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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1929
Page
6
Public notice details an inquiry for the Department Wanted INB 60.06060b0000m 500 No 2400 a entered as second class matter at the Bluefield West Virginia post office by city carrier payable in advance one dollar seven dollars.
A devotional style line highlights a verse from St Matthew 12 35 about good from the heart and contrasts it with an evil man. It also cites La Bruyere noting a good that does good to others.
Bland County challenges Virginia road policy to secure a winter passable state road from Wytheville along the Lee Highway to Bluefield. A Bland Wythe delegation pressed the Bland Wythe counties’ case, stressing lack of hard surface roads and potential coal-region trade with nearby West Virginia. Local Bluefield support appeared moral but limited.
Production jumps again with Pocahontas and Tus River fields showing large gains and Tus River setting a record. Railways move the coal demanding labor, while miners receive higher wages for strong work, amid broader regional prosperity. Senator Heflin faces re election as an independent after leaving the Democrat party and challenges his former rivals.
W H Thomas president of the chamber of commerce urged a campaign to number houses in Bluefield. Ethel Fielder and H H Johnson were married at Princeton. A Gilmore home in St. Clair Virginia burned. Mrs W Hugh Spangler died on Bluefield avenue. Hubert L Clark and Miss Ruby Pearce wed at Welch. Five killed when the Memphis Special struck N and W passenger train No 4 at Walton Virginia.
The Community Christmas Tree committee laments needing funds as donations toward the $1,400 goal fall short year by year. A WHIS broadcast on Friday night extended the appeal for several hours but yielded the final dollars, underscoring the urge that contributing should be a privilege and share in Christmastide joy.
A 1928 Democratic argument about the myth of prosperity faces counters from economic data. The national income reached $89.419 billion in 1928, up $23.47 billion over a decade, with eight of those years under Republican rule. The Telegraph notes the surplus in income outpaced perceived wealth and places U S wealth at over $350 billion, far above Britain.
The proposal outlines quarterly tax payments at city county and state levels, mine safety training, barrier fences on curves to protect motorists, gasoline tax collection, factory growth for Bluefield, new streets from East End bridge toward Midway and College avenue, a Southern West Virginia development group, Sunday elections stressing self governance, and police and stadium plans for civic improvement.
Clement Wood in the New York Times depicts tender care faced with death as a man confronts the white horse of dying. The speaker pledges devotion until the end, acknowledging fading breath and the inevitability of memory and silence.
Washington notes report Secretary of Labor Davis listens to calls for a Republican gubernatorial run while he tries to dismiss the idea. Other items: Mrs. Elkins pushes West Virginia hospital funding. Hatfield backs the WV plea. a $700,000 amendment gains Senate support. a teacher sues for $50,000 over a claim of dishonesty. a public building bill stalls in the Senate. a vacancy opens on the Senate Finance Committee with La Follette and Goff considered for the post.
A Milwaukee judge rejected an injunction against a newspaper overLetters in the Voice of the People department calling for resistance to extra fares. The court ruled free speech and a free press protect such criticism of utilities and government despite unwarranted attacks.
In New York a crowded subway car carries a mother and her infant in a makeshift pouch while passengers react with concern and curiosity. Strangers offer seats and exchange sharp words, then solidarity emerges as the train moves on.
Washington observers recall pre prohibition guides for bartenders and note Mrs. James M. Doran, wife of the prohibition commissioner, plans a book titled A Book of Juices. The volume aims to present nonintoxicating cocktails and comes after prohibition chemists analyze liquids for illegal alcohol content.
The piece blends a Dickensian Christmas meditation with a blunt census view. It argues Christmas deepens human solidarity but warns car accidents may top 37 000 deaths nationally this year, despite 2 500 000 new vehicles. It laments inaction on traffic fatalities and calls for urgent national effort.
Recent medical guidance explains ultraviolet rays for preventing and treating rickets and boosting health. It covers sun exposure limits in cities, glass filtration, artificial sources like carbon arc and quartz lamps, and the role of ergosterol to form vitamin D. Fortified cod liver oil adds vitamin A, while viosterol provides vitamin D effects. New bulbs aim to mimic sunlight safely for home use.
Last Night's Mail reports Congressman Huddleston arguing the protective tariff remains the start of a wider political battle. He predicts years of tariff skirmishes as farmers and industry realize tariffs hinder price and export competition and that free trade will eventually prevail.
A rambling column notes a mix of satirical lines about fashion and jail rates, jokes on Christmas trees bans, a Wichita mashers campaign, and a quip about Detroit magnate Henry B. Joy railing against hypocrisy. It closes with a naturalist reporting a bald eagle sighting.
Rome Pope marks fiftieth anniversary of his first mass in ceremony. Elkhorn Wisconsin reports three people killed in a farm house fire. Prince Rupert B C steamship Cardena grounded near Skeena river mouth. Washington DC interstate commerce commission proposes nineteen trunk line systems. Berlin Finance Minister Hilferding resigns. Montgomery Alabama former Congressman Henry D Clayton dies. Burneville North Carolina eight deputy sheriffs acquitted in textile strike killings at Marion. Boston Massachusetts Santa Anna freighter distressed 130 miles south of Isle of Pines taken in town harbor. Kansas City Missouri man of 33 pleads guilty to assaulting and beating a 14 year old girl near her garage.
Clarksburg body of Dr J G Pettit superintendent of Hopemont Sanitarium lies in state at Hopemont home Elkins Mrs Grace Davis Lee and Mrs Stephen B Elkins offer land free to government for veterans hospital
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