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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1925
Page
10
Douglas Fairbanks stars in The Thief of Bagdad a glorious fantasy based on Arabian Nights. The film features a winged horse magic carpet and endless wonders that critics hail as extraordinary and nearly impossible to depict on screen.
News reports coal production in Southern West Virginia will improve by the third week in April as mines reach steady operation. Growth is tied to depleted stored supply and reduced operator output during prior months and will fill manufacturing and domestic demand. Scoring of Bluefield colored citizens underway with church involvement and state workers aiding at John Stewart Memorial church.
West Union Ohio resident James McClelland, 80, praises Black-Draught after fifteen years of use for indigestion liver trouble and constipation. His son H C McClelland, 4, keeps the remedy like groceries, using it for various liver related ailments and recommending it to neighbors. For indigestion biliousness and constipation from torpid liver, take Black Draught.
The article covers a Wakefield WV extension meeting with Rev T G Howard and WVU representatives outlining committee instructions. It notes afternoon community scoring progress, remarks by Net T Frame, evening program speakers including Dr C A Rogers and Prof J L Hill, and a Scott Street church venue for today’s public meetings with President R P Sins of Bluefield Institute as main speaker. Basketball game set for Wednesday between Bluefield Colored Institute Alumni and Elkhorn’s Egelloc team.
Chicago report states Dr. James P. Simonds of Northwestern examined Dr. Oscar Olson and Mrs. Emily Mc Clintock, finding marked chronic disease of the heart in both. Exhumations and poison tests follow as part of the McClintock case tied to William Shepherd and Judge Harry Olson. A subpoena seeks Miss Luella Rheabell over alleged typhoid germ claims in Fairman affair.
Charles H. Duell, motion picture producer, testified in federal court that he became unofficially engaged to star Lillian Gish in June 1923 and officially in January 1924. He said the unofficial engagement followed his separation from his wife, and the public announcement of the official engagement came after Paris divorce.
Duell testified that a particular advantage to the screen star involved permitting her to marry if her husband did interfere with her work. The remark highlighted tensions between personal life and professional obligations in the case.
The Rev. Claudius F. Smith preached at Christ Episcopal church on The Mind of Christ from 1 Corinthians 2 16. He delivered a clear forceful exegesis drawing strong attention from Bluefield citizens. Tonight the subject will be The Gift of Life with services each evening at 7 45 at the corner of Tazewell and Duhring streets and afternoon sessions Tuesday Wednesday and Friday.
An advertisement extols a new toothpaste that fights the film on teeth not tackled by older dentifrices. It claims the film traps germs, holds food, invites decay, and dulls teeth. Users are urged to ask their druggist for a tube and expect surprising results.
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