Bluefield Claims May Building Lead Over Huntington
A West Virginia survey shows Huntington led May building permits with 631 578 dollars, while Bluefield disputes the tally and asserts it posted 652 904 dollars for May. The Telegraph supported Huntington’s figures. Bluefield protests the misattribution and demands correct credit.
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Old Virginia
Richmond
Glad Intelligence
South
Gen. L. Miller & Co
Atlanta
Sera
Henderson
W. B. Smith
Huntington
Milley
Charleston
Wheeling
Bluefield
Smith
Calling Out the Slackers in the Republican Party
The piece argues for a general house cleaning within the Republican Party. It warns that many Congress members campaigned on Republican principles yet betrayed the party after taking office. It calls for party responsibility, loyalty, and unity through realignment following the Cleveland convention.
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Mn Burton
Mondell
Cleveland
Republican Party
Repubican
West Virginia
Congress
Local Notes From Twenty Years Ago Today
Pocahontas clergyman Rev W W Moore returns from Jerusalem after Sunday School convention. Princeton mourns death of Mrs R A Glendy at home. State lawmakers consider an extra session. Welch backs an $80000 bond for city improvements. McDowell deputy sheriff Madison Milam killed by freight train at Northfork. Newt Hickman jailed on shooting charge involving Dorothy Creig.
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Madison Milam
McDowell County
Northfork
Newt Hickman
Dorothy Creig
Telegraph Tickles Coolidge Bids Alaska Salmon Protection
A tongue in cheek item notes President Coolidge signing a bill to protect Alaska salmon ensuring future food for boarders. The playful column mocks promises, currency, and distant political quirks while skimming various topical zingers.
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Coolidge
Alaska
Humorous Exchange Fragments Include Jokes and Marginal Notes
Brief puns and skits feature a Turk trio and an American in baseball with divine phrases, a prison sentence joke from a judge, a classroom riddle about a church niche, a child’s punchline on the Dead Sea, and a rural hitching sign gag. The mix reflects light weekly humor and local-voiced quips.
Sabbath Morning Hymn in Quiet Dawn
The excerpt portrays a tranquil Sabbath morning with silent fields awakening, a calming breeze, distant murmurs from the hill, echoes from the hall, birdsong, and a placid sun. It invokes a sacred dawn and references the first morn's smile as a timeless moment.
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Tevadaseth
Hadi
John Leyden
Editorial complaining conventions lost vigor and drama
A long editorial laments that political conventions have become businesslike and uninspiring. It argues 1896 marked peak spectacle, then notes a nationwide quieting of campaigns, with factions in Congress only drama, while predicting whether bold political vitality will return.
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Congress
Washington
Fairmont Times
Last week the ex Empress Carlotta celebrates eighty four
Last week the ex Empress Carlotta marked her eighty fourth birthday and remains in good health at Bouchet château near Brussels where she lives as a pensioner of the Belgian government. King Albert and Queen Elizabeth visited to offer flowers on the occasion. She married Maximilian in 1857 and followed him to Mexico in 1864 during his stint as emperor. The empire fell and Carlotta returned to Europe seeking aid for her husband.
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Chateau of Bouchet
Brussels
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Elizabeth
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Austria
Mexico
SHORT CUTS From Exchanges
A column compiles terse aphorisms from various papers. Remarks touch on Congress adjournment and state legislatures. Other quips comment on politics and public life, from diverse locales including Boston Birmingham Jersey City Vancouver Illinois to Cleveland.
Coolidge star in silent campaign film plan to shape voters
A national film plan aims to cast Calvin Coolidge as a calm, earnest everyman. Campaign backers push a “Coolidge tradition” through extensive newsreel use to win over moviegoers ahead of the November election.
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Calvin Coolidge
Cleveland
Coolidge
New England
John T. Adams
George Lockwood
Pathe
Fox
Kinograms
International
Adams
The Dream Garden and Economic Echoes of 1920s Railways
A digest of mid century business notes surveys idle freight cars, rail usage, and farmer prosperity. It cites Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward sales, bond markets, weather impacts on spring retail, and a shift toward peace time production. It blends industry data with reflections on weather and mortality.
Conscious Breathing: A Simple Exercise for Health
Anytown reader Mr. Mann learns about conscious breathing from a doctor. The doctor advises filling lungs to capacity a dozen times on the way to the car, then long quick breaths, nasal exhalation, and diaphragmatic exercise to improve circulation and chest expansion.
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Mr. Mann
Anytown
The Body as a Tool for Expression in Writing
A Dallas Journal piece argues that tools like typewriters and shovels extend the body, becoming essential for creative work. It compares writers and musicians to the instruments they wield, suggesting the soul persists beyond the worn machine, while urging driver education to include speedometer literacy.
Senate approves building more navy ships
The senate authorizes constructing additional navy ships to replace vessels demolished during disarmament, per the Lansing State Journal.
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Lansing State Journal
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