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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1925
Page
6
A reflective passage compares spiritual refinement to an artist’s patient craft. It cites Isaiah and J Tauler, noting intense affliction shapes the human form in the eyes of God and art.
Citywide warnings detail tax losses on automobiles and higher water rates, totaling substantial sums. Authors urge residents to accept higher levies to cover deficits, noting legal avenues and the need for a city attorney and expert engineer for the water case.
City clerk issued permits totaling well over a half million dollars as Beaver Pond district school construction dominates the June output. Officials say the June figures reflect only part of an ambitious building program and do not yet show the full civil and educational projects planned for the coming year.
Mrs. Poston of Roanoke died at the home of J. W. Cline. Jacob Amiss, a blacksmith, collapsed and died in his Bland Street shop. Ten years ago today G B Fleenor married Miss Moon in Tazewell. The old Dicefield Brewery began ice cream production. W H Collins, an engineer, crushed his foot at Blake while oiling his engine. Builders are distributing large payrolls in the city. money seems plentiful for months ahead.
The son of the president, John Coolidge, arrives at the summer White House for a brief visit. After Amherst, he worked on his grandfather’s Vermont farm and will enter a citizen’s military training camp for intensive training, embodying American citizenship.
The Dayton defendant Scopes was convicted as expected and plans to appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court. The trial featured excluded scientific evidence and a juror-free appellate record, with how the constitutional questions on evolution versus biblical creation will be ruled by the higher court.
A harbor desk scene contrasts a deckhand’s sailor dreams with grim daily toil. Harold Willard Gleason is cited amid commentary on coal miners wage disputes, the Kanawha field, and potential impacts on fuel supply. The Hampshire Review notes unlikely broad strikes though tensions persist.
The piece argues Soviet leadership in Washington seeks to sow discord through a well funded HQ on Connecticut Avenue. It cites U S Supreme Court rulings, Bolshevik doctrine, Agitation Department, and comments by Robert Underwood Johnson and Charles Evans Hughes as evidence of looming upheavals and growing anti communistic laws.
Reports indicate a big miners strike will start August 1 in northern West Virginia. Newspapers note brewing labor action and potential disruptions in coal production across the region.
A quirky pastiche notes how ancestral traits might influence dress choices. The piece wryly imagines descendants bearing tails and compares period garments with modern minimal wear, closing with a nod to Ohio State and a casual refrain about watching the team.
A Morgantown physician argues to keep Wall Street open despite a firing ban, noting population growth and more cars since 1902. The exchange contrasts old habit with new realities as he parks daily on Wall Street, while a prospective tenant and agent discuss rent and no animals policy in a building.
The article argues singing improves health by proper posture and breathing, with chest development and general vitality. Hospitals and sanatoriums use singing with musical accompaniment to aid digestion, reduce fatigue, calm nerves, and improve speech.
Last Night's Mail notes heated debate at National Geographic about whether Daniel Defoe's island was Juan Fernandez. Experts argue the fictional Crusoe island differs from Selkirk’s real site off Chile near Panama and Orinoco mouths.
A veteran executive, Mr. J H Barringer of National Cash Register tours the eastern states, noting rapid rural to urban growth and a shift that may ease farm hardships. In Dayton, Rev Howard G Byrd resigns over a modernist guest in his pulpit, choosing principle over job security.
Dialogue snippets reveal a bustling diner scene with patrons and staff trading quips. The cashier and waitress exchange light jabs about engagement and attire while a polite boy seeks extra cake. A waiter discusses meal orders and substitutes as a father and son exchange a wry joke about aging and money.
A collection of witty maxims and humorous quips on parenting nerves beachside divers drivers philosophy and social manners. Each line plays on everyday absurdities from hair tonic noses to polite behavior and doorless cars.
Tokyo population reached 1,917,000, about 120,000 below prequake figures. Yokohama shows 390,000 residents, down from 422,000 before the earthquake, signaling slow postdisaster recovery.
Berlin reports a prolific season for Max Reinhardt theatres with 25 premieres and Shaw's Balint Joan achieving 147 performances. Pirandello's Six Persons in Search of an Author staged 79 times and The Dead Aunt of Curt Goetz reached 100 nights. new stagings include Othello Corolan The Imaginary Patient.
Chester H. Rowell surveys moral leadership in a postwar Pacific gathering aboard the Maui, noting diversity from China Australia Japan and the West, and asking if Christian nations can justify their claims to moral authority amid new global equality. The piece argues the era requires earned authority rather than inherited superiority.
The article lists plays in the repertory including Cabal and Love and Caesar and Cleopatra, with older works such as Wedekind Spring’s Awakening and Strindberg Miss Julie revived. It notes a notable Bentham legacy granting his skeleton a wax head and clothing, linking to an ex-University College London context.
A Warwickshire lawyer wills his remains to the General Hospital to aid research into the origin of headaches. He hopes the study will shed light on the causes of the unmerciful head pain.
Cheyenne Wyoming authorities report a survey by Prof June Downey of the University of Wyoming finding more left handed men than women among 400 people examined. She notes ambidexterous individuals generally show higher intelligence.
Milton Bronner discusses Germany’s grinding postwar conditions and its workers driven to restore Germany’s credit and prestige. The piece argues German labor will push for market access, undermining tariff walls with hard work and sought after cheap goods as they seek economic recovery.
Colonial Today and Tomorrow presents Norma Shearer in a twofold lead as society debutante and dance hall queen in a stylish New York upper world drama.
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