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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1925
Page
2
Local ads list Coal and Supply Co and Brookie Coal Co offering various coal grades Red Ash Pocahontas with phone numbers and wattage notes. Shrine Club Halloween dances and American Legion event dates announced. real estate, car repair, and lumber services. weather rainfall report and police court notes included.
Real estate service notes homes for sale that require repairs to woodwork and walls. Specialists advertise renovating the property to sell at a small profit.
Governor Alvin T. Fuller urges the National Coal Association to promote soft coal as a home fuel for New England. He has replaced thirty tons of anthracite in his cellar with bituminous coal citing a shift to softer coal. Major General Charles Berry says nine-tenths of the United States uses soft coal and no famine risk. Dr. B W Parker notes abundant anthracite stocks and substitute options reducing famine fears.
A total of 149 cars of Pocahontas coal passed Bluefield yards en route to New England points since Sunday. Most cars carried seventy tons, estimating roughly 9,000 tons. Five days showed 52, 21, 30, and 36 cars dispatched eastward, averaging about 35 per day for the first four days of the week. The new all rail rate to New England took effect October 15, with fuel shipments to the region only starting last Sunday.
Harold Hanks aged 25 from Danbury Connecticut was shot to death by two assailants during an attempted robbery on an eastbound Missouri Pacific freight train. His brother Tracy survived as the robbers, one a Negro, fled after tossing Harold from the car near Peuble Colorado. The crew found no trace of the killers at Horace Kansas.
A fire near west Princeton avenue was checked after a Norfolk and Western railway employee spotted smoke from Flat Top Auto Supply Wallenhaus Bros and American Dollar Store. Patrolman Linkous alerted residents at 116 12 Princeton avenue and fire crews cut through ceilings to reach the blaze fed by a defective flue and a large hallway stove. Early estimates of damage could not be made.
Mineola N Y October 22 Charlies H Frey turfman of Louisville Ky testified in his wife’s 100000 alienation of affection suit against Wilda M Bennett actress and denied the alleged pursuit saying if there was any pursuing he did it all He described his marriage as a cycle of quarrels and disputes and said his wife left him to return to her parents after he warned her he would wash his hands of her.
Washington Oct 22 Thirteen missionary societies were merged into two groups by vote of the National Council of Congregational Churches after fifty years of agitation. The consolidation unites homes and foreign missions under two bodies with about $5,000,000 in annual expenditures and $100,000,000 in properties and investments. The move aims at efficiency and economy.
Promoter Tex Rickard continued negotiations for a return championship bout between middleweight champion Harry Greb and 147-pound title holder Mickey Walker. Rickard, after Greb and manager Ned Mason arrived from Pittsburgh, expects to close the deal in days with December 18 as a tentative date.
The National Coal Association reports 11,800,000 net tons mined in the week ended October 17, exceeding the prior week. Earlier figures from October 10 show 11,696,000 net tons and October 3 records indicate 11,008,000 net tons, per the Bureau of Mines.
More than half of Tokyo's 500 Buddhist temples damaged in the 1928 earthquake were rebuilt in the suburbs rather than within the city. A recent city regulation trimmed temple grounds to widen streets, prompting relocation decisions.
The weekly Sunday School lesson notes Paul’s protest against idol worship in Ephesus, where Demetrius the silver smith leads a craft industry and stirs a riot by opposing Paul’s gospel. The city clerk halts the frenzy, highlighting conflict between self interest and higher faith.
Hall Quebec October 22 Two men Giovanni Tavero and William Frazer faced arraignments on charges they transported high wines from the United States into Canada for sale. Police say the liquor, illegally possessed, could be bought at one gallon in New York and sold for 24 in Quebec. Bail set at 300 each pending October hearing. Vehicle seized by liquor commissioner.
The Pocahontas field produced 424 348 net tons in the week ending October 10, the best of the year though only slightly above the prior period. Tug River district yielded 140 916 tons and Kenova Thacker district 225 585 tons.
In the Woods Run district two deer were seen running at large last night. Today two deer were found dead beside the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks near their prior sighting, apparently fallen from an embankment after being chased by police.
Fire Station Southside phone 1444 and Northside phone 72 report alarm signals from multiple street junctions including Princeton Avenue Runsell Street Bluefield Avenue Mercer Street Chestnut Spruce Chorsy Federal Raleigh Stewart Monroe Reese Allen Powelle Pulaski Park Bland North Jefferson Penn Mar East River College and Greenbrier area shapes. Central Station also notes alarm activity.
The bulletin from National Geographic calls Tai-O-Hal a port of tragedy. It recounts Marquesas history from French rule in 1842 to population decline and abandoned settlements. It notes Captain Ingraham and Captain Porter’s early U S claims, the rugged volcanic islands, and the potential future depopulation of the Marquesas.
The Osage River near Bagnell Missouri will be dammed creating a lake over 100 miles long with 970 miles of shoreline. Five turbines totaling 125000 horsepower will supply electricity to factories and towns while 58,000 more horsepower from two southern plants on the Current River are planned. Transmissions will pass through Missouri Linn Creek and nearby areas. Linn Creek town faces inundation as the Osage reservoir fills.
A proposed project at Linn Creek envisions a power plant and dam on a nearby hill built with local materials. Gravel and limestone blocks from the property will form concrete and the dam will rest on limestone drilled to 342 feet without penetration.
Narrative notes strange regional practices from polar travel snow houses when moving and seal skin tents otherwise. In Sierra Leone the cream fruit bears a creamy fruit taste and is praised by palates. A London club's hat and coat are attributed to a well known member of the Constitutional Club.
Government education board in Greece asks women school teachers to dress modestly and influence girls to avoid short skirts and low necklines. President Mary Woolley of Mount Holyoke College marks her 25th anniversary as head at South Hadley. Moroccan wives may leave home only to visit cemeteries on Fridays, with men excluded.
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