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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1925
Page
6
The author argues voters in Bluefield West Virginia should study candidates before next Tuesday’s municipal primary. They warn against uninformed ballots and urge informed choice among ten local contenders for five city offices.
The column presents the city's financial statement detailing municipal receipts and expenditures up to July 1, outlining all transactions for clear public understanding. It praises wise management and efficient administration amid Bluefield's prosperous business climate.
Twenty thousand Jews fled Lodz fearing massacre. James Estes of Martinsville Virginia killed by a posse at Kefstone Coop. F Stowers and Emma Green wed at Bland Court House. Ten years ago a Graham farmer with 90 acres replants corn after worm damage. Alabama becomes a dry state. 8 C Sneed race secretary arrives from Shawenville to officiate at the Bluefield Fair Grounds opening event.
In Bluefield ten candidates vie for city directors with campaigns debated on street corners. Readers are urged to commend a pro government course and public statements are demanded from all contenders as they challenge opponents to disclose positions.
The article contrasts anti gun views in frontier Canada with European diplomacy. It highlights mistranslations in treaty texts influencing security pact talks and notes Supreme Court upholding the New York syndicalist act. It argues legal limits on incitement and defends free speech principles amid global tensions.
Editorials discuss Henry Ford paying high wages in shipping and factories as a continuation of his business practices, predicting effects on seamen and overseas transport margins. The piece cites Wall Street analysis and notes Judge Ben Lindsey’s Denver reform method, praising honor systems and critiquing excessive surveillance.
Mayor W. E. Neal proposes motorists be placed on their honor instead of staffing every automatic signal. He argues this will improve traffic regulation, foster public responsibility, and strengthen respect for all laws among motorists considered as citizens of high honor.
A grocer named March survives April price shocks and warns the town with a wry sign. A drunk is rushed to hospital during a wood alcohol scare as a nurse spots danger. A French diplomat misreads a silver wedding joke. A diamond pin tale reveals a brother’s inheritance. A note arrives demanding the return of a lantern and parrot.
Last Night's Mail analyzes the shift in Progressive strength in the Senate after the deaths of Robert La Follette and Edwin Ladd. It notes core members like Frazier Brookhart Norris Shipstead and Magnus Johnson, plus the upcoming contests and potential successors. The piece speculates on races in several states and the risk of increased insurgent power versus administration support.
The piece argues humans erred in seeking abundance when sick. It contrasts animal behavior with human beliefs, claiming fasting fights sickness and that most illnesses, especially the common cold, improve with three days of fasting. It warns against milk, advocates water and fresh air as nature’s remedy.
A collage of wry ditties and quips about modern life from Dallas and Chicago. The snippets joke about swimming stitches, farm jazz, dynamiting hotels, love as a chaperone, jailed bootleggers, and everyday ironies from stalled cars to long days and parenthood.
Physicians tout purification as Nature’s foundation of health. Ridding chronic ailments, Calotabs purify the system with a course twice weekly for weeks. Family package 85 cents, trial 10 cents, available at any drug store. (Adv.)
City Clerk H L Henderson certifies the Bluefield financial statement shows General Fund and Bond Fund receipts and disbursements through June 30 1925. Totals include balance on hand July 1 1924 and July 1 1925 with transfers to the State Sinking Fund and deposited sums.
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