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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1935
Page
4
A restaurant scene highlights a portable instrument placed at the diner’s elbow to avoid interruptions. The Bluefield Telephone Company offers these portable phones for home, business, and public use, with minimal cost and easy installation by courteous utility men.
Leland H. Carter, local floor contractor, says it is not too late to recondition wood floors before winter. He reports traveling over 1,200 miles in 1935 for floor work and offers tips on designs, sanding, and cleaning for shellac, varnish, and wax finishes.
French Easley in the Kresge building at 201 Bland Street offers four to five dollar reductions on suits and overcoats for ten more days. Mr Easley measures customers personally and warns wool prices will rise next season, urging orders for pre Christmas delivery.
The guidance describes wax as a substitute when time for a war med to dry is unavailable and recommends four coats of wax on new floors. It notes applying wax to filler adjacent to hardwood floors yields a good finish, and stresses cleaning worn traffic lanes before re waxing. It advises yearly full waxing and thorough scrubbing with turpentine before rewaxing.
C Storekeeper 8 G Singleterry bet customer Freeman Brown he could eat a pound of cheese and a pound of crackers in five minutes. He cut a two pound cheese slice plus a half pound of crackers. Brown failed to detect the extra quantity, won the bet.
The Seeing School of the Air from Appalachian Electric Power Co highlights the Science of Seeing. Daily 5 55 sees a mini lesson and Sunday 2 30 to 3 00 airs a longer program with true or false tests. Prizes include an I E B lamp with judging by twenty five word statements.
The veteran burial claim may be filed within a year of death with a $100 burial allowance. A survivor may receive transportation and preparation costs, with the total from all sources not exceeding the actual burial expense. VA facilities may cover costs up to $100 and direct transportation to a national cemetery or next of kin's chosen location.
Bluefield players B J Wagner and Max Matz captured the Roanoke Times trophy for pairs in the Virginia Bridge tournament at the Hotel Patrick Henry Roanoke with 180 points. Runners up were R C Whitsett and Leland Wilson of Blacksburg with 160 1 2 points. Other final round qualifiers and scores included Mrs H A Porter and Miss Bernice Block Pocahontas 140 H C Eliott and Mrs E W Cummings Princeton W Va Mr and Mrs C W Taylor Bluefield. Kalevala noted as Finland's national epic derives its name from Kaleva's three sons.
The Classic on Federal Street offers three fine candy brands Russell McPhail Norris and Schrafft’s in gift packages and cedar chests. Fireworks products including firecrackers skyrockets and roman candles will be shown December 22 24. The shop also features cigarettes cigars sodas and snacks as part of the Christmas shopping experience.
Charleston West Virginia. State Police Superintendent Col P D Shingleton ordered strict enforcement of the 45 mile per hour speed limit today citing an appalling loss of life. Troopers will arrest violators and bring them before justices of the peace for trial. Captains and lieutenants met with Shingleton to discuss speed checking plans.
Nearly 300 film industry figures rode in twelve hay filled trucks to a Malibu Lake club barn dance hosted by actress Grace Gradley. A motorcycle police escort added to the rustic glow as guests dressed in country costumes for the country themed gathering.
Las ley-Wilson head T O Wilson argues real estate offers capital appreciation and protection as rents rise. He notes housing demand outpaces supply, construction costs rising fifty to sixty percent, and urges families to own homes now through remodeling old houses or buying before prices peak. He also references the kiwi bird and its large egg.
Bluefield Gas and Power Company runs a holiday sale offering a ten pound turkey with each full size gas range from Tappan or Magic Chef and with Electrolux refrigerators. Purchasers receive a grocer order for the turkey to be delivered with regular orders. The promotion highlights automatic cooking and timed features of the gas range and follows a successful cooking school by Ruth Campbell that drew 1,500 housewives.
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