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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
4
A compact reflection on willingness to surrender privilege and influence, with lines invoking The Rose and Khayyam. The passage ends noting that changing opinions alters personal associations, attributed to Anne Simon.
The president’s first post election speech to the National Grange in Washington attacked middlemen for rising prices. He suggests the federal trade commission should study the issue, and notes the administration’s drive to address the cost of living with new laws and expedients. He mentions Japanese candidness about Manchurian war outcomes and Russia’s gains, reflecting on war effects and influence.
The editorial notes Vance McCormick earns attention for his campaign work as Democratic senatorial committee chair and contrasts it with Ike’s four vote loss of the Senate majority. It also mocks Mr. Bryan for a constitutional referendum idea on war declaring. The piece questions gratitude toward McCormick and lampoons Bryan’s “peace at any price” stance.
A Providence Journal writer links the Adamson law to averting last September’s railroad strike and protecting Southern California citrus. The piece notes implied BP Hughes slip, but reports a peaceful adjustment between railroad heads and trainmen and urges forward, constructive moves with more equipment to ease winter shipping bottlenecks.
A fragmented report notes advocates led by individuals unnamed urged an embargo on foodstuffs to influence prices and market effects. The text shows unclear names and seeks analysis of embargo impact.
The text argues that the matter is too intricate to rush and that hurried action would provoke strong resistance from agricultural interests. It warns that haphazard handling slows progress and that an emergency food program could trigger widespread resentment among farmers under current conditions.
The Daily Telegraph reports the second annual audit of state Avances under Governor Hatfield shows a surplus of about 560 in the state treasury after eliminating a prior deficit. Permanent improvements spending rose over the past two years, yet the treasury remains in the black and the governor is praised.
Lt Kjil Nygencord, the Norwegian aviator aiming to cross the Atlantic, may complete the flight if he protects his identity. The Russian vodka ban boosted monthly savings by about 2.5 million dollars, reflecting the strong internal loan program. Hawaiian musicians in Hawaii would misrecognize much of what Americans call Hawaiian music.
The Pittsburgh Times quips about pricing and value in a playful line calling the egg king a knave and wondering if the price itself makes the egg seem like a knaviator.
The warden listened as two young murderers asked to fix their execution dates three days before Christmas to spare relatives extra sorrow. The piece argues death penalty remains a social issue, urging reform toward humane substitutes and focusing on innocent relatives as the primary sufferers.
A Washington Post passage argues life imprisonment could meet society’s demands, reducing the dread of punishment. It notes that such reform would spare innocent relatives of offenders much agony and suggests the fear of death would diminish under life confinement.
Collects remarks from multiple papers on wartime policy and morale. Mentions Henry Ford Kaiser parallel, peace parley hope, Christmas gifts for fathers, love as illusion, and Belgium’s future prospects with a cautious tone across city papers.
New York December 21 George W Anderson federal district attorney at Boston says there are grounds for suspecting the recent coal price surge results from an artificial and illegal combination. He cites delays in delivery and reconsigning coal cars to provoke a panic and reap extortionate profits.
Reports from the battleships Florida and Utah say eight ships of the Atlantic fleet were swept off course by a Norfolk area storm. Ranging hundreds of miles from their destination to the Nova Scotia coast, the vessels faced ninety mile an hour winds, frigid temperatures and snow with bearings lost for four days. The fleet included Utah Texas Florida Connecticut Oklahoma and three others.
A poem by Thomas Lovell Beddoes appears in the Kansas City Star noting lines about dreams and a passing bell. The piece shifts to a report on Dickens and the origin of the United States women’s club movement, highlighting the New York Press Club’s 1868 dinner excluding women and sparking Sorosis with members Jenny Jane Croly, Kate Field, and the Cary sisters.
An old mathematician quips that marriage is action and children multiply, disputes create division, partings subtract happiness, and divorce would be the nomination of fractions. The exchange turns on playful math metaphors for family life.
The report notes two unrelated events involving auxiliary fleet craft. One Utah motor boat was crushed while a Florida small boat sustained damage. No further details on causes or casualties are provided.
A historical note contrasts bear baiting with plays in Elizabethan theaters noting bears staged with removable arenas. It cites a quote about the sport as a vivid, not entirely commendable pastime and laments its decline across nations.
A soldier’s letter home is cited for ending a missive with a single run on sentence. The quoted line reads May heaven cherish and keep you from yours affectionately John Don. The note uses no punctuation to mark pauses or endings.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Ledger shows a confrontation at a table where Slowpay laments having nothing to live for and his landlady snaps that he cannot stay for nothing, illustrating a tense moment over living arrangements.
A miscellany notes a prisoner’s quick wits about safe cracking, recalls that loving kindness outranks laws, and lists Cornish dishes such as pasty, squab pie, and herby pie with pork, herbs, and other ingredients. It also reports on cotton growing experiments in the canal zone by a North Carolina man.
A fragment recalls a hospital doubt about danger after a rest visit. A caller asks if staff will harm them, and a voice answers reassuringly about safety during a routine rest. The exchange hints at patient anxiety surrounding hospital care.
A wife confronts her husband demanding why he is late, insisting she will not enjoy her evening if he does not explain. The dialogue reveals strain in the couple's routine and the expectation of accountability within domestic life.
A guaranteed remedy promises to cure common female ailments linked to digestion and bile and offers a refund of 40 cents if it fails. The copy claims broad relief for headaches constipation and complexion issues and urges customers to ask their druggist for the product.
The 100 largest banks, once concentrated in a few centers, now span about thirty-three cities in twenty-two states. Resources increased by $550,000,900, about nine percent, between September 12 and November 17. Comptroller Williams notes the trend with one exception among the largest institutions.
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