Daily Telegraph Establishes Classified Notices Section
An old style notice item outlines that the paper carries no general news in certain columns, listing meeting announcements, entertainments with fees, church and lodge notices, and other organization communications. It notes subscription rates and delivery zones, with pricing for mail and city carrier options.
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Baily Gelegrapher
Associated Press
Kats Spaciety
New
Fornaap
Creo
Banpelea
Acanta
Catf Thanxa
Sbituertea
Ike Wisl
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Dail Telegraph Esinting Co
Bluefield
Fragmented Biblical Quotation Inspires Reflective Verse
A tangled fragment cites scripture from Galatians and a quip about kindness and self. The lines mix biblical exhortation with a self-referential critique, creating a dated, devotional tone characteristic of mid ecclesiastical prose.
Al Smith Silent on Roosevelt Campaign Stir
The Roosevelt camp concedes Al Smith has not endorsed the Roosevelt bid, fueling talk that Smith seeks a possible prediction for his own presidential chances. Rumors swirl over a prior pact with John J. Raskob limiting Smith’s public remarks while Roosevelt gains momentum.
Ten Thousand Tears Stir Japan on 1923 Disaster Record
A wave of popular demand in Japan seeks a formal record of the 1923 catastrophe and its victims. Engineers reportedly seal a red hermetic bottle, preserving an “ergon gan” relic for an orphaned era, with ceremonies planned to honor survivors and families.
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Japan
What We Were Doing Twenty Years Ago Today
Twenty years ago a miscellany of notes recalls Preston Smith's dying request for beer. Consolidation of the Navajo Tribe No 102 and Calumet Tribe No 68 of the Improved Order of Red Men is noted. Higginbothan avenue may become Court street. Ten years ago today Miss Elizabeth Mahood and Carroll Beckwith married. George C. Pollock who founded Bluefield's First National Bank dies in Tucson. Redpath Chautauqua to feature Billy Sunday theme. Electric company plan for 10,000 year preservation discussed with focus on future behavior over technology.
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Preston Smith
Higginbothan Avenue
Pederal Street
Court Street
Elizabeth Mahood
Carroll Beckwith
Princeton
George C. Pollock
First National Bank of
Bluefield
Tucson
Arizona
Making Germany Pay in a New Era of Reparations
A column discusses the Versailles treaty and French Clemenceau’s aim to force German payment. It argues foreclosing Germany would harm global economies, notes a new republican Germany seeks peace, and cites figures like Willie Stribling and Aimee McPherson amid broader political and social change.
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Versailles
Georges Clemenceau
Germany
M. Clemenceau
America
A. W. Gordon
Torersdale
Baltimore Sun
Kalserniam
Gordon
Europe
Night garden poem by Dorothy Whipple Fry
A poem from the Christian Science Monitor describes a garden scene with a wood nymph wind dancing among flowers. It evokes beauty with stars and silver shadows and imagines flowers dreaming as rainbow wisps are woven into a scarf.
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Dorothy Whipple Fry
The
Christian Science Monitor
Opinions of Other Editors on State Bonds and Army Posts
The piece quotes William H. Johnson praising the state sinking fund and bond guarantees across local governments, noting West Virginia's unique law backing municipal bonds. It contrasts frontier forts with modern Army needs, arguing sentiment must yield to practicality, economy, and large scale training in a changing era.
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Illiam
Johnson
Fai
United States
Clarkeburg
Egents
Port Laramie
Fort Bridger
Fort Learned
Fort Phil Kearney
Romartitte
Charleston Mall
Preventing Lockjaw After Fireworks This Fourth of July
Dr Morhuis Fishdeln warns of tetanus risk from fireworks and dirt. even tiny wounds can allow infection. Prompt medical cleaning and antiseptics plus antitoxin prevent serious illness. Hospitals may offer free antitoxin for children to curb outbreaks.
SCREEN LIFE IN HOLLYWOOD Hy HUBBARD KEAVY
Hollywood reports Roy Del Ruth directs with little labor trouble as cast members accept extras pay to fill roles. He lists 20 names for extra work, later upgrading some to speaking parts boosting daily rates. Actors like Lawrence Tibbett and Robert Montgomery explore directing as a career pivot amid evolving industry norms.
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Hy Hubbard
Keavy
Hollywood
Roy del Ruth
Thid
del Tath
Hia Andisiante
del Ruth
Christ
Mary Pickford
Lawrence Tibbett
Robert Montgomery
John Bales
Lowell Sherman
Ramon Novarro
Kenneth MacKenna
Norman Foster
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Throwing The Harpoon The Harpoon
A quirky blend of politics and show business insights notes peanut politics and barroom ties. It mentions New York, night clubs, and protection for night spots, plus figures like Darry Zanuck and Nigel de Brulier connected to boxing, acting, and niche hobbies.
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New York
Cona
Fritz the First Barber of Broadway at Astor Chair
In New York, Chair No. 6 at the Astor barber shop hosts Broadway notables. Fritz, known as the rite of the Astor, has kept the chair since the Astor opened and serves a clientele including Belasco, Jolson, Schenck, Goodwin, Sam Bernard, Cohan, Loew, Morris, Harris, and other celebs. He has heard much of plays and races, earning generous tips and a secure, busy practice.
