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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1926
Page
10
Fragmentary readable text shows a dated entry about an event or race. The readable bits mention a June 12 1988 date and references to geographic or organizational terms, with unclear surrounding context and partial numbers. The fragment lacks a clear main action or outcome.
The article argues party leaders seek to abolish the Democratic two-thirds rule to boost McAdoo and Smith factions. It notes historic leverage from 1924 and contemplates a potential showdown at the 1928 convention, with implications for nominee odds and campaign spending. It also discusses campaign finance and primary reform as contexts for Pennsylvania and West Virginia elections.
Fragmented text reports possible corruption in Pennsylvania political funding. It hints at campaign expenditures tied to Governor Pin and a senate nomination race, but the details remain unclear and unproven. The piece mentions campaign finance questions, timing, and potential salary concerns for a senator-elect.
We Were Doing TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY reports that the Pocohontas Coal Company was chartered. Miss Beecle Godbey returned from Washington where she had school. First Western church congregation planned a new North Side home.
Observers note a waning favor for President Coolidge after losses in Illinois Pennsylvania Oregon and Iowa. The Sioux City Journal signals Lowden as a rising alternative while the Midwest voices demand change and a broader Republican field. Rex Coolidge falls while Frank Lowden rises as party sentiment shifts.
The text advocates enforcement of mine safety rules and operator education to build proper barriers fences and safe curbs and banks to protect motorists and workers. It also calls for a new Bluefield passenger station with space for car and track separation and to relieve traffic, plus railroad use of the Root kad bridge to Wayt Street corridor.
Editorial digest shows Senator Borah's fire against a New York prohibition poll drawing praise and criticism across papers. Supporters hail his stand as American and timely while opponents warn of political excess and danger to enforceable law.
A compilation of quips and fleeting notes from various papers. Items touch on political feuding over the Illinois waterway hill and a Swedish premier linked to prohibitionist stir, with brief remarks on crime, tennis, feminism, and daily life.
Last Night's Mail reports a Baltimore story where Rep Jane Philip and others debate the proper formal wear for bridegroom David K Bruce and his bride Hill. The tone shows differing opinions on collar and tie choices amid civic pride and family ties.
Yale University seeks selective admission for the law school, limiting entry to students with high college records and excluding graduates from other law schools. The policy embodies a shift toward individualized instruction and smaller, more capable classes. The piece also notes dramatic Capitol ink and water clashes and a fatal hoist shaft accident as contemporaneous reflections on passion and risk.
A collage of quips on exercise, smoking, dress, manners, and planning a vacation. It muses on self control, politeness, and prudent living with puns and homely maxims from TOM sims' Telegraph Ticklers.
Fragmentary verse by Adelaide Proctor mentioning peace divine and a preferred darkness to feel a guiding hand. Lacks full context but reads as a reflective poetic meditation on life, companionship, and solace.
Dr Hugh Cumming of the Public Health Service warns lake pollution has increased with population. Contamination makes safe drinking water costly or impossible to purify. scientists study causes and urge information gathering and action to curb pollution and protect water supplies.
Gilbert Swan surveys New York on a Saturday night, noting Greeks at a clubhouse, jazz parlors on Broadway, Armenian and Italian dance scenes, and Jewish Hungarian spots. He observes a range from Charleston to Blue Danube and Gypsy dances, ending with the promise of finding any dance if one hunts.
Editorial urges voters to measure Senate and Delegates candidates by their stance on state road funds and the road commission. It condemns alleged gross misallocation of funds for the Atlantic Pacific highway and calls for a new deal and the reform of the road commission.
A quirky piece weaves fables on daily life and manners with a recurring figure the typewriter man who phones customers to check machines and ends with a playful jumble of punctuation while a dentist’s office closes the scene.
The Raleigh Register urges voters in southern West Virginia to demand immediate state road development. It condemns the Midland Trail as misdirected and costly, calls for a nonpartisan ballot to oust unresponsive leaders, and asks delegates to pledge to push rapid construction of a southern state road through to White Sulphur Springs.
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