Society News Highlights From Mrs V B Harvey Event
Society column notes Mrs V 8 Harvey served as the evening’s main diversion with guests attending. Lights were served for the affair as part of the page five continuation.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1925
Page
19
Society column notes Mrs V 8 Harvey served as the evening’s main diversion with guests attending. Lights were served for the affair as part of the page five continuation.
A nine-pound girl was born to Mr and Mrs Ray Belcher at Glenwood Park. The YWCA sewing class, meeting Tuesday, was so popular that another session is planned for Friday. Interested participants should call Mrs Hoge Mason at 434.
Rabbi Joseph Marcus trips to New York and Washington. Several residents report illnesses shopping and visits. Pauline McIntosh and Mrs. McNeer from Princeton seen in town. Nona Boyd leaves for Union West Virginia. Several locals attend medical care, hospital work, and family visits. Residents from Bluefield, Princeton, and Charleston are noted.
New York bankers and railroad men see a step in creating a sprawling southern system led by Southern Pacific. Rock Island gains control of the Cotton Belt lines, boosting traffic links to Fort Worth Shreveport and Louis. Officials declined comment while unofficial Rock Island sources suggest limited expansion beyond this. The Cotton Belt stake largely comes via 50 000 preferred shares tied to Keawin Gould.
Pittsburg police arrest thirty five year old Felix Fugate of Huntington West Virginia on a larceny warrant from Huntington. He allegedly obtained two thousand dollars from W J Jenkins and was lodged at the station as Huntington authorities were notified. Poultry embargo lifted in six states with Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Connecticut and Wisconsin cleared for shipments. Iowa Illinois Indiana Pennsylvania New Jersey and Ohio remain restricted.
W H Hunt announced he has closed a contract with Homer Collins to remove Floyd Collins body from Sand Cave. He plans to begin rescue work about April 1. The announcement comes from Central City Kentucky with details of past rescue efforts and the cave incident.
Miss Grace Owen, daughter of the late W. T. Owen of Earl Street, was struck by a car on Thomas Street driven by Gordon Dick of Vineyard Street. Taken to Bluefield Sanitarium, injuries described as a fractured wrist and a slight head cut. driver not blamed. Dick, a Beaver High School Springtime cast member, aided the injured and rushed her to the hospital.
Autopsies performed in Ridgeway Ontario fail to determine cause of death for Mrs. Rose C. Kahn and Norman Mack found dead in Mack's Fort Erie home. Organs sent to Toronto labs. results require about three weeks. Coroner Stackhouse plans a jury and delays proceedings until April 2. Authorities consider ptomaine poisoning but keep open murder or suicide theories.
Two inmates in Franklin County jail shaved off three months of beard using fragments from an old razor found in a cell. The sheriff’s inspection revealed the makeshift razor and led to questions about jail safety and policy.
Arthur H. Boyd 42 shot and slightly wounded Mrs C E Thorne then killed himself after a previous divorce and restraining order. He and wife had lived in Keyser and Stevens City area. Boyd reportedly threatened to kill himself and their son if she did not return. Boyd to be taken to North An W Va for trial.
Austin Texas March 12 legislative amnesty for James E Ferguson ouster for governor was completed as the house finally passed the Woodward bill restoring his civil rights from the 1917 impeachment judgment. The bill has cleared the senate and goes to Governor Miriam A Ferguson who is expected to sign after James E Ferguson returns from Haskell Texas for his sister’s funeral.
Albuquerque dispatch reports manager Jack Kearns says talks are under way for a June title fight between Jack Dempsey and Martin Burke. Kearns notes Dempsey plans three or four bouts next summer with possible opponents Wills Gibbons Renault Bob Roper and Burke. Dempsey is training steadily after marriage and can take a 30 day notice bout.
Dick Conlon of Altoona won a decision over Jimmy Kady of Detroit in a slow ten round boxing match at Wickesport tonight.
Lansing March 12 The Michigan lower house defeated the capital punishment bill by a 54 to 46 vote. The measure has not yet been considered by the senate.
Medina Ohio March 12 A prosecutor says a mysterious poisoning strike on Fred Gienke and family near Olmsted Falls, killing his wife and later his son, sickening three children, prompts sending coffee samples to Elyria for analysis. The motive is unclear.
Washington reports that the Senate approved a unanimous consent plan to vote by 3 p m tomorrow on the twenty year old Isle of Pines sovereignty treaty with Cuba. Senator Copeland’s filibuster ended after eight hours, followed by brief remarks from Senator Shipstead and others as debate moves toward a final vote.
The Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co sent over one hundred thousand surveys to women who used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Among replies from diverse backgrounds 98.6 percent said they had been helped and relieved of ailments.
While poring over records, Senator Copeland declares his fight on principle to protect citizen rights on the island and concedes the treaty, pending for over twenty years, would be ratified only if brought to a vote.
President Coolidge accepted the credentials of Baron Ago Von Maltzan as Germany’s ambassador in Washington. He praised Germany’s path to prosperity and peace and paid tribute to the late German president Ebert during the ceremony at the White House.
Pittsburg March 12 Charles R Mc Kenna and Joseph Joyce two of seven men on trial before Judge Thomas D Carnahan charged with crimes the court heard they had tried all they could to avoid bloodshed as proceedings began.
Testimony in the 1923 Carnegie disturbances shows residents and Ku Klux Klansmen claiming deputy sheriffs asked for help to prevent bloodshed on August 25. J. J. Dillon, a former deputy, testified he deputized McKenna Joyce and Timothy O'Donnell as trouble loomed. Defense case expected to end tomorrow.
Advertising copy promises rapid eczema relief after using Korene wash mornings and nights. The offer claims a six ounce bottle for 60 cents and a money back guarantee if itching persists, touting easy use and speedy action.
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