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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1925
Page
12
The Bluefield ad pages advertise coal, paints, tires, and hardware deals with limited-time sale closures. Community notices announce a Masonic event, dances, bake sales, a spring musicale, and a memorial day rehearsal by the American Legion band. Civil notices include a stockholders meeting and a country supper at Glenwood Park.
A jury in circuit court awarded H. C. Wilmer $2,500 in his claim of malicious prosecution against HM. Rosen of Bluefield. Rosen’s attorneys moved to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial, to be addressed later in the term. Wilmer is expected home today and will return to Washington Sunday.
The Bluefield Laundry Company plans a new plant valued near $200 000 to be built on a city site chosen this week. G M Barger elected president F W Grover vice president and manager R L Bailey secretary treasurer D M Iley power of attorney to D M Iley. Grover brings extensive laundry experience from Charleston.
Frank Linkous Eaton a forty four year old railroad man died in Erwin Tennessee of acute indigestion after a two week illness. A service in Pearisburg was led by Rev Worley with Knights of Pythias guarding the grave. Eaton formerly worked for Norfolk and Western and was chief dispatcher for the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad at Erwin. He is survived by his widow Mary Lillian Peters and several cousins. A large funeral party traveled from Erwin to Pearisburg.
unofficial totals from 36 of 58 precincts in Wheeling show W. J. Steen leading Mayor Thomas F. Thoner by 2,225 votes with Steen at 5,493 and Thoner at 3,268. Close ward contests for 12 council seats and strong opposition to a four year council term were noted.
Fredericksburg Va May 28 Rev Beverley D Tucker Jr rector of St Pauls Episcopal Church Richmond was elected bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia at the opening meeting of the 130th annual session of the Episcopal Council Diocese of Virginia yesterday. Bishop Tucker formerly taught at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria.
Nashville May 25 The Rt Rev Thomas F Gaylor of Tennessee president of the national council of the Protestant Episcopal Church fell ill at a Christchurch conference and is reported resting very well by his physician tonight.
The article notes renewed activity in Democratic party reshaping, White House talks on Prohibition enforcement in New York and New Jersey, and details on the Nickel Plate merger before the Commerce Commission. It also mentions studies on further defense budget cuts and scrutiny of American rate loans abroad amid war debt concerns.
The navy department announced that the battleship West Virginia won the annual fleet gunnery tie for the fiscal year 1924-25. Pennsylvania finished second, Oklahoma third, Maryland fourth, and Texas fifth.
President Coolidge will travel to Annapolis on Wednesday to speak to Naval Academy graduates as diplomas are awarded. The ceremony marks the formal conferral of degrees to the cadets.
New York May 25 Frankie Genaro American flyweight champ was awarded the judge's decision over Harold Smith Chicago in a ten round match at Brooklyn.
Indianapolis May 28 James A Crain national commander of the American Legion announced the campaign has passed the $1,000,000 mark toward an endowment fund of $5,000,000 to aid disabled veterans and veterans orphans.
Rechecks show casualties from Tuesday night explosion at the Mukden arsenal were few, correcting an initial report that 300 were killed.
Mercer County Medical Society held a brief January meeting in the municipal building with attendance at one due to members being away. No papers were read. several clinical cases were discussed and Dr H G Steele announced final details for the state convention opening in Bluefield on June 9. Dr David Littlejohn reported on a conference with Governor Gore about the chiropractor bill.
Virginia coal companies argue before the commission seeking to bar a proposed injunction. They contend the action would disrupt service terms and that carriers face prohibition under the interstate commerce act.
In Kansas City on May 28 a 40 year old mail clerk faced federal charges for stealing nine stalks of rhubarb from the mails valued at twenty five cents. Conviction could bring up to five years in prison a $5000 fine or both. The defendant Max Rope has served twenty one years in the postal service and could retire in nine years. He is married and denies the theft.
Congressman William D. Upshaw of Georgia issues a statement branding members of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment and allied groups as conspirators against the American constitution. He cites a Washington dispatch quoting the group on rum blockade costs and impact while noting his lecture series in local churches. An odd closing line mentions Caesar era pearls for unmarried women.
A newly built Italian locomotive operates with a compressed air system enabling it to run on tracks covered by floodwaters. The innovation allows continued transit where conventional engines cannot proceed.
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