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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1925
Page
15
A call to Bluefield readers as the American Legion Endowment Fund Week seeks donations to aid dependents of World War I veterans, including wounded survivors and gas-poisoned cases. The piece urges immediate pledges and notes many veterans lack adequate support despite sacrifices abroad.
Three months remain until Bluefield voters choose a five-member city board to govern for four years. A June ninth primary determines two district nominees per area Northside West End East End South Bluefield, with voting district directors chosen citywide. Candidates must file petitions and acceptances ten days before the primary, with signatures from 25 to 50 voters per petition. The two top vote-getters in each district become nominees.
Peery Farmer died by his own hand using dynamite at his father’s home in Tazewell county. The Norfolk and Western Railroad for March reported an increase in business by over $55,000. D. M. Deverie became auditor for Flat Top Fuel Company.
Editorial lauds George Wesley Atkinson for lifelong public service from U.S. marshal to U.S. Court of Claims judge. It highlights his deep faith, sociability, and devotion to West Virginia, noting his wide impact, private virtue, and enduring memory in the state.
A burst of bold schemes fills the page from Francia X Bushman advocating redirecting the Hudson to Harlem and East River to reshape Manhattan. Mary Pickford is teased for a Mojave reclamation, while notes on tax politics, stamp imagery, and famed figures mingle with odd curiosities and historical tidbits.
The Day in Washington reports arguments over the proposed Wilson Armour packing merger. Labor tensions rise as employers demand action from striking painters and paper-hangers. Post offices show March receipts up. The district supreme court delays the Pacific Mail injunction order return. A spouse seeks to speak on trial issues at a state department function with Countess Karoly.
A European tourzer’s column critiques recent London drama as exposing society’s rot while noting Germans holidaying in Davos with Counts and nobles. Mussolini’s quips on French leaders and a veterinary minister’s dubious book gift headline a broader flurry of wit and cultural observations.
A column notes the Prince of Wales travels widely to gain people skills for leadership. It compares his training to that of past diplomats and urges value in travel for modern kings, stressing soft diplomacy over policy work.
A collection of brief, wry quotes from various papers. Items poke at politics taxes rumors honesty and public behavior with snappy lines and light satire across several cities. Names include Vancouver Providence San Francisco Yonkers Asheville Danville Tampa and Columbus among others.
A collage of quips and captions from a 20th century newspaper page. It includes humorous dialogue about love and marriage, a brigand joke, a cited eclipse day scene in Los Angeles, and two women charged with fighting and disturbing the peace with one fined and the other dismissed.
A collage of pithy witticisms notes crime rising in Chicago, odd political quips from London and Berlin, and cultural curiosities. It mentions a Mexican general shot, Oklahoma taxation jests, a Koenigsnow station broadcast, and a spring journey by the Prince of Wales.
Daily Lenten Bible reading and meditation prepared for the Commission on Evangelism of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. Wednesday welcomed by His Friends.
The piece reflects on Jesus arriving in Bethany six days before Passover to dine with Mary Martha and Lazarus. It urges home hospitality as a virtue not measured by wealth but by compassionate company and prayer. A closing prayer asks blessings on homes and asks that they reflect the eternal home.
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