Local notices mix coal ads and obits in Bluefield page
Coal firms advertise low prices and weighing by the ton with contact numbers. Obituary notices for J J Farley funeral services planned at Memorial Baptist Bluefield with Masons organizing. Local creminal and liquor case notes include Sam Williams charged and Joe Burks defendants fined. Minor birth announced Mildred June daughter of Dr B Harden.
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J. J. Farley
Memorial Baptist Church
Bluefield
Harman Lodge
A. F
A. M
Bluefield Lodge
W. M. L. M. Carper
Local Man Fined for Reckless Driving and Resistance
A. Williams, just returned from Indianapolis on a non support charge, was charged with reckless driving and resisting arrest by Patrolman Bond. Williams allegedly took a car and drove it through city streets, failed to halt when ordered, and was caught after a pursuit. He received fines of 25 dollars for reckless driving and 10 dollars for resisting arrest in police court.
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A. Williams
Indianapolis
Ind
Williams
One Escapee Captured in McDowell County
Bascomb Boone, one of two federal prisoners who fled last Saturday, was captured at Twin Branch by City Police Captain R. C. Carter. Officers tracked him after learning he was in the area, then recovered him after a mountain pursuit. They expect to seize the second escapee soon.
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Bascomb Boone
Twin Branch
McDowell County
R. C. Carter
Boone
Bluefield
Captain Carter
Order for Arrest Issued for French Boxer Mascart
New York June 29 A Supreme Court Justice Benedict issued an arrest order for Edouard Mascart featherweight champion of France at the request of Coney Island Stadium promoters They charged Mascart planned to sail to France while under contract to fight Babe Herman of California at the stadium tomorrow night Mascart had sought to cancel the Herman bout claiming an injured hand but a physician found no injury and the petition was denied
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New York
Edouard Mascart
France
Supreme Court
Benedict
Coney Island
Mascart
Sovte
Babe Herman
California
State Boxing Commission
Herman
Commission
No Progress Report On Carnegie Trust Probe
Charles H. Graff and a team from the state banking department examined Carnegie Trust Company in Pittsburg. Deputy Bank Examiner F. W. Jackson and others conferred, but officials released no progress details as of June 29.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Trust Company
Charles H. Graff
State Banking Department
Pinchot
Harrisburg
Graff
F. W. Jackson
Chas. G. McGovern
F. I. Golmar
W. L. McGee
Philadelphia
Stribling Beats Gorman In Ten Round Decision
William L. Youn StintNag of Atlanta defeated Bud Gorman of Fox River Valley in a light heavyweight bout by a judges decision after ten rounds in Detroit. The verdict drew an unpopular reaction from spectators.
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Stribling
Gorman
Detroit
William L. (Youn) StintNag
Atlanta
Bud Gorman
Fox River Valley
Wis
Kiwanis Pushes Civic Duty in 1925 Campaign
Bluefield Kiwanis Club forms committees for municipal election outreach with the slogan Vote For Who You Please But Vote. President Kendrick notes mixed candidate views while stressing universal franchise and active citizenship. Reports include international convention notes and community welfare efforts by the underprivileged child committee.
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Kiwanis International
Bluefeld Kiwanis Club
Kendrick
Sidies
Kiwanis
St. Paul
Minn
K. C. Patty
Virginia
Patty
Ben H. Wiliams
Pete Alexander
Louis D.more
Bluefield
Twenty-One Men Ordered From Pomeroy
Charleston West Virginia men suspected of being non union miners were ordered to leave Pomeroy by Common Pleas Judge A P Miller to prevent possible disorder amid a mine situation. Five men arrived today and sixteen last night. The Stalter Essex Coal Company operates a mine without authorized union labor. A county grand jury began session to probe a recently burned mine power house and tipple. Deputy sheriffs patrolled the streets as Judge Miller scheduled arguments on a petition to make permanent an injunction against union picketing.
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Pomeroy
Charleston
W. Va
Common Pleas
A. P. Miller
Miller
Stalter-Essex Coal Company
Washington Briefs Highlight Army Budget Call and Mail Bids
Acting Secretary Davis urged economy for the army and asked for bids to extend the air mail service. A forecasted enforcement initiative was mentioned in the day’s notices.
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Davis
Army
Brakeman Killed in Mine Gun Fight at Simmons
John Crouse a white brakeman for Mill Creek Coal Company was killed late Saturday night in a gun fight at Simmons. Odell Humphreys a Black man is in jail at Bramwell as investigation continues. Joe Brown, Crouse’s brother‑in‑law and eyewitness, says he knows nothing of the altercation or shooter.
