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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
5
A graphic description from Scribner’s outlines a contractor’s alleged plan to dismantle a brick chimney by removing base bricks, inserting timber supports, igniting the timber, and photographing the collapse from a distance.
A tongue in cheek exchange between Mr. Snoope and Mr. Grouch from the Cleveland Leader cites a movement to prevent marriages of weakminded persons. The pair quips on who would want to marry at all.
A Philadelphia Ledger humorous note recalls an advertised premiere danseuse set to dance with five snakes entwined about her. The quip suggests surprise at the stunt and a playful reaction to the act.
An exchange contrasts a moralist and demoralizer on money with quips about secrecy. A second quip recalls a wife’s awareness of a private deal. A third line jokes about a man’s opinion on wash day dinner.
The Chicago News cites a dialogue where the moralizer claims action teaches virtue and the demoralizer adds that virtue can be learned by being done, reflecting a debate on conduct and learning.
The bulletin notes a planned Olive Rebekah Lodge meeting Friday at 7 p.m. and a Bluefield Commandery Knights Templar session tonight at 7 o'clock. It also reports W G Ferrell ill at Bluefield Sanatorium, a Christmas window display at Eureka Hardware, and a serious family illness in Wytheville with Mr J B Smith dying soon.
W N Doak of Roanoke is in the city on railroad business. Rev and Mrs J B Wolfe of Gary visited yesterday. Mrs J R Newkirk is seriously ill at her Bluefield avenue home. Mrs J T James will move to Wytheville. Miss Goodwin leaves for Northfork to nurse a patient. Mrs Sherman Dix of Chattaroy visits sister Mrs W G Ferrell. Miss Ethel Davis departs for Glen Lyn after visiting Mr and Mrs W F Steele. Mrs J R Laird and children of Tazewell are guests of Mr and Mrs C F Tines. Mrs J A Thaxton of Bedford City visits Princeton avenue. Miss Mamie Kingsbury heads to Eggleston for a few days with Mrs W M Branscombe. W M Rush and wife and children depart for California for Mrs Rush’s health. Miss Annie Webb returns to Boone's Mill after visiting Mrs BE Thompson and Miss Etta Webb. Mr J FP James, Mrs James and Miss Maud James left yesterday.
A Clarion critique argues that civilized poverty inferiorly brutalizes with squalor and misery found in city slums and gin palaces, condemning urban poverty as a great evil across states.
A short nostalgia note recalls Tommy leaving his first school after fond recess memories and a goodbye to his teacher. The fragment reflects warm sentiment from Lippincott's.
The Cleveland Leader quote notes a parlor clock being an hour fast as a playful exchange between The Suitor and The Kid Brother about hiding the mistake from sister. The Pathfinder adds a proverb about a single swallow not proving a summer but warns that a banana skin can cause a fall.
A line from Chicago News imagines a heroine as a woman who could speak out yet chooses restraint. The dialogue pairs with a wife reading a novel, raising questions about courage and propriety in lips versus actions.
Yonkers Statesman notes the church figure has caused relief by sending his daughter overseas for singing lessons, highlighting a philanthropic effort amid broader concerns for improving the community.
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