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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1925
Page
10
The Kanawha Exposition fair week hosts a fiddlers contest on the last day at Dunbar. Three classes cover solo, groups, and fiddling era players with two to five participants. Entries are due with blanks submitted to fair headquarters.
B. L. Bullman, former state fish and game official from Charleston, was mistaken for the bandit leader George Dutch Anderson in Winter Haven Florida. Police briefly detained him as a confederate, sparked by a tip claiming Anderson was among a nearby crowd. after Florida authorities verified his identity, he was released. Bullman, father of Gale Bullman and Ethel Bullman, described the episode as distressing but clarified he bore no relation to the criminal.
Huntington lawyer Wallace, head of the Huntington park commission, will deliver the Tead stage address at the Lions Club luncheon. He speaks on the proposed appointment of a state park commission for Charleston. The club plans stunt night with Kanawha ex, and committee members are McLauchlin Schaffer Huber and Horner.
A ten year old boy named Clarence Lorinsioss was struck by lightning and torn apart from a bolt but remained unharmed though badly stunned. The article notes women and Coste Riettis eyes as part of the fragmentary report.
Residents along Capitol Street report a spike in burglaries and prowling by a so called Peeping Tom. Police led by Chief John Britton patrol Thompson and Jackson streets after an arrest, yet new attempted break-ins on Brooks Street prompt calls to lock up and report suspicious activity by telephone. Local men are suspected due to crude methods and repeated patterns.
Logan coal operator Walter R. Thurmond and state leaders A. C. Herold Cecil Highland were among prominent guests at the Kanawha hotel. The register lists numerous visitors from Huntington Cincinnati Cleveland and beyond along with registrations at Holley and other hotels in the area.
Kahawha County Court weighs buying a new right of way to remove a dangerous curve above Maiden where CJ Settle died in an early morning crash. State Road Commission would designate the change and issue orders pending a security focus by the county. Committee members from Marion to Huntington discussed action Tuesday and the session runs October 17 as officials assess locating a safer route amid ongoing danger along the current path.
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