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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1926
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local notice about a room or space rental with unclear terms. Names, places, or dates are unreadable, but the text hints at a municipal or utility notice style. The readable portion provides no actionable details.
The outlook notes tax reductions saving taxpayers about 260 million and spurring industrial plans while Congress may adjourn with no major bills likely to boost business. It predicts stronger next year from higher trade volume, notes summer freight car load fluctuations, and cites Iowa Brookhart and Pennsylvania campaigns as contrasts in political spending. It also mentions Queen Elizabeth Belgium’s haircut camouflage claim and George Oliver’s retirement from politics.
A fragment notes a wood mat transaction or sale involving a person named Lie Jon with a price of 35 dollars. Additional details are unreadable.
Fire crews battled a blaze on Sock Street causing street closures and evacuations of adjacent homes. Investigators question nearby residents about potential arson while authorities assess structural damage to four properties. No serious injuries reported.
The notice outlines rate categories for payables and advance terms. It references a one year term with varying conditions and mileage radius limits. It lists months and specific furnished rates and mentions peenage rates. The city notice notes adverse conditions and applicable timelines as of Thursday June 24 1926.
Twenty years ago at Roanoke the Flat Top coal operators and Norfolk and Western officials voted to keep car distribution tied to coke oven counts at each plant. Id A Ritz became ninth circuit judge in West Virginia after L L Chambers's death. T W Chambers wed Anna Thomas in Jonesboro Tennessee. Mrs W R Dawson of Roanoke left St Luke's hospital after a major operation. Mada Thompson of Baptist Valley and Samuel D Dickerson of Bluefield wed. police raided Peck Street seizing 336 half pints of whiskey.
The passage notes that a public friendly energy statement may mask other motives by Mr. Oliver after the Pennsylvania primary. It claims German scientists discovered a new gas for cheaper motive power and mocks American scientists for not using surplus Capitol Building emissions. It also asserts the U S spends more on tobacco than the rest of the world and polled election costs exceed those of other nations.
A long reminiscence recalls a giant tree in Nine Mile Valley near Missoula, its growth from early America through notable events like 1700 Yale, 1805 Lewis and Clark, and its destruction in 1919 for lumber. It contrasts legends with the rise of settlers and Native peoples, ending with a separate note on a legal settlement for a boy’s facial injury and lost smile value.
The plan calls for enforcing safety regulations in mines and educating operators and miners to save lives and protect property. It proposes barriers and safety fences on curves and high banks to protect motorists. It also urges Bluefield area growth with a new passenger station, parking for cars and trucks, and alleviating railroad traffic on city streets including the North Side street from East End bridge to Midway and its intersections with freight depots and College Avenue toward South Minefield.
Editorial digest surveys reactions to Brazil and Spain seeking permanent seats on the League of Nations Council. It notes American sympathy for the League, German inclusion, and mixed opinions from U.S. and European papers on Brazil’s withdrawal threat and Spain’s position.
Mrs. Nina Matteson of Oxford New York and Mrs. Ernest Tanguay of Adams Massachusetts report recovering health with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Both women describe extended illness and regained strength enabling them to resume work and daily activities. The ad promotes the compound as a trusted household remedy now in its fourth generation.
Charles P. Stewart Ashington argues Coolidge resembles a trainer in a cage of lions whose fear fades as political support wanes. He notes party leaders fear his popularity and warns continued scorn from Republicans could end his presidency. The piece ponders what comes next.
Surgeon General Dr Hugh H. Cumming urges balanced eating with raw foods, three daily green vegetables, fruits to prevent constipation and strengthen teeth. He warns against overeat ing, excessive meat or sweets, and stresses plain foods and plenty of milk to prevent disease.
An educated man earns four times as much as an uneducated man and knows 40 times as many ways to spend it. Virtually nothing has been found at the north pole to justify engraving a new atlas plate. With a prizefighter and a football player on the police force positions open for wrestlers and pole vaulters.
Doctors promote a new sanitary option called Kotex, five times more absorbent than cotton pads. It deodorizes, eliminates embarrassment, requires no laundry, and is available at drug or department stores for a few cents, making old methods seem risky.
Poem excerpt describes Luke as a warm, perceptive friend with a knack for meeting needs. The speaker recalls asking Luke about why everyone is fond of him and notes Luke’s simple joys, strawberries, and a “learning quilt with the little school.”
In New York on June 23 a sign promising all you can drink for a dime drew crowds to a Broadway tea and coffee emporium. The piece notes celebrities like Ruth Gordon and Al Jolson amid jokes about summer stock life and a Benvenuto Cellini statue guiding a 48th street skyscraper.
Four Long Island volunteer firemen jailed for starting 10 fires. Fish trust accused of 400 percent profits. Washington outraged over the Tacna Arica snarl. The saxophone invention noted as 1840 by Adolphe Sax.
A jumble of dialect dialogue and vignette lines explores family roles money norms and domestic humor. It contrasts parental guidance with children's requests while noting social quirks from neighborly chickens to a traveling salesman wife and a doctor near a drinker.
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