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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1925
Page
12
A garbled telegraph classified listing offers rentals and services. It mentions a potential washerwoman cook or janitor, vehicle mounting on a Ford truck, furnished rooms, light housekeeping, and multiple rental options with phone numbers and street addresses for immediate possession and store rooms.
J A S King of Goodwill dies from head injuries after a Ford coupe plunged from a 25 foot embankment near Springton Mercer county. J R King survives with skull fracture. two brothers and a sister survive. burial planned at Melvin cemetery Bluefield. Newark boxing report notes Harry Wills defeats Floyd Johnson after Johnson’s seconds throw towel in ring.
Property advertises a large lot with a splendid view available for rent by the month or by the year. Includes an address box for inquiries.
A 1 acre lot and a five room house near Talanche on College Choice and a seven room home on Bramwell Road are offered with price indications and notes on properties available. A car is listed as part of the sale.
A fragment describes a six hour sale of a six room residence in Bluefield with owners' contract terms and a cash payment of one hundred dollars, plus monthly payments. The damaged text references a station and an 1888 date but lacks complete details or clarity.
District Court in Southern District of West Virginia announces George W White was adjudicated bankrupt October 24 1925. First creditors meeting set for November 16 1926 at 10 oclock in Bluefield Mercer County to prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt.
In Cleveland Ohio and Cincinnati Ohio an automotive shop ad lists departments and addresses. It mentions McSweeny Ridg and a free auto repair offer with location details and a Chicago contact.
Classified ad seeks a woman for general work in a Bluefield Virginia home. Mentions clean references required, address 12 Vinci Street, Bluefield, for contact and duties.
Moving call 604 promotes Twin City Transfer Co offering local and long distance services with crate packing. Claims cheaper rates and work completed under an absolute guarantee with the Granite Office opposite.
Genoa High School battled Kimball High to a scoreless tie in a muddy Bluefield clash. Leander Thomas intercepted a Kimball pass for Genoa and Calhoun saved the day for Kimball. Coach Meade’s Genoa squad is praised as a class act and set to challenge regional rivals.
The Billy Sunday Club service Sunday afternoon offered strong inspiration. Dr. E. C. Wade framed Belshazzar as a candid sinner who met his end and depicted Pontius Pilate as a man of uncertain resolve, contrasting Saint Paul’s steadfast life.
A speaker depicted Paul as outstanding yet fallible to human fear, choosing Belshazzar over Pilate in a call to take definite stands. A large crowd attended with splendid singing. Next Sunday the Men's Bible Class of Trinity Church will lead the service.
New York October 26 William Johnson superintendent of a Long Island orphanage run by the Long Island Baptist Association was held on ten thousand dollars bail charged with criminal assault on a girl inmate. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children filed the affidavit and took over administration of the home which houses fifty girls aged eight to sixteen.
New York Oct 26. In the men's division of the national greens section tournament the winners were Edmund H. Miller Fort Wayne Country Club G B Macomber Jr Braeburn Country Club West Newton Mass and D R Wheeler Goo Country Club Harrisburg each seven up on par with handicaps A separate winner in the women's division was Mrs A Houssohner Wyoming Valley Country Club Wilkesbarre Pa with a gross 97 and a 33 handicap The entrants numbered 8834 from 169 clubs
William Anderson Coffin, president and treasurer of the American Fine Arts Society and a renowned New York painter, died at New York hospital at age seventy. Born in Allegheny, Pa., he studied at Yale, under Leon Bonnatt in Paris, and returned to New York in 1882 to gain recognition as a landscape and figure painter. He joined the National Academy of Design as an associate in 1898 and became a full member in 1912.
St Louis reports at the National Association of Manufacturers convention that the open shop now prevails in most industries with about ten percent of labor in closed shops. The closed shop remains in anthracite coal and garment sectors. building printing railroads and bituminous mining show decreases. The 1924 strikes cost the public about $613 million.
New York reports the Czecho-Slovak republic secured a private loan of 25 million dollars to cover wartime debt to the United States. An additional 76 million dollars was promised, with 50 million contingent on repaying a 1922 state loan.
Eight railroad workers confessed to aiding illegal liquor shipments into Chicago, implicating ten police captains and officials from Joliet Aurora and Peoria. More officials expected to be questioned tomorrow.
F. D. Trail, pioneer resident of the city, died Monday at 1 p.m. at his New Midway home after long illness. Born August 22, 1867 in Botetourt County Virginia, he was 58 and lived here 25 years. He worked as a painter and paper-hanger. Survived by widow and five children Lena Denny of Roanoke, R. M. Poe of this city, C. B. Pickle of Marion, Va., Walter V. Trail of Roanoke, Edwin Trail of this city, and sister Miss Callie Trail of Lithia, Va. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
B R Cawthorn a 32 year old negro yard brakeman was seriously injured at 450 Sunday morning when he fell from a yard engine and struck his head on a car body. He was found riding the engine pit as the locomotive passed through the yards and taken to Bluefield sanitarium then Lomax hospital. He lives on Coopers street and is well known among local colored residents.
Miss Lula Belle Harman of Glenwood Park was injured Sunday afternoon when two cars collided in south Bluefield. Her chin laceration required treatment after the crash, and she was taken to St Luke's Hospital. She likely will remain hospitalized several days.
John T Brabner Smith publicity director for the Chicago Church Federation cites ancient Hebrew prophets and Jesus as adept at publicity. He urges pastors to use newspaper headlines and radio to promote sermons and drive campaigns for righteousness.
At a federal trade commission hearing in New York on October 26, AT&T testified its assets reach 1.6 billion dollars with common stock par value 944,904,155. The company reportedly owns a majority stake in Umpire City Subway Company Ltd, a key electrical unit, fueling charges of a radio monopoly as broadcasts rely on wires through the subway conduits. The hearing resumes tomorrow with witnesses from International Western Electric and United Fruit Company summoned.
The American Jewish Congress adopted a resolution urging the Joint Distribution Committee to reveal immediately a 16 million campaign budget and land settlement plans, asserting the committee violated a September peace pact and backing unity through compliance. Dr. Wise led calls for Gaza Palestine relief and continued Jewish immigration opportunities.
Henry Butler of Orton West Virginia shot his wife in bed and then walked to Deer Creek and drowned himself. Neighbors say domestic trouble and seven children were involved. Butler reportedly said goodbye before leaving the house.
Mrs. Thomas B. Henley of Preston Street suffered a broken right arm when she fell on the front steps of her home. Doctors at Bt Lake's Hospital treated her before she was returned home Monday afternoon.
trustee John Roberts will sell at public auction on November 11 1925 at 11 a m in front of the Law and Commerce Building Bluefield Mercer County WV the trust deed lists RBIL Linkous as grantor and covers lots 1 3 and 3 Become 338 in Bluefield shown on a map by John M Wirn Biuenhein West Virginia sale proceeds to be paid in cash with terms of sale provided in the deed of trust and upon default of notes secured.
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