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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1925
Page
16
A compact crossword puzzle list honoring mothers. Clues include references to family roles such as mother and father, common words like spirit, altitude, and observe, plus varied definitions from celestial being to pieces like vase and garment. The tone mirrors a vintage newspaper puzzle column with playful, affectionate phrasing.
The Pocahontas Corporation, a Pocahontas Fuel Co. subsidiary, clarified that no suspension of mines occurred. The outside construction program, including 500 houses and a tipple, was temporarily halted due to conditions in the coal trade, causing several hundred outside workers to be laid off while mining and underground development continued as usual.
Rev William A McKee from North Tazewell Virginia to become assistant to Rev W A Lambeth at Mount Vernon Methodist Church South of Washington DC. McKee, a Holston Conference pastor and Southern University Birmingham graduate, served as WWII chaplain in the Officers Reserve Corps 307th Cavalry 62nd Division. He will handle church education.
United Press compiled schedule lists varied programs from New York to Chicago for Saturday May 9. Highlights include Waldrift Orchestra Yankee Trio Minnie Weil and Frank Turners, plus numerous local stations hosting dances concerts and talks across WRAP WOR Newark and other outlets.
A fragmented Sunday schedule lists daytime and evening church services and organ recitals across multiple cities. Notable items include New York programs, Philadelphia church services, Pittsburgh morning services and organ recitals, and various station broadcasts. The notice aggregates concert times, orchestra appearances, and religious events for dozens of locales.
A church administrator outlines a broad plan weaving traditional worship, Sunday school, and youth activities with a comprehensive athletic program to engage the congregation and expand youth participation. The proposal signals active church life and growth ambitions for the coming season.
Mrs. Claudia Alexander was found dead after a wind driven telegraph wire wrapped around her neck. Police report suggests the wire caused fatal strangulation during the storm. Her death is being investigated as a storm related accident in Edinburgh.
Chicago man William J. Hardwick and his son Fred met for the first time in thirteen years in a hospital ward after separate accidents. The report notes Chicago’s population is estimated at 3,000,000.
A sales pitch claims Ferraline will cure poor appetite and indigestion, ending heartburn, headaches, gas, nausea, and biliousness. It promises permanent relief from the first bottle or a druggist refund, noting Ferraline as a concentrated mineral water treatment and offering a dollar bottle as a bargain.
Doctor Bill treats Mrs Ostrich who lists bizarre breakfast and lunch items such as stones, rubber boot, pocketbook, lizard, toad and a train wreck feast of bolts and wood as she seeks relief from stomach pain. The doctor jokes about a melting furnace while hinting at a continued tale with the twins observing.
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