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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
4
Short notice lists advertising rates for a Bluefield West Virginia paper. It mentions Bland Street 88 and Daily one week rates. Includes contact phone numbers and second class mail status at Bluefield post office.
A reflective column blends poetry and commentary on life and death. It notes a Chicago dog king, egg price limits, and a Boston juvenile offender sentenced to throw stones, illustrating social tensions and public outrage of the era.
The text notes most trades in Europe shifted to women during the war while shoemaking stayed largely male driven. It recalls that over a century ago shoemaking briefly became a London high society fad among the titled, considered more useful than some later amusements.
A New York plan would allow the legislature to listen to speeches from any state area via a statewide telephone system. The concept is deemed practicable, tracing back to speculative ideas in Looking Backward. The note contrasts visionary talk with practical steps toward unified legislative communication.
The article notes the death of Professor Cleveland Abbe at age seventy seven. Known as Old Probabilities for decades with government forecast service, he started publishing forecasts at the Cincinnati Observatory and helped popularize weather predictions as the service became national.
The Wheeling Intelligencer notes the Fifth Christmas war relief message from the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. It urges churches and families to read the appeal on December 10 or 17 and to donate through a fifty fifty plan to aid children suffering from cold hunger and war across Europe and western Asia.
The speaker holds a loved one close despite ongoing rain and cold. Outside, trampling footsteps go by all day, seen as the dead marching in the rain. The poem by Patrick F. Kirby in the New Republic urges pressing close and offering a smile as they endure the long rain together.
Prominent visitors attended the dedication of a new quarter million dollar ceramic engineering building at the University of Illinois Urbana campus. The ceremonies will continue for two days as part of a plan to elevate the school into a leading middle west technical institution.
James B. Duncan of Bluefield Mercer County West Virginia filed for discharge in the Southern District of West Virginia. A hearing is set for January 2 1917 in Bluefield with notice to creditors to appear and show cause.
The compiled remarks note shifting attitudes toward California prunes and mock the Austrian emperor’s style. It also hints at rising shoe prices and grocer price hikes while contrasting wartime Europe with Atlantic fleets.
A vintage advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine claiming immediate shine and doubled beauty after lightly brushing a moist cloth through hair. It promises dandruff removal, scalp cleansing, and new hair growth with weekly use, urging purchase of a 25 cent bottle from drug stores.
A Manasquan New Jersey carpenter, Eugene M. Pullen, claims a non surgical cure for rupture after years of suffering. He promises to share full information by mail to interested readers, urging others to seek a life saving alternative.
A compilation of pithy quotes from various American newspapers criticizing politics and social issues. Notable lines reference cabinet changes, coal vs ammunition logistics, high living costs, women’s activism in elections, and light satire on public figures.
The Rolling Stones will headline the New Rex Monday in a lighthearted Far East style comedy. The film, a workable Funny Arts release, offers ample laughs and clever moments for audiences seeking light entertainment.
Reuters dispatch from Saloniki reports Athens maintains order while Venizelos followers face arrests. Piraeus is calm under Allied detachments. Athens Piraeus railway operates though telegraph and telephone lines are cut. Provisional government notes looting in Larissa bars, shops closed. bands of reservists march shouting death to Venizelists as fear spreads to Trikkala and Volos.
President Wilson spoke to members of the National Council of Defense after its first session, calling it the nation’s first critical effort to unite military, industrial and economic resources. He said the council should mobilize forces for peace and war and outlined its aims and work.
Parral in Chihuahua again is in Carranza hands after Villa bandits occupied it since November. Telegrams reaching here report all foreigners, except possibly Theodore Hoemiller and family, believed safe. It is unclear if Villa evacuated or Carranza retook the town after a fight.
Reported no furlough for George Carpentier the European heavyweight champ as offers from the United States for a bout with Jess Willard are said to be premature. A separate item notes a one million dollar bid for Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson.
Representative Levy of New York told a House committee that in a letter introduced at the hearing he would account for half of the amount to the government. The prospective purchaser’s name was not disclosed.
J P Morgan and Company announced additional British gold from Canada. Five million dollars went to the essay office and fourteen million to the Philadelphia mint. This brings weekly receipts to about twenty five million and yearly total from all sources to about five hundred forty eight million dollars.
Paris dispatch notes further Franco-Serbian advances on the Macedonian front. Prisoners number 25 were taken in yesterday’s fighting and a violent artillery engagement continues north of Monastir.
New York December 6 American rail roads placed orders in November for 56530 freight cars valued around 83000000 according to the Journal of Commerce. Never before have monthly orders exceeded 25000 cars.
Edith Colby, a newspaper reporter, was found guilty of second degree murder for shooting politician A. C. Thomas in Thompson Falls Montana. The court sentenced her to ten to twelve years in the state penitentiary.
Santa Rosa California December 6 J P Mills known on the stage as Joe Hay den writer of There'll be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight is seriously ill in a local hospital with little hope for recovery as of today.
Columbus Ohio December 6 Charles Q Hildebrandt secretary of state ordered a statewide investigation of charges of fraud and error in the recent Ohio election filed by the Republican state committee.
An upcoming year will feature seven eclipses: four solar and three lunar. Only two will be visible in North America, with eclipses visible across Europe Asia Africa Australia South America and the Pacific region. The year includes lunar and solar events in January July December and a post Christmas total lunar eclipse visible across the Americas Pacific and Asia. Will pay you to advertise in this paper.
A London researcher treats young chickens with electric stimulation and observes faster growth than birds raised without this treatment. The study notes accelerated weight gain and improved development under controlled conditions.
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