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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1920
Page
4
A released inmate observes today’s youth, praising their manners and ambitions as proof America is a great country. He notes changes in invention and commerce, reflecting on a betterment of the human race while contrasting past and present youth and pondering peace efforts.
The Bluefield lodge of Elks held its annual memorial with Wm. F. Fox of Cincinnati delivering the principal address as eight lodge members had died. Local activities include M. B. Postlethwaite forming a collecting agency and talk of Uncle Sam collecting from Turkey. Also noted are deaths of Mrs. Cummings and Mrs. Aura Hearn, and several marriages and a murder conviction in Roanoke.
Proponents call for stronger emphasis on happy anniversaries to balance coverage of divorces and counteract negative impressions about married life. They argue anniversaries showcase lasting relationships and community values.
A collection of quotable lines notes Prohibition candidate Watkins received fewer votes in 1920 than Hanly in 1916, mocks prohibitionists, and sketches social remarks. The batch includes comments from Rochester Herald and Washington Post about fashion costs, domestic routines, and radium wealth, with brief editorial notes.
Sir Auckland Geddes the British Ambassador will address the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Indianapolis December 6 to 8 on International Relationships with Reference to Agriculture. Other speakers include E T Meredith Herbert Hoover and James P Goodrich among many leaders shaping a National Agricultural Policy.
In a talk before the American Child Hygiene Association Herbert Hoover outlines seven proposals for American child welfare. He calls for a public nurse staff, protection of milk supplies, supplementary feeding and school health reports, constitutional action on child labor, compulsory schooling to age sixteen, and efforts to reduce illiteracy to elevate national character. Morgan town Post credits the idea to moving child care as vital statecraft.
A poem in which the speaker resists anti alcohol and anti tobacco reformers. He recalls prohibition perceived as blessing, then rails at plans to ban smoking alongside alcohol. He questions bans on tea and skirts, defending personal habits and liberty. He cites pipe use as a comforting, unchanged habit.
The high sheriff proposes selling the gold chain of office to fund the Pigeon House Hospital for consumptives after government funds were withheld. Sinn Fein councillor P T Daly plans to move that pictures and other British royal memorabilia from Mansion House be auctioned to pay city council employees. Several pieces are noted as fine old master works.
The International Institute of the YWCA in New York City recently opened a social and educational center for foreign born women and girls. The center offers English classes dramatics gym work domestic arts and social activities attracting many nationalities in the neighborhood. It is one of sixty two YWCA centers for foreign born girls across the United States run by American women and nationality workers who speak European languages.
Gowan's penetrating salve, based on animal fat, claims fast relief for colds croup and inflammations of the air passages. It soothes and opens airways without irritating skin, suitable for babies and children, and also usable on cuts burns and bites. Available 30¢ 60¢ and $1.20 with guaranteed refund.
Dublin officials consider selling city paraphernalia to raise funds for municipal needs after government agents refused to hand over public funds to the Sinn Fein city government. The move follows the impasse over funds and aims to support charitable causes.
In the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia Michael Farris of Welch McDowell County is declared bankrupt. On November 27 1920 he was adjudicated bankrupt and the first meeting of creditors will be at Arthur F Kingdon Referee in Bankruptcy office in Beckley Mercer County WV on December 10 1920 at 10 o clock in the forenoon to prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and conduct business.
The former Stanford White New York residence, famed for rare paintings and objects, serves as the club house for daughters of the countries from which the treasures came, reflecting a repurposing of the historic property.
The NYU publicity engineer asked faculty if a coed can vamp her way through college and at least one professor agreed. Prof. Edward Kilduff of the business department says even a professor can be sensitive to beauty in a girl student, while Dean John R. Turner argues professors should resist feminine wiles.
A London case records 7 075 pounds claimed for a box of chocolates with William Henry Beadle purchasing at 1 75. The profiteers committee ordered a 26 cent refund. The manufacturers appealed and won. They sought 7 075 pounds costs.
A series of comic vignettes unfolds with doctors arguing over a patient John Jimson and a overextended traveling man named Jones. Anxious landlord and a joke about missed aims close with a quip from J Fuller Gloom.
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