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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1927
Page
3
The piece argues dairy farming, not beef, can spur wealth in West Virginia. It covers market limitations for butter, advantages of selling cream, benefits of cream separators, and reduced labor with modern dairy methods. It notes churn days and drudgery give way to easier cream selling. It ends with a note on a national air tour needing Boston arrivals.
Rumors claim an exclusive designer sold a pair of shoes for 25 000 francs or 1 000 dollars, drawing astonishment in fashion circles. The items allegedly worn by a foreign client feature gold heels and semi precious stone inlays, cited as the highest price for stone free shoes.
Florida moves ahead with a $20 million reclamation bond program to drain 4,000,000 acres of muck and swamp lands in the Everglades. Governor Martin will lead the effort, continuing a 20 year struggle sparked by Governor Jennings as dredges, canals, and a growing network of rail lines reshape the region toward towns, farms, and industries.
An American woman artist serves as admiral of the Chinese junk Amoy which anchors near Dead Man's Point North Carolina. Mrs. Alfred Nilson of Sheepshead New York captains the craft with pilot husband Captain Alfred Nilson. The duo paint and write as they travel, seeking water village color for their work. The Amoy carries two masts and a mizzen with square sails and a two-person crew. The junk is tied to a romantic past including links to Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford and to writer Captain George Ward who voyaged Pacific Ocean in 87 days aboard a vessel of modest size.
More than 10 000 dairy cows in Illinois are tested monthly for milk and butterfat production by cow testers employed by 31 dairy herd improvement associations across the state.
London June 25. English portrait painters report a growing trade in finding models who resemble sitters. American visitors often lack time for sittings due to sightseeing, so paintings are completed from models. Sometimes up to three models are used to match face body and arms, with arms proving especially hard to match.
San Francisco June 25 Representative Florence P. Kahn of California says farm relief and lower taxes loom as the major issues for the next Congress. He forecasts stronger agitation for prohibition modification and further reduction in federal farm relief measures. Colorado River legislation is likely with closer cooperation among competing interests.
Community Loan Co with Mr. Steele promotes the Save It system to Bluefield, employing youths to introduce thrift to residents. Stores have endorsed the plan and Steele predicts Bluefield will become one of the thriftiest cities in the South as its vest system gains traction.
Lt. Col. A B Grant in charge of White House reconstruction reports the roof timbers are rotted and failing, posing a serious fire hazard. Work on a new roof and second floor reconstruction nears completion, with completion expected early next month and redecorating to finish before President and Mrs. Coolidge return in September.
Ataloa the Indian singer with a growing concert career has returned to her Chickasaw people in Muskogee Oklahoma to help preserve harvest songs laments and chants. She will stay at Becone College for Indians for an undetermined period.
New York on June 25 reports Mrs. Alice Tisdale Hobart wife of the manager of the Standard Oil plant. The piece presents her as one of few people faced with the question of how to spend a month left to live.
An American refugee recounts fleeing Nanking under barge and cannon fire. She hid from the Cantonese army for months, diary entries reveal how the prospect of death sharpened her will to live. Mrs Hobart continued daily work amid the army’s shadow.
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