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Public notice from the Daily Telegraph Printing Co Bluefield West Virginia listing subscription rates by mail and carrier and urging readers to send communications and mail alliances. It notes association with The Associated Press and details rates for various durations and regions including West Virginia and a 150 mile radius.
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West Virginia
Prolonged Virginia Protest Aims at Political Machine
A Virginia protest argues for ratifying amendments seen as breaking the Democratic machine. It cites low voter turnout, poll tax issues, and unequal district voting. Comparisons show West Virginia districts casting far more voters per congressman, highlighting perceived distortions in representation.
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Virginia
Bluefield
Totel
I!s
West Virginia
West
Hair Trigger Officers and Prohibition Shootings Stir Debate
A New York case shows a law abiding citizen shot by prohibition enforcers on a public highway. Jacob D Hanson, connected to the Niagara region, was wounded on May 6 and is hospitalized. Doctors fear permanent impairment from the gunfire as a broader national debate grows over the use of armed enforcement.
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New York
Jacob D Hanson
Niagara
Lee
United States Coast Guards
Qeam
Chris Dew
United States
Niagara Falla
Mr. Hanson
Bank officials elected in Bluefield appointment
We Were Doing W. C. Pollock elected vice president and L. A. Hooper named cashier of the First National Bank of Bluefield. Ralph Millar injured in a fall from a cherry tree on Wyoming Street. Rev A B Kennedy pastor of the First Baptist church at Pocahontas, Dr W H Wallingford building a hospital at Malens, K A Leonard Jr of Bluefield elected grand junior counselor of the United Commercial Travelers. Harrison and Dave Linkous car repairers injured in an accident on the Bluefield railroad yards.
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W. C. Pollock
L. A. Hooper
First National Bank of
Bluefield
Ralph Millar
Wyoming Street
Rev
A. B. Kennedy
First Baptist Church
Pocahontas
Columbia
W. H. Wallingford
Princeum
Malens
K. A. Leonard, Jr
United Commercial Travelers
Harrison
Dave Linkous
Prohibition Enforcers Accused After Fatal Highway Shootings
The account denounces a liquor raid incident where Hanson was shot after being chased on the highway. The piece argues officers must be armed yet condemns hair trigger enforcement, urging safer rules and restraint to prevent innocent casualties and preserve public support for Prohibition.
Uncle Laws Athletes Face Stronger European Competition
The article notes doubt that American Olympians will win as many victories as in the past due to stiffer international competition. It cites rising European boxing and track strength and argues that global interest in sports has grown, reducing American dominance and pushing broader athletic development.
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Naval
Uncle Sam
Coal lump bungalow tested for fireproof claim in Middleboro
A quirky note from Middleboro Kentucky describes a bungalow built of uniformly sized coal lumps. The piece questions the house's fireproofing while poking fun at local impressions and pairing with a quip about a Russian exile.
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Middleboro
Kentucky Coal
Grezensene
Cleve Plain Dealer
Sleep and Ada Louise Martin
A poetic fragment evokes Sleep as a comforting refuge at sea, with sea birds circling and a speaker seeking rest. The text names Ada Louise Martin as a person connected to the piece. The tone is lyrical and reverent, reflecting a devotional or commemorative mood.
Debate on Muscle Shoals veto echoes across papers
A flood of editorials weighs Coolidge veto power over the Norris sponsored Muscle Shoals bill. Papers debate constitutional definitions of recess and adjournment, the plant’s future, private versus public power, and potential Supreme Court action, with mixed conclusions on the measure’s merits.
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Congress
Muscle Shoals
Norris
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New York Sun
Ind
Maccle Shoale
Chattanooga News
Ind. Dem
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
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Supreme Court
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Dem
Dayton Daily News
Lincoln State Journal
Ind Hep
Cooley
Bille
Roanoke World-News
Birmingham Newe
America
Topeka Daily Capital
Hartford Times
Providence Journal
Cincinnati Times-Star
Chattanooga Imes
Santa Barbara Daily News
Indianapolis News
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Waterbury Republican
Baltimore Sun
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Anniston Star
Hamilton
Jefferson
Omaha World-Herald
Platform goals for Bluefield West Virginia area reforms
Platform calls for quarterly tax payments to city county and state with a federal style system. Emphasizes mine safety education, barrier fences on roads to protect motorists, and broad vehicle levies while ending personal property licenses. Proposes more factories, new north side street from East End bridge, development association in southern counties, Sunday elections and self government secrecy, uniformed deputies, a city water system.
