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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1929

Page

2

Wealth 15 Spent in Generous Way

Mrs. Sarajini Naidu the Indian National Congress president and India's leading minister arrived in London for a six month tour of the United States. She praised Americans for spending wealth wisely and generously, noting the romance of spending and the pursuit of a vision beyond material wealth. She cited lectures and radio talks, observed harmony in America's diversity, and praised prohibition as a boon to the working poor.

London INS Sarajini Naidu Indian National Congress India United States America Mrs. Naidu Mia Naidu

Kansas Citians Lose Cash at Jinx Corner

Kansas City residents donated money to alleged underworld figures at Jinx Corner, with a third robbery in a week reported near the downtown district. The scene described as a hotspot for bold crimes.

Kansas Citians Jinx Corner Kansas City Jandite

Public Service Case Involving Huntington Firms And United Fuel

The Huntington Brick and Tile company H R Wylie Chip a company seek suspension of a state court order denying their request that United Fuel Gas supply industrial fuel at published rates. They currently buy from Huntington Development and Gas company which argues United’s rates are 20 percent higher.

Public Service Commission Huntington Brick and Tile Company H. R. Wylie ,Chipa Company Huntington United Fuel Gas Company Huntington Development and Gas Company

Japanese Students Skip Classes to Watch Movies in Tokyo

In Tokyo on June 27 officials from the Juvenile Protective Association and Tokyo juvenile court conducted checks across the city. They stopped 240 youths near Asakusa Park who had left school to head to cinema shows between 9 and 11 in the morning.

Tokyo INS Japan Juvenile Protective Association Tokyo Juvenile Court Asakusa Park Coney Island Moving Picture Houses

Sliding Scale on Sugar Suggested by Senate Panel

Washington June 27 President Hoover has not expressed himself on any proposed sugar tariff schedule. White House officials said the president would be glad to see arrangements that protect both consumer and producer as sliding scales of sugar duties were submitted to him by committee members.

Washington Hoover White House Senate Finance

Forecaster Proposes Rain Interference Rate

Baltimore June 27 A weather bureau meteorologist Roscoe Nunn suggests a new rain report measuring the average time rain disrupts outdoor work. He says Baltimore shows nine times more bright weather than rain under this interference rate and calls for national study of this climatic feature.

Baltimore Roscoe Nunn United States Weather Bureau United States American Association For the Advancement of Science

Urge Farmers to Sell Wheat on Protein Basis in Kansas

Topeka Kansas June 28. Kansas will push selling wheat by protein content this summer. Two additional grain labs will supplement three state labs for sampling and testing. State reps will collect samples at strategic points and forward them for analysis. Kansas wheat aims to earn a premium of two cents per bushel for each quarter percent above 1.5 percent protein. Governor Clyde M Reed announced the plan as the harvest nears an estimated 148 million bushels.

Topeka Kas Kansas Clyde M. Reed

Mammoth Sweet Potatoes Found in Home Garden

In Miami on June 27 a gardenerless plot yielded sweet potatoes weighing twenty pounds each at the home of Mrs. Frank Jefferies.

Miami Fla Frank Jefferies

Konjola Restores Health Says West Virginia Woman

Mrs Laura Melntire of Pairmont West Virginia reports that Konjola completely restored her health after long weakness stomach trouble and liver issues. She notes improved appetite energy and relief from chronic headaches after weeks of treatment. Konjola is sold at Easley Penn Drug in Bluefield Hale Pharmacy in Princeton and Wrights Drug in Princeton.

Konjola Laura Melntire Locust Avenue Pairmont W. Va Koujola Bluefield Easley-Penn Drug Store Hale Pharmacy Princeton Wright's Drug

State purchases large quantity of asphalt

Charleston June 27 an order for 10 500 tons of asphalt was awarded by the state road commission to Kyrock Asphalt company of Bowling Green Kentucky The bid called for 4 800 tons at 12 72 in Charleston or 13 87 in Ripley and 5 720 tons at 12 67 in Belle or Dickenson or 12 72 in Cedar Grove

Charleston W. Va State Road Commission Kyrock Asphalt Company Bowling Green Ripley Belle Or Dickinson Cedar Grove

Farmers urged to grow bigger milder onions in valley

Boston June 28 The New England council urges Connecticut valley farmers to produce larger milder onions to compete with producers from New York Texas Egypt Indiana California Michigan and Spain as demand rises. The advisory stresses shifting varieties and farming practices to meet the new standard.

Boston New England

Onion Market Regions Highlight Shifts in Growth

The piece notes top regions in the onion market as the Connecticut valley growers report a $37.72 per acre loss last year. Acreage declined locally while gains occurred elsewhere and proposed remedies aim to improve onion type, soil study, disease control, and grading.

Connecticut Valley

Rockefeller's Town to Have a Public Wedding

Tarrytown New York hosts a public wedding during the chamber of commerce annual outing next month. The offer covers furnishing the home for any couple married under a bower and the couple must declare they are glad to wed under chamber auspices.

Tarrytown N. Y Chamber of Commerce Tarrytown Chamber of Commerce

Had His Eyes Closed Life Quote Sparks Two Timing Clash

A dramatic Life magazine line compares kissing to Greta Garbo and triggers a sharp exchange about infidelity. The quotation indicates a romantic tangle and public fascination with celebrity lore.

Greta Garbo

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