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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1926
Page
2
Multiple Bluefield and Mercer County notices advertise Georgia watermelons at 507 Federal St and 110 Bluefield Ave, sales, hardware and hardware tools, plant offerings, a housekeeper wanted, and a sidewalk improvement near First National Bank. Public notices include a missing pin reward, a post office rent enforcement, a prayer meeting, and police court brief items.
Milwaukee June 26 Thomas M Kearney Racine was enlisted by the state Democratic convention to seek the United States senate seat of Irvine EB Lenroot on a platform demanding submission of repeal of the eighteenth amendment to state constitutional conventions He said enforcement of the Volstead act through national agencies is a failure and noted youths evade the law while the old carry hip flasks
London reports Carl Laemile, the American film producer, treated for appendicitis in a London nursing home, with late night surgery unconfirmed by officials. Earlier dispatch noted his move to London from New York and a serious but not alarming health condition aboard the Berengaria.
The Bluefield city board passed a revised general license ordinance effective upon passage to align with state laws. A tentative budget sets a ninety eight cent tax rate per $100 assessed value, projecting $326,765.49 into the treasury for operating expenses next year.
Safety meeting for the Bluefield division of Appalachian Electric Power Company will be held this evening in the company offices at Raleigh and Commerce Streets. Principal speakers include Superintendent Wallace of Pocahontas Fuel Company and Thomas Stockdale district mine inspector Bramwell. Meeting directed by J P Gills division manager.
A coal mine explosion near Nanticoke killed three workers and injured two or more. Injured laborers were hospitalized at Nan state Hospital. Otto Leidberg, 42, of Hanover Green, survived with a widow and three children in Germany.
Spectators watched as fifteen ton steel girders for the new Ram Street Junior High project were moved from freight yards to the site. A railroad derrick and Virginia Bridge and Iron Company crews handled the sections, lifting them thirty feet, riveting together, then swinging them into place. One girder fell thirty feet without injuries or damage.
Point Peasant West Virginia June 29 A supposed murder mystery was cleared when county officers found Rush Hughes believed killed by Homer Woodall of Henderson near here Woodall said he found Hughes at his home and told officers details of the fight Woodall a river man suffered cuts on his hands from striking Hughes in the face during the early Tuesday morning fight Hughes hid in a field all day Monday and a blood trail led to the river
Fargo reports two Republican factions contesting state and national offices in a double primary. A special election aims to fill Senator Nye’s seat after Senator Ladd’s death, with Coolidge Republicans challenging Nye. In the regular primary, incumbent Governor A. G. Sorris faces A. C. Townley from the Non Partisan League.
New York June 29. Attorneys for Thomas J. Clougher, aide to a former city health official, who was convicted of taking bribes to permit Western milk and cream sales, withdrew appeals for stay of sentence to avoid a law change that would cut his good behavior credit from 480 to 300 days.
Henry Bowling and Mary Justice Bowling waived preliminary hearing for the murder of Frank Ratcliffe. They were bound over to the grand jury with bonds of 2500 dollars each. Bond status was unsettled late last evening as authorities awaited arrangements.
The Ellen Wright Circle of the Methodist Missionary Society met at Mrs. J W Walker's home with Mrs H P Mitchell as leader. New members J D Davis and C C M Woodward joined. finances paid up. plans to entertain other circles and their husbands were approved. Agnes Stewart Circle met at Mrs H B White's home with six members. Sarah Key Circle gathered at Mrs Jimmie Newman's with four members present. Road matters drag on as engineers revisit Keystone and Clark route questions, urging action to secure the road.
A powerful quake in Central Sumatra yesterday left more than 100 dead in Padang. Most buildings were wrecked and rescue crews, including a European who died saving a child, are among the victims.
People returned home and attended errands in Bluefield Welch and Williamson. Guests included J. Bailey Richardson and wife from Clinton Tennessee and Rev S H Austin with party en route to Faraday for a revival in a new tent donated by James Elwood Jones.
First Sister Island opposite Warwood along the Wheeling riverfront has been purchased by the Ohio River Gravel Company of Parkersburg. A dredge boat began eroding its banks and removal will take several years as the island measures about 1/8 mile long and 200 feet wide.
Cleveland report says two men and a girl, exhausted by hunger, were rescued by coast guards during a Lake Erie storm in a 35 foot sailing boat that had been afloat since Sunday. Heat and storm deaths in Warren and Toledo, with widespread property damage across northwestern Ohio.
The Howitzer Company of the 150th Infantry West Virginia National Guard based in Bluefield plans to march in a city parade on Monday July 5 in honor of a national holiday. Captain Nelson orders the gun crews to stand ready to fire a forty eight gun salute on arrival at the fairgrounds and to join in all military features including the retreat. The pay master will be at the armory around 8 30 am and the American Legion promises a cat at the end of the march. The unit, federally recognized only seven months ago, aims to represent Bluefield proudly in Camp Kanawha in August with a second company.
J Hadley Scott was installed as head of the Lions Club amid an enthusiastic reception by members and guests. Retiring officers and directors included Herbert D. May.
Incoming officers and four associates of the Bluefield Lions Club include Jadkey Scott James E Mann Walter V Ross A J Stewart G Robert Lowder William Otey Frank Rodefer W Bass Perkins Jos M Sanders Herbert D May Franch H Easley K Scott Hale Sam C Douglas Directors. The four year old club has staged many social affairs but last evening’s event was the most charming with a cordial reception and continuous delightful entertainment.
Philadelphia June 29 The Annual Education Association session nominates officers and discusses adjusting school courses for individual differences Dr Francis C Blair state superintendent Springfield and Dr Uel W Lamkin president Northwest Missouri Teachers College Maryville MO were nominated for president with election set for Thursday Henry Lester Smith BI Ind was re elected treasurer without opposition Twelve nominations for vice president reported
Donald M. Ferguson aged nineteen, who planned to wed tonight, confessed to beating to death Esther A. Frost, a Lowell variety store proprietor, to steal $4.60 for his marriage. He was held without bail on a murder charge.
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