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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1931
Page
3
The Baily Telegraph offers advertising guidance and classified notices with rates and policies. It explains that obituaries and similar notices require payment, mentions advertising agencies across major cities, and outlines subscription rates and mailing zones. The notice lists carrier and mail options and notes a Sunday issue dated June 21, 1981.
A short biblical verse fragment from Psalms expresses trust in peaceful rest and protection by the Lord. The text emphasizes safety and calm ending with a prayerful plea for divine care.
The board of equalization has enabled a twenty five percent cut on real estate assessments. Levying authorities could offset this by raising rates. Budgets are set to cover expected expenses, and by tightening economy across public employment taxes for the next year may be reduced.
Moorer stock shows marked improvement in West Virginia as the president toured the state and readers studied his speeches. The piece argues Hoover is an economist engineer who communicates clearly, offering a candid diagnosis of anxiety and a path out of the mass psychology of timidity gripping business and labor alike. Capital and labor are described as fearful, awaiting recovery that no president can force.
Twenty teas ago today Slayers for the June musical festival arrived in Bluefield. Armour and company suspended plans for a storage yard in Bluefield. Captain Patrick Henry Giles, Confederate veteran, died at his home in his city. Ten teas ago Tay Mrs Sallie G Toney died at Northfork Tipton Carter was fatally wounded at Welch by Mayor John H Witt. The state Christian Endeavor convention opened at the First Christian church.
The country struggles and must be overcome before real progress occurs. The Daily Telegraph notes affordability and urges buyers to enter the market during normal times to improve conditions. President Hoover echoes the idea, calling it fortified by "frozen tonidlence" and agrees on the need.
Italy reports a population of 41,145,041, a 4.1 percent rise over the prior year, prompting fascist officials to push for still larger numbers. The piece argues Italy’s small area relative to its crowded population creates economic and political tension, warning that future overpopulation could lead to conflict or injustice in Europe.
A column narrates daring city lake rescue by three hoboes who saved six from a capsized boat off a Chicago beach. They toiled with broken craft, paddled by hand, and left unseen, inspiring thoughts on merit without publicity amid talk of boxing headlines, a French damper on diplomacy, and Clara Bow’s life story plan.
A fragmentary verse depicts the toil of pruning hedges with pruning shears. The speaker notes fatigue from noon onward and the endless task, acknowledging flaws and the need to continue through the day along garden lanes beyond.
Editorials from Wheeling Intelligencer and Parkeraburg Sentinel reflect on the end of sponsor paid product placements in films. They argue such advertising harms entertainment value and industry ethics, contrasting radio sponsorships with cinema. The piece notes public opposition and potential future shifts as major studios abandon embedded ads.
A vivid New York scene recalls a famed gypsy fortune teller who rose in tea room superstition then opened a psychic parlor named Princess. The piece also notes widowed vendors and a deceased playwright whose works live on under a dead name in Broadway culture.
The passage extols America as a land of vast chances in finance, education, politics, and industry. It urges citizens to pay debts of honor to veterans and to embrace duties of good citizenship to uphold free institutions. It envisions 1992 as a year to revive the spirit of the republic’s founders.
A garbled clipping mentions a new plant to modern art and a locked night misfortune. It references cocoanuts for a wife in Barnes and uses odd phrases about a race horse tied with tortoise shell glasses. The piece hints at playful misprints and nonsensical connections, preserving a few named elements.
Kirke Simpson recalls Guam’s role in the war and its later status as a naval base. The piece notes Guam’s limited postwar development, the 1898 capture with the Charleston, and a veteran’s recollection of the battle and the troops involved. It frames Guam as a distant, discipline-laden posting with historical significance.
Washington dispatch outlines the Interstate Commerce Commission’s big agenda in regulating rail freight, valuing lines, recapture provisions, and consolidation plans. It covers a 15 percent rate request, valuation disputes, the recapture fund, and the “big four” consolidation and bus regulation debates amid a shifting transport market.
Mary Pickford and Miss Gene Rous settled a suit over unpaid silhouettes. The case, dismissed yesterday, ends with Pickford offering five charity damages for which Misa Rous claimed 315 dollars. Pickford did not reveal the recipient or amount.
Dr Morris Fishbein reports on a New York Labor Department bulletin advising how to reduce carbon monoxide poisoning among automotive workers. Key steps include ventilation with a pipe exhaust outside, open windows, and recognizing gas has no smell. Immediate actions for headaches or faintness include fresh air, rest, and medical help, plus use of artificial respiration if needed.
Charleston offices close for the 68th anniversary of statehood. James Williams, 13, drowns in Greenbrier River. body recovered. Wheeling thermometer above 100 degrees. Mercer escape from Quarry prison. Morgantown coal firms reach wage deals as Canyon Coal strikes 150 workers. Charleston residents endure 101 degrees. United Mine Workers notify Fairmont BigVeln Coal of strike at two Lick No. 2 mines if contract not signed.
AP briefs report Vienna suicide minister Booth dies in Denmark. Yokyo freighter May Maru damaged after collision with Bell ingham in Brindisi. Italy wire student pilot killed one injured six escape in crash of two bombing planes. Minnesota tornadic winds damage scattered areas with no deaths. Washington post office crusade against foreign sweepstakes. Rio de Janeiro seaplane completes flight from Switzerland. Detroit grand jury indicts 66 people including two police officers for obstruction of justice and neglect of duty.
Los Angeles reports the Federation of Parent-Teacher Associations will reopen fifty five school cafeterias on Monday to feed between seven thousand and eight thousand poor children at noon during summer vacation ending August 29. Contributions have surged after the group warned funds were exhausted, and some breakfasts may be offered as well.
Chicago telegram from the chamber of commerce of Salt Lake City says they might purchase Chicago and use it as a suburb. Mayor Anton J. Cermak displayed the telegram noting Chicago's financial troubles.
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