Daily Telegraph Printing Co Ad Rates and Address
The Daily Telegraph Printing Co Bluefield West Virginia lists advertising rates and subscription prices. Rates detail one year to three months by mail, with zone pricing for long-distance delivery and city carrier options. Also included are contact details and editorial offices.
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Baily Tel Telegraph
Hugmike Shott
Daily Retbanari, Printing CO
Daily Telegraph Printing CO
Bivefield
West Va
Postoffice
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Reconstruction drive in America and loans to aid world recovery
The piece argues for continued White House leadership to accelerate postwar recovery. It supports Harding's plan to have American financial interests loan to foreign governments and individuals to boost exports, credits abroad, and the global rehabilitation of Europe, asserting America’s premier financial role will drive success.
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White House
Harding
America
Bankera
Daily Telegraph
Euppe
The Illusion of Wasted Money in Public Works
The passage argues waste is not simply what is spent but the net value of outcomes. It distinguishes personal wealth shifts from perceived loss and notes that even unnecessary undertakings can create employment though no practical good may result.
Water prank sparks quarrel with jealous wife in Horton
A Horton man and a young woman teased each other with water. The man chased her with a dipper until his wife intervened, crying she was jealous. The note adds a quip about a shark waiting for splashes and mentions a Missouri woman pursuing her sixth divorce.
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Kas
Funneled Wealth Boosts Local Tradesmen Through Fashion
A Chicago convention quote argues 1900 dollars spent on dresses hats shoes and related wear fuels employment in clothing trades. Despite criticism of extravagance, economists note the costuming industry sustains many workers and circulates money through business channels.
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L. W. Wallace
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Chicago
Ringside Seat Cost Matches One Month Rent
A ringside seat for a brief boxing bout costs as much as a full month’s rent on an apartment, highlighting the high price of premium boxing access.
Cotton Growers Urge Federal Aid At National Conference
American cotton growers manufacturers and affiliated interests at their national conference in New York on May 31 urged the federal government to aid rehabilitating the cotton industry. They praised President Harding's pledge of administration cooperation and urged delegates at the world cotton conference in England to present it. A message was sent to the president thanking him for his interest.
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New York
Harding
Man Guilty Of Murder In-peonage Farm Case In Georgia
Covington Georgia May 31 Clyde Manning a farm boss on the John S Williams plantation in Jasper county was found guilty of murder by a jury. He faced the death of Lindsey Petterson one of eleven negroes alleged to have been held in peonage and killed on the farm. The jury deliberated thirty five minutes Manning received life imprisonment.
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Covington
Clyde Manning
John S. Williams
Jasper County
Lindsey Petterson
Manning
Harding Guest at Naval Academy 1881 Class Reunion Dinner
President Harding attended the Naval Academy class of 1881 fortieth annual reunion dinner as guest of honor. Secretary of War Weeks, a member of the class, introduced him, but the address was not reported due to the private nature of the event. Previously, class members had met with the President and Mrs. Harding at the White House.
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Washington
Harding
Naval Academy
War Weeks
White House
Coal Manager Charged With Large Company Shortage
Thomas Hanna of Vulcan Coal Company mines near Middleport Ohio was arrested on a charge of being short about 7400 dollars in company accounts. Auditors reportedly found a shortage exceeding 960.60 dollars. The Vulcan Coal Company is described as controlled by eastern capital.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Thomas Hanna
Vulcan Coal Company
Middleport
Vulcan Company
Eastern Capital
Infant prodigies and wonders fill the papers
A reader laments the flood of infant prodigies and extraordinary child geniuses with feats like calculators and quick solves. The poet longs for more varied, older marvels and less obsession with newborn feats.
Health service bulletin questions venereal disease silence
The West Virginia health service bulletin argues that public health depends on universal vaccination and transparent reporting of venereal diseases. It notes typhoid smallpox malaria and hookworm vary by region and cites New York City deaths from cancer tuberculosis and syphilis to illustrate broader morbidity trends.
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West Virginia
New York
Pennsylvania
California
New York City
Bulletin of the
West Virginia Health Service
Short Cuts From Exchanges and Editorial Snippets
A collage of quips from papers recounting historical alliances and fables. The notes reference varied topics from debates at Cornell and Iowa State to editorials and postmaster woes with a light satirical tone.
Bike Coming Back New York
In both England and the country the bicycle is rising again. England saw buying spurred by fears of a transport strike. A crisis bureau survey shows 1914 to 1919 production up fifty percent. By contrast motorcycles are not keeping pace.
