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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1925
Page
2
A dense ad page lists coal prices from Pocahontas Nut and standard grades with phone numbers for orders. It promotes bluefield furnaces and awnings, furniture, glass, and storage space. Miscellaneous items cover rentals, real estate, local events, church activities, a police court bulletin, a football squad visit, a stolen Ford and a stolen Chevrolet, a death, and an auto theft report.
Washington October 14 temporary commercial arrangements with Germany ended today as the new treaty of friendship and amity was ratified by Secretary Kellogg and German ambassador Baron von Merten. The agreement is praised as a model for forthcoming commerce pacts with other nations.
Early yesterday a car on the Oakvale mountain road near the Virginia West Virginia line was stopped by prohibition officers. Seven pints of prescription liquor one quart dry gin and one quart Three Star brandy were found. Max Auerbach allegedly owned the car and confessed ownership of the liquor. He was held on $500 bond for the January term. other four occupants were released pending action and IDs with the director of federal prohibition in Roanoke.
The Christ Episcopal Church men present a four number lyceum course in Bluefield this winter. Betty Booth Concert Company opens October 24 with a five year lyceum record and experienced performers. Season tickets sold quickly and Paul Wright oversees advance sales with pricing at $3 for the full course and $1 for individual numbers.
Directors of First National Bank Roanoke and National Exchange Bank Roanoke voted Wednesday to merge under the name First National Exchange Bank of Roanoke. The move unites the two oldest and largest Roanoke banks to form a major Virginia financial institution.
Dr. Walter Cannon of Harvard told the Interstate Postgraduate Assembly that the heart can function without nerve input. Chemical control via adrenal glands regulates the heart, with small adrenaline doses raising heart rate by as much as 34 beats per minute under stress or danger.
New York police found three men at a card table in a dim east side room all still as a spell. One lay dead with head on his arm clutching three aces and two nines. A second man reached for the pot with a straight near completion while the third sat with chin on chest. Patrick Conner was later identified among the players.
About 1000 members of the Southern West Virginia Round Table Association from Mercer and McDowell counties will attend the West Virginia Education Association meeting in Huntington November 6 7. A special Mercer McDowell train at 3.50 round trip is reduced to 2.60 with the association paying one dollar per member. Beaver High School band will accompany under Director Reppert.
A fight between disorderly elements and US troops patrolling Panama City left one Panaman dead and two wounded. Troops moved into the city on October 12 to restore order, and by October 13 stores were reopening though food flow remained disrupted.
Baltimore news service reports a strike of engineers, firemen, and hustlers on the Western Maryland Railway set for 6 am tomorrow. About 600 workers affected. Fred Barr of the locomotive firemen and engineers union announced the action. Maxwell C. Byers, railroad president, said he is marshaling resources to keep the line running.
Huntington West Virginia voters approved a 1 150 000 bond issue for sewer work Guyandotte river bridges two fire stations and other public improvements. Kean Taylor Company of New York sold the bonds at a premium of 4128 50 the highest in the state.
Superior Judge Frank R. Willis in Los Angeles ruled the child cannot be disposed of by will. He awarded custody of four year old Thomas D. Arkle to his father Alwyn Arkle of Lexington Kentucky, ending a bitter custody battle after the child's grandmother had inherited him through a will.
Representatives from Roanoke Salem Bluefield Radford Fincastle Callaway and Shawsville met at First Presbyterian Roanoke. Kuykendall resigns as Melrose pastor to take Athens Tennessee post. DuBose seeks Johnson City dismissal. Ghiselin called at West End Roanoke to be installed October 26 with committee from Shepherdstown W Va. Newman of Radford presided.
Wytheville welcomes Bluefield residents amid goodwill motorcade praise for roads linking the Lakes to Florida highway. KR P Johnson notes benefits of good highways and hopes Bluefielders join upcoming Rotary events in Wytheville and a possible visit to Bluefield.
Charles Mason a miner at the Crane Creek operation of the American Coal Company in Mecamas suffered both leg fractures when slate fell yesterday. A Black miner helper escaped serious injury. Mason was transported to Bluefield by P D Bratton and admitted to the Bluefield Sanitarium.
Hun W Va October 14 14 It was reported Sheriff Herndon of Cabell County died suddenly of apoplexy at his home after a busy day in his office and in the common pleas court He was a prominent Democrat elected to the county office last November by a large plurality The county court will elect a successor to serve out his term.
Rt. Rev. John Gardner Murray of Baltimore was elected presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States at the 48th triennial convention. The 68 year old, who had a long career in business before ordination, will also serve as president of the national council.
Beaver Pond board of education will seek bids next week for excavation and foundation work for the new Ramsey Street school building. Gerry and Sheffey are preparing specifications, with plans to separate the excavation from the general contract. The design includes eighteen classrooms, a manual training department, superintendent and board offices, and a combined auditorium and gymnasium. Much old material will be reused where possible. the general contract is not expected to be awarded until early next year.
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