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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
7
Thomas C. Miller estimates 1 500 teachers with certificates have not found schools. Many first and second grade holders refuse low salaries and seek other work. Some boards refuse third grade applicants due to lack of experience. Grading of recent exam papers nearly finished and certificates mailed to successful candidates. Shortage likely to ease.
In this Christmas notice shoppers are urged to begin buying early to ease pressure on sales staff and delivery workers. Early shopping before 4 p.m. and before December 15 helps both the giver and the recipient, spreading holiday cheer.
At a meeting of the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America last night officers for the ensuing year were elected. Chosen were W. N. Doak V C John R. Evans W A Hancock banker H L Moore clerk A C Vine escort J P D Jones watchman W T Francis sentry C M Scott physician J D Jones manager for three years.
A German congregation narrator recalls a preacher who after introducing a sermon says he will “begin it.” The audience nods off again as the third point is explained, and at the end the crowd awakens relieved. One man signals fatigue by rubbing his eyes. The piece ends with a humorous note about hearing the sermon all over again.
A quotation notes nature's beauty in the human face with vermilion tone and ivory teeth, smiling blushes, bright eyes, and curiously formed sense organs. It speaks of flowing hair and the agreeable light it casts on facial beauty.
A rich Parisian seeks a husband for his nephew and consults a matrimonial agent. Scanning an album of candidates he discovers his own wife among them. She defends herself noting it was a year ago when the doctors had given up on him.
A dialogue from the New York Press features a theatrical manager and a Green Hand debating wallpaper samples and future work. A waiter explains a customer exchange with slang and miscommunication highlighting humorous asides in the period piece.
A small classified item notes a change of climate for a couple with a punch line from a weather forecast. It advertises Hart, Schaffner & Marx gentlemen’s clothes with EH as sole agent. The ad is dated 12-6-2t and includes a Quintillian quote fragment.
A short Atlantic piece recounts Abraham Lincoln defending a stranger charged with murder. Lincoln used direct witness statements and circumstantial evidence, avoided technical tricks, and, by asking the jury to consider the case honestly, secured an acquittal. The real culprit was later punished.
Deacon Hy pers cautions Sister Henderson about the appearance of evil after noticing half filled cut glass decanters on her sideboard. She explains the bottles hold floor stain and furniture polish for looks, while he admits taking a swig from a large bottle, feeling faint.
A list of wedding gifts for Moor of Losely’s daughter in 1567 includes cranes lern shawes curtewes ducks maltards tecles plovers swannes larks butters knotts styntes godwylls and other items totaling about 50 birds. The tally notes 56 larks among the gifts and suggests some may have caused embarrassment to the family.
The Carter Furniture Company is moving its stock quickly as inventories are cleared at a brisk rate. Local shoppers report widespread discounts and extended hours as sales momentum continues through the week.
A boss appeals for a well dressed, groomed office helper and urges that appearance influences hiring. The piece notes how sharp dress and personal care affect opportunities, especially in New York, where slovenly appearance hinders progress and first impressions matter to employers.
A Kansas City wholesale grocer shows how aisles and boxes are labeled as streets and rooms such as parlor 8 to manage goods. The system boosts efficiency, allowing about twice the work with the same crew. The piece shifts to note the New York literary market’s hunger for fresh voices and stories, with editors often Reutersing promising strangers who later become prolific.
An overheard Harper's Weekly cherry picked dialogue from Queen Victoria's era notes a street corner belief. It explains a silver wedding at twenty five years and a golden wedding at fifty, but jokes that if the husband is dead the event is called a jubilee.
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