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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1925
Page
15
The county clerk’s office issued marriage licenses yesterday for Ames McPherson and Mary Ader both of Kimball. Vaught Hawkes and Lillian Runyon both of Ashland. Levis Lives and Viola Williams both of Glen White.
Mrs J D Adkins of Huntington West Virginia reports severe bronchial trouble and chronic cough. After a few bottles of Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery she recovered strength and is free of bronchitis. She urges readers to obtain the remedy from their druggist or contact Dr Pierce in Buffalo N Y for advice or a trial package.
R. M. Reed, fifty, was killed when struck by a car driven by Doc K Chandler colored. Chandler was arrested and held for the grand jury on a manslaughter charge. Reed, a longtime county contractor, leaves a brother Robert H. Reed of Eckman. Burial planned in Pulaski, Virginia.
Local social notes list visits to Bluefield by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boone Houston Mr. and Mrs. M G Campbell and other residents. Several residents undergo Grace Hospital operations including Miss Regina Frederickson and a child Roxie Eileen Bolt. Fire marshal C L Topping and notable visitors Col E C OToole Andrew Leckie I J Rhodes attend functions in Bluefield.
PEOPLE AND EVENTS. Mrs J C Brown convalesces after a coats operation at St Luke's hospital and is resting at home on Rogers street. B L Thornton of Puget Sound plans a southern motor trip starting Monday and will be away about a month. Misses Mary Anderson Mary Sue Withers and Redred Sanderson with Mrs Nita Colley of Roanoke visit Mrs C W Ewald on Rogers street Sunday. Mrs C B Evans and her little daughter return to Roanoke after visiting her sister Mrs Henry Leist.
Sunday baccalaureate sermon for Giotto Junior High graduates preached by Rev. Ziegler at First Baptist Church. School funds boosted by George Reed and others. The term praised by Reed as among the best. evening programs by Junior High, primary and intermediate grades. praise for staff and community cooperation. Revival services begin in Princeton with Century M E Church and Mount Calvary Baptist Church. Harmonic Band open-air concert draws support.
Dayton Tennessee May 25. Grand jury indicts John T Scopes for violating state law by teaching theories denying biblical creation. Circuit court special term set for July 10 with out of state counsel. William Jennings Bryan to join prosecution. Bryan agrees to July date from Columbus Ohio after telegram.
The Kimball Kiwanis Club holds a Boy Night program at the Houston Methodist church with Roy Early of Bluefield, Va., as speaker. Rev B T Sells leads the event and attendance prizes are planned. Clean-Up Week kicks off with Kiwanis support and progress discussions.
Our boys defeated the home team by a 14 to 7 score, with a strong finish and rising run of wins. An enthusiastic crowd packed the stands as the team extended its improving streak.
A Sunday storm left Bluefield facing a sharp temperature drop of around forty degrees by Monday morning. Residents bundled in sweaters and overcoats, many rushing to warmth as wind and rain caused minor damage and reports from Welch warned of dangerous conditions.
Huntington W Va May 26 Unofficial returns show the entire Democratic ticket elected in the municipal election. Mayors race close pending official count. Harvey C Taylor Democrat led Democrats for mayor while Homer Yeich Democrat led for commissioner. Republicans won several seats on boards and three Republicans among twenty on the citizens board.
The Beaver High School graduating class of sixty boys and girls gathered at 11 oclock in the municipal auditorium. The First Baptist Church group staged the ceremony with the class seated near the speaker. Bluefield ministers shared encouragement and advice as special city musicians offered selections.
Washington May 25 Silas H Strawn Chicago lawyer at President Coolidges request has accepted appointment to join Minister John Van A MacMurray as a Chinese customs conference commissioner under the nine power treaty The assignment may last three months possibly beginning in September
Paso Texas May. Plans of thehibition ny one. Sehalleiites of can on force up the Pacific to al ee Stee SURES OS Kee 200 bene every liquor snruee ne ship in in African shores were announced today by Lincoln GO Andress of Wedeced Prohibition enforcement.
Irving Camp urged district Lions Clubs to strengthen ties with international units at the West Virginia convention opening at Hotel Frederick. Candidates for district governor include Fred Fox, W. G. Strathers, J. M. Hendrix, and Harvey Pollock with Fox leading. More than 150 Lions attended and Bluefield sent the largest delegation.
A major blast at the Mukden arsenal in Peking leaves about three hundred reported dead or injured. The explosion struck in the night, destroying buildings within a thousand yards. The cause remains unknown. The arsenal housed modern machinery from Denmark and produced ether, acids, smokeless powder, and various munitions with foreign instructors.
War Eagle residents pass through and travel to Welch Williamson and Huntington for business and family matters. Residents visit Bluefield Ashland Parkersburg Logan Williamson and Jaeger while others travel for hospital, shopping, or trade.
Mrs N R of St Louis Missouri reports relief after using a vegetable tonic for postnatal side pain and weakness. She notes improving condition after first and second child and commits to recommending the remedy to friends. The ad touts the product as effective for weak health following childbirth.
Eugene Bresack an eighteen year old from Bridgeport Ohio died at Ohio Valley General Hospital after falling ten feet from a car on the Dip roller coaster at the state fair park in Wheeling. He is believed to have suffered a broken neck as the ride neared the stopping point on its return.
Cleveland May 25. Manager Tris Speaker and second baseman Joe Kingman are suspended indefinitely for defending umpire Clarence Rowland's ejection call in Saturday's game against the New York club. The notice arrived before the Indians left for St. Louis after an argument over a disputed plate play involving catcher Steve Ohto.
Pittsburg May 25 Fire after a 6000 gallon gasoline car crashed to a bumping block in East Liberty exploded causing about 175000 in damage. Property of the American Oil Company and East Liberty Coal and Coke Company burned along with several freight cars trucks and warehouses. Fire apparatus from nearly every unit in the city was deployed.
Augusta Maine May 25 The solving of the mystery surrounding the shooting of Mrs Emma M Towns and the discovery of her body in a cottage once occupied by Harry A Kirby dominated state news for five days Kirby arrested in Newburyport was to be brought here for arraignment in Winthrop while his wife questioned in Saco regarding his alleged conduct and past crimes including a Nyack hospital marriage and early thefts.
Memphis officials identified the recovered body as William M. Hannum of Memphis, the latest victim from the sinking of the United States steamer Norman in the Mississippi near Memphis. Earlier the body was thought to be Professor Robert H. McNelly of Nashville, Vanderbilt University, who remained missing.
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