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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1925
Page
2
A collage of small ads lists coal, lumber, bakery, mimeographing, typewriter exchange, auto laundry, real estate, groceries, fresh fish, and banking fixtures in Bluefield. It notes price quotes for Pocahontas coal, loads of wood, bread and pastries, and a mortgage loan offer, with public notices on nursing exams and court fines.
Mrs Theresa E Rock wife of W H Rock died at 4 p m Thursday at her home 504 Fifth Street after a period of failing health She was 45 a daughter of Mr and Mrs Jas McCroskey of Virginia The funeral party will take the remains to Interior Virginia for burial departing on train No 18 this morning
Secretary Mellon says Pittsburg has gone off its base over the world series. He spent the day making long distance calls to Pittsburg and found no one available to talk as stars like Walter Johnson were displayed.
About five thousand Louisville schoolchildren received an extra week of vacation due to unseasonably hot weather. The city population joined a push for cooler weather and drought relief, but the children were spared with an extended break.
Mexico City report notes President Calles opened the new congress on September 1 with the first Mexican presidential broadcast. Station CZE of the education ministry carried the speech on a 360 metre wavelength. Classified ad: one furnished bed room for rent at 635 Rogers Street.
Dismantling of the old Ramsey Street school marks the loss of Bluefield’s first public school building. The new high school, designed by Garry & Sheffey, will feature 18 classrooms a 1200 seat auditorium and gymnasium. Construction aims to start in November with occupancy hoped for early 1926 37 term.
The House of Deputies and House of Bishops approve the bishop Brown conviction amid a busy session. The Right Rev Ethelbert Talbot reports resignations of Bishops Julius W Atwood of Arizona and Boyd Vincent of Southern Ohio. Vincent's resignation would clear way for Theodore Irving Reese to be elected presiding bishop.
Capt Robt Laird of the Honduran steamship Atlantida logged a rescue of the James Timpson crew in distress. The president presented a watch to Laird for humane service and binoculars and medals to Kennedy and Buckley for manning the small boat through hurricane seas.
In Baton Rouge on October 6 a new use of airplanes is described for spraying fields. The test applies calcium arsenate to cotton boll weevil and now to sugarcane borer. If successful, thousands of dollars will be saved for planters.
Puzzle lists many fragmented clues including references to drama theater stage positions and objects. Readable entries include hints for horizontal and vertical words such as door in theater and sea breeze like terms. The jumble suggests a themed crossword mirroring theatrical life and related terms across multiple rows.
Washington reports Col William Mitchell refused twice to testify in the wreck inquiry, defying a subpoena and oath. Courts may punish or refer charges to federal prosecutors, while the court waits on a conference between Rear Admiral Hilary Jones and Secretary Wilbur.
Washington October 8 The Supreme Court heard Arizona argued that states may use police power to protect health by setting wages for women and require 16 dollars weekly. A storekeeper challenged the law as unlawful interference with contract. Justices questioned alignment with federal wage laws.
Sedalia Missouri reports a jury was completed in the trial of Everett Adams, seventeen, of Wilmington Ohio, charged with murdering Aden R. on August 1. Defense rests on youth as the basis of plea while the state seeks the death penalty. The crime is alleged to have occurred in this county and the body was found near La Monte after Adams had been given a ride by Clauson. Adams was arrested in Kansas days later.
Mitchell Field witnessed tragedy as a two seater race plane piloted by C D Shamblerain crashed near the field killing passenger Lawrence Baranelli. Basil L Rowe won the first event at 1039 mph average over 100 miles. Casey Jon of Garden City won the second event in a Curtiss Oriole. The Liberty engine builders trophy went to Captain Lemaitre of the French war department with 129.1 mph over 180 miles. Bayley and Henderson placed second and third.
In Chicago a campaign places five hundred signs across streets to curb auto related deaths. The year to date records 545 auto deaths in Cook County over 268 days, averaging more than two daily. Many incidents involve children who have few safe play spaces, prompting the public safety push.
General Sherwood is not expected to survive after a home attack injures him gravely. Officials say his condition remains critical as medical teams work to stabilize him and determine the extent of injuries.
Police seized 160 gallons of brandy and whiskey from a Dodge truck and arrested Alberta and Owens on conspiracy charges. They were fined 900 dollars each and sentenced to 60 days in city jail. Federal action followed, with the truck to be handled by authorities and liquor emptied into the city sewer.
Washington October 8 W J Harahan president of the Ohio Rail was questioned by counsel for dissenting Chesapeake and Ohio stockholders about the Van Sweringen Nickel Plate merger His answers stressed the earnings power of the five railroads in the plan and his belief the consolidation was fair despite adverse figures cited by opponents
Fire broke out about 10 o clock on the thir last night at the Golden Rod Products Bakery on McCulloch Street. Officials say the blaze likely started from a defective elevator wire. The building had sustained heavy damage from a prior fire weeks earlier and workers were repairing the structure.
The body found Tuesday in a swamp near Newcastle Pennsylvania had its head severed from the torso. Clothing of the murdered man was recovered but offered no clue to his identity.
At Locarno Swiss meeting Germany faced pressure from Austen Chamberlain and M Briand to join the league of nations without preconditions. They urged Chancellor Luther and Foreign Minister Stresemann to accept Covenant Article XVI penalties as part of league membership. Stresemann described Germany as disarmed and impoverished seeking only neutrality in Europe. The conference adjourned to Saturday for further talks.
The article describes a late tiring performance as overuse of the ball fatigued the pitcher. Cuyler emerged as the hero with a home run, while a wire device is mentioned as highly sensitive, allegedly moving when gazed at.
A fragmented historical snippet describes text written on a slip of paper, then rewritten by a machine in a book-keeping setting. The note mentions a book-keeper and the machine of the inquirer, detailing a transfer of written content between manual and mechanized processes.
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