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Hoetal Aator
Broad Way
Herr Guttman
Broadway
Fritz
Rite
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Astor
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Cohang
Iio
George M
George Ade
College
Louis Mann
Yesteryear
Germany
Lin Due
David Belasco
al Jolson
Nick Schenck
Nat Goodwin
Sam Bernard
Marcus Loew
William Morris
Sam Harris
George M. Cohan
Belasco
Cohan
Charles Dilingham
Playa
Mayers
Barber
Gilbert Swan
War Department’s Air Travel Rivalries Among Civilian Leaders
In Washington the War Department’s three civilian chiefs vie in air travel led by Secretary of War Pat Hurley and Secretary secretary Davison. Frederick Payne and assistant secretary Yark MacNider also join the aerial mileage chase as plans for summer air commuting surface.
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Kinke Simpson
Washington
War Department
Trabnee Davison
Frederick Payne
Pat" Hurley
Davison
Yark" MacNider
Little
Canada
Cherie
Alr
MacNider
Payne
Panama
Urley
Chitefa
Atlantic City
Coolidge
Debt moratorium reshapes Hoover era politics
From Last Night's Mail reports that President Hoover's one year debt suspension plan could alter the next congressional session and boost his image as a crisis leader. The piece notes Republican strategists expect political capital whether the plan succeeds or falters and cites a push for a swift congressional response before December debts are due.
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Rodney Dutcher
Ashington
Hoover
Gion
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Mdratorium
James Francis Burke
Republican National Committee
Capitol Hill
Congress
Global round-the-world trek sets Nome leg in 3100 miles
AP brief notes Wadivostok to Nome leg of a 3100 mile world trip. Locations include Berlin campus rioting, a Fort Worth hotel fire, and police actions in Pittsburgh Dekalb Steubenville Chicago New Orleans. Incidents cover explosions, drownings, shootings, and a Capone sentencing delay.
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Associated Press
Wiley-Post
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Alaska
Fort Worth
Tex
Berlin
Pittsburgh
Iran
Wilsworth
Dekalb
Steubenville
Chicago
al Capone
New Orleans
Canal ‘Bank and Trust Company
West Virginia Briefs A.P. minifacts of escapes and incidents
Charleston officers search for escaped prisoners Everett Dapne Kansas City and Orlen Stopel. Martinton Ora White 20 shot while escaping from Trooper Busch. Charleston new bus line to Columbus and Detroit announced by manager Flannigan. Jaeger Illinois Smith 64 drowns at Vug and Dry Fork river. Moundsville twenty more prisoners moved to road camps. Wheeling body of 9 year old William Brelding found after boat accident in Ohio river. Clarksburg probing bombing of Benjamin Fry emerhoina at Bull Fork.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Everett Dapne
Kansas City
Orlen Stopel
Martinton
Ora White
Dry Fork District la
G. W. Busch
Columbus
Hoover Sends Greetings to Colored Organization
Pittsburgh June 29 President Hoover will read greetings tomorrow at the opening session of the twenty second annual conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People The message addressed to D E Spingarn extols protecting law and justice and urges cooperation to solve national problems The conference will continue through Sunday
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Pittsburgh
Hoover
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
D. E. Spingarn
Aseoulation
Gyvary
B C Stops Headaches and Quiets Nerves
A new preparation from two North Carolina druggists named B C is sold for 10 or 25 cents at drug stores and soda counters. It promises rapid relief from headaches neuralgic and female pains with few after effects and is hailed as a major medical discovery for its fast action.
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North Carolina
Prosser and Gillmer Named to N and W Coal Dept Posts
Fred J Prosser of Bluefeld is named manager of the coal department for the Norfolk and Western railway with Roanoke Va as headquarters and J B Gillmer of Bluefield as assistant manager. appointments are retroactive to June and both men have long service with the railroad.
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Fred K. Prosser
Bluefield
Roanoke
J. B. Giltner
Fred J Prosser
Bluefeld
Norfolk and Wests Ter Railway
J. B. Gilter
Messrs. Prosser
Gillmer
Norfolk and Western Railway
Mr. Progger Itolde
Globe Girdlers Land In Alaska After Long Hop
Post and Gatty arrive in Nome after a 26 1 2 hour leg from Khabarovsk as they near Edmonton then New York on a bid to circle the world in ten days. daylight in Alaska eases preparations with runway lengthened for the next hops toward a world-record pace.
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Nome Air Field
New York
Edmonton
Alberta
Nome
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Alaska
Barins Sea
Post
Gatty
Stolen Car Returned to Owner After Five Months
W. J. Watkins of Bluefeld Supply found his Ford automobile missing for more than five months and returned parked at his Russell Street home with about 1,700 miles added and no license plates. Bandits robbed a New Orleans Canal Bank branch for 3,297 but were pursued. two suspects James Norman and William Kelley were captured.
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Bluefeld Supply Company
Russell Street
Ford
Atole
Cay
NAW Bank
New Orleans
Ewing Market
Canal Rack
Tres
James Norman
William Kelley
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