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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1925
Page
1
A jumble of notices including tax delinquency warnings for 1924, mortgage and real estate firm statements, and public announcements. Local authorities urge payment to avoid delinquencies, with Deputy Sheriff details and contact numbers. Community events include a theater return, a Shrine dance, musical performances, and social notices from Mercers, Pocahontas, and BlogHeld areas.
Lucilla Wucach a fifteen year old Thornton High pupil walked from the coroner’s inquest free and exonerated of the murder of Agnes Simneck amid riverdale gossip and quiet townsfolk. The trial centered on family affections and alleged relationships as the case unfolded with public sentiment shifting after the verdict.
A special grand jury in Williamson West Virginia will convene Monday to probe the Kermit section battle that left two dead and three wounded. Warrants name more than twenty suspects from both sides as killings target J D Kirk and Sherman Parsley. Justice of the Peace J P Webb will arraign the accused with indictments expected in the unfolding case.
The Summit Recreation Club hosted a pleasant informal square dance on the fifth floor of the Salley building with about twenty five couples enjoying music by Williama orchestra. A luncheon followed at midnight and the Batley building hall was leased for the event. The club plans a Weinie Toast for May 28 with members meeting at the Bailey building at 7:30 PM.
Mrs W B Crawford traveled to Hazard Kentucky due to illness affecting her son in law. She left other family duties to support him during this time.
Bittner to appear in Indianapolis. Judge Grant Lazzelle to hear defense in Merchantowit on contempt of court for alleged violations of the Continental Coal Company injunction. Several union men to face the same proceedings after remarks in a Sunday address May 3, 1926.
Winthrop Maine May 2 Investigators say Mrs Emma Towns was sinking as police pursue a man believed to have abducted her niece Miss Aida Heyward. A tracking dog refused to travel to Vermont with the alleged abductor, and a Boston detective questioned Harold Boragus, who proved he was at home Tuesday night.
Huntington W V May Sta contract for about 1 990 000 for construction of shops at Russell Ky awarded to Joseph E Nelson and Son of Chicago W J Harahan president announces. The plan includes a fourteen stall round house machine shops store house engine supply house water columns and sensing washing platforms. Work to begin as equipment arrives at Russell yard.
Claremont Manor on the James River will be visited Saturday as part of a Newport News event. The visit aims to showcase the estate and its surroundings to attendees.
Washington May 21. The public debt due to the United States was formally completed today through Polish bonds totaling 178 680 000. The ceremony noted the settlement of Polish bonds with the U S Treasury under the Secretary Winston program.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur denies contacting the San Francisco case facts and says his only link was introducing Mrs. Phillathea Martin to Attorney General Sargent. He states he has no knowledge of the bribery probe and viewed the matter as facilitating a meeting between defense and prosecution.
A party of about a dozen scientists led by Dr. Chester A Reeds will depart May 21 from New York to explore the Endless Caverns in Virginia near Winchester. They plan a several day expedition to extend the known passages beyond the prior quarter mile advance.
In Petersburg on May 21 Theodore Moring a 28 year old married man was killed by buckshot near Johnson Road in Dinwiddie County. A white suspect is being hunted by local and county authorities and two Negroes are jailed in connection with the incident. Moring died at Petersburg Hospital after a death bed statement authorities refuse to disclose.
A May dispatch reports bandits attacked the Sabinilla ranch near Saltillo, killing Mexican manager Jose Perez. The American consulate protested as troops were sent to pursue the bandits once led by Demetrio Torres, a train robber active in the region.
Dr. Cecil Y. Cook of Fiat Baptist predicts a division in the Southern Baptist Church over policy after returning from the Baptist convention. He says denomination leaders will address breeding issues and governance amid ongoing disagreements. In New York, Helen Alite Geisen Volk is indicted for dual murder and fraud connected to a baby farm case.
Wheeling West Virginia May 21 Charles E Hughes former secretary of state has offered services to the United Mine Workers of America amid a temporary injunction blocking peaceful unionization talks. Attorney Townsend cites the injunction as enslavement of the mind likening it to the 1858 Dred Scott decision.
Dayton Tenn May 21 swift move toward second phase of Tennessee evolution teaching law case. Judge Raulston seeks special grand jury session May 25 and a June 16 court term to expedite Scopes trial. Noted scientists clergy educators and a famed criminal lawyer volunteered for the defense and state teams. John R Neal argues lower court escape unnecessary as Supreme Court jurisdiction may delay appeal. Newport News May 21 thieves lift safe from J S Bonnewell garage gaining 100 cash. second such theft in two weeks.
The West Virginia Baptist Association selected Charleston as the convention site for next year during sessions in Kenova on May 21. The convention opened Tuesday with about 500 delegates and will wrap up with Friday’s sessions. Black lace is hailed as the latest lingerie fad from New York and Hollywood, including spider web designs and pajama outfits.
Report notes a rising trend of bobbed hair among geisha in Tokyo. A selective society formed, admitting only women with short tresses, reflecting changing beauty norms in Japanese urban culture.
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