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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1925
Page
3
Rates listed for one year and six months in various mail zones across West Virginia. Zones defined from 160 to 600 miles, with additional rates for third and fourth zones. City carrier options available, payable in advance, with postale charges payable on carrier routes. Date noted as January 26, 1925.
Fragmentary excerpt blends biblical phrasing with Shakespearean language. References to fear, strength, righteousness, and divine support appear alongside cryptic initials and numbers, indicating an editorial or typographical artifact from an old page.
The piece argues that reducing the number of enacted laws would improve public services. It cites North Dakota's new legislative spirit as a model and notes West Virginia may resist drastic reform. The column warns against a factory mentality of lawmaking and praises selective repeal over broad expansion. It also touches on perilous mountain climbing stories as a metaphor for risky pursuits.
Selected editorial opinions note that since 1870 West Virginia property tax growth outpaced population, with per capita cost rising significantly by 1923. The National Industrial Conference Board and the West Virginia Manufacturers Association detail state costs, road spending, debt, and education aid. They compare tax burdens across states, criticize the gross sales tax, and propose reforms such as true value equalization for education funding and statewide tax reform. The report cites inheritance tax levels, property assessment variances, and calls for an expert property tax system aligned to true value for fair funding.
AVHAS We Were Doing Twenty Years Ago Today lists fires deaths and incidents from Welch Ashland Marytown and Tennessee glossing over details. It notes the Day home destroyed by fire a young man Frank Bohanan dying in Ashland a stray bullet killing John Litcher and John Stuart, colored, being held. It also mentions a revival opened by Rev. T P Dimison and liquor shipments from Virginia into West Virginia being discontinued. The piece ends with musings on mountain climbing danger and a call to seek thrills.
A rambled note praises advertising's power to boost sales and lower per capita costs. It cites a doctor who built a soup business through advertising and claims advertising raises output while cutting costs. The text also briefly mentions Germany's chancellor candidate Franz Lather and notes expectations of vigor and ability for office.
Wilbur Ise Tillett contemplates turning seventy while embracing work, learning, and love as sources of enduring vitality. The poem imagines a future where effort and affection keep one alive, and concludes with the hopeful vision of a peaceful afterlife where the diligent reunite beyond the river. Written from Vanderbilt University and published in the Nashville Christian Advocate.
The article notes Welch and nearby towns pushing for lower freight rates inspired by Willainson, with optimism that building will begin early and many homes and businesses will be constructed. It mentions a Dawes plan reference and calls for tax reform, plus a tangent on governor-like devices and quotes from Burke Lincoln and Ruskin about restraint and criticism.
Washington columns preview a sweeping congressional clash over prohibition sparked by the Frank D. Scott divorce case. Analysts forecast impeachment or expulsion attempts against members who consume alcohol while in office, pitting dry leaders against wets and creating a high stakes political showdown. The outcome could signal whether enforcement of the prohibition law will vanish or if the country moves toward stricter renewal of temperance in government.
Mrs Mann of Anytown reads remedies for nosebleeds from a pamphlet. Instructions include tilting the head back, applying a cold cloth, pressing nasal veins, and using salt or powdery substances in the nostrils. The dialogue humorously critiques the high tone of medical advice and bounces between folk remedies and doctor arrival.
Washington dispatches report President Coohnge and nearly all the cabinet favor a bill giving cabinet officers the right to speak on the floor of Congress. The piece argues this change is essential to a workable budget and curbing legislative log-rolling, while noting Mussolini’s regime highlights dangers of concentrated power. It urges tax courage and constitutional safeguards as critical for reform and references debates on child labor, radio, and home entertainment.
A garbled paste of jokes and odd notes from a New York air shows stray lines about burglars, autos, Swiss cheese imports, weather, missing money, basketball, a Chicago wife, wild men studies, and a Denver minister. Readable fragments include stray claims and quips with no clear single event.
Incoherent remarks mix roast beef cake and odd requests with half formed phrases. Names like Norah Hendy O'Brien appear amid garbled dialogue about self control Christmas cards and insulin, suggesting a clipped overheard exchange with no clear story.
A man seeks a positive identification from another as the man who struck him. The text shifts to a dream of meeting the most beautiful woman, then to an attempted acquaintance with Mr. Meyer who sits with two coffees. A woman at a table warns that her husband will arrive soon, in a mild-mannered exchange.
A clipped item cites The State Journal and Columbia Record noting a playful exchange about Liberty Bell symbolism and the rise of a fast car culture, using quirky phrasing and scattered references to the automative world.
A humorous old ad copy touts Dr King’s New Discovery for Cough as a night cough remedy. It claims a teaspoonful before bed soothes irritation, loosens phlegm, and aids sleep without narcotics, suitable for children and various throat ailments.
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