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John Crouse
Mill Creek Coal Company
Simmons
Odell Humphreys
Bramwell
Joe Brown
Crouse
Brown
New York Divorce Case Details Alleged Infidelities
Testimony in the Ida May Symington divorce case aimed to support her denial of infidelity allegations by her husband Thomas H. Symington. Mrs. Pinkham, the defendant’s mother, swore she was with Mrs. Symington nightly during their Florida move and signed papers about an illegitimate birth under a misapprehension. Witnesses claimed the documents concerned adoption or the welfare of the boy, with inconsistencies about location and parentage, while Mrs. Symington remained composed through the session.
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New York
Ida May Symington
Thomas H. Symington
Supreme Court
Margaret Pinkham
Symington
Florida
Dorchchester
Roxbury
Mass
Convicts to Begin Road Work on Moundsville to Cameron Route
Convicts from the West Virginia penitentiary will start road construction tomorrow under the state road commission and board of control. The Moundsville Cameron highway is the first project for prison labor, with six miles to be graded and surfaced this year to complete the link in the north south highway. Former State Senator Walter F Burgess of Marshall County will direct the camp and work, chosen by the road commission and board of control. Prisoners began transferring from the penitentiary this afternoon, with over seventy five expected by morning.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginian
State Road Commission
Board of Control
Gore
Moundsville-Cameron
Walter F. Burgess
Marshall County
Road Commission
Burgess
Cuticura Heals Year-Long Face Pimples Claims
Miss Fannie Lee Jones of Kentucky reports a year of facial pimples causing itching burning and disfigurement. After five to six Cuticura Seep and Gheteaena treatments she found relief and, using four boxes of Cuticura Ointment and four cakes of Cuticura Soap, was completely healed.
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Fannie Lee Jones
Road crew prepares hill side dig at Marshall county
Steam shovels and essential machinery are moved onto the Marshall county project as the road commission initiates digging into the hillside. Local officials expect rapid progress and heightened construction activity in the coming weeks.
Montana earthquake damage assessment nets under five hundred thousand
Reports from several towns in Montana indicate total property damage from recent shocks unlikely to exceed 500000. Missoula county jail cracks widened seven inches while lines of Great Northern and Milwaukee railways began reopening with some tracks still blocked by landslides. Nearby, Chief Mountain area in the Teton forest shows cracking amid tremors raising fears for the Gros Ventre river basin.
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Helena
Mont
Santa Barbara
Montana
Great Falls
Billings
Boseman
Logan
Three Forks
Manhattan
Missoula
Great Northern Railway
Epen
Chicago
Milwaukee and
Rocky Mountain States
Gros Ventre
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Allentreet Coal Company
Coal Company
Service Coal Company
Standard Fuel 7 Supply Company
Slereer Coal and Supply Co
Raven
Red Ash
Twin City Coal Co
Slenwood Park
Georgia
New N. & W
Mercer Lodge
Harmon Lodge No
Norman McDowell
Learance
Weinberg
Telegraph
Asyyium Cauaht
John Estes
Marion
Pace
Estes
Llauer
Joe Burks
Lawrence Hillman
Thomas Kelly
Scott Street
Burks
Hillan
Kelly
Hillman
New Arriva
Ses Thre
B. Harden
Bd Street
Mildred June
Stewart St
Altamont
J. B. Eades
Osteopathic
Harry L. Greenspon
Sdeas
Peery Building
the Joyce Co., Jew Ote West Pasties Bidg
West Virginia
Biand &T
Mercer Funeral Home
Bland Street
Modern Funeral Establishment
R. L. Morris
Bluefield, W.va
Abrams
Coal & Coke
Res
United Shoe Repairing Corporation
Posite Postoffice
Brad
Kiwanis Club
Washington
Brakeman
Monndeville-Cameron
Mangus-Phillips Shoe Co
Princeton Ave
Wm. C. Turner
Business College
Turner & Turner
Fidelity Realty Corp
Lee-Hy Court Corp
Rosewood Park Corp
Hancock Dry Goods Co, Inc
See'y Alburn Coal Corp
See'y Treas. Ponce de Leon Hotel, Inc
Riverdale Farm Corp
Jely
Roanoke
Bland and
Raleigh Streets
Victs
The
Foster Memorial Home
Huntington, W. VA
Ada van Ness
Huntington
Dominick
United Market
Federal ST
Flat Top National Bank
N. E. Rierson
Princeton Avenue
Goodykoontz Drug CO
Three Good Drug Stores
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Division of Standards
East End Pharmacy
Princeton Avenus
Fairview Pharmacy
South Sts
Clue Elston
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