Coal and grocery ads mix with local notices in Bluefield paper
Bluefield listings advertise Pocahontas coal fruit and bakery items with phone numbers and delivery to town. Classifieds include house for sale for colored residents, mortgage terms, rent, and a Smithfield area realty note. Community notices cover church services, square dance, and subscription renewals along with police court summaries and rainfall and gun club plans.
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Mercer Street
Bluefield
Flat Top Realty Co
Awarded Day Off for Telegraph Employes
Chicago reports one day off or two weeks without loss of pay was awarded to telegraph employees of the St. Louis Terminal Railway by the railway labor board. The action, dated in October, follows a ruling in favor of workers amid ongoing labor disputes.
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Chicago
St. Louis Terminal
Yeeanes Railroad Labor Board
New Evidence Ties Looted Whisky Ring to Bluefield Arrests
Police uncovered twelve gallons hidden in a Hudson car owned by George Wolfe as part of a probe into William Alberts and Homer Owens. The seizure followed the seizure of 150 gallons and a Dodge truck earlier Thursday night. Alberts claimed the car visit was loaned. Wolfe said it was rented for 50 dollars. Preliminary federal hearings were postponed pending more inquiries and possible arrests.
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William Alberts
Homer Owens
Dodge
Chief Lewis
Hudson
George Wolfe
Rogers Street
E. 8
Meadows
Woodrow Avenue
South
Bluefield
Wolfe
Alberts
Wolf
Lewis
Frederick Street
C. R. Goodeon
Owens
Knoxville
Floyd County
Virginia
Scott
Tough battle in every game to the wire in 1925 World Series
The article notes Washington's brave attempt against Pittsburgh, praising pitchers Walter Johnson and Stanley Coveleskie and highlighting Ruether as a risky pinch hitter. It argues Washington faced mental hurdles after failing to win the second game with bases loaded and predicts a hard series across games.
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Dutch Ruether
Ruether
Reuther
Washington
Pirates
Senators
Tmes
Walter Johnson
Stanley Coveleskie
Johnson
Coveleskie
Pittsburg
Seomereng
City Lifts Rigid Water Use Restrictions
City health and welfare officials announced that all strict water use rules have been lifted following cooperation from citizens during the region’s longest drought in recent years. The Daily Telegraph was asked to convey the city's appreciation to the public for their support.
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City Health and Welfare Department
Department of Health
Daily Telegraph
First Snow Falls in Clarksburg as Temperature Dips
Snow showers began in Clarksburg West Virginia at 10 30 PM sending the temperature to 38 after a day of rain and rising winds. Local observers report settling flurries across streets and rooftops with colder air moving in.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Mercury
Mother is cremated as five children look on
In Huntington West Virginia Mrs Skanes age twenty nine died after a gasoline fire at her home. While her five small children watched she attempted to smother the flames with a clothes press and a bucket of water was poured on her by her six year old son Otis. The blaze started when a gasoline can near a gasoline iron ignited. She died six hours later from burns to her entire body and head.
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Huntington
W. Va
Otis
Clash of Courts Foreshadows Rockefeller Trust Fight
New York state appellate division orders the Harold F McCormick suit to stop fund payments to Edith Rockefeller McCormick and proceed in New York. Indiana federal court already claims jurisdiction via Anita Oser, McCormick’s infant granddaughter. The case centers on 12,000 shares of Standard Oil of Indiana stock and posthumous trust allocations among McCormick children and Rockefeller entities.
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New York
Supreme Court of
New York State
Federal Court of Indiana
Harold F. McCormick
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Indiana
McCormick
Anita Oser
Mathilde McCormick
Max Over
James O'Malley
Frank C. Laughlin
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company of
Muriel McCormick
Oser
Fowler McCormick
John R. McQuigg New Commander American Legion
John R. McQuigg elected commander as the American Legion plans next meetings in Philadelphia 1926 and Paris 1927. Five vice commanders named Hugh B. Davis Joseph Y. Cheney Vincent A Carroll James A Howell Ray B Littlefield. Mrs. Eliza Shepherd to head Women's Auxiliary amid a dispute over Negro women eligibility in auxiliary ranks.
