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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1927
Page
6
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Governor Al Smith addresses the League of Women Voters on prohibition urging voters to use ballots to express disapproval if they oppose the law. He says he will enforce prohibition but warns wets may portray his stance as nullification, influencing the New York political climate and campaign perceptions.
A news notice warns residents that theft and murder continue when people hide money at home. In Braxton county an elderly couple was killed recently under the belief they possessed cash. The piece urges depositing money in a bank to reduce risk and loss.
The text notes inventory and planning time in industry with seasonal slackness not unexpected. It contrasts past momentum from postwar expansion with current slower activity, while acknowledging brisk holiday trade and heavy shipments of holiday goods that have fallen below earlier levels.
The Interstate Finance and Trust bank in Big Stone Gap Virginia closes to enter voluntary liquidation. The column recalls past anniversaries and local events, noting Ford Motor Co employment growth and plans, seasonal retail crowds, and various social observations from the era.
A collage of brief excerpts spans bankers rhetorical boasts to hotel napkin etiquette and race betting totals in Canada. It notes editorial quips from Florence Alabama Herald Los Angeles Times Fort Worth Record Telegram Nashville Banner Hamilton Spectator and Providence Journal on topics from public speaking to political intrigue and letter safekeeping.
The passage outlines quarterly tax payments to city county and state, mine safety measures and miner education, barriers on roads to protect motorists, gas tax collection replacing personal property assessments, and plans for an advancement association in southern West Vic with elections on Sundays and church protections. It mentions traffic restrictions near a freight depot and connections to College Avenue, Blavfield, and Midway.
A compact meditation on life noting alternating joy and pain, small successes and labor with fleeting rest, mercy love, worry and sorrow, and the constant tension between gladness and grief in daily living. The verses weave bitter and sweet experiences into a contemplative panorama.
The letter argues county voter registration by assessors could cut elections costs, reducing staff and political machines. It lauds Dr John R Turner of Raleigh County as WVU’s incoming president, awaiting his induction as a new era for higher education.
The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics notes a cost of living still high but rising wages outpace it in some sectors. It cites 1926 wage averages in shoe and woolen mills, iron and steel, automobile, and hosiery. total unemployment estimates reach up to 3 million with 12 million at work in 1919.
A report by special master Charles E. Hughes for the Supreme Court on the Lake Michigan diversion to Chicago's drainage canal is hailed by Chicago as vindication of its water rights while many lake states challenge the ruling. Nations and papers across Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Canada weigh the decision and its impact on jurisdiction, Congress, and future water policy.
A fragment lists random topics including music variety a call for patriotism and a Wisconsin professor arguing luck over brains noting the wind blown bob hairstyle and an odd vacuum cleaner use. The text mix appears as a stray newspaper snippet with no clear event.
A radio advertisement touts Creomulsion as a cure for persistent coughs and colds claiming it soothes inflamed membranes and inhibits germs. It markets creosote as the key healing element and portrays the product as a new medical discovery endorsed by authorities.
Editor Dr. Fishbein writes the second installment in a three part series about mental defects and mental hygiene outlining ongoing health service perspectives and recommendations.
Dr Morris Fishbein notes that health education on women reveals a portrait of the normal person as a fourteen year old mind with common defects in teeth vision and body. He cites heredity risks including insanity feeble-mindedness alcoholism and epilepsy and warns of widespread misbehavior traits in childhood. He presents grim stats: of 100 men aged 25, after 40 years 30 will be dead four will be well to do five self supporting and 54 dependent on others for care. He jokes about navy mincemeat and sailors.
The piece asserts Congress should reimburse Doheny for tanks built at Pearl Harbor after a $13 million court judgment against him for oil from the reserve. It weighs in on Al Smith’s stance on prohibition and ridicules anti saloon sentiment, contrasting federal funding with patriotic motives.
F H Walker of Montgomery West Virginia recounts severe stomach troubles and insomnia before taking Konjola. He credits the remedy with eliminating stomach pain regulating his system improving sleep and boosting daytime energy. The product is sold in Bluefield Princeton and nearby drug stores.
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