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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1925
Page
2
Local classified items promote Mercer Coal and Supply Co with special cash price on Nut coal and Red Ash, Bluefield retail coal, and weighing loads at 2000 pounds. Advertisements note lumber, excavation, and plumbing firms, plus church notices, nursing exams, and upcoming events at Bluefield venues.
A shopper urges careful selection of fragrances noting a wide stock of Coty and other fine perfumes available at the shop to meet exacting tastes and budgets.
H A Lucas of Binefield won the Wade school addition contract as the lowest bid among six, with work to start immediately and finish by February 1, 1926. The expansion includes classrooms and a gymnasium, preparing Wade for junior high status. foundation work for the east wing is already done.
The Comanche liner, built in Philadelphia in 1896 and measuring 3856 gross tons, sailed from New York for Charleston and Jacksonville with 156 passengers aboard. Survivors report a rapid rescue in heavy seas amid flames on the forward hold, with two boys drowning and four women lost after a boat launch malfunction.
In Wisconsin, the double murder of Madalynne Latimer and James Sears near Kenosha stalls investigators. Sheriff Willems and Coroner Friend say efforts are hindered, a $2500 reward is offered for leads, and three photographs document the case as prosecutors seek the killer.
Six heavily armed men robbed the West Pullman works of the International Harvester Company of a $45,000 payroll. They surprised about a score of employees after an express messenger delivered the money. The robbers blocked exits, bagged the payroll, and fled in a car after smashing a window to escape. An auditor on the second floor fired as the last man went through.
George Summer Merritt a Civil War veteran who secured the original Confederate constitution at Richmond died at his Hartford home aged eighty one Born in an era of war he witnessed the fall of Richmond and the constitution now held by the war department Washington His death marks the passing of a veteran who lived through the nation’s early postwar years.
Mrs Amanda Burks 83 won the title in San Antonio as queen of the Old Trail Drivers. Her 60,000 acre Texas ranch stretched toward the Mexican border since 1876 after her husband died. She rode the trail in 1871 with 4000 cattle to Abilene and survived floods fires and Indian threats.
A National Geographical Society bulletin says Tijuana, just south of California, grew from desert shacks into a compact Main Street after the eighteenth amendment. The town is dominated by alcoholic beverage distribution and gambling, with a few food outlets, contrasting with nearby Mexican cities like Mexicali and Juarez across the border.
New York reports a dramatic confirmation that William H. Turner mine foreman, presumed dead after a Kentucky coal mine explosion, is alive. His wife Mrs. Margaret M. Turner of Trenton, New Jersey, recognized him in police rooms despite prior belief of his death and a supposed imposter.
The piece describes Tijuana as a sanctuary for Americans flouting prohibition with a cluster of bars gambling rooms and a race track near the border. It notes seven teen miles from San Diego and says Americans dominate gambling and saloon concessions while funds mostly flow back to U S owners after fees and schooling costs.
An English writer argues that a beard causes daily trouble and expense. He cites facial measurements and shaving two strokes per inch, totaling about 24 820 inches yearly and 20 miles in a lifetime, plus five minutes daily until age seventy. The piece also notes women announcers at Japan's largest radio station.
The New York Stock Exchange saw a dramatic end to a motor shares speculative surge as prices sank two to ten points from highs in the holiday session. Total trading Barnes AP tallies ranged 1.48 to 1.73 million shares amid heavy profit taking and forced liquidations.
The floor chatter suggested a crumbling market, yet the real issue was a twenty minute delay before trades. Customers who bought or sold at the market later learned their orders were filled one to four points away from displayed tape prices.
President and Mrs. Coolidge prepare for a full White House social slate from December 3 cabinet dinner to February 11 army and navy reception. A new social secretary from the diplomatic corps takes the job, with J. Pierrepont Moffat serving as master of ceremonies at the mansion.
The Icefield National Bank will open a modern safe deposit department in the Law & Commerce Building at corner Federal and Raleigh Streets. Five hundred boxes installed with some already rented, offering daily or yearly rental options from one cent per day for the smallest box up to larger sizes with higher rates. Opening day rentals encouraged.
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