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Orp
Legion
United States
World Court of the
League of Nations
Court of International Justice
Philadelphia
Paris
France
Hugh B. Davis
Battigeville
Okla
Joseph Y. Cheney
Orlando
Vincent A Carroll
James A Howell
Ogden
Utah
Ray B Littlefield
Providence
KR. I
James F Burton
Des Moines
Iowa
Robert H. Tyndall
Indianapolis
William Patrick
San Francisco
Jack London
The
American Legion
Eliza Shepherd
Mary C. Doyle
Waterbury
Conn
A. F. McKinsick
Greenville
8. C
Simple Funeral Service Big Six
A brief funeral service will be held at the cemetery. Honorary pallbearers include Phil Fuchs vice-president of the Boston National League club John J McGraw president of the New York Giants Ernest Sterling Bronxville N Y Albert Powell New Haven Conn David Bancroft and Edward Reilly manager and secretary of the Boston Nationals.
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Phil Fuchs
Boston National League Baseball Club
John J. McGraw
New York Giants
Ernest Sterling
Bronxville
N. Y
Albert Powell
New Haven
Conn
David Bancroft
Edward Reilly
Bostoon Nationals
Salvation Army Notes Object Lesson Series Continues
Ensign Bouterse presented the lesson Signal Lights last Saturday with Captain Lally planning another talk titled Gods Great Searchlight. The talk will reveal the true condition of the heart to the congregation, stressing that God sees the heart’s intents and cannot be deceived. Tonight at eight o’clock, the Army citadel will host the next talk.
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Bouterse
Lally
IGE President Miller Quizzed in Nickel Pirate Hearing
At the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on the Van Sweringen merger and Cleveland Terminal interests, IGE vice president Otto Miller faced probing questions about the Nickel Plate and Cleveland Terminals projects. Officials pressed on bond obligations and joint responsibilities, while Miller defended the merger as fair to stockholders and denied a hidden real estate rescue motive.
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Washington
van Sweringen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Cleveland
W. J. Harahan
Chesapeake and Ohio
Otto Miller
Nickel Plate
Hocking Valley
H. W. Anderson
Cleveland Union
van Sweringens
Meyer
Nickel Pirate
Miller
Cleveland Terminals
Anderson
Nickel Plate Company
New York Central
John D. Rockefeller
Co. L. Bradley
Hocking Valley Systems
Union Trust Company
Guaranty Trust Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
National City Bank
New York
Mrs Doane Williams Found Dead At Providence Virginia
Mrs Doane Williams one of southwest Virginia's wealthiest residents was found dead at her home Providence four miles from Pearlsburg She was about seventy years old native of Giles county and had lived in the area all her life Funeral services were set for Sunday at 11 at the home with Rev W B Belchee conducting Interment would follow at the Williams cemetery
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Doane Williams
Virginia
Providence
Pearlsburg
West
Methodist Church
W. B. Belchee
Bluefield
Williams Cemetery
First snow flurries mark seasonal start in town
Snow flurries fell last night signaling the season’s first cold snap. The atmospheric shift forced residents to wear heavy overcoats and light up furnaces as the community took on a wintry appearance.
Mitchell Denied Baltimore Visit in Shenandoah Inquiry
Colonel William Mitchell remains under limits in the district of Columbia as naval court deliberates charges tied to the Shenandoah disaster. He was refused permission to address in Baltimore while the War Department advances the president's air board inquiry and possible legal remedies.
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Washington
William Mitchell
Naval Court Inn
Shenandoah Dist
Navy Department
Army
Naval Court
War Department
Mitchell
Shenandoah
Navy
Army Air Service
District of Columbia
Baltimore
President
Air Board
West Texas Conference Rejects Church Unification Plan
Clovis New Mexico October 9 The West Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church rejected proposals to unify the southern and northern branches by a vote of 42 for and 38 against.
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Clovis
N. M
West Texas
The
Methodist Episcopal Church Today
Foundrymen to Hold 1926 Convention in Detroit
American Foundrymen's Association plans its next annual meeting with the second World Foundrymen Congress to be staged in Detroit in September 1926. Paris hosted the first congress.
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Syracuse
N. Y
American Foundrymen’s Association
Detroit
Paris
Episcopal Bishop Brown to Seek US Court Stay
Right Rev William Montgomery Brown said he will ask a US court in New Orleans to restrain the Episcopal house of bishops from imprisoning him after his conviction for alleged heresies was sustained. He announced plans to remain in New Orleans and fight the sentence.
