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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1926
Page
6
Fragmentary ad notes demand for help and various rental terms. Mentions price hints and street references with vague contact prompts and partial lines. The readable text shows scattered notes on housing rooms beds and rental terms without coherent details.
Readable fragments indicate an apartment related notice or listing with partial terms about a unit, furnishing, and location. No clear names, dates, or full details are legible to identify exact parties or terms.
Fragmentary biblical quotations discuss trust in the treasury and warn that a rich person without charity is a rogue. The tone suggests moral exhortation on virtue, wealth, and folly. The text presents scattered phrases rather than a full narrative.
A metropolitan paper cites 38 killings by prohibition agents in a decade, arguing armed agents defend themselves and that fatalities do not undermine Prohibition enforcement. The piece notes trials rarely result in convictions, and courts sometimes take cases before indictments.
The Telegraph notes that public schools in West Virginia will not teach the Bible yet argues it remains the best textbook. It states Pinefield youth may pursue Bible study through six Daily Vacation Bible schools planned in July for those with parental or personal interest.
The excerpt notes a Jones Frontier Exposition at West End Tower with cattle or cattle-like beings struck by lightning in South Bluefield, tossing them into the air. A local company named Southern Milling and Lam was formed by residents. Ten years ago Doak left the Norfolk and Western Trainmen chair to become vice president of the grand lodge. J C Snidow’s Princeton home narrowly escaped demolition when a truck from Princeton was summoned to Charleston due to a family illness.
Six schools sponsored by Immanuel Lutheran First and Calvary Baptist First Christian Westminster Presbyterian invite all Bluefield children ages five to sixteen to attend. Trained instructors will lead Bible study and wholesome recreation with no cost beyond church support.
In some towns a strike is not required for half the self-styled workers to be unemployed. Reducing public debt is described as a long step toward tax relief.
A court in a foreign country sentenced a woman to death by hanging for the murder of her husband. The ruling follows a trial that established her involvement in the killing and confirmed the use of capital punishment under local law.
A platform calls for enforcement of safety rules in mines and miner training to protect workers and property. It urges barriers and barriers along curves and high banks on state and county roads to save motorists. Proposes more factories for Bluefield, a new passenger station with parking, and traffic relief by rerouting street access from East End bridge to Midway near the freight depot connecting with College Avenue in South Bluefield.
The piece lauds Sergeant York for funding and establishing the York Industrial Institute in Tennessee hill country. It notes plans for a full high school with vocational and agricultural training, funding from land donations, and $100,000 in initial construction. It cites praise from multiple newspapers and highlights York's choice of service over fame.
A column notes a social shift toward brighter men’s fashion with colored hatbands and bold attire while contrasting past stigma. It also covers a California girl, age fourteen, entering a New York pulpit after interpreting a movie job door jam as a divine call, with witnesses and prayer.
Senator Reed's anti-saloon inquiry expands from enforcement into a broad wet and dry election battle. Wheeler's testimony ties Congress members to league payments, risking dry candidates in November while Reed uses the issue to shape a nationwide political contest.
A collection of quips and brief remarks from multiple papers including the Savannah Press and Chicago Chronicle Tele. Items touch on taxation, education, footwear shipments to Finland, and social commentary with wry observations about politics, Berlin, and American workers.
A devotional wedding verse by Austin Dobson appears from The Boston Transcript. The text prays for divine guidance on the couple's future, asking God to weigh life’s joys and sorrows and keep them in His care through all seasons.
Surgeon General Dr. Hugh Cumming urges daily milk for 1 2 servings per child and calls out undernutrition affecting about one in five. He stresses regular meals with cereal vegetables and modest meat, plus fruits for desserts, vegetables and soup, ten hours sleep, fresh air and outdoor play.
A Metropolitan Museum display notes Dr. Benjamin Franklin as inventor of a small instrument labeled harmonica or glassy chord. The Music Industries Chamber of Commerce reveals missing Franklin song lyrics including My Plain Country Joan and a drinking tune Fair Venue Calle. Franklin joked about his songs and described his ballads as wretched.
A Missouri family spends an afternoon playing baseball at home with wife and kids. The father jokes about batting, while the wife teases him to hit easier plays and the scene captures family humor and domestic quirks.
A playful collection of quips and witticisms on everyday life and habits. The snippets mix humor about work hygiene ambition and change with light musings on luck and progress.
Scotland Yard reports a network teaching youths to become expert thieves. More than 300 boys reportedly graduated as pickpockets bag snatchers and jewel thieves, receiving clothes food and pocket money during training before their first jobs under a master’s supervision. Some students are said to be well educated and attend night clubs and theaters to rifle pockets and cloakrooms.
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