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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1924
Page
17
Mrs Hattersley discusses Warlick's sale items spotted in the store window. Advertised reductions include a three piece spool bed set for 79.60, a mahogany bed and chifforobe for 56.36, and a living room suite for 140, with easy terms offered. The description emphasizes variety and in store browsing.
The new Internal revenue act removes the stamp tax on notes dated on or after July 3 1924. Citizens and others who stamp notes at two cents per hundred dollars will save. Sign or renew obligations dated July 3 or later without tax. Also a note on birds memory and a banana tree receiving 11 votes as New York children chose an official school tree.
The camp opens Monday with the Covenanter Society of the Westminister Church and Scout Troop No. 7 guiding 38 days of activities. Improvements include a dining hall, reworked tents, and irreg flood control. A pontoon boat provides creek transport, while a planned sanitary dining set replaces unsanitary tin ware.
In early session the Alabama delegation backs Underwood with other states joining. McAdoo supporters cheer as the nominating address ends. anti klan demonstrations flare with torn flags and fist fights as several state delegations resist the anti klan move. The convention adjourns until 10:30 a m with the United States invited to send delegations.
Report states in London a representative to a proposed allied conference. American circumnavigators reach Akyab on the eastern Bay of Bengal coast. Meanwhile over fifty leading U S company principals face anti trust suits in Chicago federal court.
Negotiable checks totaling one dollar were found in the journal box of a wrecked coal car yesterday morning by C. E. Atearia a member of the wrecking crew. The checks, from the Bank of Richmond Virginia, were properly endorsed and could have been cashed. The finder initially thought they were not valid.
Mr Stearts examined the items and found them good. The checks were sent to the railroad superintendent and Mullens Bank. It is thought the checks were stolen from the mails as an investigation began yesterday with no clues.
Lectures by O H Benson noted boys and girls worker this afternoon and William C Redfield former secretary of commerce with a concert by Marchetti's Swiss Yodlers feature today's program at Chautauqua. Benson's topic Broadcasting Youths Achievements Redfields We and the World. Louise Stallings American lyricist...
A mezzo soprano delivered a varied recital in the Chautauqua tent with numbers in five languages. George P. Bible lectured Life and Opportunity, offering instructive insights. Dutch cellist William Durieux and Marion Carley, pianist, delighted crowds with chamber music. Guarantors report a $300 loss on $1000 in tickets, with total outlay over $1800. looming question is whether guarantors will sign again next year.
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