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Bigefield
East End Bridge
Midway
Ferieht Depot
College Avenue
South Bluefield
Southern West Iernia
Baptist Urge Peace Movement in Global Justice Drive
Detroit reports a Northern Baptist committee on international justice and goodwill calls for an aggressive program for world justice and peace. It condemns blacklist campaigns and warns against attacks on eminent peace workers, urging churches to defend free speech and speaker engagements against outside pressure.
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Detroit
Northern Baptist Convention
Committee On International Justice and Goodwill
World Justice and Peace
Pallbearers Named for Gore Kin Funeral in Clarksburg
Six Negro servants, longtime employees of the Gore family, were chosen as pallbearers for the funeral of Dr. Truman E. Gore brother of Governor Howard M. Gore. The 57 year old veterinary surgeon died at his Gore homestead after years of illness. Governor Gore arrived for services to be held Wednesday at 2 PM. His widow survives.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Truman E. Gore
Howard M. Gore
Train Strikes Honaker Lad who Survives Crash
Green Compton of Honaker Virginia narrowly escaped death Sunday when brushed from Norfolk and Western passenger train No 6 after failing to hear the approach while whittling. He was taken to Richlands and treated at Mattle Williams hospital for slight injuries.
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Green Compton
Honaker
Norfolk and Western
Compton
Honaker Station
Richlands
Mattle Williaime Hospital
Son Freed After Killing Father With Baseball Bat
Charles Stafford, 24, who killed his father Robert F. Stafford with a baseball bat at their Erlanger home, was freed at a preliminary hearing after Recorder H. E. Oliver ruled the act justified as the mother was threatened with a knife by the father.
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Lexington
N. C
Charles Stafford
Robert F. Stafford
Erlanger
Here
H. E. Oliver
Accidental Shot Kills Brother In Pa While Boy Flees
In Winder Pennsylvania on June 18 John Buydas a 14 year old boy died from an accidental abdomen shot by his older brother 17 year old Joseph Buydas who fled fearing imprisonment. The shooting is conceded accidental and Joseph remains at large.
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Winder
John Buydas
Joseph Buydas
West Virginia Editors Highlight State Conditions and Figures
Huntington Herald-Dispatch notes Hoover Curtin tickets as American opportunity symbols while stressing West Virginia battles rising roadway and mine accidents. It cites 16 990 deaths in 1927 with 1 882 from accidents and calls for safer highways and mine fields alongside disease progress.
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West Virginia
State Health Department
Division of Vital Statistics
United States
Wheeling
British Medical Council Convicts Eminent London Doctor
London observers report the August General Medical Council convicted a leading London physician for disparaging fellow doctors in a magazine piece. The case centered on a medical student and surgeon anecdote about payment and fees, drawing sharp humor and debate on ethics and price culture.
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London
General Medical Council
Medical Council
Home Health Rules From Kinyon And Hopkins
An overview of guidance for home care from Miss Kinyon and Prof. Hopkins emphasizes a clean simple sickroom with good air and sunlight. It warns against heavy furnishings and urges proper medicine use, personal hygiene, and frequent laundering of linens to prevent infection spread.
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K. W. Kinyon
L. Thomas Hopkins
Suit Against Ford Motor Co Filed in Milwaukee
The Wire Wheel corporation of America and the Packard Motor Car company filed a federal suit in Milwaukee alleging the demountable wheel used by Ford is an infringement of their joint patent. They seek an injunction and an accounting of profits, with reports of similar suits planned in other assembly-plant cities.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wire Wheel Corporation of America
Packard Motor Car Company
Ford Motor Company
Ford Car
Ford Company
Ford Motor Company of
Hale Victory Over Brewster Indicated in Maine Primary
Returns from two thirds of Maine indicate United States Senator Frederick Hale leading Governor Ralph O Brewster in the Republican primary. William Tudor Gardiner wins the Republican nomination for governor over two other candidates.
