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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1925
Page
9
A collage of local business notices lists coal prices and suppliers, shoe and hats shops, an auction sale, property rent, barber services, and seafood arrivals. Mentions Raven Red and Pocahontas coal, West Virginia items, and Bluefield addresses with phone numbers for each provider.
For sale. Lots available with $10 down and $10 monthly payments. Also note two separate fire alarms answered within 15 minutes: a Beechwood avenue brush pile blaze and an incident at Presto Pressing Shop on Federal street and Princeton avenue due to escaping steam. Firefighters also responded to box 418 Blam street and Oakhurst avenue. A ladies wristwatch was found and can be claimed by the owner with proper description by contacting the Chief of the Police.
M. L. Oglesby of New York representing the Bureau of Explosives gave an illustrated talk to the Bluefield Better Terminal Association at the Masonic Temple. He stressed strict adherence to bureau rules for both transporters and individuals and showed charts on rising property and loss of life, urging extra precautions to keep fire from flammable materials. He announced a lecture at Norton, Virginia, tonight.
A telegram reports the death of W R Hansel longtime head cutter for United Woolen Mills. He died Sunday night in Parkersburg where he lived since the mill entered the business world. He had recently retired and the company will close briefly this afternoon in his honor.
The Dutch registered steamship Aalsum arrived at Quarantine today with damaged portside plating after a collision last night with the U S shipping board steamer Dannedaike twenty five miles south of Nantucket. The Aalsum, en route from Hull to New York, proceeded under its own steam. the Dannedaike was sailing from Pensacola Florida to Boston.
J. F. Bingman was assigned to the Cumberland Maryland pastorate at the closing session of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical church in Cumberland.
William C Hardy known as the barbecue man draws crowds when he leads barbecues in Kelford, North Carolina. He endorses Black Draught as a reliable medicine for flu recovery digestive relief and general health maintenance noting its calming effect on constipation and bilious headaches.
Bluefield Kiwanis Club heard Rev. Warner H. DuBose urge confidence and character building from Nehemiah as Bluefield's youth and city progress, with road plans and a $30,000 church loan. A Purim service at the synagogue featured school programs, Purim plays, poems, and candy distribution with continued events at the Matz Hotel for students.
Four teen years old Sonny Willis surrendered to juvenile authorities on a murder charge after his attorney claimed he killed Dr. Benjamin Hardwin and implicated his mother Margaret Willis who faces life imprisonment. Harold’s claimed confession sparked questions from the district attorney about its credibility.
The United States government files suit in federal court in Los Angeles for 904565.52 claiming income taxes due for 1919 from E. L. Doheny oil magnate his son wife two directors at his companies and two concerns including Doheny Pacific Petroleum and Petroleum Securities Company.
The article reports the death of a former Bluefield resident killed at Tralee. Survivors include Mrs. C F Shelton and Miss Lara Lawson of Bluefield and Estill Lawson of Tralee. Funeral arrangements set for Grace Methodist Church with Mason, Knights of Pythias, and Elks orders.
Stocks of corn on farms as of March 1 totaled 501.609 million bushels, the smallest on that date since 1917. Since 1898 only one year, 1902, has lower figures, while the 1924 crop yielded 2.437 billion bushels, 611.7 million less than 1923, with 66.3 percent merchantable versus 80.8 percent in 1923. High wheat prices are blamed for lean wheat stocks as well.
A New York report notes a raid on a meeting held to protest alleged persecution for opinions in multiple European countries. The event involved committee members and aimed to draw attention to political prisoners.
Mrs Jesse Lenox of 101 N Payson St endorses Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as the best medicine to regulate stomach liver and bowels. The ad promotes pellets as a laxative and remedy for biliousness and bilious headaches. It invites readers to obtain pellets at neighborhood drug stores or write to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Sainte Marie New York for free advice.
Police halted a gathering under the International Committee for Political Prisoners atmosphere. About 1,500 attendees were driven into the streets after a debate over freedom of speech in Soviet Russia.
The Cunard liner Caronia docked in New York with over 700 passengers, many of them Irish, who left Ireland to escape crop failures in the west. John O Meara of Limerick, a noted meat packer, is aboard.
Ronia asserted that potato crops in the west were a total failure leading to insufficient food for the people.
Mrs. Cook suffered long with gas on the stomach and nervousness and shortness of breath until Adherika provided relief. The ad claims Adherika eases gas unless due to deep seated causes and acts as an excellent intestinal evacuant and constipation remedy often working in one hour without griping. Sold by The White Pharmacy and Central Pharmacy in Princeton through Rice Drug Co.
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