmunds and Stewart and Sutherland leaving on N and W storekeeping trip.
N. D. Maher, president of Norfolk and Western Railway, issued a statement to employees urging careful thought before striking against the government as represented by the labor board. A paragraph explaining the 1920 Transportation Act and ICC rate adjustments was omitted in publication.
Occupants of Bodell building on Federal street live with nervous strain after a slight movement in the north wall detected yesterday. Excavation for a five story structure by Leckie Realty Company caused undermining. Concrete piers brace the wall while a new concrete wall is prepared to carry the load. Work continues under R W Honaker supervision and no time is wasted on the brace.
Two bystanders in a truck saw three children drowning in a reservoir near Orange New Jersey. They stopped, jumped in, and saved the two who were in danger before resuming their trip. The incident highlights quick action by local passersby.
P T Fagan accepted President Harding's invitation to Washington for a July 1 meeting to discuss settlement methods for the coal strike. C J Golden of district No 1 said he would attend, stressing the miners will not concede to wage reductions and insisting the miners' cause is just.
Bruce Bielaski, the American kidnapped by Mexicans, escaped without ransom after arriving in Cuernavaca. Mexican unrest near Tampico had forced troop movements, with potential impact on the Cortes Oil Company incident and ongoing negotiations.
A Freeman's Journal message from Dublin received in London at 1:30 am reports ongoing fighting with no indication of any truce.
The restaurant emphasizes pastry quality as key to dinner approval. It asserts skilled pastry work elevates the meal and invites patrons to dine each Sunday for a superior experience.
Four men and three women were released on bond in Clarksburg W V after court appearance for the Gladys mine riot. Eleven other men were dismissed due to witness identification issues amid the interurban car attack that killed two miners. Bonds were set at 1000 dollars for four, 500 for three. The trial for three others was postponed to next Friday as their attorney was out of town. Charles J Van Fleet represented the union miners with Keeney and Reille present. Keeney postponed his promised statement about identifying the shooter until after consultation with an arriving Charleston attorney.
In St Louis a suspect named Herbert M. Rothery, sought since 1892 for escaping Marlborough prison in England, admits the theft of an $88 pin. He is also said to be wanted in Syracuse for a $7,500 bond jump and in Washington for a $3,500 bond jump, with prior escapes from Maryland Penitentiary and Fort Madison prison.
Detroit on June 27 report from New York committee with American Library Association cooperation aims to translate American titles for immigrants. Esther Johnston said a 1921 list of fifty titles guided the effort and 1922 focuses on translating into Yiddish to boost results.
Paris fashion observers predict hats will become larger as skirts lengthen, while in America shorter skirts may keep hats small. Telegraph aims to deliver results from Ada.
A local advertisement offers Madam Altreso a fortune teller and palm reader in Bluefield Virginia on the Graham trolley line near East Graham. It promises help with troubled families and love affairs and advises consulting her if life feels unhappy or friends turn against you.
Fargo June 28 Senator McCumber leads Lynn J. Frazier for the Republican Senate nomination while Governor Nestos leads over Baker and Stegner in North Dakota statewide primary returns. Early data shows McCumber with 4536 to 2366 and Nestos with 2377 to 960 for Baker.
A train wreck at Limerock left one known dead and over eighty injured. A relief train with doctors from Elkins Thomas Parsons and Hendricks rushed to aid victims who were taken to a temporary hospital at a nearby farm house. Western Maryland railroad police described a terrifically loud crash with a cloud of dust as prisoners aided in the rescue. Officials opened an investigation into the cause while a separate National Guard detachment was deployed at Thomas to restore order after local disturbances, with 102 miners arrested.
A passenger coach derailed at Limerock near Parsons when a wheel broke amid a miners march. one man, Tor Cormac, was killed and six others, including First Lieutenant John C. Plumb and Corporal W. E. Price, were seriously or moderately hurt. National Guard mobilized, 102 men arrested.
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