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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1925
Page
12
The notice states that The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to AP dispatches and to local news published in the paper, authorizing republication by the paper and crediting AP as the source.
A devotional line from 2 Timoty raises the idea of reward for believers and love for the appearing of the Lord. It contrasts with a Shakespearean image of a hollow crown, suggesting vanity and mortality versus divine judgment and eternal reward.
Reflection on character asserts true greatness lies in small daily acts. It contrasts big achievements with minor duties, urging humility, service, and consistency in everyday tasks as the true measure of strength and virtue.
An eminent British surgeon warns that modern woman is shrinking and undernourished with overstimulated brains while Elizabeth Sloan Chesser, M D, counters. Separately, Prof E E Raymond predicts male degeneration including tooth loss and baldness, implying both sexes decline together in civilization as public debate follows from editorials in Huntington Herald and Nashville Banner.
From the treasury viewpoint it is a very praiseworthy effort which Secretary Mellon has put forth to popularize silver dollars. He would put into circulation 40,000,000 silver dollars to save the government an annually $528,000 in paper, printing and other charges entailed by the costs of replacing worn out silver certificates. Renewal of bills from year to year costs a tidy sum, which might be saved by substituting for them an army of cart wheels. Someone has estimated that the actual expense which can be avoided by a liberal minting of silver "simeleons" amounts to almost a cent annually for every one in the country. On the other hand, however, the wearing out of purses and pockets and the
A Virginian leader Captain Hugh C. Preston died at East Radford and Miss Susie Patterson wed J A. Booker at her brother W. Patterson’s home. Dr Wm P. Rucker, a Lewisburg physician, died at his residence. Ten years prior A B Caffee of Matoaka died, Sam Tabor was arrested for H E Tabor’s murder, and Federal agents aided the mystery of Steve Romeo’s Peck street dynamiting.
A ponderable offset to saving is that most people will prefer paper bills and accept an annual one cent charge rather than carting unwieldy iron men. Capital punishment is bad yet distinguished from premeditated murder, the state death penalty has a cause, while wanton murder has none and is avoidable.
Nine California contestants sue to recover 2700 dollars claimed as due prize money. The lawsuit argues the entries were entitled to winnings and seeks legal redress for the disputed payout.
A quirky hillside snowman with a white body and button eyes wears a father's plug hat. Children shape snowballs around him, giving rise to cheer as onlookers marvel at the growing figure. By noon the figure melts into a slushy heap, leaving only a ruined pile of snow.
A disjointed passage references a $300 figure per item and remarks on appearances of California women. It discusses New Year resolutions, suggests keeping them matters more than making them, and notes supposedly sensational New York divorce reports. It also mentions a French debt problem and a vague call for equitable steps.
Clarksburg Exponent lauds West Virginia University dramatic and public speaking team for taking first prize in Chicago against schools from several states. The paper urges state support and publicity to boost the team and showcase West Virginia on a continental forensics tour led by Professor Kay.
A 19 year old in Chicago’s jail awaits execution as the Loeb Leopold case shadows his fate. The piece argues reprieve or commutation risks stir nationwide sympathy and critique societal justice and punishment.
A 28 year old man in Paria faces charges for robbing 100 homes. The item notes a rash of break-ins amid colorful, era style phrases about luck and travel. References to a dog race in Canada and other quips accompany the short report.
The piece notes a European fowl plague dubbed chicken flu has spread to many states with New York cities blacklisting chickens and Congress funding 100000 to fight it. It cites infectious bronchitis in Chicago fowl, claims birds may be immune for turkeys and ducks, and urges well done cooking. It also warns of typhoid linked to oysters, New York’s ban on oysters from potentially infected waters, and ongoing pest threats from the European corn borer boll weevil and chestnut tree loss, concluding with a reflection on nature’s constant challenges.
Last Night's Mail notes fierce battles ahead in 38 state legislatures to decide ratification of a federal child labor constitutional amendment. Proponents concede slim chances this year but stay undaunted as the fight shifts from Congress to state houses after passage in 194? Congress.
The article outlines a nationwide battle over a proposed constitutional amendment. It notes many legislatures oppose ratification while Massachusetts shows a narrow popular vote for it. Plans focus on persuading remaining states as industrial forces and organized groups wage expansive campaigns.
A round of brief quips from various papers. Jokes touch divorce alimony, fashion, taxes, Christmas bills, conservation humor, barbers and tin shortages. The snippets reflect light, timely humor and social observations from multiple newspapers.
Mrs Mann of Anytown treats a youngster with wind-chapped hands using a self made lotion containing salicylate of soda balsam of Peru glycerin rose water and camphor ice Night and morning applications are advised along with other remedies including wax glycerin and rose oil perfumed blends Also a glycerin and water mix with orax offers another option for lips and hands
A Denver man towering in business builds a vast empire from a tiny NYC office, and a $2.6 million purchase. faith, economics, and heredity shape people, while prohibition shifts liquor flows and brain exercise contagions cross oceans.
A compact comparison echoes from the Waterloo Tribune and Wisconsin State Journal noting that behavior labeled as dignity in an adult becomes pouting in a boy. The quip contrasts three generations and a Nordic man, reflecting editorial tone of mid century newspapers.
A collage of jokes and humorous exchanges about fashion, etiquette, and daily life. Scenes include clever remarks on engraved fashion plates, a rain umbrella quip, a driver who accidentally kills a poodle, a Sunday school class joke about novelette meaning, and punchlines about lovers, doctors, and a light court sentence.
In Yarmouth Miss Ethel Leach is elected mayor, formerly a domestic servant. The surprise victory highlights social mobility and local politics in the town.
Mrs Inez Barker of Hotchkiss West Virginia praises Dr Pierce s Anuric Tablets for kidney trouble and backache. After trying other remedies she found relief from one bottle and says she sleeps better and feels better daily, inviting others to write for advice or 10 cents for a trial package Anuric.
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