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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1925
Page
17
A column urges Bluefield residents to attend diverse worship services, notes water-meter vigilance by health authorities, and laments Prohibition debates. It reflects on rainfall prayer, economic attitudes, and a call for orderly school resumption as fall term nears.
A Bluefield Virginia tour of more than 200 motorists concluded in Charlotte North Carolina with a 6 pm banquet at the Hotel Charlotte. Mayor Moore welcomed the visitors and speakers noted North Carolina pride. The event featured music by the Bluefield Quartet and a large turnout of local citizens. The group then toured the Carolinas Exposition and visited Concord’s Stonewall Jackson Training School.
A Pittsburg explosion report says three coal miners were killed. Names appear as Charles H. Jackson and Benjamin H. Wenger among others. authorities investigate shafting and the cause of the blast.
Naval court of inquiry in Lakehurst hears James Colter and August Querenheim on gas bag failures and sees a dramatic telephone moment with Cmdr Lansdowne as Shenandoah battled the storm. Survivors and officers to be re-examined Monday. focus remains on cell integrity.
Paris reports Germany via ambassador Herr Von Hoesch has accepted the allied powers invitation to a conference on the proposed security pact. The exact location, Locarno on Lake Maggiore or another Swiss town, had not yet been decided.
Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South meets September 30 in Trinity Church Chattanooga with Bishop Edwin DuBose Mouton presiding. The conference will vote on unification and elect delegates for the May 1926 general conference. The Knxville district presiding elder roles and building plans for Central Church are discussed.
Eight men were arrested near Newville Braxton county in the arson case involving a store fire at Telsa eight miles from Sutton. Warrants named Earl Knicely Richard Knicely Carl Williams M S Williams Dane Williams Truman Stonaker Stewart Taylor Audley Taylor and Phillip Hanschumaker. M S Williams not yet apprehended. The owner of the store is said to be the insured party seeking 2500.
The Norfolk and Western coal fields including Poca, hontas River, Kenova Thacker Clinch Valley districts set new weekly loading highs. A total of 17,758 cars were loaded during the week, surpassing the previous high of 17,586 cars set several weeks earlier.
Judge Frank Emerick refused to grant a decree of divorce to congressman Frank D Scott or his wife Edna James Scott. The decision left the case undecided on appeal, with Mrs. Scott likely to pursue a Detroit filing for divorce on charges of desertion. Alimony and support provisions were discussed in brief terms.
An unidentified white man, about 25, was shot and killed by W. W. Mallory Jr. at a filling station two miles north of Ashland. The victim, possibly with a companion who escaped, died ten minutes after wounding. A note bearing an address to a Norfolk mission was found on the body. An inquest was expected later today. Mallory had not been arrested.
A derailment of the Dixie Flyer on the Central of Georgia line at Orchard Hill five miles south of Griffin left several passengers injured. No fatalities reported and those injured were taken to Griffin for treatment.
In Fairmont West Virginia on September 26 the United Mine Workers rallied in northern West Virginia declaring the union will remain. President John L Lewis and other officials praised the fight and pledged support while non union miners were urged to join. Injunctions were served on union leaders during the visit.
In Herrin Illinois a gas pocket explosion in Consolidated Coal Mine No 7 killed three miners and injured one. Names listed include John Fulkins William Drusinski and James Galligan with Peter Serena among the injured. The mine, normally employing 600, was understaffed for a holiday when the accident occurred.
E R Richardson says Wilbur's assertion that the City of Rome did not stand by after colliding with submarine S 51 is unfounded. He quotes the ship's master that the City of Rome remained on scene until he was certain no further rescue was possible.
Boston dispatch reports the S-51 submarine struck by the steamer City of Rome off Block Island. Thirty four crew were trapped as divers and navy ships raced to locate survivors. Three sailors were rescued, while hope remained for others inside the sunken vessel.
Cost Magee Jr., secretary of Noble Oil and Gas, and Dick Phillips, Tulsa aviator and air field proprietor, were killed when a plane crashed near Broken Arrow late today near Tulsa Oklahoma.
Thousands of children begin the new term Monday with Beaver High and Ramsey street schools ready for use. Colored schools will open later with new buildings due by October 12. About 550 expected in high school. attendance rules and session times outlined. multiple school zones and boundaries defined for 1925 26.
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