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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1927
Page
11
Friendly arbiters seek to settle a 1926 umpire dispute between Bluestone Junction Live Wires and Tazewell ball club ahead of a planned rematch. Local editor acts as judge, urging play ball and a peaceful taintless reunion.
The city finance committee will list all delinquent corporation taxes at Tazewell next week. A special council session will approve the delinquent tax list. The total amount is between 2500 and 3000 dollars, aligning corporate taxes with county and state practices.
In the Shenandoah valley the season brings carnivals and ice cream suppers. A recent local drive through the valley found towns and villages thriving with both events in full sway, with gatherings in open fields and community spaces.
Bluefield Virginia business men gather for weekend dinner at Masonic hall to outline plans for the coming visit of Southwestern Virginia Incorporated and Pisgah July 4 celebrations. Miss Charlotte Fraser of Scotland will speak after the business portion, discussing temperance and regional development while committees pursue local industrial growth.
A list asks for fourteen five letter words solving clues like curved line part and distant place. Several items point to words such as jump, melodies, subsist, and tolls paid for watching goods, with many other definitions across astronomy, anatomy, and daily use.
New slip covers for chairs a bedspread and matching curtains in dotted Swiss fabric will transform the look of a bedroom highlighting a fresh summer style.
A historic pipe organ, said to be the oldest of its kind in the country, rests in St. John’s Episcopal Church Clyde after travels through Trinity churches in New York City Utica Geneva and Clyde. The instrument, presented to Trinity Church New York by Queen Anne, dates from the 17th century and was moved in 1846 to Clyde.
New York June 16. Highly colored street maps of important cities are being displayed as room decor. Publishers note growing interest in map art for interior design.
Cities replace the medieval mape as wall decorations and tourist guides. The latest Paris map features monuments museums galleries churches theaters hotels shops banks and depots and is repurposed into waste baskets lamp shades desk pads and other articles.
The article notes that a fireless cooker lets a housewife prepare supper and finish cooking earlier, freeing the afternoon for other tasks. It emphasizes convenience and time savings for domestic use.
Chicago reports a $10 000 casket and $1 176 in funeral flowers are deemed extravagant by the Cook county court while reviewing the estate of a late Chicago labor leader. Protests arise over the high charges and the estate’s disposition.
A brief note states spinach cabbage beans and other fresh vegetables lose vitamins if cooked long. A few minutes of cooking suffices to preserve nutrients and flavors.
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