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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1917
Page
4
A local election ticket lists mayoral and council candidates across eight wards. J Weller is listed for mayor with ward candidates Ferguson Fred Wady Stahlman and others including Geo Troutman J M Sanders.
A devotional note links moral law to a single principle quoting Galatians chapter four verse fourteen. It emphasizes loving neighbors as oneself as a universal guide.
Poem by Mrs. Mary Carolyn Davies laments unperceived grief and promises gentleness and support. Reflects on silent despair and missed chances for friendship and warmth during a loved one’s hardship.
A discussion of a Democratic aimed card criticizing water rate increases after a Public Service Commission decision in the Bluefield water case. The article notes city efforts, expert involvement, and that the water company failed to secure its requested rise while pipes to the property line must be kept. Judge Sanders, a candidate, formerly represented the water company.
A wartime civic message urges unity in council elections and water issues while rallying citizens to support defense funding. The text extols Republican candidates, warns of invasion, and calls readers to action on Liberty Loans and bond subscriptions as war intensifies. It emphasizes patriotism, duty, and collective effort.
The poem extols the flag of the free as a unifying symbol calling Americans to defend liberty. It attributes the ongoing fight for freedom to past generations and notes vast numbers of trapshooters in the United States.
The piece notes West Virginia prohibition cut Bluefield city revenue. It credits the Republican council with efficient city operation despite fewer meetings. Democrats promise regular meetings if elected, recalling past cross party boards that failed to meet.
The Manufacturers Record urged wartime measures to stamp out idleness and compel work. West Virginia becomes the first state to pass such a law, set to take effect in thirty days. The Bluefield Telegraph predicts it will provoke resistance but do more good than the state’s prohibition era.
The Manufacturers' Record notes West Virginia may set a nationwide example by enforcing labor duty during wartime. It argues idleness harms the economy and that public sentiment can be shaped to ostracize loafers, turning them into "fighters" or productive workers to support farms and factories.
A compilation of serialized quotes from newspapers notes copper and gold currency bets, US bond sales versus printing money, and social shifts like women as streetcar conductors. Mentions American football in France and mechanized trench digging with minimal labor complaints, reflecting wartime attitudes and uncertainty across outlets.
A Southern Pacific Bulletin poem portrays railroad workers as the Eagle's wings. It extols speed, labor, and loyalty from shore to shore and toward war effort. It honors the railroad man as loyal to the nation and to Sam, framing workers as the nation’s trained, ready to serve in peace and war.
Federal registration began today for nearly 2,000 prisoners in New York jails workhouses and prisons who are not felons. They will receive certificates and be subject to the draft as inmates are away from home on June 5.
Secretary of Labor Wilson urged the 1500 striking miners in the district to return to work immediately. Reports said 500 miners on strike at one coal company resumed work this morning in Pittsburg Kansas.
Washington selects Linda Vista California and Columbia District of Columbia as cantonment sites for war army training. This brings total sites announced to six with four named yesterday and ten more to be chosen, shaping training network nationwide.
The article surveys the Romanoff dynasty from its rise in Muscovy to its end with Nicholas II. It contrasts historic strong rulers like Peter the Great and Catherine with a weak, cautious Nicholas II, noting his abdication stance and lack of response to major crises. An 1916 incident is cited to illustrate his absence of resolve.
King Corin won the Kentucky handicap at Douglass Park in Louisville with jockey Garner aboard. Owned by R. and trained for the fifth running, the event highlighted a strong field and the afternoon’s top performance.
L. Paker and Cuteel finished second and third, while Roamer placed third in the mile and a quarter event with a time of 2 04 1 5.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch quotes Petrograd activists reporting that Grand Duke Nicholas former commander in chief of the Russian army is involved in the royalist riots at Tiflis in the ongoing unrest.
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