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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1917
Page
6
The Daily Telegraph printing company in Bluefield West Virginia lists contact details and subscription rates for cash in advance options including daily six months three months and one week. The notice notes postal handling and office locations with a box address and telephone line for inquiries.
The piece praises the flag with lines about white and scarlet folds and blue field with silver stars. It expresses hopes that loyal hearts, strong hands, and willing feet defend the emblem, cherish it, and bless it as the symbol of liberty and world hope.
A compact collection of quoted lines attributed to Thomas Bailey Aldrich and others. The text references sadness, reckoning after banquets, and vice stimulated by satisfaction, with mentions of Gay and Ameil in a fragmentary form.
A nationwide drive starts Sunday to buy New Testaments for every American soldier. The Daily Telegraph backs the effort through the American Bible Society, offering khaki-clad copies for twenty five cents, matching the tobacco kit cost. Officials project manpower needs between 3.6 and 7 million, with drafts to begin as fast as possible.
Olive Tablets are described as a pleasant sugar coated remedy for bad breath. The ad claims the tablets act gently to cleanse bowels and liver with a vegetable mix and should be taken one or two nightly for a week. Prices listed are 10c and 25c per box.
In West Virginia women face health changes and the era’s strength is tested by remedies from Dr. Pierce. Testimonials praise Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery for nerve, stomach, and lung relief. A separate note urges Liberty Bond style stamps as patriotic savings, with per capita targets and no gift burden.
The text recalls Byng and an unnamed ancestor of Sir Julian Byneg, noting that one was shot to encourage others and that the martyr suffered cruel injustice, a point emphasized as history unfolds the truth.
The editorial urges parents and employers to display service flags showing stars for sons or workers serving in the U S military. It cites New York firms like the American Telegraph and Telephone Company as examples and imagines a city filled with flags reflecting national sacrifice. The piece asks who will be first to start the new display.
The fragmentary text notes two quotations from newspapers, mentioning a dare about Jerry falling from a building and a remark on Lusky lads in a military play versus training camps.
The piece cites Lord Northcliffe on American war aims and notes political factions in Russia including Maximalists and Minimalists. Jeremiah O Leary offers to serve the country, while the Providence Journal hints at presidential restraint of actions in the war context.
A wartime homecoming poem by Herbert Randall envisions Jamie the Piper returning with pride and a crown on his breast. The speaker imagines families welcoming him with toasts, a soap belt for sin, and catte to celebrate the lad despite memories of past misdeeds.
The drive aims to sell savings stamp certificates to all Americans to raise two billion dollars for the war fund. It will begin December 3 and run for months, with Mercer county tasked to take over nine hundred thousand stamps. The effort seeks broad participation and civil support, explaining the stamps as a national welfare measure.
Mrs. Benjamin Hooper of Auburn New York reports Chamberlain's Tablets effectively relieve stomach trouble and constipation. She says they regulate bowel action stimulate the liver and keep the body healthy after two years of intermittent use.
An advertisement for Tote Matt Turkish Baths touts a sensational claim about poison absorbed through the skin and urges thorough personal cleansing. It markets baths at 1 dollar each or six for five dollars with a satisfaction guarantee.
West Virginia mobilizes all lawyers to assist in reclassification of selective service men. Governor Cornwell notifies attorneys by letter of appointment as associate members of legal advisory boards in each county. Breckinridge Jones heads the mobilization from Charleston.
An administrator pleads for every lawyer in the state to volunteer for county boards to advise registrants on the Selective Service Act, help with questionnaires, and assist in the test administration, promising a meaningful post in the national effort.
Twelve in indictments for murder in the first degree follow confessions by Ralph Daniello about a supposed murder syndicate operating in the Italian community of greater New York. Additional indictments and bench warrants were noted as authorities detail a string of killings including the 1916 De Marco murder.
Washington reports that President Wilson has activated government control of imports to secure fair prices and force release of war supplies held abroad under embargo. The War Trade Board states reciprocation is expected from countries receiving American imports and hints at fair pricing aligned with U S policy. A conservation list of foods and feeds may restrict exports unless for war use.
Boston November 30 The Turks are heartily tired of German rule and a US declaration of war on Turkey would aid Berlin says Dr William F Strong editorial secretary of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions He adds that Turkey and Bulgaria are as under German influence as Belgium and Poland and US action would be cruel to attack peoples loyal to Germany guidance.
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