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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1926
Page
1
The piece reflects on social habits such as avoiding talk with those who cause grievances and the declining custom of witholding speech. It also discusses marriage today focusing on understanding over glamor, and ends with notes on churchgoing and the term cloud burst used for sudden heavy rain.
The author argues a cloud lacks an outer envelope and cannot burst, comparing it to smoke and fog. Descriptions of East River mountain clouds, shifting shapes, and the view from Virginia. Warns that careless fires threaten forest beauty and proposes one cent per acre for government forest reserves.
The article outlines a July 2 reenactment of the Fort Whit ten battle at Pisgah in Tazewell county under Daughters of the American Revolution. It features county participation from Mercer McDowell Mingo Logan and sections of southwestern Virginia and southern West Virginia with grand floats tableaux and a Pathe News crew on site.
Hollywood author Gerald Beaumont died at Sylvan Ledge Hospital in California from pneumonia after being stricken June 16. His wife and children were away on a motor trip in northern California when the news reached them.
Dan Miller also known as Dan Millitich formerly of Bartley McDowell county stands accused in the December 1925 killing of Joe Dugan at Leicester Livingston county New York. Special counsel Charles Newton represents Miller as he asserts the shooting was accidental while New York investigators press for corroborating evidence from Bluefield and Hotel Matz records.
New York June 26 Rene Castle McLaughlin, once champion of the bob, criticizes the current bobbed hairstyle trend. She says it harms girls character and appeal and jokes about letting her hair grow only to reach awkward stages before returning to the barber.
Bluefield kicks off its first Trade in Bluefield Week with extensive bargains, free dinners and movies for families, free gasoline for shoppers, and brass band entertainment. Forty two merchants promote 20 page supplements to attract coal field customers from nearby towns through six days of specials and events.
Health officials say about 1,300 victims of the Santiago river flood in Guana Joanto are being buried by the health department to prevent an outbreak. The plan aims to contain disease as authorities work through the disaster's aftermath.
Douglas Arizona June 26 Constable Anh identifies a deserted four room cabin eighteen miles southeast of Auga Priesta as the hut where evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson said she was held captive. He found bonds remnants and traced footprints though cattle tracks.
In Colgate Oklahoma a kidnapper Emmet Bales who seized John Simpson wholesale grocery manager and his family was shot and killed by a sheriff's posse after a failed surrender attempt. Simpson's wife and nine year old son were held until the crisis ended.
The Maryland National Guard staged a sham attack before 20 000 spectators at Baltimore stadium recreating the September 1918 San Mihiel salient offensive with artillery machine gun bursts and rifle fire.
Arkansas Senator Caraway alleges Illinois 1922 primary cost $3 million with Frank L. Smith benefiting from large utility contributions. McKinley reportedly spent $1 million. Smith twice that, while investigations into labor votes, headquarters spending, and utility deals unfold as senators push broader inquiry across parties and groups.
Seven year old Robert Pryor, son of a widowed mother, was struck and killed by a Constanza mine coal truck driven by Peter Kirby in Wheeling. Kirby carried the boy to North Wheeling hospital where he died shortly after arrival and then surrendered to police.
Russell Scott, once deemed insane, was found sane by a jury in a sanity hearing paving the way for his execution for killing Joseph Muarer in Chicago two years ago. The verdict followed two hours of deliberation with initial ballots seven to five, then nine to three, then unanimous. Scott shouted at a prosecutor during the proceedings and denied insanity.
Wheeling West Virginia June 26 police and county officers scour the county tonight for two men in a dark blue roadster who at 6 o clock entered the Martin J Gerraty grocery on Seventeenth street and forced Mrs Gerraty to yield the cash register contents totaling more than 73 dollars at gunpoint.
Judge Hudson in circuit court postponed injun tion proceedings involving Fayette county roads until Monday afternoon. Fayette county citizens seek to restrain the road commission from building the Beckwith Cotton Hill road.
Washington reports a fresh round of Prohibition debate in the House. Representatives German Republican Illinois and Laguardia Socialist New York press for a strong stance on the eighteenth amendment in the 1928 campaign. Upshaw Democrat Georgia urges his party toward a decisive vow. Gorman cites rising crime and urges compromise offering 2.75 percent beer as a middle path. Continues on Page Two.
Frank Ratcliffe twenty, son of regional weather figure, was shot on Norfolk and Western tracks near the Clinch Valley bridge on the Virginia side after speaking with Henry Bowling’s wife. Authorities seek Bowling as coroner’s jury prepares. Neighbors report multiple gunshots and a crowd gathers at the scene.
In Philadelphia on June 26 the twenty two ton steam ship Malolo was launched from the Cramp Ship Yard in the Delaware with Miss Wilhelmina Tenny breaking the bottle. Secretary Hoover praised private coastal shipping as a national defense and hope for expansion of American international shipping. A group of Hawaiian women sang a native song at the ceremony.
Mrs. Lillie Hammiler thirty eight wife of Eric Hammler deputy city building commissioner was shot to death today by her former husband William Oliver fifty a Newport mechanic Oliver fired at her then shot himself and fell unconscious He is in critical condition
Worcester Mass June 26 Former Senator David T Walsh announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor at a dinner. He states he will campaign on his record and aims to unite the party for the September primary.
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