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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1920
Page
4
Advertisement and notice page outlines newspaper mail zones and rates for West Virginia delivery. Details include second class mail matter status, republication rights, annual and monthly prices, city carrier rates, and weekly issue date December 10, 19am.
The quote contrasts human possessions with divine grace, asserting that men’s possessions must be understood to be loved while God’s attributes must be loved to be understood. Pascal’s reflection emphasizes discernment and reverence in relationships between people and the divine.
The Merchants Association of New York calls for a federal daylight saving bill covering the eastern standard time zone from the Atlantic to Apalachee and Columbus. They argue a shorter period from late April to late September boosts worker health and efficiency while favoring uniform federal control.
Census bureau data show Bluefield with 4644 residents ranking eighth in the state. Norfolk and Western ordered ten class W locomotives from Richmond Loco motive and Machine Works, the largest order of that type. J L Corvin wed Miss Maude Lyons in Bristol. Fires damaged Abe Honaker’s Coopertown residence and later J M Anderson’s home. Twenty years ago, C E Stevenson with one state senate vote challenged M 2 White’s 10,000 majority. George N Speiden sold his Savon Lime and Lumber stake and moved to Washington DC. Plans formed for Tri County Medical Society in Mercer McDowell and Mingo counties.
The Wheeling Intelligencer condemns the editorial criticism of Governor Cornwell over the Mingo county crisis. It argues for use of special deputies and federal troops to safeguard life and property, noting many residents neither miners nor producers and suffered without involvement in the conflict.
George Wolfe of Beckley, as secretary, issues a bulletin to the Winding Gulf Operators Association predicting an early 1921 recovery in business. He cites six reasons from a high financial authority including crops, capital and credit, labor output, improving transportation, continued foreign trade, and political stability, with Pure Silk noted as durable.
A narrator recalls faltering friends and the loyalty of a dog named Rags. He laments lost confidants who would not stand by him in trouble while Rags remains steadfast and constant through hardships and danger. The piece contrasts human fickleness with canine devotion.
The West Virginia Health Service bulletin warns readers about modern temptations citing Faust and Tom Walker to condemn selling souls for money, power, or fleeting joy. It links dancing halls and moving pictures to moral decay and dis grace, noting reputations and health pay the price.
Quotes from multiple papers lampoon social and political topics. Remarks touch on doorways in Dublin revolutions and revolving doors in Kansas City Star. Other quips question elections Hall of Fame and fashion speed in dresses.
George Wynne Jeudwine Archdeacon of Lincoln will wed Mary Margaret daughter of the late Canon D. Matthew in London. A daughter will also be married at the same ceremony.
A clipped notice reports no reduction in diamond prices amid market chatter. The piece includes brief asides on trades of plumbers paper hangers and electricians in the prosperous class, reflecting a denser humor column voice from the era.
The movement for healthier motherhood gains traction nationwide as American Mothers embraces the cause. The article urges women to seek relief from pains and ailments through Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, touted for decades as a standard remedy for female health issues.
During William Selby-Lowndes funeral in London for the Whadden Chase Hunt master, 21 couples from the original hounds pack stood at the churchyard gate and leaped past as the coffin was lowered into the grave. Telegraph Want Ads Bring Results.
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