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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1914
Page
7
Luther Gates presents the latest Musical Comedy Successes with Frank Gates as America's foremost Irish comedian supported by a company of singers dancers and show girls in a touring program arriving at local venues.
Edward Wheeler Parker analyzes West Virginia coal output and by product ovens, noting 1913 coke by products could have yielded $77 million with 1912 prices. If WV had consumed all 71 million tons of coal locally, total coke and by products could reach $283 million, far above actual coal and coke values. The piece urges near term shift to local coke use to boost state manufacturing.
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in Charleston held that city contracts for street improvements paid from current revenues do not create a debt under the constitution. The ruling notes presumed voter approval for council contracts when minutes lack vote records and that writings signing the contract are not required for binding effect. The Harold versus Huntington case affirmed a circuit court grant of a small sum to complete street work.
The article traces how West Virginia towns rivers and landmarks received their names. It cites Native American terms for landscapes and features naming places such as Wheeling Charleston Huntington Parkersburg and Bluefield, plus towns named for founders promotion era figures and notable locals.
A descriptive portrait of the Malay woman and her life in the kampong. The piece contrasts frugal living and gambling tendencies with grace, figure, attire, and manners. It notes behavior, beauty standards, dress, and the poised, sinuous movements of Malay women.
A Jesuit missionary recounts how clay eaten in Central American and Caribbean regions acts like an opiate, causing euphoria then wasting away. Day eaters become listless, lose appetite, and die. children and babies are especially prone to the habit.
A special election in Alabama's third district will occur Monday to fill the vacancy caused by Tren ry D. Clayton's resignation. Candidates W O Mulkey and Joseph J Spreight contend for the seat, which will last only until next March.
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