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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1911
Page
6
Navy officers unified drill standards across ships to maximize hits per gun per minute. Training focused on individual crews, then crew teams, with precise timing, records, and graded rewards for top performances. The process culminated in synchronized salvo firing to master ship and division level fire control.
New London Conn June 29 Yale and Harvard crews prepare for the annual varsity race on the Thames course. Freshman contests precede the main event as enthusiasts converge by boat and auto. Officials expect a record regatta crowd as Crimson and Blue compete for honors.
The piece describes Yale's improving crew and Harvard's veteran eight, with Harvard favored but Cornell’s recent win haunting expectations. It notes color banners in chief streets, promises a real Thames race, and suggests Harvard may be overrated despite strength.
Lous Vondermiller faced trial in Alexandria county court for the murder of his brother in law John Reeves. Reeves was shot at Syphax railroad station after a quarrel the preceding day, Vondermiller using a shotgun to replace a pistol that had hung fire.
Jeremiah Atwater, a prominent New Haven merchant, bought nails in Boston and learned one cask hid silver dollars inside a nail layer. The Boston supplier insisted nails were nails. Atwater used the discovered silver to commission a baptismal basin for Center Church, serving there since.
The passage argues art reveals man and nature, with art pre existing in nature and nature reproduced in art. Thoughts and impressions dissolve like ocean vapors, then flow outward as art into the vast ocean of nature, showing ongoing harmony between art and nature through Longfellow's Hyperion.
A New York resident discovers a highway posted regulation in Ireland stating every vehicle must carry a light as darkness begins. The note reads the humorous line Darkness begins when the lights tie it. This来自 Saturday Evening Post.
An advertisement touts a four dollar yearly subscription to the Daily Telegraph as a value. It urges readers to subscribe now for home delivery.
John Popp, an Austria-Hungarian protected alien, sues A M Wade C W Green and A C Huffard in Charleston federal court for $3000 claiming false arrest on a Welch train ride August 1. Three Pocahontas coal field officers alleged pistol touching. hearing dismissed him after days in jail. Vice Consul M de Straszewski attended. Case may bring notable developments.
Workmen rapidly finish armory upgrades to make a first rate indoor drill hall. Lockers installed. uniforms likely distributed tonight. Enlistment continues with vacancies before encampment at Camp Kanawha. Volunteers drill nightly. Captain Lester of Huntington commends progress as Sergeant Brown may arrive soon to assist.
The Interstate Commerce Commission considers detailed cost figures for moving coal from West Virginia fields to Lake Erie ports. Northbound train service costs run about one half mill per mile with total costs near 1.2 mills, and return empty trips would double those figures. Lines cited include Pittsburgh and Lake Erie, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Norfolk and Western, and others, with Norfolk and Western and Pennsylvania showing about 71 percent of revenue covering costs.
The grading by Contractor Long is advancing quickly with a large workforce. In about thirty to forty days macadam will be laid and the road nearly finished. This will create a fine roadway to the gap of the ridge and may push macadamizing toward Princeton as part of the good roads movement.
The plan focuses on improving major county highways to a higher standard to enhance safety and travel quality for residents and travelers. It emphasizes upgrading pavement, drainage, and signage across key routes.
Harper's Weekly surveys camels as usually patient animals when abused may attack drivers. If angered a camel uses teeth and jaws to injure. People fear revenge and throw clothes to distract the beast while fury subsides. The animal remains aloof and indifferent to affection or care.
A cordial chat turns fingering toward envy and loss as two men compare fortunes. One boasts a $500 weekly gain and a successful son, while the other fears his son’s troubling path will ruin eight years of hard work and a struggling wife. The scene ends with a cheerful note to “scatter sun shine.”
The Epworth League of Bland Street Methodist Church will serve ice cream lemonade and other refreshments on July 4 in front of the church.
A concise prompt urging readers to use want ads to obtain items or services quickly. Encourages direct, fast connections between buyers and sellers through classified listings.
A Mount Pleasant reader, Mrs. M. E. Rail, touts Cardui as beneficial after long illness and weak health. She says it restored her health and helped her daughter during puberty, calling Cardui harmless and natural with gentle action.
Brown's Creek district McDowell WV invites bids for a complete four room brick school in Kimball. Plans by W B Smith Huntington are available at Smiths office Welch and Bluefield Telegraph. Bids to C Cook Welch with one third bid security. board may reject all bids. Bid deadline Saturday July 5th 1911 at 12 pm.
The Welch Coal and Coke Company calls a regular stockholders meeting at its Bramwell West Virginia office on Tuesday July 11 1911 at 10 a m for electing officers and directors and to transact other business. Signed K J Howe president and S ecretary 6 16 1f.
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