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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1925
Page
1
A long reading lists coal dealers and prices with multiple ads for aids and services plus several real estate lots for sale on paved streets. Notices include company changes, vacancies, and community events. It reports on accidents, public notices, and local business updates with names of people and firms across the region.
Reports say Berwinda on Arbfickle Creek will open lake season at least thirty days earlier than last year due to warm February weather. Ice is breaking up rapidly and by April 1 coal will be unloaded at Toledo ports. John T. Wilson of this city, active in McDowell county coal mines and Tug River Coal Operators Association treasurer, and wife Mrs Wilson, enjoy a winter vacation in Cuba and may return by April 1 unless anger over the Pittasburg-Ohio Lake cargo case spurs a chartered airplane trip to Miami. In local dining news the Sea Food Store at 499 Raleigh Street offers roe shad, sliced halibut, fresh oysters and more with free dressing.
The Washington diplomatic landmarks are vanishing as embassies move and buildings are repurposed. The British embassy from its Victorian home moves near the naval observatory, while the Austro Hungarian site becomes a dyeing shop. Other embassies shift, new legations rise, and historic homes like Mrs. Surratt’s house now host a radio shop.
A garbled listing details Bluefield Fire Department fire alarm stations with numerous street corners and cross streets. The fragment mentions multiple intersections including Bluefield Avenue Mercer Street Spruce Street Jefferson Street and College Avenue with varying nearby landmarks and telephones.
Bishop Murray of the Southern M E Church dies aged in his 80s. Born 1883 in Dickensonville he studied at Southern University Greensboro and earned honorary LL D from Wofford College and D D from Centenary College. He preached since 1876, joined North Mississippi conference, married Beulah Fitzgerald in 1891, and is survived by a son.
Miss Della Olinger died at midnight Wednesday at the home of her parents in Blacksburg Virginia. She was a sister of Miss Mary Sue Olinger Dave and H J Olinger of this city and had visited Bluefield often. Her sister and brother traveled to Blacksburg upon word of her critical illness and she died shortly after. Funeral and burial are to be held in Blacksburg today.
The Republican Senate conference selected Senator Moses of New Hampshire as president pro tempore to succeed Cummins of Iowa. The party also chose Senator Curtis of Kansas as floor leader, Senator Watson of Indiana as vice chairman, and Senator Wadsworth of New York as secretary. The House Republicans planned not to reappoint Rep Freer of Wisconsin to the Ways and Means Committee amid La Follette bloc concerns.
J G Akers former Mercer county deputy sheriff now with Bluefield Water Works was badly injured when the car skidded and overturned near the Ada pumping station. He suffered multiple rib injuries and was taken to St Luke's Hospital in Bluefield as the other occupant escaped uninjured. Plans for a new $500,000 passenger station in Youngstown were announced.
D. R. Mos Bain assistant manager of the New York Central lines west of Buttato said construction will start once the city approves the plans. He announced the plans today, outlining the scope and timing of the project.
Noah Mullens aged thirty four of Avondale was killed Thursday while walking on the Norfolk and Western railroad yards at Williamson. He was with two men as eastbound train No. 8 struck the area. his companions pulled clear. The railroad company learned Mullens' home address only late yesterday. It is believed a brother worked in Bitter Lumber Company camps on the Dry Fork branch. he had not been located by nightfall.
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