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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1919
Page
4
The piece extols saving and prudent spending as seeds for future prosperity. It compares current savings to seed for next year’s crop, urging weekly investments in thrift stamps that grow into war savings stamps, ensuring fortunes and a productive harvest in 1824.
Thomas Mowbray describes settling on Broad Street in Salem near the Baptists Orphanage. He praises Roanoke College Elizabeth College and local churches and notes his family health a garden and his fond memories of Edinburgh Latin learning. He sends greetings to friends in Clarkefield Graham and southwest Virginia.
Judge James Watson Over, presiding judge of the orphans court in Alegheny county, died at his home in Hays Ville after a three week illness. He served on the bench for thirty eight years and was long a Franklin county official. Welcomes Blue Ridge Boys in Petersburg as Colonel William Waldron arrives to greet Slath artillery veterans and deliver General Cronkhite's welcome.
Police and federal agents pursue a nationwide anarchist plot after bombings and the tumbler of infernal devices. Philadelphia hosts radical networks while New York and Paterson report posters and suspicious circles. Investigations trace potential links to the Philadelphia hub and a silk strike context.
Charleston June 3 Fred Blue former state tax commissioner has been retained as special counsel by the state board of public works to represent West Virginia with Attorney General England and manufacturing interests in responding to the United States Supreme Court mandamus writ. The case arises on petition from Ohio and Pennsylvania against enforcement of the Steptoe gas law enacted by the West Virginia legislature.
Paris June 3 A preliminary survey shows Europe needs 700 million bushels of wheat and rye minimum 850 million as a possible maximum. Herbert Hoover head of the allied relief organization said export surplus from larger exporters indicates Europe can be met. Hoover estimates U S exports at 470 million bushels.
Mrs. M. A. Duncan of 152 Roanoke Street reports severe back pain and kidney trouble eased after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She says two boxes stopped the pain, improved kidney function, and left her feeling like a new person. Sold at all dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
The Pro Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen announce their next triennial convention will be held in Toronto, Canada. President Wm G Lee stated the convention, underway since May 14 in Columbus, will adjourn tomorrow and a wage scale committee will be elected for presentation in Washington.
A new mechanical splint device enables instant treatment of fractures and injured arms. It is adjustable to any arm position, supports the limb fully, and is designed for quick use in war or mass casualty settings. It combines metal rods with joints and hinges for secure, flexible support.
Visitors’ books at Hotel Ma ronite and Hotel Astoria in Paris record signatures of famous showwomen and celebrities. The writeups show universal legibility and the volumes could fetch high prices at auction to defray conference expenses.
A bridal tale tells of a punctuality challenged bride to be who is always late. At rehearsal the pastor warns of an eight oclock ceremony and she quips that the wedding cannot proceed without time. The cleric concedes with a smile.
In a festive tune the notice recalls Mr City Feiler tending his garden with spade in yard and blisters on his hands as Telegraph Want Ads promise results.
Notice to citizens that passenger conductors on the Norfolk and Western Railway in Bluefield WV will apply for pistol licenses from the Mercer County Circuit Court. Names, dates, and June 1919 actions listed. public notice indicates intent to carry pistols upon approval.
Claire Traynor confronts Dick Grant after a quarrel over a club dance. Bob, Claire’s brother, watches as Dick goes to the navy and later helps in a canoe incident where Dick saves Claire from sinking. Postures shift as Claire accepts Dick’s explanation and a quiet reconciliation follows.
Washington June 3 Governor General Harriston urged independence for the Philippine islands at a second joint session of house and senate committees. The appeal followed the memorial presented yesterday by the Philippine mission to the United States.
F. M. Tressy of Richmond Kentucky declares Chamberlain's Tablets are a wonder and says he has never sold anything to beat them. He recommends them for indigestion or constipation and urges trying them then.
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