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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1929
Page
6
Postal rate note outlines prepaid yearly and six month plans by mail for West Virginia and distant zones. First and second mailings show 6.50 and 3.25 respectively with various regional mile-based charges. City carrier payments in advance list 1 as a possible option with zones 5 to 7 available on application.
A damaged line cites a biblical verse about ungodliness and sin with a quoted attribution to Hoses Rallou, rendering unclear meaning and source context. The text appears as garbled religious prose, lacking verifiable details or cohesive narrative.
The Bluefield voters face a Tuesday ballot selecting a new city administration with several well known candidates. The editorial urges every citizen to vote, praising the candidates’ business experience and stressing the duty to participate regardless of apathy. The piece notes no sharp policy split, only a question of personal preference and qualifications.
Leaders report sustained momentum across key industries with a stronger summer outlook. Standard Statistics projects a five percent rise in second quarter production versus last year while first half profits lag from 1928 yet hint at gains as corporate earnings trends improve.
Severe electrical storm damaged the residence of W F Alexander on Monroe Street. John McGraw a Norfolk and Western passenger brakeman died in a Richmond hospital. Seven people injured by a Dixon Pocahontas Coal Company blast at Huger McDowell County. Be W Truax of Roanoke bought the Princeton Ice Plant. The Rev W P Eastwood of Rural Retreat and Miss Gladys Rickman of Bramwell were wed. Miss Vara Harry and Phil K Johnson of Bluefield were married.
A midwestern business update notes steady gains with merchandising in satisfactory condition. Freight car loadings for the week ending June 8 rose to 1 054 792, a heavy increase over the prior week and the 1927 28 period. Miscellaneous freight rose to 416 259, up 30 405 from last year and 20 114 from 1927, with optimism rising due to farm relief legislation.
The Daily Telegraph praises cooperative spirit between Bluefield’s twin towns and nearby communities. It urges shared effort to attract new enterprises, roads, and improvements, arguing that regional progress benefits all and calls for more community patriotism to foster happiness and growth.
Citizens of Hinton celebrate the completion of a new bridge over a dangerous grade crossing. The project is praised as a community achievement with equal credit for all residents and a joy shared by young and old. The opening sparked a large celebration and widespread rejoicing.
A historical note recalls Virginie’s fusion administration under Governor William F. E. Cameron as one of the state’s best since the Civil War and credits it with breaking the old funder ring. The piece suggests history may repeat with a new reform in public affairs. It also mentions a film star uncovering a fake marriage and comments on Lindbergh headlines and West Virginia college reorganization amid student dispersal plans.
Advisers urge men to wear Flimey clothes for better health while noting women who have adopted them report improved condition. The text presents the idea as straightforward theory to test.
Poem signed by Nelle Douglas Griffin describes seeking a departed “Dear Little Lady in Black” across halls and grounds, expressing longing and memory as the speaker searches for a familiar face among empty rooms and corridors.
Opinions from The Wall Street Journal editors on state building and taxation stress that a state is formed by its people and fair treatment of corporations. The piece notes Chicago advertising delegates advise retailers to budget 3 to 20 percent of sales for ads, emphasizing newspaper advertising's growing power across national and local markets.
Dr Morris Fishbein reports from the Daily Health Service that ice cream offers vitamins A and B and can support growth in animals when used as part of a balanced diet. While not a diabetes remedy, ice cream is generally suitable for most diets except small infants and may aid invalids recovering from sore throat or fever.
The article notes five West Virginia stations improving access via wires from studios, with WHIS serving Southern West Virginia and nearby Virginia. It praises new media activity, local talent, and advertising potential, calling the Pocahontas airport project a major regional milestone. It ends with a wry English skull remark about Roman era identification.
A column compares new American trans Atlantic liners to Civil War era clippers. It notes two enormous steamships costing over 50 million dollars each, aiming to outpace rivals with speed while honoring the old seafaring tradition. It also links Kipling's Jungle Book to an African safari report about the black panther, praising its feared reputation.
G W Sulley of the Merchants Service division of NCR outlines how merchants can boost sales profit by better ad planning stock turning and departmentization. He will speak July 9 at the Merchants and Buyers week in Bluefield WV with charts and practical tips drawn from merchant experience.
Henry L. Waddell, 54, prominent printer, died at Welch hospital after months of rheumatic complications. Funeral at 2 PM at Bland Street Funeral Home with Dr. S W Moore officiating. Burial in Monte Vista Park cemetery. Survived by a sister Mrs W E England of Farmville. long active in Bluefield Typographical Union No 644. Pallbearers named from the union.
Mrs. Thomas Skillcorn returns home after visiting Elm Grove and Columbus Ohio. Mrs. Frazier accompanied her to Columbus. Mrs. Ogle and Mrs. Switzer are en route from Lake Worth Florida to Cleveland for travel by automobile. Multiple local residents, including Miss Mae Ogle and Mr. Hunter Culliney, hosted and visited relatives in Bluefield Mullens Bramwell and Northfork. A baby boy was born Tuesday night at St. Luke's hospital Bluefield to Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Houchens.
H. S. Howard of Palmyre Missouri, an experienced aviator, has been engaged by Pocahontas Air Transport to fly in Bluefield with Chief Pilot Camp away. The Bellanca will arrive today and two planes offer joy hops on July 4 at the local airport.
Clarence Hartwell a Western Union messenger was painfully bruised last evening when his bicycle struck the rear of an automobile driven by W. S. Weaver at the intersection of Lee street and ton avenue. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.
A Birmingham Alabama death notice announces the passing of Mrs. W. E. Terry wife of W. E. Terry formerly chief clerk for Appalachian Electric Power in Bluefield. The couple left Bluefield four years ago where he later worked for Universal Shirt Company. The message gave only the time of death and no further details.
Funeral services for R. E. Smith general manager of Pocahontas Insurance Agency who died Friday night after a brief heart attack will be held at 2 30 this afternoon at his home 665 Pear Street. Rev Howard Weeks will officiate with interment at Monte Vista Park cemetery. Knights of Pythias Bluefield lodge 153 will conduct cemetery services. Traffic restrictions and pallbearers listed.
Abraham Mittenthal a New York leather goods maker urged raising tariff rates on shoes from 35 50 percent to 11 percent arguing the high priced imports are negligible against domestic output. He blamed foreign manufacturers for an intensive drive on the U S market and claimed New York producers live under pressure from gunmen and cheap foreign labor fuels an under cover social labor war.
In Chicago on June 29, Franklin S. Hardinge 62 a wealthy manufacturer and Ann Livingston a Tulsa divorcee faced testimony about a 100000 pre nup offered to end the union. Hardinge denied alleged ardor and described gifts while Livingston seeks 250000 for breach of promise.
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