Husbandce Cream Company Expands with Milk Delivery Fleet
At a Friday board meeting the Husbandce Cream Company approved contracts for $20,000 in new machinery. Four delivery trucks will support a planned retail milk service in Bluefield offering pasteurized milk in sanitary bottles, with home delivery upon order by phone. The move follows rapid growth from the ice cream operation, and the company expects strong local patronage.
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Husbandce Cream Company
Bluefield
Guard the Refrigerator The Three Cs of Proper Cold Storage
The New York Telegram advises homeowners to prioritize coolness cleanliness and convenience in refrigerators. Wash ice before adding to the compartment to prevent clogging dust and straw. Clean floors shelves and drain pan daily with soda solution and weekly with thorough boiling water.
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New York Telegram
Strength of Wood Demonstrates Douglas Fir Beam Breaks
In a University of Washington lab C W Zimmerman of the US forest service tested a 16 foot Douglas fir beam 16 by 1 inches. The beam bent 2.85 inches under 50 000 pounds and broke after 238 400 pounds more were added in eight minutes. The test illustrated forest service bridge span standards.
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Engineering Laboratory
University of Washington
C. W. Zimmermann
United States Forest Service
Forest Service
Cleaning Aluminum Ware With Rhubarb Boiling Method
Popular Science Monthiv explains alloy care for aluminum utensils. Use a wooden spoon to avoid scratching and boil small rhubarb pieces in the discolored kettle until the surface brightens. Rinse and rub gently to restore shine. discard the rhubarb afterward.
Forgetful Husband Wears Cord to Remember Wedding
Yonkers Statesman quotes Mathush describing Bensonhurst as forgetful. The joke notes he tied a cord to his finger the day after marriage to avoid forgetting.
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Bensonhurst
Yonkers
Ambition and Effort Across Generations
A quip-filled note reflects on ambition as fuel for hard work and future ease. It contrasts selfless planning with others’ compliance, ending with a print request: "When in need of Printing Call No. 14."
Local Social Notes Highlight City Visitors and Travel
A string of personal notes from the city lists visitors and travelers. J N Harmon of Tazewell was in town on business, William Barger left for Welch, and S B Payne returned from the Washington Gettysburg reunion. Lillie Hamlin, Lillian Light, Mrs. R A Jones, Hammond Steele, Mrs. H T Rock, Roy Banner Jr, Sallie Mundy, Bessie Watson, Mrs. Thomas Minchen, and Mrs. J R Murphy are all mentioned with moves, visits, or health updates.
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J. N. Harmon
Tazewell
Bessie Watson
Gary
City
I. F. Mays
Adams Street
Thomas Minchen
Ewart, Mich
Mays
Country Club Plans Flag Day Celebration
The Bluefield Country Club will host a Flag Day event on Thursday June 14 at 2 30 pm with a flag raising and patriotic speeches by Bernard McClaugherty and Rev T J Hamilton. Golf tennis and cards will follow with a bionic supper option 75 cents a plate 6 to 8 pm reservations due by Monday afternoon.
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Bluefield Country Club
J. B. Pearson
Bernard McClaugherty
J .B. Pearson
H. Shott
D. M. Easley
J. H. Hardy
J. T. Thornton
Black
Dunelinson
Deverle
McQuail
Roy Morrison
Stahlmann
E. Lilly
Weller
Memorial Service Of Woodmen Of The World In Bluefield
Woodmen of the World Southern section meet in Bluefield for annual memorial services at Bland Street Methodist Church. Beechwood Camp No. 89 leads a program with drill team, Norfolk and Western quartet, and devotional sermon by Rev. T. S. Hamilton. Graves decorated at Walnut Grove Cemetery at 2 p.m.
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Bluefield
Beechwood Camp
Bland Street Methodist Church
Lazarus Building
Norfolk and Western Railway Quartette
T.S. Hamilton
Brotherhood of Mankind
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Big grain purchases by neutral countries prompt export limits
Washington reports neutral nations buying large grain quantities in U S markets push administration to secure prompt passage of export restriction. The government aims to prevent food reaching Germany and uses hoarding provisions to curb foreign purchases. The trading-with-the-enemy bill would authorize preventing shipments to Germany.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Germany
Eustis Retained as Consulting Engineer for Fleet
Washington reports General Goethals dismissed St Eustis as assistant general manager of the emergency fleet corporation. The Shipping Board will retain him as a consulting engineer. Frank Sprague says Westinghouse and General Electric can provide power for all ships the fleet can build. He claims prior plans for power were not accepted. The piece attacks pacifists and profiteers as obstacles to wartime efficiency.
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Washington
George W. Goethals
St. Eustis
Emergency Fleet Corporation
The
Shipping Board
Mr. Justis
General Goethals
Fleet Corporation
Frank Sprague
Naval Consulting Board Shipping Committees
Westinghouse
General Electric Company
Food pirates blamed for suffering and price manipulation
Washington reports Assistant Secretary Vrooman returning from a food situation tour describing hardship among the poor caused by disloyal food pirates. He says a reckoning is coming with manipulators of the nation’s food supply and cites four classes of men delaying action.
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Washington
Vrooman
Department of Agriculture
Roanoke Socialist Arrested on Antiwar Leaflet Charge
Lawrence W. Pearson vice president of the Central Trades and Labor Council of Roanoke and a leading Socialist was arrested by the justice department officials. A barber by trade he was active in antiwar propaganda before the United States entered the war, charged with distributing a circular titled a rich man's war and a poor man's fight and with disloyal statements.
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Roanoke
Lawrence W. Pearson
Central Trades and Labor Council of
Department of Justice
Pearson
United States
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Detroit Free Press
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Halifax Street
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Welch
S. B. Payne
Gettysburg
Lillie Hamlin
Lillian Light
Hoge Street
Charlottesville Va
Hammond Steele
Dr. Steele
Bluefield Avenue
J. W. Preston
H. T. Rock
Bluefield Sanitarium
Little Roy Banner, Jr
Bramwell
Sallie Mundy
J.B. Epperson
J. R. Murphy
Knox Ville
Country Club
Woodmen
Packard
H. Xx. Morton
Princeton Ave
W. Va
Eustis
Republic
Amercan
Daily Telegraph
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