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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
4
A sequence shows prices of 1.00, 2.00, 4.00, and 10¢ labeled No. 14 and No. 6, indicating a catalog or advertisement format. The fragment suggests a price table or product identifiers with small monetary values.
The governor and the attorney general opposed the state’s bid to declare itself a preferred creditor of Fidelity Bank. The piece argues the board of public works and state officials who approved the bank’s bonds also pushed for absorbing its assets, despite known insolvency. It cites the Hin-ton Daily News on related trials and urges lawful reform to align state action with moral law.
A fragment notes a man who made a Lincoln penny recently married, with commentary that penny production does not buy marriage. It reflects on genius and the notion that if a process is called a game or a lark it loses its sting as punishment.
The writer argues that legal outcomes prove guilt yet errors in presenting cases allow acquittals. They cite a Bluefield saloon license ruling, warn judges against biased decisions, and recall a Pocahontas mayor fining an innocent man, underscoring need for reasoned, lawful practice.
The editorial reviews the Fidelity Banking & Trust Company failure in Bluefield, blaming mis-management and reckless lending by its officers, weak oversight by directors, and negligent state officials. It notes loans migrated from the old American Bank, Smith’s pivotal role, and disputes over blame amid wider financial pressure.
An archival snippet cites a Philadelphia Ledger remark deriding “funds for the professional spenders” and a Baltimore Sun jab about “Ameri can team of Indians” set against U S tensions. The fragment hints at a broader newspaper controversy over race and corruption.
Classified snippets list for sale or rent including an eleven room furnished house in Bramsell West Virginia with hot water heat and outbuildings, a Jersey cow, a lost horse mule and other job and plant listings. Also promotions for bookkeeper payroll clerk and coal mine worker positions with contact details and locations in Graham, Virginia and Pocahontas coal field.
The piece reports West Graham residents demand investigation into county road spending under Engineer C A Wagner while opposing a proposed route through their area. Promoters J F Dudley and Geo A Reynolds deny wanting the road near A St Clair's brick residence and accuse locals of using compromise talk to push the Hackman route.
A letter from A B Nel of Cove Creek Va dated June 26 1913 questions the West Graham route for a county road and accuses promoters of biased actions against C A Wagner. He recalls injunctions and resignations, argues the direct route through Graham is best, and claims West Graham interests influence the bond issue. He urges public scrutiny of the promoter motives and the road plan.
In New York games the New York and Philadelphia teams split a double header while Brooklyn played fourteen innings and Cincinnati Chicago St Louis and Pittsburgh also posted results. Standings show Philadelphia leading with 38 wins and 19 losses, New York second, Brooklyn third, Chicago fourth, St Louis fifth, Cincinnati sixth, and Boston seventh.
Pageton baseball team arrives to face Bluefield on the local grounds for the first time this season. Fans expect a strong visitors showing as Carter or Guy is slated to pitch with Welch visiting Saturday.
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