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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1912
Page
4
A reader column blends quotations and commentary on public life from politics to fashion. It notes Santa Claus in the Balkans, hints at inflation, and urges support for the Red Cross seals to fund the tuberculosis fight.
The courts have clearer language in the Union Pacific merger ruling than in the Standard Oil and Tobacco Trust decisions. Experience and practice may explain the difference, and many readers would have preferred the same clarity across all restraint of trade cases.
The passage argues reform efforts often target oil and tobacco more than railroads and notes railroad men risk fortune in nation-building ventures. It suggests coercive measures may rarely restrain them, praising railway efficiency and urging supreme courts to curb exploitative clans rather than intrepid empire builders.
In a New York session last week the Investment Bankers Association urged regulation of large businesses. The group went on record favoring stricter oversight to curb monopolistic practices and ensure fair competition.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use Syrup of Figs for children's stomach liver and bowel cleansing. It describes tongue coating as a warning and touts the product as a safe tasty remedy with senna for gentle relief and improved health. The California Fig Syrup Co promotes the full name to ask druggists for.
The undersigned will apply to the circuit court of Mercer county on December 9 1912 for a license to carry a pistol under section 7 chapter 148 of the West Virginia code as amended. Co HECK Conductor Norfolk and Western Railway Bluefield West Virginia 1130.
Bluefield Dry Goods and Nation Co sells its corner property at Scott Raleigh and Stuart streets Bluefield West Virginia a four story brick wholesale house 50 by 15 feet with stable and vacant space fronting on Scott and backing to Stuart on December 7 1912 at 2 30 pm the sale on premises to highest bidder Terms one third cash on deed delivery and balance in six and twelve months notes secured by deed of trust Property valued for wholesale or retail use conducted due to company closing.business to be sold as is with right to reject any bid.
The Washington Herald editorial argues that Kansas Blue Sky laws, requiring banking commissioner approval and valueless asset disclosure for securities offerings, protect citizens from risky schemes. It endorses state regulation as beneficial to the public and bankers, framing it as educational protection rather than paternal overreach.
The Washington Post argues for long enlistments and a paid reserve to strengthen the U S military. It compares Britain and Germany and urges Congress to expand naval power and a trained reserve rather than a large standing army. It notes militia limits and promotes Gen Wood's plan to attract top recruits with one to two year service terms.
Steubenville grand jury returned eight secret indictments charging perjury by witnesses who testified before the panel during its bribery inquiry into Jefferson county election corruption.
Chairman Henry of the House files committee schedules hearings next Tuesday on the O'Shaughnessy resolution to probe a traffic deal alleged between the Grand Trunk and New Haven railroads.
Balance sheet for Flat Top National Bank Bluefield West Virginia at close of business November 1917. Resources include loans and discounts 560244.62 and U S bonds 100000.00 while liabilities show capital 100000.00 surplus 54500.00 deposits 463437.80 and other items totaling 945807.45.
Observers warn Bulgarians to guard the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem as Turkish powers might destroy the sacred site amid a broader religious conflict. The church dates from after 300 and features multiple chapels protected by Turkish soldiers. Franciscan guardianship and tensions among Greek Catholic Roman Catholic and Armenian factions are noted.
The Santa Ana River in southern California illustrates multiple reuse of water as stored in a San Bernardino mountains reservoir, diverted to a power plant, rediverted to a second plant, then distributed for municipal use and irrigation around Redlands and Highlands. Returned irrigation waters are recovered by springs and wells for further pumping and use.
A portion of water travels from the mountains to the sea over about 100 miles passing Riverside above Riverside Narrows then into a power ditch and returned to the river above Corona. It moves to canals feeding orange and deciduous groves near Anaheim and Santa Ana. It returns via irrigation to groundwater west of Santa Ana. Eight reuses are described through pumping plants and wells.
The United States loses soil at a rate of 13 ten thousandths of an inch yearly equating to one inch in 760 years. Annual transport of 788 million tons of dissolved and suspended matter moves to tidewater, equaling vast rock and soil volumes. Basin comparisons show high denudation in the southern Pacific and northern Atlantic, with the Hudson Bay lowest, driven by rainfall and irrigation.
The article notes that water from streams and rivers is often polluted by sewage from towns and cities and occasionally by industrial discharge. It warns that even filtered city water can fail during outbreaks of typhoid and recommends safer sources on farms. It cites US Geological Survey bulletin 255 for suburban and farm water guidance.
A Missouri veteran writes to President Taft asking for overdue back pay, recalling an order for payment by a Tuesday. The letter prompts an inquiry by Treasury Secretary MacVeagh after officials in Washington cannot identify the owed amount.
Fish Commissioner George M. Bowers will travel to London next week to sell 3,764 sealskins owned by the United States. The skins, killed off the Aleutian Islands last season, are valued at about $180,000 and will be shipped under federal sale rules to the world’s premier sealskin market.
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