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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1925
Page
2
Bluefield notices list storage offers for piano and coal sales and deliveries by multiple firms. Rentals seek unfurnished heated spaces. Ford trucks and touring cars promoted. school reopenings and local meetings announced. police court fines and a serious assault charge reported. fire damage under $125. local residents news including education moves of Maxie and Jesa Turk.
The Westminster Presbyterian Church Men’s Bible Class memorializes Frank C VlaUvelt as a loyal worker and Christian leader. He organized boys for service, earned love and respect, and left a legacy of faith, family devotion, and civic loyalty. Copies of the resolutions will be shared with the family and kept in church records.
Raf Simons Eliza Beveley and Floyd Moreland were found guilty of possessing moonshine stills in Upshur County Court. Orville Shreve Blaine Winans and Cecil Kesling face trial on similar indictments tomorrow all residents of Sandrun.
Nat Reiss Shows present the Law and Outlaw exhibit at the Bluefield Fair, a wax figure display inspired by Eden Musee featuring replicas of Jesse and Frank James and other bandits plus living officers like Bud Ledbetter and Tom Jones. The $50,000 show, created by Scout Younger, aims to educate about crime with a moral: crime never pays.
The board postponed protest assessments pending further review and discussed liability insurance forms for city fire trucks. City engineer Kelley noted a pending protest by C W Smith on Allin alley and asked parties to appear at the next meeting. Temporary fixes were reported for the College avenue culvert.
The Daily Telegraph notes Henry Rodgin owner of the Henry Rodgin Jewelry Co as a top local carrier. In early Bluefield few houses existed and Rodgin delivered nearly the entire town. He is praised as a standout among titleholders who remain in the city.
The city orders C H Mustard to complete culvert work immediately or face assessment of costs. The board keeps Fairfax and Madison paving as planned but halts Fairfax at Craig. It approves repairs to a road toward winter with state highway support totaling about 700 dollars.
Mrs. J. D. Johnson received a license to operate a restaurant on Roanoke Street. The Loyal Order Moose was approved for rental of the municipal auditorium on October 1 and 2, and Rev. W. R. Blake was approved for the auditorium on October 11.
Pittsburg Sept 15 The American Water Works and Electric Company outlines plans to unite its West Penn subsidiary and related holdings into a single West Penn Electric Company. The new entity would control 23 000 square miles from near Baltimore to the Ohio River, operate about 500 000 horsepower, 21000 miles of lines, and serve roughly 1 100 000 people with $50 000 000 in capital.
Real estate transfers recorded include E. W. Powers to Warrick Furniture Co for a lot near Bluefield and other deeds such as James A Kidd to E. W. Powers and D H Sams to B E Oliver. Considerations listed as $200 and $5 with various lots referenced in Bluefield. Names include E W Powers James A Kidd D H Sams BE T Oliver J L Corbin F M Sutherland T O J Wilesn and A G Booth.
In Martinsburg West Virginia the September term court convened as Judge Baker denounced bootleggers and moonshiners who rely on a consuming trade and urged higher ups be tried as co conspirators. The grand jury remained in session highlighting squires cases. Effie McNemar former Clarksburg postmistress was released on five year parole after district attorney said coercion involved. Francis Miller of Kearneysville pleaded guilty to technical possession of liquor and paid a $300 fine.
The American Railway Association reports 1,124,496 cars loaded the prior week with a decline of 21,490 cars. Coal, grain and forest products drive the drop while miscellaneous freight, coke and livestock rise. coal totals drop 33,466 from the week before.
Harry Hetzler aged forty a Baltimore and Ohio brakeman on the Fairmont command run died in a Gratton hospital from injuries after he fell between two cars of a train this afternoon his legs and arm were severed his former home was Wilmington Delaware and the body will be sent there for burial
Washington reports preliminary figures showing tax collections for fiscal year 1925 at 2,684,140,268 compared with 2,796,179,257 for the year ending June 30, 1924. The 1925 year reflects revenue act reductions in effect during fiscal year 1926, with total collections $212,038,989 below the high-rate year.
Jimmy Slattery of Buffalo, though knocked out by Paul Berlenbach last Friday, expects to fulfill his contract for a middleweight title fight with Harry Greb of Pittsburgh at the Polo Grounds on October 6. Matchmaker Jimmy Johnston announced today Slattery's setback did not diminish his followings.
In New York a fifteen round bout is planned with fistic followers set for the card. Veteran Johnny Dundee will box Babe Herman, California featherweight, on the same program as Johnston confirms.
Washington Sept 15 The president backs open hearings in the pending aircraft investigation saying the special board should conduct its work in public. He would give the board freedom to set procedures and summon witnesses while keeping national defense plans confidential.
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