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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1925
Page
3
Local column lists Bible class hostesses at the Bela Bennett church event on Honaker avenue, choir entertainment by Dick Keely in Princeton, and Presbyterian circle meetings at Mahood and Straley avenues. Also reports on road trips, hospital visits, family illnesses, and students entering Blackstone Military Academy.
Various Princeton items describe for sale notices and rental requests. The region reports marriage license corrections and new marriages in nearby towns. Local business moves include the Style Center store opening and manager Dave Isaacs joining the Michaelson chain. Fairgrounds work progresses with livestock pens and an open air theatre. amusement features include a riding school and burro giveaways. Police fines, Legion Auxiliary meeting, water rate hearing, and upcoming trials are noted along with farm bureau plans and evangelistic campaign preparations. Local events, merchants’ day at the county fair, and community notices complete the summary.
London reports a hairpin surge as factories stay busy and six walkers collect 327 lost hairpins during a five mile stroll. This brisk scavenging highlights the frequent loss of hairpins amid worn fashions and daily routines.
Mayor W A Brown addressed Kiwanis and urged all service clubs to cooperate with the council on financing Mercer street resurfacing and city approaches including the Lakes to Florida highway link. He emphasized sewer extension and disposal due to extreme drought, receiving assurance of full Kiwanis support. The inter club meeting featured a butter knife stunt for Conley Sundow and a substituted musical act after late changes.
W E Wall died Tuesday night at Oakvale from injuries suffered in a mine accident at Rolfe three months earlier. The funeral will be held in Oakvale this afternoon at 2 conducted by Rev Z F Mayberry and Rev W A Warner of Narrows Virginia. Active pallbearers include Lucedo Boggess Gordon Eastburn and others listed in the notice with names such as Johnson Staples Miller Reed Stanfford Coburn Johnson and Shumate.
A lively broadcast from Miami Beach shared observations on Florida real estate hype and tourist culture. The narrator notes wealthy locals, heat, beaches, and a mix of humor about West Virginia visitors, roads, hotels, and the quirks of life down south. References include George Washington hotel, palm trees, and various regional characters. The piece closes with a whimsical remark about toads in India.
Martin Both reports two men struck by bullets lived in the block where the house stands. Hougberg told police he was walking by and not in the mob that provoked the attack on the Negroes.
The Baptist Ladies Aid Society meets at 8 o clock this evening at Mrs. M H Palmer s home in Woodmont addition. Miss Mabel Slack issues invitations for an eight table bridge party in honor of Miss Mary Burton of Louisville Ky at the Memorial Building Saturday afternoon. Miss Burton will be guest of Miss Slack from Friday to Saturday while en route to Randolph Macon College Lynchburg to teach English this year. Mrs I C Herndon and son Zeb return from a ten day motor trip through Ohio and Indiana. Leona Mae and Sylvia Lar ner and brother Sam of Vivian return from Roanoke where they visited their aunt Mrs J H Simpson.
In Detroit a riot erupted after a Black family moved into a previously white area. Leon Breiner was shot and killed while Eric Hougberg was seriously wounded as whites attacked the house. Police reserves were used as missiles were hurled at the residence. The crowd, estimated in the thousands, gathered outside while armed residents inside fired in response.
The body of the thirteenth victim of the Apple Yard terminal flood last Saturday was found this morning in Wenatchee Washington. The body remains unidentified with three others still missing.
Fred J. Eichert of a Welch West Virginia plumbing heating and electrical contractor seeks electricians immediately to fill urgent positions. Apply in person for immediate consideration.
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