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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1923
Page
1
Local notices promote Stone Securities selling six lot blocks under a guarantee with staged payments and interest. Other items include real estate ads Bland street lots at $8,000, vegetable plant sale, auto painting, a laundry agency switch, a Masonic notice, and funeral service updates.
The University Summer School presents the third free lecture this afternoon at 4 in the auditorium of the College Avenue Methodist church. Dr Whitman T Barbe of West Virginia University, author of Famous Poems Explained and Going to College, is billed as a gifted orator and renowned author.
Former Bluefield standout Mike Vanoff faced Joe Hollander the Terrible Pole in a ten minute handicap bout at the Athletic Stadium. Vanoff earned $10 for surviving the full ten minutes and the ensuing twenty minute match ended in a draw. A big audience is expected Saturday at 7 30 for the Wrestle to the finish.
In Great Falls Montana on June 28 Jack Dempsey conducted a six round sparring session under a blazing sun. He demonstrated speed and power that impressed observers and his handlers said he is ready for challenger Tommy Gibbons.
The season’s comedy at Chautauqua centers on Joe Bascom and his friends as they chase romance and schemes with peaches and Mother Bascom’s famed jam guiding them through a tense crisis to a happy ending. Presented by a New York cast from the Redpath Bureau.
London June 25 Miss Dorothy Brandon delivers a dramatic lesson on chivalry in a new play featuring a lame heroine. She explains the play's aim to pool knowledge for relief of suffering and urges more gentlemanly behavior from women toward the disabled, noting women often cause more pain with idle curiosity.
Paul Boggess, brother of Mrs Russell Ritz of this city, died at his parents’ home in Alderson at 10 40 PM after a two week battle with typhoid fever. He had just turned eighteen and recently graduated from Alderson High School. Mr and Mrs Ritz and their children will drive there today for the funeral and burial.
The Daily Telegraph misstated Mrs. Hiram Weimer's parentage. She was the daughter of C. W. Thaxton rather than George M. Thaxton. George Otto Thaxton and Mrs. J. A. Broyles of 104 Reese Street are her half siblings. Her father had two marriages, his first wife dying in May 1890.
In Great Falls on June 28 reports say $50,000 of Jack Dempsey’s $100,000 final installment was secured by 2 p.m. from an unnamed donor with the rest to come before night. Mayor Jim Johnson and Jack Kearns discussed financing with banker Geo H. Stanton as promoters consider delaying the title bout to July 14.
Ferdinand Herbin who ran a chain of palatial gambling houses retires citing exhaustion from ongoing police opposition. The move ends a long chapter in London's gaming scene as authorities maintained pressure on illegal betting venues.
New York physicians warn golf is a strenuous mental game and men over fifty should not play more than eighteen holes in one day. The advice highlights age related stress and cognitive demand from the sport.
A wife received a letter from her husband indicating intent to commit suicide, but a month later she learned he was living with another woman, revealing a broken marriage and possible domestic distress.
Testimony describes a fatal shooting during a mountain sortie linked to Blizzard and miners union actions in Blair and Marmet. Prosecutors allege gun shipments and organized distribution by Blizzard through local managers to target Gore and others. Cross examinations focus on signatory authenticity and conspiracy claims as court adjourns amid continued testimony.
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