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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1926
Page
2
Readable items include coal and supply ads, milk service pitch, piano lessons and band classes, bake sale notices, grocery specials, theater listings, public notices, and a construction update. Names include Mercer Coal and Supply, Milk Service Inc, Rex Kodak, Bailey Lumber, and Charleston Produce.
Washington reports the senate authorized $25,000 in contest expenses for Daniel F. Steck and Smith Wm. Brookhart in the junior senate race. Steck received $15,000 and Brookhart $10,000, with $5,000 approved for Sam G. Bratton to defend a claim in a separate matter. The move followed an elections committee explanation that contestants' claims were reduced to even figures by unanimous vote.
A replica of George Washington's birthplace would be built on government land at Wakefield in Westmoreland County Virginia by the Wakefield National Memorial Association under a Senate approved House resolution.
In Wise County a suit filed by Blackwood Coal and Coke against Old Dominion Power seeks $125,000 for alleged overcharges since 1922. Judge H A W Skeen will rule in September after a trial last week where the jury was excused by mutual agreement. The case centers on rate increases tied to wartime and postwar adjustments, with interests totaling about twenty thousand dollars.
Atlantic City June 3 The General Federation of Women’s Clubs debated reducing as habit not mania and adopted a resolution urging women to avoid unsafe reducing methods. They also backed a bill to require prison-made goods follow state laws.
Mrs Towne challenged three paragraphs condemning nostrums and harmful methods of weight reduction and urging professional medical guidance. After rejection the full measure was laid on the table but adopted by seven votes to others. The measure endorses supervised practice and supports a height weight scale study for women. Mrs Towne later voted for the measure.
Tokio March 3 The inaugural function of Rengo the Associated Press of Japan successor to Kokusai News agreed was praised by Premier Wakatsuki as a non profit body serving the public interests in news The foreign minister Baron Shidehara and other diplomats attended.
Salem West Virginia June 3 Ernest Ernie Enisle of Princeton Illinois was selected as head coach of the 1926 Salem College football team during commencement exercises. He succeeds Ted Rockwell who resigned to take a post as head coach at the University of North Dakota.
Richmond Virginia observes Decoration Day and commemorates Jefferson Davis founder of the Confederacy as state officials pause to honor his memory. The ceremony follows union veterans and Civil War era events with soldiers and citizens paying respect to Confederate leader Jefferson Davis.
State offices remained closed while city governments functioned and most businesses observed a holiday. Banks were closed. The White House of the Confederacy monument received floral tributes in memory of the southern leader.
Ellen Taylor a young colored girl stabbed herself in the chest with a pocket knife in the women’s restroom at Drewery Dance Hall on Wilson Street and was rushed to Bluefield Sanitarium. Doctors would not confirm her condition, motive unknown. she reportedly works as a domestic at the Sanitarium and is the daughter of Mary Taylor of Stony Ridge.
New York June 4. Indian Refining Co reports net earnings of 352 206 for the period. The company emphasizes earnings per share of 15 33 on the seven percent cumulative preferred stock with no dividends since December 1921. After preferred dividends, the common shows a 24 cent base, a reversal from a 529 540 deficit in 1924, excluding gains from asset sales of 2 089 945.
Washington June 3. Congress shows no adjournment likely as electric fans are installed in the senate chamber. The move suggests fear of hot weather breaking a quorum and stalling farm legislation while fans promise relief during lengthy sessions.
The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company board authorized a dividend increase from 1.0 to 1.25 dollars per share. Estimates of wage increase protests place potential annual costs between 55 million and 95 million dollars if granted.
Wheeling hosts the fifth public hearing by the state tax commission to assess the West Virginia gross tax. C H Stein of Huntington mobilizes merchants against the tax. Industrial leaders and business figures are slated to speak as the commission continues its inquiry.
The ninth annual meeting of the National Coal Association occurs at the Drake Hotel Chicago from June 9 to 11. Hundreds of bituminous operators from every coal producing state will gather to discuss research safety insurance taxation and government relations.
A round table discussion will address the bituminous coal industry with sectional meetings for purchasing agents and sales managers. Topics include buying power coordination, coal salesmanship, centralized sales agencies, and future competition. All sessions are open to the public.
J. C. Mitchell directs a force on the lower end of Frederick Street moving the course of the Virginia Loan Company property. Property owners aim to reshape the layout of that section.
A proposed Frederick street extension would run straight through the property, connecting from its bertunine at Roy avenue to the municipal park, and link with the road to the old fairground gates off College Avenue.
The Ramsey Street Junior High School building is under contract and rapidly taking form. The general contractor and plumbers are working on underground drainage lines and utilities, with the project promising to become an imposing local school structure. Half the world’s electricity is used by the United States.
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