Music Week Offers Wide Range of Local Concerts
Music Week runs from today through Saturday with a packed schedule of concerts and recitals across Bluefield. Churches, clubs, schools, and theaters stage programs led by the Colonial Theatre Orchestra, Norfolk and Western Band, Beaver High School ensembles, and Warlick and Warrick rooms, featuring soloists, piano recitals, and community worship.
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Willa
Kiwanis Club
Warlick Piano Rooms
Women’s Club
Bluefield
Virginia Asher Ve>le Council
Colonial Theatre Orchestra
Varnelle
Norfolk and Western Band
Richard Ramage
West Virginian Hotel
Rotary Club
Ican Legion
Jess Bell
Colonial Theatre
Ella Holroyd
Warrick Piano Rooms
West Virginia Ramblers
Marshall Barton
Repass
Bob Repass
Beaver High School
C. H. Reppert
Warlick
Quota Club
West Virginian
Ning
Beaver
High School Glee Club
Tazewell
Colonial Theater
Saturation Point Not Reached in Automobiles
Henry Ford deflects questions on saturation while Walter K Spitz of Deutsche Automobilbank signs a Jordan Motor Car deal to ship all Jordan automobiles Germany will permit. Germany caps monthly imports. world stock remains small. Jordan’s Edward Jordan asserts saturation has not arrived and business endures amid limited quotas.
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Henry Ford
Walter K. Spitz
Deutsche Automobilgank
Akt Gesellschaft
Berlin
Hamburg
Frankfurt
Munich
Jordan Motor Car Company
Jordan
Germany
Europe
Edward 8. Jordan
Jordan Motor Car Company, Inc
Parachute history linked to Garnerin and 18th century trials
London reports the Royal Air Force uses a parachute refined by an American. Debate centers on Jacques Garnerin who, while German captivity at Ehrenbreitstein, conceived the idea. He later perfected and tested a parachute from a balloon in 1799 at about 3,000 feet.
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London
Royal Air Force
Jacques Garnerin
Ehrenbreitstein
Coblence
Rhine
Garnerin
France
Nash Car Sales Jump in First Quarter 1925
Nash reported total car sales for January to March 1925 rising forty four and a half percent from the same period in 1924. In New York Nash led retail deliveries with a 112 percent gain in the first quarter of 1925, while other makes showed declines in the Metropolitan district. The article highlights Nash's exceptional progress within the New York market.
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Nash
United States
New York
American firm to build water works in Athens
An American firm plans to construct a water works in Athens Greece as a fair return for the citys rich culture. The project signals renewed ties and investment in infrastructure amid ongoing cultural exchanges.
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Athens
Greece
Vampires to Pay As Law Targeting Wicked Women Gains Backing
Madison May 2 Equal rights for women sparks a Wisconsin anti vamping bill proposed by State Senator J L Barber. Backed by the Wisconsin Judges Association the measure aims to curb femme fatale posing as vamping women who lure men into traps and threaten court claims. Barber cites miscarriages of justice where a woman's unsubstantiated court testimony harmed men, vowing action to restore balance before the law.
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Madison
Wis
J. L. Barber
Wisconsin
Barber
Wisconsin Judges Association
Windings Gulf coal output steady in late April
In Winding Gulf district West Virginia seventeen mines loading no coal the week ending April 25 maintain production at about 136000 tons. Compared with January tonnage up roughly thirty percent. Market weakness remains the main factor in the coal loss.
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S, W. Va
Winding Gulf
Real estate transfers filed in county clerk office
Real estate transfers yesterday include John M Waddell and wife to Albert Archer for thirty four acres on Rich Creek with consideration of two thousand dollars. J B White and wife to John Blankenship et al for sixty seven acres on LAttie Island.
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John M Waddell
Albert Archer
Rich Creek
J. B. White
John Blankenship
Lattie Island
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Bet Story Claimed Cure
A man skeptical of medicine accepts a $50 bet that Mayr's Wonderful Remedy would cure his stomach ailment. He concedes the remedy removes catarrhal mucus and lessens inflammation in the digestive tract, with a money refund offered after one dose. White Pharmacy and Druggists everywhere promote the product.
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Mayr
Real estate transfers in Mercer county lists several conveyances
Creek, consideration $1 500, T Amaker and wife to J L Hill and wife, lot 1 %, section 899, Bluefield, consideration $2 000, R G Meador, trustee, to T S Swope, lots 26 and 27, section &, Park avenue addition, Princeton, consideration $700, Luther F Hale and wife to Hale Store Office Company, a corporation, lot 25, section 39, Mercer street, Princeton, consideration $1
Pedestrians Urged Safety on Zurich Roads
Zurich May 2 In a court opinion a Zurich justice of the peace says motor car drivers must halt when approaching women cattle or hens since it is impossible to predict their movements, though no reason is given to suspect two pedestrians pose extra risk.
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Zurich
Judge rejects fine after car hits pedestrian
In a ruling the judge declined to fine a driver who struck a male pedestrian. The evidence showed two men stood in the road and, when the car approached, they moved apart in opposite directions. The driver said it was impossible to avoid both men.
Court Upheld Women’s Right to Talk in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on May 2, Judge Walter Cates in superior court refused to grant an injunction sought by architect Robert B. Stacy-Judd to restrain his wife from talking about him. The judge noted some remarks were catty but said no court has power to stop a woman from talking.
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Los Angeles
Walter Cates
Robert B. Stacy-Judd
Gates
Seipel to Lecture on Sociology at Vienna U
Former Austrian chancellor Dr Ignatz Seipel has agreed to give a sociology lecture at the University of Vienna next summer. The visit was announced from Vienna on May 2.
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Seipel
Vienna
Ignatz K. Seipel
Austria
University of Vienna
Kills Catarrh Germ In Three Minutes
An apparent French secretional claims a drugless Lavex method that kills the germ in three minutes and clears head and lungs instantly. It promises relief from chronic catarrh and bronchial asthma in one night and offers free treatment to applicants who send name and address to W. R. B. Smith of Lavex Ride, Kansas City, Mo.
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W. RB
Smith
Kanenas City
Dream Home on College Avenue Proves Quality Over Cost
Prospective owners are told the Dream Home is not a race to save money. Builders emphasize best practices and teamwork under John L. Phillips, with Bailey Lambert Company overseeing the project. Cold weather delayed work for three days.
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College Avenue
Topsy
John Ll. Phillipne
Bailey Lamber Company
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