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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1930

Page

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Daily Telegraph Rate Sheet and Sunday Date

The notice provides subscription rates for different mail zones and city carrier delivery. It lists prices for one year, six months, three months, and weekly options, with zone-based pricing and a Sunday date of August 10, 1980. It also credits advertising agencies and foreign representatives and notes limited notices requiring payment.

Rene Daily Telegraph Printing CO Associated Press Katz Special Advertising New York Kansas City Chicago San Francisco Atlanta Baecares West Virginia

Biblical Proverb and Quotation Note

A devotional note links Proverbs 5 56 with a Wendell Phillips quote about Eve and Adam. The text presents religious reflections on sin and human nature without a clear news event.

Population shifts and local notices from a century ago

Census data shows Blue field’s population at 11 200 now, 4 644 in 1900. Lyric theatre manager Charles Rosenberg announces major improvements. Graham Episcopalians award a $5 000 church contract. Judge Samuel W Williams dies at Roanoke home. William E Hall dies at his New Hope area farm.

Bluefield Charles Rosenberg Lyric Theatre Graham Episcopalians Samuel W. Williams Southwest Virginia Virginia Roanoke William E. Hall Mercer County New Hope

Noted Foil Gisycka Thinly Disguised as Washington Foe

The text describes a character once named Countess Gisycka now thinly disguised, making it evident to all as the novel’s beloved foe. It suggests that once this began, tree-sitters in Washington would be unable to compete or succeed.

Countess Gisycka Washington

West Virginia Mourns Loss of Virgil Highland

The state shows grief for Virgil Highland a prominent banker newspaper publisher and political leader whose diverse constructive work and leadership touched banking press and public life. His death brings sorrow to thousands and leaves a model of high minded citizenship for future generations.

West Virginia Virgil Highland West

Alice and Eleanor in Washington Herald feud resumes

Washington social circles watch as Mrs Eleanor Patterson becomes editor in chief of the Washington Herald and rumors swirl about Mrs Alice Longworth advising Republican nominee Ruth Hanna McCormick. The feud between Longworth and Patterson reemerges with potential sharpened commentary and photo opportunities.

Washington Congress Alice Eleanor Dolly Amos and Andy William R. Hearst Eleanor Patterson Washington Herald Alice and Alice Longworth Ruth Hanna McCormick United States Ilinois

Debtor Nation Image Rejected by Critics as Internationalists Eye US

The article argues that the United States is the world's largest debtor rather than the sole money holder of Europe. It cites Dr. Julius Kein’s figures showing seven and a half billion dollars owed to foreign nations. It notes European ownership of twenty of twenty three US rayon firms and foreign oil interests challenging US companies.

Uncle Sam Shylock Europe Julius Kein United States Dr. Kein America Canada Ehylock

Federal probation plan aims to cut prison costs and expand supervision

Attorney General Mitchell outlines extending the federal probation system with 45 new officers to supervise released inmates. The plan targets mainly first offenders, promising economy by reducing prison upkeep costs estimated at 25 000 dollars per year per 100 inmates while probation pay is about 4000 dollars.

Mitchell Department of Justice Federal Movement

Census prompts debate on immigration levels

The census puts the nation’s population at over 122 million, noting the decade’s largest growth. Proponents argue the higher figure supports reducing immigration while maintaining economic expansion.

If Spirits Walk Poem Note on a June Tryst

A poem contemplates a vow to meet a beloved only if spirits walk. The speaker pledges to take the familiar path to the hill and shore when winter gusts blow, but asks not to appear to frighten the beloved. In June the pine whisper and hair are touched as birds fall silent, a signal to keep the old tryst.

Campus planning urged for a true university beauty

The Morgantown New Dominion argues the university campus suffers from disorganized planning and poor architectural harmony. It commends the Board of Governors two year effort to study campus plans with data from about 700 institutions and cites tunnel ideas to remove campus traffic as well as less costly routing fixes.