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House of Bishops
Episcopal Church
Ethelbert Talbot
New Orleans
Ishop Brown
Kansas
United States
Galion
Ohio
United States Court
Episcopal House of Bishops
William Montgomery Brown
Brown
Rain Halts Airplane Races in Regimental Formation
The article reports rain stopping the Pulitzer trophy race event as the first regimental air formation to be staged in the country. Captain W W Cook of the Selfridge Field unit was injured in a practice crash and will miss tomorrow's competition after his plane failed an engine during landing in a small field.
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Aircraf
Washington, D. C
W. W. Cook
Selfridge Field
Ilinois
Widow of airship captain testifies in hearing
Prepared statement read from the witness stand by Mrs. Lansdowne, widow of the captain of the wrecked airship, identifying herself and offering Washington, D. C. as address. She claimed official correspondence supported her account and that her husband opposed and protested the flight. The court excused her and adjourned the hearing until Monday.
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Wilbur
Anch
Lansdowne voices concern over navy secretary in inland trips
On the fifteenth day of the investigation Mrs. Lansdowne testified as the sole witness, objecting to the navy secretary's commercial inland trips intended to showcase property to taxpayers.
Football Scores From Several Games
Wesleyan 13 Saem 0 at Gaveebare. Normal 17 West Liberty High 0 at Fairmont. Fairview 8 Shinnston 6. Rio Grande 28 Morris Harvey 0 at Rio Grande. Proctorville Ohio 12 Milton 0 at Milton. Point Pleasant 46 Catlettsburg Kentucky 0 at Point Pleasant.
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Gaveebare
Wesleyan
Saem
Fairmont
Normal
West Liberty High
Fairview
Shinnston
Rio Grande
Morris Harvey
Milton
Proctorville
Ohio
Point Pleasant
Catlettsburg
Bluefield National Upgrades Banking Rooms with Teastogrenh System
The Bluefield National, updating its banking rooms, adopts the Teastogrenh system to improve communication between tellers and bookkeepers. The goal is real service through modern equipment and efficient handling of slips and machine rewrites.
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Bluefield National
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South Bluefield
Care Telegraph
C. Seyler Lamber
Service Coal Company
Golden Red
Princeton Ave
Federal Street
Mercer Coal and Supply Co
Woodstock Typewriter Exchange
Bryant Typewriter Co
Wood — Typewriter Exchange
Auto Laundry
Bluefield Avenue
Montvale
Luther G
Commercial Bank
Hankla Grocery Co
Blue Rose
Scott Apartment
Hland Street
J. Peery
Glenwood Park
Ee Rose Bal Oom
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
A Billy
Hamilton Halls
Brookie Coal Co
J. P. Bowers
Salvation Army
Army Citadel
Captain Laity
Young People’s Legion
Salvation
Washington Street
College Avenue
J. M. Carter
James
Kahle
God
Jesus the Seeker
R. B. Ewards
Hattie Dalton
Mich
O. C. Keeney
Mr. Keeney
Bluefield Gun Club
H. G. Steele
Cleveland Clinic
Miss Gertrude
Euclid Avenue
Ninety-third Street
Brackett Statiscal
P. W. Bowman
J. B. Eades
Osteopathic
Harry L. Greenspon
Aliff Transfer Co
Id Ave
Thomas St. Bluefield Hardware Co
Jas. G. Lita, Agt
P. D
Altamont
Mercer Funeral Home
Bland Street
Nixon Paint and Paper Co
R. L. Morris
Bluefield, W. Va
WM. H. Carr
Osteopath
Abrams
Coal & Coke
Res
Owens and
Esas
John R. McQuigg
Salvation Army Notes
IGE
Caron Devou
Cire Baban
Violet Ce Hetigant
Volmay
Roger & Gallet
Elizabeth Arden
Johnston
Whitman
Devilbliss
FOX Pharmacy
West Virginian
Telautograph
Inquirer
Vir
Thisme
Bluefield National Bank
Buverizewpd
N. Ea
Goodykoontz Drug CO
Three Good Drug Stores
Huyler
Nunnally
Martha Washington
East End Pharmacy
Bluefield Pharmacy
Fairview Pharmacy
Bland and
South Streets
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