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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1927

Page

8

Address All Communications and May Haily Telegraph Punting Co

The notice directs communications to the May Haily Telegraph Punting Company in West Virginia and details filing or contact instructions for recipients.

Sunshine Boosts Mood and Trade in Brief Outing

Summer sunshine briefly lifted spirits and improved trade, with businessmen noting a rise in sales after dull days. The piece links weather to human mood and growth, arguing that people and crops respond to sunny conditions and that the land retains a strong influence on character and ambition.

France seeks debt plan revision and easier terms

The French government wants a revised debt refunding deal with the United States, favoring lower interest rates and possible partial principal cancellation. Paris rejects the current plan, arguing it already grants substantial relief and questions whether France would actually pay under any new arrangement.

United States Uncle Sam Mellon France Great Britain Belgium Italy

Spirit of the West: Chicago Post on President's Black Hills Visit

The Chicago Evening Post praises a westward spirit and mindset as the president tours the Black Hills region, noting a distinctive quality and outlook toward natural America. The piece suggests a mental attitude shaping perceptions of the western landscape.

West Chicago Evening Post Black Hills America

Weather echoes past conditions and local legal notes

Twenty years ago today the Daily Telegraph reported similar weather to now as merchants noted a straw hat season. Alfred Eilis was arrested over Horeepen post office affairs. Graham case hearings continued before the Virginia corporation commission. Ten years ago today R B Miller bought Judge Ritz’s College avenue home and Coeburn Methodist church dedication occurred with a marriage between Miss Lacy Gladys Jenkins and C W Scott.

Daily Telegraph Atent Alfred Eilis Horeepen Graham Virginia Corporation Commission R. B. Miller H. A. Ritz College Avenue Coeburn Lacy Gladys Jenkins C. W. Scott

The West and Its Nature’s Subtle Dominion

The author argues the West cannot be fully tamed by man, contrasting eastern subordination of nature with western wild grandeur. Rivers resist restraint, plains remain vast, and the Rockies stand as an imposing, untamable force shaping a landscape of vast distances, forests, deserts, and winds that stir the spirit.

West Prairie Middle Weat Plains Prairies Rockies Mississippi River Pacific Coast Great Plains

Editorial Columns and the Busy Editor’s Burden

A look at West Virginia editors who write editorials under pressure and the reasons many small towns skip them. The piece notes readers seeking public affairs insight, mentions California news, Chaplin’s divorce trial, Upton Sinclair’s Boston ban, and a Dempsey Sharkey boxing match as prompts for editorial interest.

West Virginia Ourself

Hero in Old Age Reflects on Courageous Flight to Paris

A poetic reminiscence by Eleanor Aletta Chaffee recalls a lone heroic pilot who flew from New York to Paris, surviving fatigue and peril to reach the goal. He endures rain, cold, and distance while imagining home and readers. now Paris planes cross daily, and he contemplates aging and endurance.

New York Paris Eleanor Aletta Chaffee

West Virginia Health Spending Outpaced by Neighbors

West Virginia spent only 6.4 cents per capita on health in 1925, far less than nearby states, yet rural health units cut the state death rate by 1.10 percent and saved an estimated 228 lives worth about 1.11 billion dollars. The state funded clinics, water and milk safety, sewage disposal, and health education, with half the 1050000 appropriation going to counties and cities to establish full time health teams.

Virginia United States U. S. Public Health Service Pennsylvania West Virginia Delaware Wilmington Maryland Kentucky Ohio State Health Department David Littlejohn Division of Rural Sanitation Wheeling Intelligencer

Commentary on waterways, crime, and higher education folly

The article rails against the English Channel tunnel proposal, mocks cross‑Channel fears, and condemns criminals as lazy. It then derides college graduates entering Hollywood, predicting only one usable senior among thousands, as a satire of higher education.

Hollywood

Earl Carroll Sentenced to Atlanta Penitentiary for Perjury

The New York Herald Tribune notes Attorney General Sargent sent Earl Carroll to the Atlanta prison for a one year term after a perjury conviction tied to his champagne party. Across papers, opinions range from praising justice to questioning the handling of ill health and possible parole.

Earl Carroll Sargent Carroll Atlanta New York Herald Tribune Greenville New York Federal Penitentiary Charleston Evening Post Charleston Baltimore Sun Springfield Daily Republican Charles Morse Taft Morse Lynchburg Daily Advance The 2 of News Pittsburgh Gazette Times Elmira Star-Gazette Portsmouth Daily Times Syracuse Herald Akron Beacon Journal Toledo Blade Daytona Beach News Journal Ohio State Journal New Orleans Morning Tribune Portland Oregon Journal

Last Night's Mail From Rodney Dutcher on Gibraltar Spragues

The Gibraltar consulate tale traces Horatio Sprague I and II from 1832 to the Civil War era, noting their naval intelligence role and the Marie Celeste mystery. It highlights two presidencies hosting visits, two governments represented, and Dick Sprague’s prominence among naval officers and American missions abroad.

Ashington Gibraltar Richard Horatio Sprague Ppaenescien Horatio J. Sprague Spragues Sprague Great Rock the Rock Boston Cadiz Malaga Malta Genoa Jackson Andrew Jackson Humane Society of Massachusetts Polk Sprague II Rock Government House Naval Harbor Spain Admiral Dewey Cervera State Department Gibraltar Bay Liverpool Atlantic Horatio J Algeciras Fillemore Pierce Grant Roosevelt Africa Dick Sprague Consula

Broadway Sorcery Draws New York Wealth Into Stage Dreams

In New York on June 20, theater fever grips Manhattan as business magnates and socialites chase seats, funding a mix of hits and costly flops. The article notes Broadway’s siren pull, shifting social barriers, and a Village scene where fortunes fund art, even if only as social capital.

New York Manhattan Variety Groun Gilbert Swan

Short Cuts From Exchanges

A GE research lab engineer says synthetic food is not the future, but has long been a painful actuality. The Worcester Telegram indicates the idea is behind the times and already present in practice.

General Electric Co Worcester Telegram

Traits of Eminent Youth Shape Future Success

Editor notes psychologists from Stanford studied 300 historical figures to show high achievement comes from persistent motive, confidence, and strong character in childhood. Examples include Milton, Hume, Peel, Raphael, Beethoven, Newton, Bacon, Montesquieu, Jenner, with heredity and training shaping future stature.

Morris Fishbein Journal American Medical Association Hygeia Health Magazine Stanford University Milton Hume Peel Ireland Raphael Beethoven Newton Bacon Montesquieu Jennetz Horace

Righteous Ways and the Heart's Strength Across Ethics

A reflective line notes that true strength arises from righteousness, yet when righteousness fails, flaws tarnish even noble nature. The quote emphasizes moral integrity as the heart of virtue and the fragility of virtue under strain.

Platform proposals for Bluefield reform and safety

The document outlines quarterly tax collections and similar federal schemes, mine safety training for operators and miners, barriers on dangerous roads, a gasoline tax to replace personal property taxes, more Bluefield factories, a new passenger station with parking to ease railroad traffic, street connections, and an advancement association for southern West Virginia with elections on a Sunday. It also mentions uniformed deputy sheriffs and constables.

Federa Ves Bluefield East End Bridge Midway College Avenue South Binefeld Sernace Southern West Virin Su 6

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