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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1925
Page
2
A collage of small ads and notices lists coal buyers, hat shop shipments, boardinghouse meals, medicines, peaches, pears, and farm produce deliveries. Police Beats report arrests for larceny and moonshine, a new patrolman, fines for fast driving, and a hotel baggage liquor incident.
Windy Turner, a familiar figure to local baseball fans, continues his lifelong eating game at the Bluefield fair. He operates a compact two by two hot dog stand near the main attractions, watching the nickels closely as patrons visit his stall. Windy denies working in pits or cages, insisting he stays at his concession while observing the fair crowd.
Announcement lists Kann’s Weinberg’s The People’s Store Liberty Clothing Co Shoe Market Sennett’s Boot Shop The Quality Shop The Henry Rodgin Co Army and Navy Store as closing Saturday in Bluefield West Virginia.
The Bluefield Mountaineers near mustering into West Virginia National Guard with enlistments closed and physicals underway. Captain Steele reports 25 examined with one unfit, seven on reserve, and aims for sixty enlisted men and three officers as a peacetime unit. Officers will muster the company into state service once exams finish.
W A Bodell has ordered his Federal street building to move back two feet aligning the block from Raleigh to Bland. Other property owners have donated ground to maintain a uniform line while Dr Thomas P Peery also set back two feet for wider sidewalks. Work on the Bodell building progresses despite a city water ban delaying brick work.
Rosenheim, Pemberton & Cruise report the west end school stadium and athletic field will be practically complete within two weeks. Surplus water from Bluefield Tee and Cold Storage plant is used to mix concrete. Two thirds of the concrete work is finished and minor grounds work will not interfere with fall field use.
Geoge Genan of Kimball visited Thursday. Mr and Mrs W S Kirkpatrick of Northfork attended the fair. Lee Judson Barber of Bluefield Va was a Thursday caller. Mrs R F Stoats of Powhatan Va vacations with relatives at Richlands. Mrs A B Ratliffe hosts her guest. Jose Eanes returns to Bluefield from summer with S H West near Floyd. Addie Webb of Rocky Gap visits cousin Beulah Price Bernard Cunningham leaves for Charleston. F O Lamb and Gen Harold return from Charleston. R Douglas Royer returns to Bluefield then leaves for Miami to join Florida Light and Power. W C Netkirk returns from Baltimore and Washington on business. Oscar Sutherland of Community Loan Co returns after vacation with brother in Newark City.
International League results show Rochester 7 Toronto 2 in game one and 3 1 in game two, seven innings. Syracuse loses to Buffalo 8 7, and Buffalo wins 2 1 in the second game. other games postponed.
G. E. B. Bailey owned a four room house on Washington street that burned quickly after discovery. Neighbors sheltered the crippled Asbury family of six. Bailey offered to rebuild and asked the public to donate old furniture or household items.
Quietly, Commander Rodgers and four navy seaplane crewmen left Honolulu aboard the Idaho to retrace their San Francisco to Pearl Harbor flight. They slipped away with three Pearl Harbor planes circling the battleship as it weighed anchor for the coast.
Interest rose as Bluefield Gun Club prepares to host an inter club trap match with Wyoming Gun Club today. Plans call for a 1000 shot contest divided across multiple rounds with top shooters from both clubs.
In Boulder Colorado a bleached skeleton found in the mountains west of Estes Park is believed to be the Rev. T B Sampson of Austin Texas a close friend of Woodrow Wilson who disappeared ten years ago. Two physicians on a hike uncovered the remains with clothing shreds matching those of Mr Sampson during a Grand Lake Colorado vacation with his wife and young son.
New York calls Lady Be Good the perfect musical comedy with a company of over fifty and a lively scenic production. George Gershwin’s score features jazz influenced numbers like Oh Lady Good and Fascinating Rhythm performed by Tick Wardell’s orchestra. The ensemble is youthful and charm ing with a spirited, light footed stage presence that entertains throughout.
Baltimore clinches its seventh consecutive International League pennant and earns a shot at the little world series against Rochester after Toronto’s slim chances fade. The Orioles sat idle in Providence as rain limited action and prepared for a postseason slate beginning September 30 against Louisville, then four games in Baltimore.
New York Sept 17 Charles W Morse financier and former shipbuilder is reported to be slowly declining after a second stroke of paralysis. The paralysis is spreading, according to his son.
Trial of John J. McNamara the labor leader was postponed as two state witnesses were not yet in Indianapolis Prosecutor William H Remy said they would arrive tomorrow to finish the case The defense objected to testimony about vandalism linked to the funding and the judge sustained the objection The indictment from Los Angeles Times dynamiting was also overruled Freyn testified McNamara said law and order and the U S Constitution meant little during a labor contract discussion
Pittsburg September 17 Governor Pinchot was censured by the Pittsburg trade body for his recent policies. The group condemned the approach as harmful to local business interests and urged a reconsideration of state leadership.
The burg Chamber of Commerce meets to announce the removal of James 8 Benn of Philadelphia and Ray Shelby of Uniontown as public service commissioners. The move comes after an invitation by the Philadelphia chamber for state bodies to oppose the governor's action. Burke, chamber legal adviser, denounces the governor's dismissal as undemocratic.
In Wheeling West Virginia the Elm Coal Company mine No 2 explosion left two men dead and two badly injured. District Mine Inspector A E B Lafferty filed a report stating the cause remains undetermined at this time.
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