Daily Telegraph Notices From Bluefield Club Meetings
A partial OCR shows club and lodge notices seeking communications and meeting details. It mentions Bluefield West Virginia and advertising rates plus Associated Press affiliation.
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Daily Celegraph
Hugh Ike Shott
Omiay
Daily Telegraph Printing CO
Associated Press
EB Rats
New York
Kansas City
Chicago
San Francisco
Atlanta
Record of Proverb Parable Diminished by Fear
A compact reflection on poverty and shame tied to refusal of instruction. The text contrasts fear of death with poverty and cites a Chinese proverb about losing value when people fear mortality.
Business improves as crops lift the economy in midwest
The article notes a broad upturn with fewer failures tied to personnel, a robust midwest crop season boosting corn yields by 448 million bushels versus last year, rising spring wheat, and stronger demand. Railroads report higher net income and freight handling records, while foreign trade climbs with increased imports and exports, highlighting the United States’ strong postwar position.
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Middle West
Met
United States
We Were Doing TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY items
A mixed historical recap notes Dapety Storia Saarpee and Murphy of Buchanan county found guilty and sentenced to two years. Miner Lee Davis died in a Buckeye Coal and Coke Company slate fall. Jim Litz sold 120000 cigars to Huff Andrews and Thomas Company. Ten years ago Annie Neel and Ray Hudson wed at Tazewell. Tom Smoot ran for county treasurer. Powhatan Coal and Coke Company tipple fire destroyed the tipple.
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Order
Et Dapety Storia Saarpee
Ye Murphy
Buchanan County
Lee Davis
Buckeye Coal and Coke Company
Jim Litz
Huff Andrews ‘and Thomas Company
West Virginia
Annie Neel
Graham
Ray Hudson
Bristol
Tazewell
Tom Smoot
Tazewell County
Powhatan Coal and Coke Company
Bluefield Hosts Two Day Norfolk and Western Convention
Delegates from across the Norfolk and Western system gather in Bluefield for a two day convention to address railroad workers issues and plans to better serve the public. Local residents are urged to welcome visitors and boost Bluefield during the event.
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Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Ode to Bucephalus and the American Horse
A reflective poem venerates Bucephalus and the horse’s enduring role in American history. It traces loyalty from ancient battle steeds to Western expansion, honoring the creature that bore leaders like Custer Sheridan and Grant across prairies and plains. The narrator pledges lifelong tribute to the horse’s mythic legacy.
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America
West
Parachute Jump Anecdotes From 19th Century War Memoir
An aviator recalls his first parachute jump during the U S entry into the war. He describes fear aboard the balloon ascent, the instructor’s commands, a failed grip, a knuckle tap with a mallet, the sudden chute deployment, and the adrenaline surge as he landed safely. The piece conveys raw, visceral terror and eventual relief from the descent.
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Charles P. Stewart Ashington
West Virginia Extension Plans Beautify Rural Highways
The extension department of West Virginia University pushes a plan to involve civic and welfare clubs in beautifying rural highways. A September 10 meeting in Clarksburg will organize plans to enlist clubs, address damaged hillsides, and promote tourism while preserving scenic landscapes for a hoped for state mecca.
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West Virginia University
West Virginia
Clarkavurg
Clarksburg
Ownership of Capital Lies in Widely Shared Stocks
The piece argues capital ownership is broad among the public, not a few plutocrats. It notes the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad are held by tens of thousands, including many women. It explains life insurance policy holders effectively own large wealth via investments in industrial and railroad securities.
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United States
Baltimore @ Ohio Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Short Cuts From Exchanges
Quotations from various papers note how plans to reach Florida look easier than returning home. A joke about a boy who knows everything recalls the leading hitters in two leagues. A line about twonaged cosmetics and a second hand railway station in San Bernardino hints at shifting transport themes.
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Springfield Daily News
Watching The Parade and Parental Roles
A column contrasts vacation satisfaction with the return to school and a mother’s unseen labor for family rest. It notes children learning rules, a grown man’s similar missteps, and public sympathy for Babe Ruth, then comments on cigarettes replacing pipes and fire danger fading with old collars gone.
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Babe Ruth
Nordic Family Rules on Shared Bills and Income
In Sweden and Denmark couples where both work must share bill payments. If the father loses his job and the mother keeps working she must support him until he finds new employment. Each partner has a right to know the other’s earnings and bank holdings.
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Copenhagen
Sweden
Denmark
Frontier science seeks to predict earthquakes in California
Scientists from the Carnegie Institution of Washington and partners advance a major study of the San Francisco Bay region to track land creep and seismic activity. They mark giant triangles across the landscape to measure shifts, study rock layers, and use depth soundings and sensitive seismographs to capture tiny tremors.
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California
Carnegie Institution of Washington
United States Coast Survey
United Tes Geological Survey
Bureau of Standards
Universit of California
Lelan Standford University
Unit States Navy
Sancisco Bay
Mt. Lola
Mt. Round Top
Colorado River Basin
United States Geological Survey
United States Navy
San Francisco Bay
Radio gags and car showroom chatter collide in wit
A series of short, humorous exchanges features a radio remains joke and a car showroom scene. A Scotsman and a chiropractor add quips about humor and listening while a buyer hesitates to buy a car, hinting at economic restraint and domestic chatter.
Telegraph ticklers and daily vices musings
A collage of wry maxims and social observations. It notes vanity, money, divorce, hair styles, and gender chatter while urging moderation, health checks, and annual medical exams as a cure for medicine overuse. The piece blends humor with practical health advice and social commentary.
Unusual Evolution Facts and a Movie Proliferation Bet
The article contrasts two explanations for life on earth, evolution and special creation, noting fossils show gradual change and extinction. It also reports Rand offering $5,000 a year to hire a professor to train others to earn $50,000 in movies, mocking the teaching trade and salaries.
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Earth
Oedpatt. Rand
Moving Picture
More Medicine Than Dope Fiends Says Doctors
Surgeon General Dr. Hugh 8. Cumming warns there are more medicine fiends than hard drug addicts and that reliance on pills harms health. He argues medicines support illness rather than cures, urges reading, lifestyle changes, and caution against cure alls that promise instant health.
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Hugh
Cumming
United States Public Health Service
Interesting Facts From Ontario Legislation And Customs
A Ontario bill would compel able bodied men aged 16 to 60 to help fight forest fires. England sees cheap rings worn by single women who hope for mates or protection. Over 900 flower species grow north of the Arctic Circle.
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Ontario
Can
England
Bentone claims of health boost for Stafford and Welch
Mr W M Stafford of Bluefield Avenue reports his wife feels 100 better after taking Bentone as she was weak nervous and unable to eat. Mr S L Welch at 1205 Bluefield Avenue says long stomach trouble improved after one bottle and he feels like a new man.
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Automobile Show Room
W. M. Stafford
Bluefield Avenue
S. L. Welch
Ben-Tone Promises Digestive Aid Ad Across Towns
Ben-Tone claims to greatly aid digestion. It is sold in Bluefield by East End Pharmacy Bluefield Pharmacy and Fairview Pharmacy in Princeton Hale Pharmacy in Matoka Bradley Drug Co. in Matoaka and Welch Drug Co. in Welch.
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Ben-Tone
Bluefield
East End
Fairview
Princeton
Hale Pharmacy
Matoaka
Bradley Drug CO
Welch
Welch Drug CO
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