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Portland
Maine
Frederick Hale
Ralph O. Brewster
William Tudor Gardiner
House of Representatives
Man and Two Women Freed After Coroner Rules Death Alcohol Related
In Wheeling West Virginia on June 18 Dr D B Ealy Marshall county coroner ruled Grover Fish aged 42 of Manndeville died of acute alcoholism after being found dead in a car on a rural road at dawn. Two women and a man freed from custody were Margaret Ada Reed and Donald Wayt as they slept in the car.
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Wheeling
W. Va
D. B. Ealy
Marshall County
Grover Fish
Manndeville
Margaret Ada Reed
Donald Wayt
Candidates for Director Chosen for Final Chamber Ballot
The primary election for directors of the Field Chamber of Commerce named sixteen nominees including W J Cole George Dunglinson I Jr and F S Easley among others. The eight highest vote getters in the final election will be declared elected with polls closing June 22 at 6 pm. The final results will be announced at the chamber dinner at the West Virginian hotel and reservations are urged. The election committee counted the primary vote and included H S Heary F W Archer J H Calahan and others.
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W. J. Cole
George Dunglinson I Jr
F. S. Easley
A. G. Fox
C. ©. Frazier
G. L. Farr
W. E. Gilkeson
J. H. Hoge
R. E B. Lazenby
A. B. Mahood
J. E. Mann
Max Matz
J. Moffet McCue
C. L. Seyler
H. C. Weller
P. D. Woode
West Virginian
H. 8. Heary
F. W. Archer
J. H. Calahan
A. Cawley
Ernest P. Witt
W. W. Walker
B. B. Housman
J. A. Koon
Court to rule on what counts as official ballot
Morgantown June 18 The Monongalia circuit court will decide what constitutes an official ballot after a hearing in the case of J F Stickel accused of possessing an official ballot outside the election room. Testimony showed ballots marked sample were prepared by a coal company official and delivered to lawyers, with further debate on legality and future action.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Monongalia
William French Hunt
J. F. Stickel
Stickel
Brock Showalter
Fairmont
Continental Coal Company
Mose M. Darst
W. R. Ludwig
Coal Company
Ludwig
Amos and
Amos
T Attorneys
Showalter
Herald Earl Morgan
Irmont
Marion County
F E. M. Showalter
Frank Amos
Sticke
MISS BOLL CHANGES HER PLANS ONCE MORE
Harbor Grace N F June 18 Miss Mabel Bell announces a shift in transatlantic flight plans. She will fly back to New York in the Columbia after leaving Harbor Grace for St Johns by auto with companions, then return here late tomorrow. A New York message proposing a direct Rome flight and July return was reportedly received but not discussed.
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N. F
Mabel Bell
New York
Columbia
Mies Bell
St. Johns
Rome
Mise Bell
Queen of Diamanty
Meredith, Noted Publisher, Dies in Des Moines
Edwin T. Meredith, publisher and former secretary of agriculture in Woodrow Wilsons cabinet, died at his Des Moines home after a four month illness. He had suffered heart disease and had recently returned from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Edwin T. Meredith
Wilson
Farma
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Flooding Spreads Across Dunkirk County From Levee Break
Kennett Missouri June 18 water from the St Francis river levee break north of Browns Ferry spreads rapidly flooding thousands of acres. About 75 000 acres in Dunkirk county inundated with crop losses estimated above one million dollars as workers battle to hold the mills levee west of Campbell and prevent a further 25 000 acres from flooding.
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Kennett
St. Francis River
Brown's Ferry
Dunkirk
Campbell
Germany Honors Koehl Huenfeld and Fitzmaurice
In Bremen on June 18, J Her mann Koehl Baron von Huenfeld and Major James E Fitzmaurice with an Irish companion arrived amid cheers. The crew of the Junker plane, first to cross the Atlantic from east to west, were greeted by shrieking crowds and awarded models while Germany declared pride in their feat.
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Germany
Atlantic
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J. Hermann Koehl
Baron von Huenfeld
James E Fitzmaurice
United States
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