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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1923
Page
7
The notice fragment lists subscription prices and mailing zones for the Daily Telegraph Printing Co in Bluefield West Virginia, with rates for one year six months three months and regional postal zones. It includes address lines and references to Associated Press material and trial rooms, dated Tuesday June 26 192?.
An unreadable passage discusses mystery in nature and humanity. It mentions being born of the Spirit and notes how discoveries in philosophy do not lessen awe. The excerpt attributes the thought to Talfourd and cites a biblical image of wind and sound.
Raymond M Havens of Kansas City international president urged higher ethics at the Rotary convention in St. Louis. He warned that the buyer beware precept has given way to seller beware and urged sincerity in affirming simplicity in bargaining and faithfulness in performing, arguing ethics protect civilization and go beyond mere legality.
We Were Doing TW YEARS AGO TODAY Rev. J. Tyler Frazier delivered the principal address at the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers memorial service. The S. M. Smith Insurance Agency was organized. Safe crackers visited Hawkins Grocery on the North Side. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY Lawrence Blankensop arrived to succeed William Nicholson as district mine inspector. Samuel Turk held his twentieth anniversary sale. Plans were made for the Bluefield Country Club.
Fragment discusses film profits and public gullibility, Chicago bidding for the Democratic convention, the Prince of Wales renamed premier dancer, and Bulgarians achieving a bloodless revolution. The text appears as miscellaneous commentary rather than a cohesive report.
A compilation of light comic vignettes and a soldier’s tale from a bygone era. Jokes about twins named Thunder and Lightning, a patriotic wedding, an Irish war anecdote, a tragedian’s failed glory, and a choir rehearsal miscue round out the page.
Fourteen jurors were kept in custody without swearing in as the court rejected several candidates over views on capital punishment and mining unions. Judge Sharp denied a defense bid to discharge Blizzard on double jeopardy grounds, citing Virginia and West Virginia rulings. Blizzard then pleaded not guilty as the formal arraignment concluded.
A collage of dated quips from papers across the country. The lines reference a 1924 cemetery notion, Han Atchison jokes, vast school vacation figures, reformers and shoe color debates, and editors mocked by film companies cutting their scenarios.
Daily workers yearn for beauty and song beyond routine labor. The poem urges balancing duty with joy to refresh souls and achieve fulfillment, urging motion toward laughter and release from fetters as a path to happiness.
Readable bits depict a whimsical mix from a telegraph page. Notes mention Belgian Congo mosquitoes, China nickel prices, German marks, Oregon culture, a Florida swamp, a July Fourth speech, and a 73 year old woman fending off a burglar by imagination.
A banquet fundraiser in Bluefield pledges 30000 and launches a city wide drive toward 100000 as Rev. T S Hamilton Prof Frank Clark and Dr David Je Johnson urge noble investment in the college. Campaign leaders vow organized canvassing across the city with financial leaders at the helm.
A severe Sunday night storm in the Sistersville area left two dead. Mia Clarence Spencer was killed at home by lightning, and Orvill Hooper an Ohio Valley amateur pitcher died after his car went over an embankment, breaking his neck.
William Silkworth, president of the Consolidated Exchange, resigned at a special committee meeting in New York. The resignation takes effect tomorrow, and he has also sold his seat on the Consolidated Exchange, ceasing to be a member.
Railway Age reports heavy orders for locomotives and freight cars in early 1923. Through May the locomotive orders stood at 1 598 compared with 460 in 1922, and by mid June total locomotive orders reached 1 684. Freight car orders also rose though not as steeply, with 65 699 orders for the year and 67 209 by mid June.
President Harding denied reports that he plans to sever relations with Marion as a citizen. The denial follows speculation sparked by the sale of the Marion Star, his paper, and hints the president might not return to reside in Marion.
In Charleston West Virginia on June 25 two more river deaths were reported with Delphia F Parsons fourteen and Basil Robinson eighteen drowning in the Kanawha river. Both bodies were recovered marking the seventh and eighth fatalities in six days.
Washington reports that no additional Negro personnel will be assigned to the Tuskegee veterans hospital while Director Hines conducts a personal investigation into the situation. The move marks a pause in staffing as authorities review conditions at the facility in Alabama.
Dr Elmer Guy Cutshaw is officially resuming the presidency of West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon as Dean Thomas W Haught departs with his family for a western tour ending in San Francisco. In Parkersburg L N Loiseau aged 34 drowns after stepping into a washout while bathing with relatives on the Little Kanawha river mouth.
President Harding declares the federal government will enforce prohibition despite state resistance. He warns that nationalizing or underfunding enforcement risks disaster, urges cooperation between federal, state, and local authorities, and argues lawfulness must be upheld over partisan aims.
A speaker warns that contempt for law by those who can flout rules endangers the republic. He urges lawfulness among leaders and citizens alike and calls for raising awareness of self interest in upholding institutions. The majority has tried through law to curb strong drink, but the larger issue is preventing lawless drinking from threatening the nation.
Valparaiso Ind June 25 Mrs Sarah E Baker 24 files for divorce alleging her husband James C Barker 65 bought her for 6500 at their Kentucky marriage three years ago She says an uncle forced the union under death threats and she was an orphan living with him The suit seeks dissolution of the marriage and cites the alleged transaction as grounds.
Royal Mail Steamship Caraquet ran aground twelve miles north of Bermuda and began breaking up. Passengers were rescued by tug and mail cargo was recovered without any casualties reported. The company announced the update from its offices tonight.
Matthew Day seventeen, a musician in a Negro orchestra, was drowned near a Huntington city bathing beach on the Ohio river marking the season's first fatality for the area.
Realtors promote Montvale Addition in Bluefield offering residential lots with one fourth cash and balance due over one to three years. If buyers are dissatisfied at one year, money back plus six percent interest is guaranteed. We sell trade and buy.
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