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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1925
Page
12
Short items list coal prices from Citizens Coal & Supply Co and East Relief clothing drive. Various ads mention real estate, services, and small notices. Local incidents include a car collision, a drunken arrest, a forged doctor charge, a man held for Mercer county, a recovered bicycle, and a Boy Scouts meeting.
Curtis Doyle eighteen was accidentally shot by his brother Harman Doyle twenty five at the Doyle home on East Princeton Avenue while target shooting with a .22 rifle. Curtis was taken to St. Luke's Hospital in stable condition. the bullet lodged in his chest after passing through a rib.
Two local orchestras Repass and The West Virginia Ramblers present a joint recital tonight at the West Virginian Hotel. The program begins promptly at 6 30, delighting admirers across Bluefield and surrounding counties.
In Pittsburgh on May 4 a girl dressed in men's clothes was arrested after giving the name Mickey Trevor of Chestnut Street Washington Pa. She was held as a suspicious person and said she left home a month ago to walk to New York. Letters found addressed to Delphine Taylor were in her possession.
Agnes dismisses Ed as too frail for marriage while a comic pitch touts Mc Coy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets promising five pounds of healthy flesh in 30 days. The ad guarantees money back if goals are not met and markets to North and South America.
The annual commencement at St Luke's Hospital honored seven graduates with a ceremony in the class auditorium due to bad weather. Dr J Howard Anderson delivered the address praising nursing's nobility, and Dr Thurman F E Vass presented diplomas.
Miss Gertrude Watts discusses early American music influence from English settlers and the Elizabethan court. She notes the lute virginals and viols as popular instruments, Queen Elizabeth’s skill on the virginal, and shared folk songs like London Bridge is Falling Down and Looby Loo among colonial children.
A revival at the Church of God ends with eleven souls humbly coming to the altar. Mr Foreline led with Where They Ring Those Golden Bells for You and Me while Mr Rice preached from Acts 4 7 13. Another sermon on Eternity followed with Isaiah 57 15. The weeklong services conclude after Sunday outreach and a closing revival with songs by Mr Carter and the invitation songs.
The Bluefield district conference convenes at Keystone at 9:30 this morning with Rev. J. A. Baylor presiding. The opening service was devotional, led by Rev. L. E. Hoppe, followed by the Lord's Supper. The body includes local and traveling preachers plus lay delegates from each charge.
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