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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1925
Page
1
The piece blends reflections on drought relief and election talk with a club speech citing four years of bankruptcies averaging 426704.45 and city losses surpassing public-works costs. It closes with observations on autumn flowers and the quiet dignity of September and October's display.
A nostalgic essay contrasts the old fashioned country cousin with urban fashion, noting how social mobility, excursions, and autumn scenery reshape identity. It recalls summer outings and Jack Frost painting leaves, hinting at public readers’ return to familiar pastimes.
A 2000 ton bulk shipment of Pocahontas nut egg and stove coal left Bluefield yards for Boston to mark the first bulk under the new all rail rate. The 32 car train stood near Bluefield for photos as officials predicted about a week to reach Boston and roughly twenty five days for return, with Atwater Pocahontas coal bound for Mr. Atwater in Boston.
In Sunbury Pennsylvania on the Sunbury Shamokin road six miles east of Sunbury one woman was seriously injured and five others treated at a local hospital. Agnes Aukstakalus of Minersville suffered a fractured skull and remains in serious condition. Also injured were Joseph Aukstakalus Viola Aukstakalus Joseph Polaski Mia Zukuski and Mrs Joseph Matonis.
Constantinople police enforce a new traffic code by laying a board studded with nails across streets during brake tests. If drivers fail to stop in time, their cars suffer punctures and are escorted to repair stations or confiscated for proper brake adjustment.
Pittsburg reports a recommendation to extend the government run river transport service known as the federal barge line from the Mississippi into the Ohio to its Pittsburg head. W M Jacoby says freight offers totaling over 1.75 million tons annually from Ohio Valley shippers support the plan and extension could be carried out before 1980 with executive approval. The move promises significant living-cost savings.
Philadelphia October 17 A. D. Brown to replace John Whitehead as prohibition representative for Major William G. Murdock in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Murdock cites harmony and pledges full cooperation with state police while Whitehead completes work. Whitehead races to recover two barrels and cases of whiskey seized by authorities from a Burlington county farm.
Washington reports the airplane will dominate upcoming congressional debate, with two inquiries shaping the discussion. The president's air board has finished hearings and aims to deliver its report by November 20 while the House aircraft committee prepares its own report for Congress. The board seeks facts, remaining aloof from personalities as it reviews officials aviators and industry figures connected to aviation.
Uniontown Pa October 17 The United States Army Air Service fully exonerated after coroner jury verdict inquest clears engine trouble caused fatal crash near New Salem three men killed including pilots Lieutenant Jes Burgess Maurice Hutton Verne Timmerman Dayton newspapermen Witnesses Lieutenant C G Nutt Captain J C Platt testified Burgess steered for landing before crash plane struck a tree gasoline tank explosion suggested body shipments arranged to Washington and Brooklyn
More than fifty spectators were injured when the east bleachers at a Washington and Jeffer son Carnegie Tech football game collapsed during the scoreless first half. Ambulances ferried the injured to Washington hospital as fire crews assisted in rescue amid waterlogged debris.
Wilkesbarre, October 17. Bandits who held up Clarence West, Paymaster of the Plymouth Knitting Mills, escaped with a payroll of 8278. West was driving toward Plymouth when his car was stopped by a second car. Two men held him at revolver point and the robbers fled with the money aboard a third vehicle pursued by police.
At General Hospital maternity ward the births occurred in time with Governor Pinchot’s official inspection. The babies are sons of Mrs. Jessie of Freedom and Mrs. Claraier of Beaver and will be named after the governor when he arrived in Beaver.
General convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New Orleans votes down proposals to change canons regulating divorce, effectively blocking remarriage restrictions. Six missionary bishops were elected in the House of Bishops, with further names announced for missionary dioceses. Ratification decisions on these elections to come before the House of Deputies.
In New Castle Pennsylvania four boys hunting in a swamp found a second headless body in the same two week span as the first. The remains lay half a mile from the first discovery, barely covered by a shirt and underwear and were weathered for at least four months. Police and the coroner suspect murder in both cases as they seek the first victim’s identity.
William Livingston aged eighty one, bank owner and president of the Lake Carriers Association, died suddenly at his Detroit office. His daughter Miss Susie Livingston found the body. physicians cited heart disease. Livingston was active in business despite his age and continued to run his affairs.
M. J. Scanlon, a fifty year old highway and railway contractor, was shot and seriously wounded today on his farm near New Castle, Pennsylvania. Police sought Jo Moore who allegedly fired after being ordered from the property while Scanlon was mushroom picking. One bullet hit him in the shoulder and another in the left arm.
New York reports Houston Oil Companys net income for the first nine months of the year fell to 1,306,538 after taxes depreciation and depletion versus 1,744,298 in the same period in 1924. The figure equates to 3.62 a share on common after preferred dividend requirements at 6 percent versus 0.47 a share a year earlier.
Washington Oct 17 A saving of 300 to 500 million dollars in next year’s federal tax bill is seen as work begins Monday on a revenue measure. A clear track and enacted by March 1 is forecast with broad GOP and Democratic agreement on key provisions including income tax reductions, tax simplifications, and estate tax revisions. Secretary Ellen named representatives to aid the committee as hearings open Monday afternoon.
At Arica Chile October 17 an official statement from Pershing says he has not indicated the American delegation will withdraw from Tacna Arica plebiscite talks unless Chilean and Peruvian differences are resolved. The dispatches New York claimed Pershing near patience were not accurate. The legation aims to review disputes and implement the arbitrator’s award.
Commander Francesco D Pinedo, Italian aviator, arrived yesterday from Tokio and left Kagoshima at 7 15 this morning to begin his return flight to Shanghai and on to Italy.
In Beatty Pa on October 17 the St Francis College eleven fell 21 to 7 to West Virginia University freshmen. WVU scored on plunges after advancing plays, with Talbott as standout back and Glel adding a St Francis touchdown and goal.
In Lebanon Indiana on October 17 the body of United States Senator Samuel M. Ralston was laid to rest. Vice President Dawes and a senatorite committee attended alongside Governor Feaward Jackson and Thomas Taggart. The funeral followed private services at Hoosier Home and was delayed by the cortege’s long journey. Burial took place at Oak Hill cemetery.
Antwerp reports cattle rustling concern with 72 nose prints tested on stolen animals. The Antwerp Chamber of Commerce urges the minister of agriculture to urge legislature to require nose prints on all cattle, akin to human fingerprinting, to curb substitution of inferior stock.
John Gill and Sons of Cleveland Ohio filed a $1 051 885 back pay claim in U S district court against the owners of the Benjamin Franklin Hotel under construction in Philadelphia. The builders allege balance due for erection work while defendants call the claim unjust.
Trapped in the small cabin of his overturned barge at the Delaware River dock, Captain Harry Christensen aged fifty nine was drowned. Harbor police later recovered the boat and learned of his death hours after the accident in Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania state police report twenty breweries raided in two weeks ten emptied vats about 500000 gallons of high weed beer destroyed and five arrested Governor Pinchot says breweries are learning they cannot outrun the law The crackdown targets bootleggers crooked politicians and breweries alike and is welcomed by honest citizens.
Ten passengers missing after the Clyde Line steamer Comanche was destroyed by fire near Mayport Florida. The Reaper rescued survivors and authorities rushed doctors and nurses to meet the returning liner. Captain Curry sustained a sprained leg. chief engineer J J Gaudet praised as hero for aiding crew.
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