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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1911
Page
4
Publication details for the Daily Telegraph Bluefield West Virginia dated Friday December 1 1911. It lists address 88 Bland Street rates for subscriptions and advertising and Box 328 for remittances with telephones for business and editorial offices.
The text presents a philosophical maxim from Adam Smith urging generosity over self interest as the path to human perfection. It emphasizes restraining selfishness and cultivating benevolent affections as a moral ideal.
The piece urges shoppers to buy gifts early, noting many decide near December 24 and risk unsuitable presents. It counsels observing year round, highlights fresher stock in the next two weeks, and appeals to concern for overworked clerks during pre holiday rush.
The speech by Speaker Champ Clark is cited as denying any advocacy of forcible annexation of Canada. He says he never hinted at such a scheme and would oppose it fully, while critics accuse him of implying broader aims in the annexation debate.
The piece discusses anti reciprocity campaigns linked to American views on union with Canada and critiques remarks attributed to a congressman. It references Ambassador Bryce, possible misquoting, and the political glare on liberal government actions. It also touches on war talk between England and Germany and aviator etiquette at public events.
The column jabs Gifford Pinchot and LaFollette for quitting and undermining government service, recalls political dissent as a warning, and pivots to a brisk health ad for Pope's Diapepsin. It notes tobacco reorganization brushing aside price concerns while asserting law and order.
From the southern end of the state comes word that Hon. A. A. Lilly, who led a strong bid for the Fifth district congressional nomination last year, may seek the attorney general post. He is described as young, able, vigorous, and a capable campaigner likely to win.
A string of quotations from papers mock politicians and public figures. It notes suffragette tactics, sugar as nerve aid, a Wall Street cashier honored for long service, Roosevelt time ideas, poets’ home in Chicago, and a Massachusetts governor forecast with a weather twist.
A reader of the Daily Telegraph proposes renaming Higginbotham Avenue Lincoln Avenue to honor President Lincoln as a martyr and emancipator, urging local officials to decide in favor of the change.
Advertises Sauer’s extracts as the best money can buy for housekeepers and cooks. Lemon and vanilla varieties priced at 10 cents and 25 cents respectively.
A sweeping tribute notes that millions hold in sacred remembrance the life and deeds of a revered national figure revered for decades of service and impact. The piece emphasizes widespread respect and lasting legacy across generations.
Mrs Charles Proper of West Scranton Pa reports Vinci restored her strength after three years of weakness. She took four bottles and regained energy despite run-down condition, coughing, poor appetite, and insomnia. The Goodykoontz Drug Co. backs the remedy with a money back guarantee.
R M Cruey of Bluefield Mercer County West Virginia filed in the Southern District of West Virginia a petition for full discharge from all provable debts under bankruptcy acts, dated May 14 1911. A hearing was set for December 2 1911 in Bluefield, with notice to creditors by mail and publication in the Bailey Telegraph.
A historical note on a 1728 pamphlet attacking Pope Alexander with a frontispiece showing him as an ape. The jibe arose from a satire about his initials and surname, leading to the pasquinade titled Pope Alexander's Supremacy and Infallibility Examined.
In a West Philadelphia convalescence a man told his doctor he is hungry, the physician cautions him not to eat and to chew thoroughly, while a quip about appetite and caution reflects a humorous exchange from the Philadelphia Times. A second item notes an architect’s challenge with a rich client seeking an Italian vendetta around a cottage, per the Baltimore American. The final quip extols truth as grand and forcible.
An advertisement for PAZO OINTMENT offers a refund if piles itching bleeding or protruding do not improve in six to fourteen days. The message urges readers to try the product via their druggist and notes it appears in the Daily Telegraph.
Classified notice shows tiny rates for word style ads and asks readers to submit brief notices. The column promises small charges and simple placement for readers seeking inexpensive announcements.
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