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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1925
Page
1
Coal company price list offers Red Ash and Mine Run coal with cash and phone orders. Trade and sale notices include furniture deals, real estate notes, and an auction of autos. A Mooreheart lecture is announced at Grace M. E. church with plans for community attendance. An Oakland touring car was stolen from Bluefield College grounds and police were notified.
Alfred J Akers at Freeman dies after pneumonia at age seventy two. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs Colby Cline of Freeman and Mrs Mandy Shockley of Cripple Creek and son Andrew Akers of Upland. Four brothers and one sister also survive. Remains to Bluefield by train then to Cripple Creek for interment Sunday at 3 PM.
Fire of unknown origin consumed the acid plant and office building in Galax Virginia owned by Trice Yancey. Estimated damage is 75000 dollars with partial insurance and about twenty five workers affected. The plant produced tannic acid using chestnut wood and was recently purchased two months prior from Yancey Textract Company.
The American Legion presented its second and final production The Jollies of 1926 at the Colonial Theatre drawing over 3 000 patrons to a sold out show. The Bluefield Post calls it the most successful production yet, with enthusiastic reception, encores, and a post performance banquet attended by most cast members.
One of the daintiest dances in Springtime will be performed this evening at the high school auditorium and repeated tomorrow. The opening chorus I Could Be Happy With One Little Boy features Misses Francesco Nancy Stone Pau line Newland Catherine Smoot Kathleen Spangler Louise Lambert Bernice Yearout Mable Tabor and several m en. Tickets available at Hassey Penn Drug Co after 1 p.m. The matinee for adults and children is at three this afternoon. The production is expected to surpass previous high school shows.
Two large illicit distilleries were cut up Thursday in Mercer county by Sheriff G. H. Crumpecker and deputies. One still was found at FE Meadows farm in Camp Creek district around 11 am, Meadows taken to Princeton. A second still near the same capacity was seized last evening about 7 pm in Camp Creek, moved about twelve miles from the Meadows farm. The second still was thought to be on Lawson Martin’s farm but Martin claimed it was at least 200 yards off his property. Investigations to continue today on land where the stills stood. Assisted by Deputy Sheriff Will Reynolds and Mosby of Matoka and L. Bielder of Princeton.
Local automobile dealers are urged to attend a meeting to be held tonight. The gathering aims to discuss market conditions, dealer cooperation, and upcoming promotional activities in the city.
The body of Frank P. Flanagan, died in Miami on March 10 after an appendicitis operation, will arrive in Roanoke for 4:20 pm services. Born Eckman West Virginia September 15 1897 he studied at Catholic University and Lehigh University later working in West Virginia and Kentucky. He is survived by four sisters two brothers and a son. Funeral at St Andrew's Catholic Church Saturday at 10 am with interment in the church cemetery.
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