What makes a city Bluefield proud of its citizens
The piece extols Bluefield as a modern city with comprehensive public facilities and strong citizenship. It cites a poet’s query about a state's essence, asserts that men with clear conscience drive progress, and praises Bluefield’s civic spirit while noting debates over the new state capitol and local economic activity. It mentions dairy development and a humorous take on the club sandwich evolution. It ends noting Columbus’s voyage.
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Binefield
Bluefield
Gaps to close on Charleston road network in WV contracts
The West Virginia State Road Commission will let 47 contracts costing about 2.5 million dollars to finish paving and gravel surfacing on key routes. Projects include Northwestern pike to Maryland line, Huntington Logan road sections, and extensions to link Nitro Charleston. Bids open mid June across multiple counties including Preston, Mason, Jackson, and Greenbrier.
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Charleston
W. Va
Maryland Line
State Road Commission
Preston County
Flag Run
Ritchie County
Huntington-Logan
Gallipolis
Mason County
Huntington
Nitro
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Leon
Obertsburg
Woods
Red House
Beckwith
Fayette County
Nicholas County
Belva
Summerville
Clarksburg
West Milford
Harrison County
Sissonville
Jackson County
Fairplain- Kenna
Wood County
Mineral Wells
Woog County
Ripley
Monroe County
Rig Bend
Lowell
Wolf Creek
Pickaway
Ronceverte
Union
Maxwellton
Frankford
Renick
Greenbrier
Panhandle
Moorefield-Baker
Randolph County
Beverly-Huttonsville
Putnam County
U. S. Drinks 121 Billion Cups of Coffee Yearly
St Louis report claims Americans gulp over 12 billion cups annually five million per hour and about 75 000 each second. Beverage expert Cyrus F Blanke estimates 1 1/2 billion pounds of coffee and around 196 million pounds of tea consumed in 1927.
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St. Louis
Cyrus F. Blanke
America
West Virginia Elks set Bluefield reunion dates
The West Virginia Elks announce September 13 and 14 as the state reunion dates to be held in Bluefield. The event will feature the dedication of the new Bluefield Elks home and an all day picnic at Burke's Garden, with 1500 to 2000 expected attendees and invites to nearby Virginia lodges.
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West Virginia
Virginia
West Virginia Elks Association
Bluefield
J. Reefer
Clarksburg
Bluefield Elks
Bland and
Raleich
Elks
Bluefield Lodge
Elk Lodge
M. G. Witten
W. T. Williams
John F. Land
John Ee
John Kee
J. F. Land
State Association
Elks Home
Country Side
Michigan bans cars for student boys at Michigan
Ann Arbor reports the University of Michigan will ban student car use starting the September term after a regents meeting. The campus discussion spanned several months before the decision.
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Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Board of Regents
Sabbath Observance Promoted At Free Methodist Conference
A resolution urging strict Sabbath observance was adopted at the Free Methodist quadriennial conference in Rochester. The church says such observance is "almost a thing of the past" and seeks global adoption among North American and world churches.
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Rochester
N. Y
Free Methodist Church
Churches of North
Tragic Princeton-Bluefield Crash Claims G E Bishop
G E Bishop, 57, of Christiansburg Virginia, killed when a Studebaker touring car rolled on the Princeton Bluefield road near Glenwood Park at 4 30 PM. Six others injured including J R Bishop, June Bishop, C R Williams Garnet Williams Leafy Bailey and Roscoe Bishop. The driver suspects steering failure while weaving caused loss of control.
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Studebaker
Princeton-Bluefield
Princeton
Glenwood Park
G. E. Bishop
J. R. Bishop
South Avenue
Sam Tabor
Montcalm
Bishop
W. H .Wallingford
June
Christiansburg
C. R. Williams
Garnet
Leafy Bailey
Gott Undertaking Company
G. B Bishop
Williams
Mr. Bishop
Bluefield
Mrs. Bishop
Flood victims return home to rebuild amid mud and ruins
In Baton Rouge on June 18 the Mississippi flood survivors leave refugee camps for damaged homes. Families begin clearing debris and sowing crops as Red Cross aid continues. Men work to restore land while women and girls start cleaning houses and planting to ensure food.
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Baton Rouge
Red Crosse
Confederate Veteran Wm Monroe Wroten Dies at 80
Magnolia Mississippi mourns as Wm Monroe Wroten former commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans dies at 80 from erysipelas. He practiced medicine for many years and is survived by two sons and a daughter.
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Magnolia
Miss
Monroe Wroten
The
United Confederate Veterans
Erycipelas
Kip Rhinelander Establishes Reno Home Ahead of Divorce
Ednard Kip Rhinelander, scion of a prominent New York family, is reported to set up residence in Reno as he proceeds with divorce from his wife Alice Jones Rhinelander. Last year he failed in a sensational court bid to have their marriage annulled.
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Ednard Kip Rhinelander
New York
Reno
Alice Jones Rhinelander
Rhinelander
St Louis Welcomes Lindbergh With Massive Parade
Crowds in St Louis packed eight miles of route to cheer Charles A Lindbergh as he returned from his trans Atlantic flight. He rode through the city in a two hour procession amid confetti and cheering, receiving honors from Boy Scouts and city officials.
