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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
4
Geneva reports M Wader of Bienne Switzerland won 140 with costs against a detective agency for recommending his future son-in-law as an upright man. The agency had been paid 600 pounds to assess the young man who later spent the bride’s dowry in riotous living and gambling after six months of marriage.
Frank announced a new discovery at a meeting in Sheffield that should increase production by at least 100 percent in a year. The breakthrough is described as vital for the silver and electro plating industries in Birmingham Sheffield and London.
A local note describes an unusually heavy holly bearing after a long severe winter. The report highlights the unusually abundant berries and the resilience seen in the evergreen shrub.
Morgantown delegates from West Virginia University head to Chicago Cleveland Washington and Poughkeepsie for meetings of the American Society for the Advancement of Science geologists and other learned societies. Faculty members including Dr I C White state geologist Dr C H Waggoner Prof Molby N J Giddings and James W Simonton join specialists from law medicine agriculture and languages at national and regional gatherings.
Advertisement asserts Peterson's Ointment cures chronic leg ulcers and eczema, claiming a Rochester man was saved from leg amputation. It promotes a 60 cent box from druggists with a money back guarantee and lists burns and itching relief as benefits.
New York December 22 Immigrants arrive at Ellis Island at a rate over 2000 daily as officials prep for a Christmas rush. Plans speed inspection to move 20000 to 30000 newcomers before the holiday with welfare groups offering support. Many aim to spend Christmas with relatives. ships await unloading and 2000 daily arrivals continue.
Health Commissioner Copeland warns that disease-ridden European immigration has brought back old slums to New York for the first time since Roosevelt’s era. He cites the housing crisis as a major contributing factor to the revival of slum conditions.
In Edinburgh Scotland a tramway workers threat to strike if the embargo on cars is not lifted. The dispute centers on transportation policy with potential citywide disruption if demands are not met.
The article notes misletoe as a newer Christmas decoration while recounting older practice from the eighteenth century that used rosemary bay and holly for seasonal adornment.
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