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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1929
Page
6
A short advance payment notice appears with figures 987.00 and 80 unclear as readable text. No full names or dates are identifiable from the fragment. The item suggests an amount due paid in advance, but lacks context or entities.
The fragment quotes Horace Bushnell contrasting a moral beacon with the futility of social remedy for sin. It emphasizes personal repentance and the danger of allowing wickedness to dwell in one’s dwelling.
June is the peak month for nuptials as society pages celebrate engagements and weddings. Brides captivate, transforming ordinary girls into brides with the light of love while June’s season offers ideal weather, joyous hope, and lasting memories for couples and onlookers alike.
An essay tracing how early humans shifted from bare survival to using metals, timber, and water power. It argues mind and invention explain progress, yielding ships, railways, and clothing, with a digression about Governor Lampoon's colonel and admiral tastings.
Edwin Mann was chosen president of the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce. J. T. Akers of Burnell and Miss Ruby L. Sowers of Bluefield were married here. J. T. Thornton, C. R. Woods and R. W. Lacy departed for Parkersburg to attend a state road convention.
A lighthearted toast celebrates June marriages with wishes for lasting happiness and unalloyed joy for grooms and brides as their life’s supreme adventure. The verse honors the union and the bond shared by couples in June.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas criticizes the revised farm bill arguing the house did not vote on the export debenture plan. He recalls events from November 6, a moment he ties to the current debate.
After a year in the ape House he likely will be ready for a vacation though President Hoover plans to work through the summer.
Poem by Daniel Henderson bids Rees tell the beloved nature to remember him. It asks the oak grass violet and wild rose and thrush to carry his spirit and joy in the earth’s green realm as he now rests, and to keep him among feather flower sun.
The article explains how some people react to certain proteins such as strawberries milk or animal dander. It describes skin tests to identify the allergen and notes that severe cases may require drugs to ease breathing or desensitization attempts.
Hughes of West Virginia introduces a congressional bill to erect a new post office in any town with 6000 or more residents lacking one, funded by Post Office revenues. The proposal claims benefits of reduced rents, unemployment relief, and civic gains, with action likely next session.
In New York City the hurdy gurdy faces extinction as modernization spreads. Radio studios and talkies spark a brief revival with organ grinders recorded for phonograph releases, while street performances fade. Old Italian-led bands vanish from sidewalks, ceding to jazzy ukuleles and saxophones in a shifting soundscape.
A column ponders floor walkers and diplomatic slants with a light tone. It notes a New York songwriter wedding song titled I'm on the Verge of a Merge and a professor's claim that bulls only close eyes when charging. Also questions resort hotel owners and telegraph firms seeking to humanize service amid bustling headlines about rising entertainers.
Washington notes recall of J. Reuben Clark of Utah as undersecretary of state whose rapid brief to President Hoover during the Mexican revolt near the inauguration helped shape early policy. Clark, veteran of Mexican civil wars and Mormon veteran stories, provided contingencies and precedents for swift action.
Montreal meeting discusses parking rapid transit and skyscraper outlets as a solution to urban congestion. Advertisements urge vacations highlighting open spaces while cities grow and traffic worsens. Global supply issues and taxonomies of tobacco, plus a hospital fire tragedy underscore broader world imbalances.
Authorities seek Taylor Lane for questioning in the 1927 Laurel Rup killings of Jefferson Harris and his wife. A former county prosecutor questions the Sherman Callister conviction in the George Bennett case. Henry Abel faces a trial for his wife’s death thirteen years prior. West Virginia colleges report moral improvements. state education board discusses new faculty and salaries.
A historic clash over the Hoover administration farm relief bill ends with the bill's basic framework intact while the senate forces debentures and the house retreats from its stance. Jardine is hailed as the chief architect of the plan, with Democrats and Republicans trading political gains amid the high stakes in Washington.
The item lists brief notices from Washington London Lossiemouth Chicago Tokyo Hilo Wellington Columbus Lowell Atlanta Madison. Highlights include rum runners sought at the Canada border, Dawes urging early naval cuts, a poisoning case, volcanic unrest and refugees, Hoover on reparations, an airplane wreckage search, earthquake death toll, census and reapportionment bill signing, a homicide case, sewer gas deaths, and a proposed state manufacturer measure in the senate.
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