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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1935
Page
3
Notices outline paid entries for club and church events with entrance fees and ads. It lists subscription rates for West Virginia circulation, distribution zones, and payment terms, plus a biblical quote about nature and wealth. The text also cites Associated Press content and publication rights.
Forecasters claim a year without a lasting summer is possible as June and May run cooler than last year. Temperatures in May and early June lag 40 to 50 degrees behind the prior year, chilling homes and businesses and shortening the growing season. Indians’ summer jokes aside, agriculture fears crop hardship if heat does not arrive.
The article argues that drinking leads to widespread harm including broken bones hospital bills and funerals. It cites West Virginia and Virginia funding liquor and claims supporters feel elated, contending liquor will not remain unused and auto wrecks prove the point.
The Telegraph reflects on graduates leaving colleges to face limited job opportunities as numbers of graduates rise and asks how young men and women can find work and define their destiny beyond academia. It laments the lack of easy answers and hopes for guidance from any who might know.
A lecturer laments the lack of a single guiding statesman economist or philosopher to direct graduates of 1905 toward productive futures. He argues America must create opportunities for the rising class as job demand grows, insisting the nation bears responsibility to provide paths for educated youth and that action is overdue.
An essay argues the U S has lost the art of conversation though not ignorance or unfriendliness. It cites interrupters as introverts, praises patient listening, and notes group chatter by women. Lightly absurd news items on executions and boxing contrast with comments on hog production in Europe.
A garbled passage references Carlyle F. Macintyre in Poohy amid a convoluted description of material evidence and a maligned figure who never harmed an apple tree or spoke against womankind. The text invokes artifacts like cloisonne and obsidian eyes in a cryptic historical note.
Washington reports reveal suspected overstatements in treasury balances and transfers on a holiday, boosting note issues while questioning accounting tricks across Post Office, TVA, HOLG, FGA and others. Roosevelt retreat at Hyde Park prompts analysis of NRA, AAA policy and admin power shifts, amid staff reshuffles and new deal regulations.
Charleston W Va June 11 Nine men were sentenced to jail and fined on gambling charges in intermediate court today after raids in downtown Charleston by state policemen John Pressan proprietor of a pool room was fined 600 and got one year in jail for operating gambling. Dagounte Indicted with Preapas pleaded guilty was fined 250 and sentenced six months. Seven others pleaded guilty to gambling and were fined 100 each with four months imprisonment.
Graduation address praises the class of Eldelweiss University as entering a brighter job market for the first time since 1924. The speaker notes four years of comfortable college life, mild tension in national affairs, and hopes for youths finding summer work instead of lingering on campus. Other items mention political musings and a Washington travel anecdote.
horoscope style column for June 12 birthday includes favorable hours 10 00 to 12 00 14 00 to 16 00 and 19 00 to 19 00 with danger periods 08 00 to 10 00 16 00 to 17 00 and 21 00 to 23 00. It advises diplomacy with quick tempers and values sincerity over flattery. It notes possible careers in banking selling lecturing writing and leadership potential in business or profession.
Bruce Catton reviews Magical City a book pairing Hirotoges of New York with drawings by Vernon Howe Bailey and a brief text by Arthur Bartlett Maurice. He extols Manhattan as a spectacular visual record noting skyscrapers and the skyline while acknowledging historic low houses and quiet life courts that define the city’s varied character.
The 55 year old Scottish actress Mary Gordon rises in Hollywood after years as an extra. She credits a father’s saying ask for what you want and a persisting effort to land meaningful roles. Katie Hepburn aided her accent and a letter to director Lloyd Bacon earned her a test and the pivotal role as Mother O Hara in The Irish In Us.
A collage of stray phrases about a harpoon drawing lines, a Soviet official’s wife, and a joke about hospital names, followed by a Chicago crime note. Dr. Pevsner is accused after a teen trades tests for gold, totaling $160, and receives 60 days in jail.
A partial OCR fragment mentions a magical city and characters, with unclear phrases. It suggests notes about a setting titled Magical city and characters possibly named Goribs or Ner, but the text is garbled and offers no clear event or outcome.
A look back notes Miss Magele Karr and Wirt H Bailey wed at Giles Karr’s home in Bailey Va. C W Parks Dramatic Company toured here under canvas. E V Spotta named mayor of Taratwell. On the two decades-ago line, C W Stafford injured near Pearisburg De. Vel srana encampment opened at Welch. Washington notes President Roosevelt cabinet member may miss NRA demobilization, Dan Roper shaping business advisory roles and voluntary cooperation with government.
A New Yorker in London savors the city’s quirks from savory courses to English coffee, toast rituals, and rare steak slang. The writer notes politeness on transit, orderly police, Hyde Park scents, and afternoon teas, while contrasting crisper American hospitality with London calm and evening street music.
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