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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1925
Page
6
Fragments from a 1925 newspaper page describe subscription prices for mail service in West Virginia and mention notice types for churches lodges and other groups. The text includes rates for various terms and zones and references application through phone services. The date shown is Friday December 11 1925.
A biblical proverb is cited about trusting an unfaithful man in times of trouble. The verse likens loyalty to a broken foot and a misstep, warning against misplaced confidence.
The piece recalls William Bradford who printed New York City’s first newspaper two centuries ago on foolecap with four pages a week. It invites readers to imagine his era and compare with modern life and the craft of adapting to change.
Chicago critic Mrs Anthony French Merrill praises a shift away from frothy fiction toward wholesome reading. She credits the younger generation with driving the trend and opposes the exploitation of sex in popular novels. She urges truthful authors with worthy aims and warns against entertainment for its own sake.
We were doing twenty years ago today items include H B Bennett and Mrs T and Compton marriage at Princeton Bluefield residents W C Pendleton named postmaster at Tazewell and invitations for Mamie White of Bed Va to Henry A Wilson of Bluefield. Ten years ago today a National Prohibition mass meeting was held at First Baptist church. Wm Bourne of Graham and Miss Mary Eaton of Staffordville Va wed at Bristol Mercer County Farm Bureau organized.
The piece laments a shift toward candor and shock in modern writing. It condemns some authors for trading common decency for sensational truth while praising a literary appetite that exposes ugliness as entertainment. The author warns the promise may be too good to be true.
A broad, opinionated survey notes growing support for permanent dry laws in the United States. Congress is forecast to tighten restrictions, while business leaders and civic figures align with prohibition. The trend extends abroad to Glasgow and Britain, with warnings about strong drink and a call to moral reform.
A Nashville Banner poem recalls how a friendly word can banish gloom and bring peace. The speaker notes the power of kind speech to brighten life, with lines likening good words to sunlit apples. The verse ends blessing those who speak cheer.
The piece argues that travel and interregional contact will not erase distinct dialects in America. It notes New York speech evolving amid rapid movement, while Bostonian and Southern vernacular persist. Speed and compression of speech may spread, yet local vocal traits endure despite mobility.
A string of humorous exchanges features a teacher discussing wading birds and a lighthearted dialogue about storks, hats, and golf. Other vignettes show a brave little fellow, a leopard changing spots, Widow Gable’s marriage, and a private explaining strategy in war with humor.
Last night the Washington traffic department opened a winter term school for pedestrians. Attendance is compulsory with fines up to 300 dollars for inattention or insubordination. Principal Eldridge and a team of officers teach where and how to cross streets, stressing signal interpretation and avoiding obstruction.
The Surgeon General warns that poor dental hygiene allows bacteria to dissolve the cementing substance of enamel, reach dentine, and invade the pulp. Once pulp decays, bacteria feed on dead tissue, travel the root canal, and pass into surrounding tissue, with millions of bacteria possible in a day.
Dr. Charles W. Eliot outlined an ideal school program for child education and asks if towns adopt it. The piece cites William McAndrews Chicago schools chief urging morality in schooling amid sensational media. It questions whether children gain beneficial lessons from current curricula.
An article notes that colleges defer to individual students on smoking rules, arguing the issue is personal taste. It stresses that smoking is not immoral and form depends on who where and when, cautioning against imposing personal preferences on established non smoking norms.
The text warns that bacteria from diseased teeth can travel via the bloodstream to vital organs, causing heart, kidney, and joint troubles. It stresses that body resistance, cold exposure, and diseases affect fight against infection, and urges regular cleaning to prevent decay.
The passage catalogs quips from several newspapers about mortality, dawn brightness, sunshine real estate and ancient rulers. It notes a Chicago man protesting funeral costs, a lighted hour caution from Boston, and a joke about Tutankhamen highlighting vanity in a Winston-Salem Journal style.
A Yale student was arrested not for his clothes but for reasons not specified. The item notes a father’s discouragement from a son repeating his youth’s actions. It also mentions coal prices as likely staying high, framing a sequence of brief local items.
The scene shows a daring rescue as a six foot cowpuncher lassos a buckboard to avert disaster. Romance blooms instantly as the outdoor adventure unfolds in this exciting installment of Ace of Spades.
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