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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1911
Page
7
Princess von Racowit recalls Empress Eugenie in her youth, praising her graceful figure shoulders and auburn hair crowned by a royal diadem. The memory includes dancing a royal quadrille with the Auaelian consul and the empress's enchanting smile.
The torpedo fish known as Torpedo electricus are electric catfish of the Nile. They can deliver a shock like a Leyden jar useful to stun prey and deter enemies. The shock can be conducted through metal and is unpleasant but not dangerous, delivered via iron spear or knife.
The passage features a terse exchange about veracity between the oldest inhabitant and another villager. A village postmaster dismisses both as liars, highlighting a sharp humor about truthfulness in the scene from London Mall.
A brief Detroit Free Press exchange notes a woman saying her look does not reveal age, while her daughter’s expression suggests something different. The remark highlights perceptions of aging and family in a casual, conversational tone.
A Philadelphia Record piece notes patriotism can drive men to purchase chips and gamble. The story links national pride with poker culture, exploring how civic symbols influence leisure and spending choices.
The quote notes that distinction follows achievement, not drives it, reflecting a philosophy attributed to Washington Allston about ambition and intellect. It emphasizes inner growth over outward status in pursuing excellence.
Proceedings before federal appraisers disclosed extensive frauds against the government through undervaluation of imports from Syria. Undervaluations have caused the loss of several hundred thousand dollars to the U S treasury. Prosecutions are probable. Heatherbloom Petticoats offered at half price at The Fashion Store.
The 1910 coke output hit 41,681,410 short tons, up 2,366,345 from 1909 and exceeding 1907’s level, while coal input rose to 63,045,795 short tons. Value of coke rose, but higher coal costs eroded profits, leaving the year financially unsatisfactory for producers. By-product ovens gain ground, with 42.07 percent of ovens in use by end of 1910.
A West Virginia official invites the president to attend Mr. Hodges's inauguration amid a case technicality. A Wellsburg young man weighs one pound less than the minimum to enter Annapolis, challenging eligibility rules.
Riley Wilson of Charleston traveled to Washington from Harpers Ferry where he became receiver for Mont Topping's circus. The act failed financially, and Wilson sought buyers for a four ton elephant and two monkeys while joking about gifting the elephant to local officials if unsold. Other West Virginia news includes efforts to honor Major Rowan and a push for a Morgantown November installation at WVU.
Charleston News and Courier notes golf in Charleston dating to 1791 with the South Carolina Golf Club meeting at Williams tea house and later at Harleston's green. An 1735 advertisement mentions a golf baan on Charleston Neck, indicating golf as a local pastime. The piece cites Dutch etymology linking golf to kolf and traces origins to Scotland.
A Minneapolis manufacturer recalls how want ads and a bright red envelope changed his fate He, fresh out of college and briefly unemployed in Chicago, answered a posting Notice T24 He delivers his reply in a conspicuous red envelope and lands a job after showing it to the manager who commands the messenger to hire him.
Authorities in Randolph County West Virginia have the American Italian race riot under control after days of terror. Three Italians are dying and an American is seriously stabbed. Sheriff Pritt with ninety men guards against further bloodshed as shotguns and knives were employed by rioters.
Miss Harriet Quimby and Blanche Scott, the first American women to fly a monoplane, completed successful flights in Garden City on June 27.
A biplane flies over Niagara Falls as the pilot circles near the cataract. The description notes the loud motor drowning out the roar of the falls as the man and his machine momentarily disappear from view.
An advertisement asserts catarrh is a constitutional disease and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. It offers a hundred dollar reward for any cure failure and urges readers to try the internal remedy plus Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A terse notice seeks a telegraph operator. Applicants should have basic Morse skills and be available for shift work in a small local office. Send credentials to the hiring department for consideration.
Authorities urge rapid action to fill positions or roles as soon as possible to ensure readiness for the upcoming seed distribution. Officials stress timely completion to avoid delays in subsequent allotments and to maintain operational efficiency.
Lawrence Hodges explains in the Chicago Record-Herald that mental actions can steer bodily blood flow. He describes a cure by imagining strenuous running to divert blood from the head, noting the brain’s influence on secretions and salivation with simple thoughts.
An excerpt from the Washington Post recounts Blackfoot use of buffalo tongue hairbrushes and walrus whisker toothpicks. The explorer notes these Native American manufacturings, with buffalo tongues cured into brushes and walrus whiskers made into toothpicks, once common before buffalo depletion.
A compact ad item notes SAUER S PURE FLAVORING EXTRACTS in vanilla and lemon plus thirteen awards. It also advertises The Fashion Store offering Linen Dusters at half price, $5.00 down to $2.50, dated 6 27 31.
Poughkeepsie June 27 Cornell wins the varsity eight in a four mile race with Columbia second and Pennsylvania third. Cornell gains a scant length and a half margin with six seconds to spare. Columbia freshman eight takes the freshman title, Syracuse third, Wisconsin far back.
In Monroe Georgia on June 27 a mob killed two Black men. They seized Tom Allen from a train tied him to a telephone pole and beat him before officers could intervene. Hours later a second mob stormed the jail and abducted Joe Watts, also Black, suspected of actions near a farmer’s home.
Mona Rees testified on June 27 in Chicago about the Book of Truth in Evelyn Arthur Lee's case. She described the book as a compilation of excerpts from other works, including some Bible passages, rather than an original text.
Preparations are nearly completed for the dollar dinner organized by the Woodrow Wilson League of Essex County in Newark. The Krueger auditorium dining hall, with a seating capacity of 800, has been elaborately decorated for the event honoring Governor Wilson tomorrow night.
A warrant charging arson and murder was issued for General Jack Mosby an American with the Mexican insurrectos. Mosby is held at Fort Rosecrans charged with desertion from the United States Army.
Disturbances near the Baldwin locomotive plant in Philadelphia flare as a five thousand strong strike enters its third week. Workers are assaulted by strikebreakers during clashes as a trolley car carrying them is stoned. no injuries reported.
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