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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1925
Page
10
A mix of coal, hardware and service ads announce coal loads and prices from multiple companies, a trade request for an auto, a home lot offer, a warning about debts by a spouse, an upcoming Moose lecture, several auctions and sales of vehicles and notes, plus local services and a stolen Oakland touring car report. The items reflect brisk classifieds across Bluefield area commerce and community events.
Alfred J. Akers aged 72 died at his Freeman home after pneumonia set in a week ago. Born in Cripple Creek Virginia, he lived in Freeman for five years and is survived by his wife two daughters Mrs. Colby Cine and Mrs. Mandy Shockley a son Andrew Akers four brothers and a sister. Remains to Bluefield and Cripple Creek for interment Sunday at 3.
Fire of unknown origin leveled the acid plant owned by Trice Yancey in Galax Virginia on Wednesday night. The main leech house and office building burned to the ground, totaling about 75000 dollars in losses with some lumber saved nearby. The plant employed about twenty five workers and was operating at partial capacity manufacturing tannic acid from chestnut wood. Yancey had bought the plant two months prior from Yancey Extract Company and planned to resume full operation soon.
The American Legion at Colonial Theatre presented its second and final production The Jollies of 1925 to a capacity audience with over 3000 patrons praising the show. The Legion’s 1926 edition is noted as the most successful yet, with the cast receiving loud applause and encores. The post banquet followed, with nearly all cast members attending. An unrelated blurb mentions two Swiss women judges and a satirical note about judging women.
The high school auditorium hosts Springtime this evening with a dance by the maids of honor best men and Tom to Four Little Boys and Four Little Girls. The opening chorus to I Could Be Happy With One Little Boy is led by Frances Jones Nancy Stone Pauline Newland Catherine Smeet Kathleen Spangler Louise Lambert Bernice Yearout Mable Tabor and others. Moxie Turk George Garrett Carroll Coen Earle Nichols Dennis Wickham Andrew Armentrout Amery Alvis Roland Lazenby. Tickets from 1 p.m. at the Leysley Penn Drug Co and at the door for the 8 p.m. show. A matinee for school children is at 3 this afternoon. The production is expected to surpass prior shows.
Sheriff G H Crumpecker and deputies recovered two large stills in Camp Creek near E B Meadows farm and Lawson Martin land. Meadows was taken to Princeton after the first seizure around 11 am. A second 6 pm capture occurred farther from Meadows, with investigators planning further land checks. Assisting officers were Will Reynilds, Mosby, and L B Fielder.
Local automobile dealers are urged to attend a meeting to be held tonight at the usual venue. The gathering aims to discuss industry issues and upcoming events affecting members.
The body of Frank P. Flanagan will arrive in Roanoke today at 4 20 p m. He died in Miami on Tuesday March 10 after an appendicitis operation. Born September 15 1897 in Eckman West Virginia he later moved to Roanoke and earned civil and mining engineering degrees from Lehigh University. He was in West Virginia and Kentucky work when he died.
Friday at 7 30 p m in the S J Kell show room Bland street James A Dyson of Wheeling secretary of the West Virginia Automobile Dealers Association will be present and some matters of great importance to the trade will be discussed Your luck may be bad but in Des nes la a woman has taught school for fifty eight years
Funeral services for a Fuller Contract Company employee in Miami were held at St. Andrew's Catholic Church. He is survived by one son F. P. Flanagan, Jr., his wife predeceased him in 1922, and four sisters and two brothers including Mrs. Heazel of Asheville and Mrs. Phillips of Bluefield. Interment followed at St. Andrew's cemetery.
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