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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1920
Page
6
Classified note lists subscription rates for the Daily Telegraph Printing Co. Bluefield WV with zones and durations up to one year. Rates per six months and three months appear, along with postage and territorial radius values.
The Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs received 956000 votes, a high-water mark but well below his 1912 result. The text notes increased female turnout yet a national decline, with gains in some states offset by overall loss and only one Socialist member elected to Congress.
William Allen White argues 1922 will see a farmers revolt unless policy and business actions aid agriculture. He criticizes prophetic crisis warnings and urges concrete legislative, executive, and industrial changes to fit farmers' needs. He notes shifts from rail to auto danger and calls for driver training or stricter measures if autos continue to cause accidents.
A retrospective notes public uproar over a POW release scheme and references Miss Maynard visiting her brother J. F. Maynard in Washington.Ten years ago a Norfolk station crime netted $49. The report mentions Jairuy Collins in Asheville for treatment and C H Leach, 72, killed by a yard engine in Pulaski. Farrell of Bivefield Hardware jailed for theft. Keystone begins cleanup amid a rigid vagrancy law arresting 40 people the next day.
A summary of wartime baggage recovery totaling 100000 pieces by the Knights of Columbus aiding soldiers. Athens plebiscite called farcical with Royalist dominance. London labor press rejects Moscow gold offer amid Bolshevik claims. Cheaper building materials ease home costs by about one hundred dollars. Allied warships in Grecian harbors support small nation self determination. Princess Margaret of Denmark rumored as a candidate. Caution urged in holiday shopping and meat prices remain high.
Ett e Young Jones, once shy, is tested by mistletoe as Christmas Eve brings a string of kisses from girls he knew. He resists at first then grows bold, kissing each to prove he can, proclaiming a yearly spree when Christmas returns.
A Chicago Tribune editorial honors veterans of World War I noting the nation must do more than laws can to comfort the wounded. It recalls cantigny chateau thierry and bel leau woods and urges continued care and public gratitude for those maimed or scarred by war.
An advertisement touts Dr Blair's Dream of Cucumber to soothe winter wind burned skin. It promises reduring stinging, clearing shine, improving texture, and claims long lasting coverage without rubbing off. Priced 50c and 1.00 in white and flesh colors.
A collage of syndicated quips from major papers notes coal at 17 4 per ton and debates around a coal driven economy. Commentary touches on reform efforts to revive Sunday observances, public memory of Sabbath, and odd political jokes about Russia and money.
In London England James Gilday the music hall performer directs in his will that he be cremated and that his ashes be given to his dear and only friend Ethel Petit to whom he leaves the bulk of his estate.
A dusty battered book once given by Joe to Peg survives as a vivid memory. The shopman discarded it as trash, but a younger woman rescued the volume and kept it in her room, where its memories offer a brief memorial glow amid hardship.
A collection of short quips and jokes from various papers. The dialogue covers gift dilemmas for Christmas, a grandmother’s counsel on marriage age, a jab about a trendy Dr. Pillers, a child's view on parenting, and a first train ride anecdote.
A brief anecdote from The Overhere Digest in Minneapolis opens with a butcher boy shouting Chewing gum. Cora replies bravely Never You can take my ticket but not my chewing gum.
Newfoundland is described as the smallest self-governing dominion within the British empire, highlighting its status among colonial territories.
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