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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1925
Page
13
Members plan two five man teams for a Saturday trap shoot at Bluefield with E B Boggs arranging the lineup. Fewer shooters than hoped prevented a Princeton match last spring at the Athens Fair. Three shooting days remain this month to qualify for the October 24 handicap tournament.
Miss Mira Collett defeats Miss Frtzie Stifel in a late round duel on the back nine. Collett advances with two down at the halfway point and finishes strong with four birdies to seal the victory.
Paddy Mullins manager of Harry Wills signed the Negro heavyweight after a contract and a $25,000 gift for training expenses reached him in New York. Mullins arrived from Niles Michigan with Wills and expressed belief that promoters backing Fitzsimmons are earnest about staging the title bout with Jack Dempsey.
A Washington based National Geographic Society bulletin traces how Turkish head coverings shifted from the turban to the fez under Mahmoud II and later to western styles. It notes the fez signaled modernization, its lack of brim suited prayer, and postwar shifts including a return to kalpak before embracing straw hats and fedoras as reforms continued.
Mullins states a group led by Andrew Weisburg will back a Dempsey vs Wills match. They offer 25000 for training expenses as good faith and plan a new 125000 capacity stadium at Michigan City Indiana. The fight is slated for September 1926 with a Newark prior bout and a percentage‑based deal to be finalized.
Dr Edmondson notes enteritis linked to flux in Webster County with sixty deaths reported overall though no local fatalities at present. He blames contaminated water as the likely cause while other mining communities show broader spread. health officer says the situation is not yet alarming.
In Evansville Indiana a frightened airdale pup crawled into a sewer and cried out. Three hose-house crews freed the dog after half a day of work. The pup now refuses to sleep in a dark room and insists on lights on.
The passage notes religion losing state power and freer headwear choices for Turks, with European-style civil marriages and a new legal code being drafted. It also mentions polygamy being abolished. In Jamaica, young women carry shoes on their heads to parties before wearing them.
Clarence B. Ridley, former Bluefield city manager, joins six new professors at the School of Citizenship Syracuse University as it expands its municipal government and public administration courses. The fall term will feature enlarged quarters and graduate enrollment from eight universities including Harvard, Columbia and Wisconsin.
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