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New York
England
Bureau of Crisis
Maids Easier to Find as South Bend Replaces Workers
The labor shift in South Bend ends the maid shortage as hundreds of girls leave factories and men take their places. For months, obtaining a maid was nearly impossible, but the change has eased the issue.
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South Bend
Sunday blue laws arrests shock Wheeling church group
A church cornetist a violinist and a newspaper seller were arrested in Wellsburg on charges of violating Sunday blue laws. Church members held a crepe protest against enforcement.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wellsburg
Pumpkin Vine Grows Inside Shell Revealed in Pa
Mrs. D. Thompson found a pumpkin inside a pumpkin shell in Waynesboro Pennsylvania. Seeds inside sprouted and a new pumpkin filled the interior, surprising the observer.
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Waynesboro
D. 8. Thompson
Egyptian Nationalist Zaghlul Pasha Linked to Riots in Alexandria
The article blames the failure to send Zaghlul Pasha to England for talks on Egypt's future as a trigger for recent riots in Alexandria. It notes Zaghlul Pasha pushed for Egyptian independence and spurred nationalist forces.
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Said Zaghlul Pasha
England
Egypt
Given
Alexandria
Zaghlul Pasha
Mailing Privilege Restored for Socialist Newspapers
Postal prohibitions against the Milwaukee Leader and the New York Call were withdrawn by Postmaster General Hays who restored them to second class mailing privileges. The action followed a similar move regarding The Liberator in New York City.
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Washington
Milwaukee Leader
New York Call
Hays
Liberator
New York City
London Shoe Firm Uses X Ray To Check Fit
A London shoe firm has installed an X Ray machine allowing customers to see if new boots or shoes fit. The device aids sizing by revealing how footwear sits on the foot during wear.
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London
Nominations Confirmed by Senate
The senate confirmed J. W. Ross as federal judge for the western Tennessee district. Charles Kerr of Kentucky was confirmed as federal judge for the Panama Canal Zone. John J. Tigert of Kentucky was confirmed as commissioner of education succeeding Philander P. Claxton.
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Washington
J. W. Ross
Western
Tennessee
Senate
Charles Kerr
Kentucky
Panama Canal Zone
John J. Tigert
Philander P. Claxton
Receivers Appointed for Portage Rubber Co in Barberton
Federal Judge Westenhaver appoints two receivers for Portage Rubber Company after a petition by three manufacturers claiming $1,700,000 owed. Receivers are George E. Bates of Akron and J D Maguire, manager of the plant.
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Rubber Company
Cleveland
Westenhaver
Portage Rubber Company
Barberton
Ohio
George E. Bates
Akron
J. D. Maguire
London to be Smaller and Poorer, Dr Inge States
Dr Inge head of St Pauls Cathedral foresees 1971 London as a smaller poorer city due to trade decay. He argues population reduction will be hard but city life will improve when size decreases.
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London
Inge
St. Paul's Cathedral
Burleson Starts Berlin Cotton Credit Talks
Former Postmaster General Burleson takes a Hamburg Berlin mission to negotiate cotton credits under a plan to ship American cotton to Germany and use profits from manufactured goods to settle payments.
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Burleson
Washington
Berlin
Germany
Cleverness and Quips in a Fractured Dialogue Parade
A collage of old jokes and exchanges caricatures social manners and miscommunications. A doctor patients antic humor about indigestion coffee and debt spar with clever lines and regional dialect punchlines. The snippets feature a mammy tale a suitor scheme a wedding anniversary joke and a payday prompt.
Race clashes leave one dead and multiple wounded in Tulsa
Tulsa Oklahoma May 31 one negro killed and two whites and three negroes wounded in race trouble after white armed crowds clashed with about 200 armed negroes near the courthouse following a negro’s arrest for an alleged assault. National guardsmen moved to the courthouse as crowds surged through the business district. Oklahoma City units were called out to aid Tulsa police, with Governor Robertson granting discretion to Adjutant General Barnett.
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Tulsa
Okla
Court House
National
Barnett
Music to Make Flowers Bloom Says F. C. Billings
At a Music Trades convention in Chicago F C Billings claimed plants respond to music by blooming. He advised trying the method on an onion bed to prove the effect and encouraged gardeners to use melodic strains to spur growth.
