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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1927
Page
6
Public notices in Bluefield West Virginia note subscription and mailing rates. Rates list one year and three month options for in-state and out-of-state delivery, plus carrier payments and service areas within 160 to 600 miles, with additional regional applicability.
The statement reflects a somber biblical tone focusing on grief and witness, attributed to Baron. It centers on the weight of mourning without acknowledgment.
West Virginia newspaper growth highlighted as the Charleston Mail unveils a modern 80 page edition to mark its new building. Gov Clark praised for leadership, with business interests and Kanawha Valley sentiment expressed in pictures of the plant and staff.
Sportwriters argue fans will regulate prize fighting as purses rise and fans balk at high prices. They note fighters like Jack Dempsey earned massive totals per bout while promoters benefited from extravagant tickets, urging moderation to avoid harming the sport’s appeal.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur told a graduating class at Annapolis of the nation’s need for naval ambassadors abroad and the chance for officers to serve in diplomacy. He recalled that naval officers had held diplomatic posts in the past.
Wrat We Were Doing H. C. England, operator at Blue stone tower, was badly injured when he fell from passenger train No. at Powhatan. Lee Tabor waived preliminary hearing after murdering Patrolman Jim Francisco and was sent to Princeton. An unidentified white man’s body floated in New River at Glen Lyn. Mayor E F Carter died from pistol wounds. The first Liberty bond issue was overwhelmingly subscribed. Miss Virginia Martin Frances Fitzgerald and Dave Sam Slifkin returned home from Morgantown after studying at West Virginia University.
The article argues that trained American naval personnel can serve beyond combat roles. It praises Mr. Wilbur for recognizing opportunities to use navy personnel for peacekeeping and diplomacy. It contends a peaceful, respected navy may deter foes and foster international goodwill.
Poem seems to reflect a personal garden as a refuge for youth and memories. The speaker describes a garden that holds hope, faith, tears, and longing, with gay flowers and a slender tree whose touch awakens memories and imagined caresses. Margaret Sangster.
Bluefield West Virginia hosted the annual West Virginia Publishers and Employing Printers gathering, drawing a large attendance aided by auto travel. The event featured banquets at the West Virginian and Sunset News with performances from local newspaper talent.
Diplomatic relations have been severed between Jugo Slavia and Albania. The Asheville Times notes a flivver cross country trip to college. The Winston-Salem Journal jokes about China needing a George Washington. The Pittsburgh Gazette Times reports a shopper with a $15000 check abroad. The Indianapolis Star comments on large graduating classes and a silent charity donor in the Wall Street Journal.
The platform calls for quarterly tax payments to city county and state modeled after federal systems to fund safety enforcement in mines and education for operators and miners. It proposes barriers on roads to save motorists and a gas tax to raise vehicle levies. It envisions more Bluefield factories, a new passenger station with parking, a southern West Virginia development association, Sunday elections stressing self-government, and uniformed deputy sheriffs and constables.
The United States government plans to reduce the size of paper currency starting with the one dollar bill within a year. Newspapers note potential pocketbook adjustments, address opinions from critics, and cite expected savings in shipping costs and anti counterfeiting benefits.
The British physiologist Ernest Starling reviewed alcohol as a food and drug. He said alcohol can be useful in certain diabetes cases and old age but for a normal person its food value is negligible. its depressant action dulls perception and impairs high mental effort while reducing nerve tension in some skilled tasks. Tomorrow: When to Prescribe Alcohol.
In New York on June 14 a writer recalls Broadway scenes including chorus girls pawning fraternity pins from Harvard and Yale, a wall street shop with Phi Beta Kappa keys, and colorful encounters with performers. The column weaves tales of actors lovers and hardship on crowded streets.
A satiric survey of professors shaping policy and public life, led by Nicholas Murray Butler. The piece cites Yale’s Prof Fisher and Harvard’s Prof Ripley among others, praising outspoken academia while noting broader social and economic shifts. It contrasts intellectual clout with legislative restraint and cites a Carnegie Foundation report on rising professorial payrolls.
A fragmented passage depicts a woman who supports a baby by modeling while her husband critiques her nude studio pose. He creates a scene and returns to his coworkers. She works day and night to provide for the child, while observers remain shocked. The piece notes broadactor unemployment and the need to endure public scrutiny.
A witty survey of public figures and events notes Karl Carroll’s improving condition in federal confinement, ponderings on future graduates, Chicago’s proposed 15 million auditorium name The Wigwam, and satirical quips about scalpers, the Prince of Wales at Abie's Irish Rose, a Boston robber, a future anti Indian mayor, a fall Congress session, and warship-building aims.
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