Wen Board of Governors C. T. Neff Jr Mr. Neff Princeton Carnegie Lake University of Virginia Thomas Jefferson Monticello Universiy University Avenue Law Sunnyside Beechurst Avenue University Stewart Street Beechurst College Avenue Maiden Lane North High Street Morgantown New Dominion

Throwing The Harpoon

Unclear report on Kurdich regiment raids Turks with a chessy affair noted. President Hoover, it is said, takes no part in camp chess games and shows more interest in other matters.

Kurdich Hoover

City gardeners and guttersnipes in bold New York parade

In New York on Aug 9 Gilbert Swan notes Manhattan quirks from earth on sale to roof gardeners to public showers for street kids. He watches a Rolls Royce visitor pause as two youths bathe near aristocratic doors, a scene mixing wealth and city life.

Roosevelt New York John J. Raskob Smith Manhattan Henry Clay Frick John D. Rockefeller Uptown Central Park East Seventieth Street Gopher Plains Earl Carroll Gilbert Swan

Weather and witty remarks in a Boston auction note

A Boston buyer paid 12000 for a silver tea set once owned by the late Czar of Russia. The buyer jokes the heir will not reign but can still pour. Berlin police reportedly carry gas pistols to render a foe unconscious, while noting women sometimes achieve the same result without weapons.

Czar Russia Berlin

Neighborliness as a Diplomatic Guid e According to Dwight Morrow

Washington columnist Kirke Simpson reports Dwight Morrow’s diplomacy hinges on neighborliness in international relations. He defines neighbor as the person next door and argues nations must get along with others who share borders and interests. Morrow’s Mexico speak g reflects this ethic on foreign policy and self governance.

Kirke Simpson Washington New Jersey Dwight Morrow Mexico Morrow

Political heat and humor in Hoover era primaries

Ashington notes a heat wave sparking political shifts across the South. Republican protests against Postmaster General Brown surface in Savannah, while North Carolina leans toward a Smith revival and Texas shows Ma Ferguson momentum. Nebraska and Illinois races feature double Georges and Ruth Hanna McCormick, as national talk centers on Dwight W. Morrow and Hoover’s waning stance.

Ashington Walter @q. Brown Savannah Brown South Hoover North Carolina al Smith Enow Texas Ma Ferguson Jim Ferguson Jim Bill Murray Oklahoma Tllinots Senate Towit Ruth Hanna McCormick James Hamilton Lewis Nebraska George W. Norris Nye Broken Bow Supreme Court Norris House of Morgan Dwight W. Morrow Washington Ibanez Lance Ibanez Rapidan

Screen Life in Hollywood

Hollywood reports on cat acting struggles for a scene with Claude Allister as a feline refuses to follow. The piece notes gamblers posing as extras play bridge between takes and cites punctual stars Greta Garbo and Otis Skinner, while Will Rogers prompts the crew to end work. A new princess, Athena Plarthes, arrives with a court claiming Cleopatra lineage, joining Arabian musicians in talkies.

Hollywood Claude Allister Allister Gramblers George Arliss Arlies Greta Garbo Otis Skinner Will Rogers Will Athena Plarthes Cleopatra Talkies

Weather, politics, and labor tales from a bustling era

In Wilmington Ohio farmers ask for work to feed families as a dry season worsens crops. The county commissioner begins road projects to aid them. A late column notes weather’s sweeping impact on life and markets. It also discusses Alice Longworth aiding Ruth McCormick’s Illinois Senate bid and public interest in her actions.

Wilmington Ohio Washington Official Alice Longworth Edward Everett Gann Curtis Longworth Ruth McCormick Illinois Alice Mrs. Longworth

The Rise and Fall of Paper and Celluloid Collars

The essay recalls the era of paper collars once worn for school and social reasons, their price and demise, then shifts to a humorous visit to a medical specialist where mispronunciations and mistaken names underscore fear and nerves, ending with a note on a British steamship liner 1050 feet long and 69000 tons.

British Steamship Company

Factors in Blood Pressure Control and Effects of Substances

The article outlines multiple factors influencing blood pressure including physical and mental states, heredity, kidney function, fluid and salt balance, alcohol and tobacco use. It notes moderation of alcohol, withdrawal effects, weight, nervous tension, and caffeine impact, and mentions drugs that can lower blood pressure by acting on these factors.

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