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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1925
Page
2
Bluefield notices advertise Mercer Coal Co service and prices, Raven coal, and various fuel sellers. Also features ads for clothing shops, a banking pump, a dental office, a private sale of bankrupt goods, and educational offerings in Bluefield with locals like W H Cunningham and Dr W H Washington.
Sligma Alpha Epsilon members within thirty miles of Bluefield urged to send names for a Founders Day banquet on March 9. Bay Brock is listed. T. R. Smoot left for St. Louis last night and was joined by Sar Bell in Welch to buy opening stock from Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co. for a large department store. For Rent two rooms and private bath in South Bluefield. Christian Endeavor asks how many friends you have and features a talk on friendship at Westminister Church. Elizabeth Shirey leads a 6:46 p.m. meeting. A French Hat Shoppe advertises new hosiery shades. A new fish market opening on Federal Street opposite the post office, with cash prices on coal at Red Ash and Poca. Dry Sunday Club meets at 2:30 p.m. in Hamilton Hall, Bland Street church. Willeway electric project near completion on Bland Street. Progress on city auditorium plaster work. opening of the new municipal building pending move of city officials and police. Bluefield to open bids Tuesday for Ange Street paving and Hill Avenue grading funded by the state.
A historical note on Peerless Six models stresses that true riding comfort depends on coordinated factors beyond long springs and balanced weight. It cites scientifically determined wheelbase, cushion-like springs, extra large shackle bolts, and front rear shock absorbers as standard, with all passengers seated in relaxed, natural positions for easy steering and gear work.
Seward Alaska February 20 Prospector R Smith and Sidney Old discover a volcano thirty miles north of An fak ehak Bay on the Alaska Peninsula. The crater named Aniakohak sits on the river Walug inside its walls. Rim is circular six mile diameter with a summit rising 1000 to 1500 feet above the crater floor. Inside, one cone rises about 1000 feet, plus several smaller cones and a gorge channels the river. A lazy doctor jawled Dr Percy Blackman jailed for refusing to break his night’s rest to attend a dying patient.
A partial OCR fragment references a house form cost of 87 cents and mentions Henry Mack for a local foundation or effort. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
A cashier, H. E. Clark of the First National Bank of Matoaka, faces a $26,000 bond after a federal warrant. he denies plans of suicide and blames himself for bank irregularities. He awaits bond approval at Welch while relatives visit. eight months of stress and insurance coverage color the case. A second feature describes Britain’s Wembley World Exhibition plans showing imperial exhibits and global trade themes.
Owen Kelley, longtime Appalachian Power Company employee and Bluefield resident, died at Bluefield Sanitarium from complications after a stroke three weeks earlier. He was 45, survived by wife and two sons Ian 18 Roy 14, plus several brothers and sisters. Funeral at Sand Lick church Monday at 11 am, burial at Sand Lick. The funeral party leaves Bluefield at 9:46 am by automobile.
Moscow reports rising alcohol consumption among women and children in Russia while men drink less. Home brewed vodka dominates, and officials consider limited legal sale of vodka up to 30 percent alcohol. President Sainin cautions against higher sanctions, noting continued secret production by peasants and individuals like Mrs. B. H. Crockett in Maryland.
In Columbia Falls Montana on February 23 a deer escaped death in a river ice floe incident and then was fatally struck by a passing Great Northern railway train near Glacier Park. Foreman Mike Kelliher recounts the dash from the river toward shore where the animal was killed as a locomotive approached.
Chicago February 28 press report outlines three investigations into the death of William N McClintock an orphan whose foster father William D Shephard was the will’s chief beneficiary. Postmortem indicates typhoid as the cause and inquiries seek health department records to identify physicians and others tied to typhoid cultures over the past three years.
The investigation will extend to research laboratories where staff will be asked to explain the purpose for which the bacilli were used and what became of them. Officials aim to establish the sequence of events and accountability in the matter.
About $500 damage was caused around 11 46 tonight when the wheelhouse hit the Cortright Corner Collierie mine four miles from Clarkaburg. The mine employs about 100 men and had been operating regularly. The blast was blamed on unknown parties and no arrests were reported.
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