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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1925
Page
12
A garbled notice from 1925 outlines AP membership, advertising, and subscription details. It lists rates by region including Virginia and West Virginia, with annual and monthly dues, plus postal and territory coverage. The fragmentary text references republication rights and credit requirements.
An ornate meditation quotes scripture and Carlyle on the body as a temple and the divine essence hidden in life. It ponders stormy force, life blood, and moments when the inner spirit is revealed, contrasting human dust and shadow with transcendent meaning.
Dr Reynolds head of the city health department presented a long term milk examination record to the Daily Telegraph showing only a small portion of samples met health standards. The report urges immediate quality improvements by local dairymen across all grades and promises stricter law enforcement if cooperation does not rise.
The Daily Telegraph notes Charles W. Bryan, brother of the late William Jennings Bryan, is a natural successor with talk of leading the Democrats and advancing anti evolution education laws. It questions whether he can unify party factions, while acknowledging a stronger west influence. The piece frames the elder Bryan’s absence as a test for new leadership and party cohesion.
A compilation of past events recalls Carrie Dooley aged fourteen and her mother Cha arrest in Hinton for the murder of stepfather B D Gibson. Theo Holt died at Littlesburg home. Brakeman William Miston injured at Bluefield yards. Ten years ago Kipps and Pruitt killed in a freight wreck at Gregghe Creek Virginia. Forest King of Cincinnati and Miss Billie Hall of Graham wed at the bride’s parents home.
The public is easy to part with money for boxing events, promoters use hype to boost purses, and a hypothetical Dempsey Greb match could cost spectators far more than the value of the sport. Dempsey outruns Greb in size speed and strength, making any such bout impractical despite fan interest.
Poem recalls loved ones crossing to the afterlife and waiting beyond the river as the speaker imagines joining them. The voice envisions boatman pale, snowy sails, and the unseen shore where reunions occur with comforting spiritual tone. The piece closes with the author credit Nancy Woodbury Priest.
A noted editorial mocks editor profits from life events, clergy and physicians receiving money while editors profit from notices and obituaries. It riffs on a British scientist A M Low predicting future intellectual tournaments replacing physical sport and concludes youth and physical tests will persist in human endeavor.
A grouchy face proves nothing about intelligence and mules are often solemn in appearance yet have small brains and wicked heels. Laughter elevates health by lifting lungs and energizing nerves, digestion improves with cheerfulness, and grouchiness only harms relationships and work. Don’t be a grouch.
A Sioux City Journal note argues men seek “kick” in physical pastimes, believing youth will gain more thrill on the track field or in the stream than in intellectual pursuits, leaving such studies to older years.
The Portsmouth Times notes how advertising experts elevate everyday foods into health boosters. Raisins, oranges, milk, cheese, and other staples are promoted as iron sources and wellness staples, reshaping consumption and boosting farm incomes. The piece predicts a widening role for advertising in guiding diet and national health.
The article outlines wave and particle views of light, citing Sir Joseph Thomson’s tubes of force as a model for electrons and energy rings that align with quantum theory and the wave description. It also reports Canada’s installation of a seismograph at St. Anne de la Pocatiere to record aftershocks from the February quake nearby, noting expected minor tremors.
Aims to forecast a showdown between fundamentalists and liberals as religion’s role in government becomes the central political battle. The piece argues the fight will expand beyond morals into core governance, with liberals hoping to curb religious influence in Congress, the White House, and the courts.
A fragmented, era style fragment essays humorously muses on daily life. It references breakfast, iron ing, packing trunks, a dry Atlantic, worry, Milwaukee incidents, population scale, lightning, bathing censorship, August, newlywed roles, and love’s pace. The tone is light and observational with disjointed vignettes.
The piece argues China must establish honest courts and end extraterritorial rights before any foreign jurisdiction will accept Chinese legal systems. It contends American leadership should come with mutual, fair conditions, and notes that until China reforms, foreign business will avoid Chinese courts. It also touts American plumbing as cultural progress and mentions the fight over the child labor amendment, urging state action or national uniformity.
A collage of witty exchanges and social gags staged as a vaudeville style dialogue. Jokes span misheard conversations about smoking rooms collars and dental headaches with a teasing line about romance and servants. The humor hinges on miscommunication and social roles.
James Perry aged sixty seven was found sleeping in a dog kennel on a Lake Forest estate. Police report says the kennel had served as his home for three weeks.
An American in Japan refused a Japanese offer of secrets and turned them over to the police, proving American loyalty and aiding U.S.-Japan relations. The column urges young men to begin work early and persist, noting national heroes rise from humble starts.
G. J. Hus has developed a two deck baby carriage designed to carry two children of different ages, aimed at meeting the needs of a growing family. The invention allows parents to transport two youngsters in one device, reflecting practical innovation in household goods.
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