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Musical Garden
Chicago
F. C. Billings
Convention of
Music Trades
Electric line links Paris Brussels Antwerp in fast rail
Paris to Brussels and Antwerp will be connected by an electric railway. Trains will cover the twenty nine miles between Paris and Brussels in thirty two minutes.
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Paris
Brussels
Antwerp
July 1 Wage Cut Reduces Rail Labor Costs
The U S railroad wage cut becomes effective July 1 as rail executives deem it insufficient to meet the crisis. Leaders from the American Federation of Labor and major railroads argue the reductions barely offset losses, with potential larger rate changes and labor cost savings of up to 500 million dollars annually cited at hearings.
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United States Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
Railroad Department
American Federation of Labor
Executive Committee
Chicago
H. B. Byram
Chiccago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
S. M. Felton
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Railroad Labor Board
Demands by Engineers Stall Shipping Board Settlement
Washington May 31 Secretary Davis said demands of marine engineers for a clause in the proposed amendment to the shipping board plan thwarted a settlement in the marine wage dispute. He held conferences with both sides then visited the White House but offered no statement. He planned further talks with the engineers tomorrow, though he said he had exhausted efforts unless a tentative agreement is signed.
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Washington
Marine Engineers
Shipping Board
Davis
White House
Philadelphia Wife Demonstrates Husband Beating in Court
Mrs. Sarah Young testified to a magistrate about her husband’s beating. She demonstrated by striking William Young in the nose, landing a left to the eye and pulling his hair. He accepted the punishment meekly.
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Philadelphia
Sarah Young
William Young
Mariners Hen Lays Turkey Egg in Willapa Harbor
South Bend resident Capt A M Sprout, a veteran Willapa Harbor mariner, discovered one of his chickens laying an egg as large as a turkey egg during a routine egg hunt this week.
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South Bend
Wash
A. M. Sprout
Willapa Harbor
Arm in Sleep Leads to Night Court Sentence
In New York Frank Vrano testified that dozing off in a cinema caused him to unconsciously place his arm around Mrs. Mary Noonan. He faced a slap and a night court sentence for the incident.
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New York
Frank Vrano
Mary Noonan
Verano
Women Aid Dress Reform in Montreal Crusade
About 10000 women in Quebec rally to curb what they call indecent dress. Telegraph Want Ads seek results in a moral reform effort targeting attire norms.
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Montreal
Quebec
Bluefield Women Endorse Strother for U S Judge
The Womens Republican Club of Bluefield West Virginia on May 30 1921 unanimously endorsed James French Strother of Welch for appointment as United States district judge for the southern district of West Virginia. They urged senators and congressmen to support his appointment and directed copies to local officials for publication in Mercer and McDowell counties newspapers.
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Womens’ Republican Club
Bluefield
Mercer County
West Virginia
James French Strother
Welch
McDowell County
United States
Judge Strother
Criminal Court
Strother
United States Court
Women's Republican Club
City of
Davis Elkins
Howard M. Sutherland
Wells Goodykoontz
Echols
Mercer
McDowell Counties
Mae Maynard
Roberta H. Scott
Billy Sunday Sermon Draws Rail Workers Crowd
The evangelist speaks on amusements as hundreds of rail workers from N and W shops and yards attend a tabernacle gathering. He recounts past marriages and declares future restraint, delivering a forceful sermon with rapid, fact-laden rhetoric that fills the venue.
Pilot Ames Absolved Of Blame For Accident
Washington May 31 The Army ambulance plane crash at Morgan town Maryland that killed seven was investigated anew by the inspector general under War Secretary Weeks orders The air service board found Lieutenant Stanley M Ames not at fault and cited a storm as the sole cause with no design defect noted The French air attache had warned of balance and control issues during the Langley Field flight
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Washington
Army
Morgantown
Maryland
Inspector General
Secretary of War
Air Service
de Levergne
Langley Field
Five Die in Air Explosion Reports Describe Bomb Impact
Initial reports say five dead and others may die after an explosion. Other accounts state a fifty pound bomb rolled from the airplane and was struck by the rudder as the plane swung around triggering the blast.
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Obie State Journal
Nashville
William J. Bryan
Chicago News
Columbia Record
Bine Law Church
Sally
Ted
Tom
Dubb
Papa
Little Ithel
Goldie Rocks
Sanreertiee
H. J. Crane
Florida
Telegraph
Republican Club
Jill
Bill
Tabernacle
Billy Sunday
Ames
Air Service Board
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