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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1926
Page
6
The plan seeks barriers and safe fences to protect lives of motorists and provide rail side improvements. It calls for a passenger station near Bluefield with parking and tracks to relieve traffic caused by the railroad. A northside street from the East End Bridge to Midway would be realigned to connect to the depot.
An old devotional line reflects on charity as a virtue and the hidden reward of generous acts, noting that true kindness endures and seeks no praise. The text presents archaic phrasing suggesting a moral instruction rather than a news item.
Local pride urges supporting Bluefield's land road fund bond issue as essential for city development. County citizens authorized the bond to open new trade territory and redeem a pledges made to neighboring Virginia county.
President Coolidge welcomes the keynote on The American Home at the General Federation of Women's Clubs biennial in Atlantic City. The discussion centers on home character as essential to societal health amid claims the American home is deteriorating and failing to develop virtue.
W. A. Maiden of Tazewell and Susie M. Lucas of Radford wed in Bristol at the new Methodist church. Victor Du of Bluefield married Orphackwell of Meadow View. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY C. T. Alley and Aliie Burke of Bluefield wed at L. White of Bild. Stella Butner of ceraska and Vitaiothe railway called for bids on an experimental coal car of 120 ton capacity.
Last Night's Mail reports Leo Sack, Scripps-Howard correspondent, sparked a Senate investigation push by alleging 2 to 5 million dollars were funneled into Pennsylvania Republican senatorial primaries. Senator Harrison supports Sack's credibility while Reed and others weigh the exaggeration claims as lawmakers prepare a formal probe.
The author argues the family altar is essential and the American home must be the focus of national debate. The discussion should spread from the General Federation of Women's Clubs to every hamlet to restore the home to its early republic role as a remedy for social ills and crime.
A Missouri judge sentenced a police officer to five years in prison after he confessed to three car thefts. The defense argued the man came from a good family and had good character, but the judge said he had been given a chance and chose to betray his upbringing and the honest work of his mother. The piece contrasts harsher sentences for poorer defendants and calls for accountability regardless of background.
A Washington state youth with high hopes of stardom moves to New York to pursue singing. Two years later he is found dead from gas in a room, after failing to rise to success, as his Aberdeen mother travels to see him.
Seventy of Uncle Sam's troops in the Philippines allowed infested mosquitoes to bite them so army doctors could study dengue fever. The rate fell from eighty to twenty per thousand as cases were cited for a high sense of duty, though some preferred hospital ward rest to drilling in the sun.
The piece notes the flapper label and its long history, while cautioning that modern wearers in blue fields may not be as ancient as the term suggests. It contrasts myth with current use and hints at evolving identity.
The article notes singing as a remedy for defective speech with remarkable results and suggests a soloist might similarly use speech as a cure for faulty singing.
A chorus of American editorials examines the Pilsudski coup in Poland. Analysts weigh whether the strongman can stabilize the economy and politics, while Paderewski and other leaders face questions about Poland’s future, unity, and relations with the Soviet Union.
A collage of quotable snippets from papers nationwide touching on weather, taxation, politics, culture, and quirky observations. Highlights include jokes about rain and sure-fire plans for farm relief, plus remarks on military needs, education votes, and notable figures such as Henry Ford and Darwin.
The article discusses preventing plague importation by inspecting shipments and ratproofing buildings, with emphasis on reducing slums via living wages and decent housing. It notes rat extermination as key and mentions limited treatments for pneumonic and septicaemic plague, while bubonic plague may respond to fresh serum early in the illness.
A collection of humorous lines about speed and travel, home life, shoe fitting, coal storage and spring cleaning. The piece quips on Germany’s aircraft aims and the odd idea of a man around the house being useless, ending with a playful jab at air castle building.
Gilbert Swan profiles a New York phenomenon where lonely commuters, bored and craving conversation, enter busy lunchrooms at noon to argue with strangers. A messenger boy in his fifties, labeled a failure by peers, spends days shouting and mumbling as he seeks daily talk, while city officers monitor the habit.
The editorial attacks William S Vare for Philadelphia ward politics and ties to bootleggers and criminals while praising George Pepper as an example of moderate reform. It argues liquor forces should have backed Pepper for higher respectability in the Senate and laments their influence in Pennsylvania politics.
A lengthy syndicated opinion blends social satire with anti liquor rhetoric. It critiques prom excesses at Yale and broader parental influence while sharply condemning prohibition era corruption and the liquor lobby. The piece cites figures from a Yale prom and rails against gangster politics in governance.
Report notes that Russians are restricted to books approved by censors, a policy seen as another mechanism to tighten control over the population and suppress dissent within the Soviet Union.
A fragmented piece evokes sunlit scenes of a father and child at the beach, mixing playful talk about bathing and sailing with stray proverbs and domestic humor. The prose shifts to a fable style, mentioning visitors, bargains, and a sidewalk spill as a tonal collage of casual life.
A tired dairy farmer's wife Mrs. Cora Short in Oklahoma City credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and energy. She says she weighed 125 pounds before use and now weighs 135 after seven bottles, noting better sleep and mood. She asks if readers are on the Sunlit Road to Better Health.
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