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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1920
Page
6
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A brief adage cites the biblical verse Galatians 6 7 about reaping what is sown and the consequences of one s actions in life.
The piece argues that loving and enthusiastically pursuing work sustains health and extends life, while those who avoid exertion age faster and may fail to succeed elsewhere. It praises dedication to one’s profession and notes the risks of shirkers who avoid effort.
Leaders of the woman suffrage movement vow to hold presidential contenders accountable if enough states fail to ratify the amendment in time for women to vote in November. Both candidates pledge to push for quick adoption while tensions rise over political strategy and public response.
The piece extols the presidential campaign as a great civic moment urging all citizens to study the race and participate. It emphasizes the ballot as mankind’s liberty and the citizen’s duty to inform and cast a thoughtful vote for self-government.
A two stanza poem contrasts a singer who praises cities and virtue with critics who call him idle dreamer and prophet of unclean things. The speaker juxtaposes praise and scorn as a twilight gong and a vulture separate the hopeful message from decay.
A call to citizens to participate in shaping government by exercising the vote as individual units in a nation built from many parts. The speech urges Americans to live up to ideals and contribute to the common will.
The article notes Samuel Gompers Jr is now chief clerk of the Department of Labor with a $5 500 yearly salary and states his father, the labor leader, backs the Democratic administration and Cox while criticizing the Republican platform. It portrays Gompers as non partisan in labor welfare matters and supportive of the current administration.
The country newspaper office is described as a university teaching reporters editors publishers and managers. It notes that many great American leaders, including Senator Harding, emerged from this school, with Snyder Co. Beaver Springs, Pa. cited as a local example.
A collage of quoted editorials and jokes from papers like the Boston Herald Baltimore American Los Angeles Times Sacramento Union Toledo Blade Knoxville Journal and Tribune. It notes rising rates amid capital fears and sugar shortages while musing on fundraising names and marriage orders in Russia.
An interurban car on the Detroit United Railway left tracks near Portiac Michigan at the foot of a steep incline injuring about a score of passengers. The motorman reportedly lost control. the car overturned and passengers were taken to the city hospital.
Detectives raided Moffat's restaurant on west Forty-ninth street in New York late tonight and seized $20,000 worth of liquors. Thirteen men were arrested including two bartenders a head waiter nine waiters and the proprietor.
A sweeping Miami feature notes cable control disputes involving England and the United States, describes a wartime blockade scenario, and highlights Miami’s rapid growth. It details Miami Beach developments including the new aquarium and biological laboratory at Biscayne Bay, the Gulf Stream fauna, and potential economic benefits from tuna discovery and lower living costs.
Twenty years ago today Ernest Bruce was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore after a fall from a swing broke his knee cap. Rogers 1447 knives and forks advertised at 3 50 a set. D Stokes of Mingo nominated by Democrats for state senate. Rev T P Dorr of Kentucky began a revival in a basement under Pedigo's store. First Bluefield automobile club formed ten years ago today. Ed Manning occupied house in south Bluefield burned. Bluefield census counted about 11 200 by chamber of commerce.
Richmond hosts the first annual reunion of the Eightieth Blue Ridge Division September 4 6 6 with six to eight thousand visitors expected. Auto parties are arriving from West Virginia Maryland New Jersey and other states and advance reservations and arrangements are being made for garages and hotels. Women groups led by Mrs G T W Kern organize the ball reception and lunches at Camp Lee on Saturday. Civic organizations decorate the city and city facilities are used for meetings and billeting of the veterans.
Securing reduced railway rates to Richmond for the reunion, families in Richmond and Petersburg plan to host eighty second division soldiers who trained there. A Richmond officer expects to entertain every member of his company. The Salute and Ride rule will aid attendees during convention week with motorists giving lifts. Over one hundred automobiles have been promised, and special trains will bring visitors to Camp Lee on Sunday.
The steam yacht Victoria struck York Ledges four miles south of York in dense fog today. Floated at flood tide and towed to Portsmouth New Hampshire for inspection and repair within a week. On board were owner Arthur Meeker of Chicago and Sir Thomas Lipton party. passengers and crew were brought ashore by tenders.
By John Oliver LaGorce, National Geographic Society official, the article celebrates Miami Florida as a fast growing southern port near Biscayne Bay. It notes strategic location, grapefruit and Gulf Stream wildlife, Everglades wealth, census growth, and potential to rival Jacksonville for business and port development.
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