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St. Louisa
St. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Lindbergh
Sportaman’s Park
Filer
Rogere Hornsby
Cardinals
Congresa
Ball Park
Parle
Brussels
London
Washington
New York
St. Louie
Boy Scouts
John Heydler
National League
Samuel A. Baker
Missouri National Guard
Dwight Davie
United States Army Reserve Commission
Coolidge
Harry B. Hawes
United States
Missouri
Victor Miller
Col
Byrd Names Balchen to Work With Him on Atlantic Flight
Lieutenant Berndt Balchen named as fourth crew member for the America Fokker mono plane. The craft, fueled and ready at Roosevelt Field, awaits favorable Atlantic conditions for a Paris flight. Balchen, Byrd friend, Arctic flyer and Amundsen search veteran, joins pilot Byrd and others for the trans Atlantic mission.
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Roosevelt Field
New York
Berndt Balchen
America
Bie
Paris
Atlantic
Byrd
Blacen
Artic Wastes
Roald Amundsen
Explorer
Balchen
North Pole
Giant three motored monoplane America readies for Paris dash
The giant three motored monoplane America sits in its hangar awaiting favorable Atlantic weather. It is expected to carry a fourth man beside Commander Richard E Byrd, pilot Ernest Acosta and radio engineer George C Neville.
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Roosevelt Field
New York
America
Paris
Atlantic
Richard E. Byrd
Ert Acosta
George C. Neville
Bennett Updates Plane Mission After America's Return
Floyd Bennett, originally slated to pilot the America on the trans Atlantic hop, visits the hangar after the crash at Teterboro. He signs off on the aircraft and flight plans with Byrd while Neville tests motion picture cameras for the expedition. The plane awaits 1,300 gallons of fuel before departure.
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Bennett
America
Floyd Bennett
Ford
Teterboro
N. J
Ted
Neville
St. Vincent's Hospital
New York
Atlantic
Ocean
Paris
Prizes Announced for Tazewell Mercer Dairy Contest
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce and Bluefield Daily Telegraph announce prizes for a farm youth dairy information contest. Prizes include transport to a Memphis dairy show, a pure bred bull calf, a heifer calf, two 600 pound Bluefield Milling dairy feeds, and two year subscriptions to the Telegraph. Contest runs seven Sundays starting today, entries due August 15, open to under 17 year olds in Tazewell and Mercer counties outside Princeton and Bluefield.
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Memphis
Bluefield Milling Company
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Tazewell
Mercer
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Tazewell and Mercer
Princeton
Bluefield
West Va
The
Telegraph
Beast Esday
Mercer-Tazewell
Fur Skirts for Women Is Latest Parisian Fad
Paris designer Paul Poiret plans rabbit skin fur skirts for winter with fur jackets and light fabric blouses beneath. He notes the trend aims to keep women warm as he expects a silhouette shift for the cold season. The secretive creation signals a potential reversal in how garments wrap the body.
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Paris
Paul Poiret
Poiret
Plans Progress for New Independent Miners Union
Nelsonville Ohio June 18 Pro jected organization of an independent union of coal miners awaits plans for an initial meeting led by Emmet Searles insurgent miners plan to agree with operators of five mines to adopt the 1917 wage scale rather than the Jacksonville agreement United Mine Workers officials in Columbus express skepticism and say the independent union will not be formed while the Jacksonville scale remains favored by the majority.
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Nelsonville
Emmet Searles
Searles
United Mine Worker
Jacksonville
United Mine Workers
Columbus
G. W. Savage
Day chiefs may lose positions in prohibition service
Washington reports that several prohibition administrators could be forced to resign under a new law requiring six years of executive experience for top posts. Doran notes only a few will be affected as Roscoe Harper of northern and western New York resigns, with a conference planned July 11 to discuss the changes. Thousands have taken civil service exams for enforcement jobs.
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Washington
Prohibition
Doran
Roscoe Harper
Northern
New York
German Ace to Try to Break Flight Records
Berlin reports Anton Koennecke, World War ace, plans a Berlin New York San Francisco nonstop flight to set a westward record. He received three months leave from Lufthansa to organize the Berlin to San Francisco mission with a relief pilot and two passengers including an unnamed industrialist financier.
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Berlin
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Germany
Wesr
San Francisco
Anton Koennecke
Koennecke
Lufthansa
Mexico Bans Direct Purchases From United States
The June 18 decree by President Calles, effective today, bars the Mexican government from buying American products directly in the United States. The foreign office says the measure is not a general boycott, since goods can still be sourced via a Mexican agency.
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Mexico City
Calles
United States
Diario
Foreign Office
President Coolidge Seeks Naval Cut Pact Support
President Coolidge spoke to the National Editorial association at the Summer White House in the Black Hills about the Geneva naval talk. He expressed hope for benefit to the United States and allies as nations consider limits on armament.
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Rapid City
8. D
Coolidge
Geneva
National
White House
McMullen
Nebraska
Bulow
South Dakota
Two Loads of Munitions Captured Near Santa Barbara
Federal agents seized two truckloads of war munitions near Santa Barbara as they traveled from San Francisco toward Mexico. A wealthy San Francisco arms dealer, alleged head of the supplier company, is shadowed while a gun-running vessel is expected to arrive. The shipment, deemed the first in a series, is valued at a substantial sum and includes pistols, rifles, machine guns, and over 200000 rounds of ammunition.
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San Pedro
Calif
Department of Justice
Santa Barbara
San Francisco
Mexico
Sole Negro Daily Chicago Launches National Significance
The Sole Negro Daily in Chicago, launched June 18, claims to be the only Negro daily newspaper in the United States, with other papers having started in several cities but failing to endure.
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Chicago
United States
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