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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
3
A lyrical pledge extols the American flag with bright images of white and scarlet blue field and silver stars. It expresses lifelong allegiance affection and protection for the emblem as a symbol of liberty and hope.
The passage presents a mix of quotes on learning love joy hope and fear. It contrasts wisdom with suffering and reflects on how knowing the cause of evil can ease cure. It anchors on figures like Dr. Johnson Browning Churchill.
The article argues that the United States must serve as the main food reducer for the Entente, urging increased farming, conservation, and exemption of seasoned farm laborers from military service. It discusses mobilizing urban poor for farm work and notes Russian leadership under Grand Duke Nicholas as a ongoing factor amid the war.
$100 reward offered by Fr. Cheney & Co for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall’s Catarrh Medicine. Internal use targets mucous surfaces to build constitution and aid nature. Toledo, Ohio firm promotes testimonials and guarantees through druggists nationwide.
A Daly Telegraph youth column advocates a soapless day arguing washing boys is wasteful. Anxious to avoid offence, the writer notes a mother might scrub with a corn cob in soap’s absence. The piece hints Russia may seek a strong man and reflects on American diet and gluttony, urging wiser, leaner eating for health.
The article notes Turkish panic about British progress in Asia Minor and the potential fall of Jerusalem. It emphasizes the city’s religious significance to Muslims and warns that losing Jerusalem would be a severe blow, dwarfed by any diplomatic or military praise for the sultan or Wilhelm.
The Wheeling Telegraph argues that achieving a breakthrough against Germany would greatly impact the morale of the Turkish people, praising General Allenby as a strong ally and noting the need to keep the advance well publicized.
The National City Bank editor argues Germany faces hard trade setbacks as war drags on. He notes Reichstag aid to shipowners signals intent to rebuild fleet, but true recovery needs peace terms proving military aims are abandoned and German influence no longer a threat.
A collage of editorial quotes from various papers mocking figures like Byng and the Kaiser and noting comments on conscience and fighting. Rambles include opinions from the Baltimore American Milwaukee Journal Minneapolis Journal Springfield Union and Johnson City Staff.
The article promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild effective laxative for the elderly, women, and children. It notes aging slows bowels, recommends keeping bowels active, and offers a fifty cent bottle with a free trial by writing to Dr W B Caldwell, 456 Washington St, Monticello, Illinois.
A vintage advertisement touts the Matz Turkish Baths run by George Richardson at Hotel Matt. It promises skin health benefits and fall cleaning for the body, offering baths at 1 dollar each or six baths for five dollars with satisfaction guaranteed.
A Chattanooga Times note praises the faithfulness of women who stay with their husbands and refrain from rushing to print or publicizing advice to others, describing it as remarkable wit. The remark contrasts quiet domestic restraint with public shaming or sensational exposure.
Douglas Wier of Arlington and Greenmount Avenues in Baltimore reports a widespread knitting craze. People knit Socks Wristlets Sweaters Slippers Mufflers Chest protectors anywhere including on transit and at events, often joking about yarn tension and unraveling as they craft.
Voice of the People columnist Telegrap notes a Huntington club for conserving soap and proposes soapless days to cut waste. The letter jokes about washing and advocates saving fats used to make soap, addressing a reader nicknamed Skinny.
Central Station reports 12 signals on city streets including Mercer Princeton Bluefield corridors and Bland Wilson routes. Militia Call indicates phone alarm sent from Central Station to locations such as Raleigh Stewart Giles Monroe and Pulaski streets and notable sites like Standard Oil Bluefield Ave.
A compendium of maritime and barber shop superstitions describes will o the wisp signs foretelling shipwrecks, lucky days for voyages, bells tolling for loss, bodies aboard bringing misfortune, ropes drawn from the sea for safe return, and odd beliefs about red headed barbers, cross eyed mates, and baldness linked to fate.
The Rural New Yorker cites C. B. P. Marvin of the United States Weather Bureau denying any moon effect on temperature rainfall or plant growth. He notes that plant growth depends on temperature light humidity and nutrients and that moonlight is far too weak to stimulate growth.
An efficiency engineer notes that in the busy age most people must work amid noise and activity. Large firms pulse with activity. concentration amid confusion is key to avoid wasted time and wasted energy in the rush of daily duties.
The Pathfinder declares the soya bean a key food material for the vegetable kingdom. It can be made into powder or liquid forms, oil hardened into edible fat or as a substitute for linseed oil, beans provide a palatable dish when cooked, and the remaining pulp serves well for livestock feed.
Instructions show using a flannel cloth to apply thinned beeswax with turpentine on floors. The wax forms a durable finish as turpentine evaporates. Parffin wax is an acceptable substitute but less durable.
The Daily Telegraph promotes its WANT AD service as the fastest and most satisfactory method for placing notices. It emphasizes ease, speed, and reliable outcomes for readers seeking announcements, listings, and personal notices.
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