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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1921
Page
6
The notice describes advertising rates and subscription terms for the Bluefield West Virginia Daily Telegraph. It outlines prices for 3, 6, and 12 month periods, zones by postage area, and payment in advance. It notes Associated Press for republication and lists mailing addresses and contact details.
Morning greeting quoting Isaiah 11 9 about the earth filled with knowledge of the Lord like waters covering the sea. Traditional phrasing evokes a hopeful, devotional tone for daily inspiration.
An analysis of global and U S economic distress argues that war costs threaten fiscal stability. It cites treasury data showing rising wartime spending, with three quarters of revenue devoted to war, and urges retrenchment and broader Christian ethics to curb conflict.
The cemetery board reports the resignation of Superintendent Fox with deep regret describing him as a steady leader. The note notes Fox was attacked and sent away amid local tensions as Paxton Beer, Chief Justice White, and executrix arrangements feature in the surrounding commentary.
The Harman Branch Lumber Company of Welch incorporated with 15000 capital stock. Hotel Fairmont in Bristol burned. Ed Payne was sentenced to be hanged for assaulting a young white girl in Dublin Virginia. Maud Coles returned from Sullins College.
A columnist mockingly discusses a London fashion trend where a dame wears a mermaid style gown covered in fish scales. The piece derides the look as audacious and inappropriate while noting the gendered implications of wearing such attire.
Citizens of Princeton push to host the fitting school of Emory and Henry College. A fifty member delegation travels to Emory to present a site and seventy five thousand dollar fund to the trustees. The move centers on building a strong industrial hub and influencing Holston conference alignments.
State press pushes the idea of appointing a West Virginia citizen to the U S Supreme Court and endorses Judge Ritz as meeting the high standards. Widely cited article in the Daily Telegraph boosts Ritz’s national profile and broad West Virginia support.
The fragments describe a side show delaying a main event, a money refund promised for Saturday night, a nominal final lap, and skepticism about predicting the game without a program. The quotes hint at confusion, timing, and dissatisfaction surrounding a local performance or sports event.
A thirteen pound son was born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Hershel Hamo. The mother is Mary B Lamb and the father a well known meat cutter. Mother and babe are doing fine. Vincennes Indiana Commercial.
The Treasury secretary notes both parties promised repealing the cess tax and revising income tax laws to curb excessive surcharges. The Republican platform favors tax laws that avoid burdening consumers and stifling enterprise, while the Democratic plan aims to keep wealth in productive activity. Both seek to curb taxes seen as driving prices up and capital into tax free bonds, urging prompt legislation.
A readable column argues streets stay dirty without citizen effort and city funds. It cites cautionary lessons on progress, notes dangers of public leadership, and questions broader affordability while urging collective care and responsibility.
The Kapeas young man who refuses to believe a body is being shipped back from France challenges the Washington rumor. He doubts the official account and shows the common impatience of those who think authorities are mistaken.
Wealth holders often create estates that cushion heirs from work, fostering idleness and non-productivity despite awareness of the pattern. The passage argues inherited wealth undermines citizen usefulness and societal contribution.
A compilation of humorous and observational quotes from various papers. Topics range from naval budget debates to divorce, war debt language, education, labor friction, taxes, rent, gender in governance, and rent politics, reflecting differing regional perspectives.
Poem exhorts athletes to accept umpire calls with calmness and grit. It contrasts onfield appeals with higher faith, suggesting ultimate judgment rests with a higher power and urging perseverance despite unfair or tough verdicts. A brief line notes Telegraph Want Ads as a result source.
The piece cites University of Kansas chemist Hamil ton P. Cady claiming women are regressing in civilization while men advance. It critiques the view, noting equal political rights granted and proposing comparison with Mme Curie, amid quotes from New York Herald and New York Sun about cinema era perceptions.
The movie industry is said to be 4000 years old per J. Stuart Blackton. Rameses, an Egyptian pharaoh, allegedly showed the first movie on Thebes temple wall. A line of 128 figures of Rameses, starting with a rigid pose, is still visible at one end.
A Southern talk of a farmer unable to gain credit due to cotton losses abroad. A minister greets worshippers at the church door and meets a Swedish maid who politely declines his call, saying she already has one steady false.
A Scootchman inventor unveils a machine that rapidly prepares Sox within a few hours after it begins operation, promising swift features and potential efficiency gains. The device aims to streamline production and reduce manual labor in the Sox-making process.
An account of Capt. H. B. Osann’s covert leaflet drop into German lines near Metz during World War I. Operating at night with a 12 man patrol, Osann called out names of Alsace Lorraine soldiers to provoke contact. Soldiers reported hearing a ghost calling them by name, leading to prisoners possessing leaflets and officers noting the eerie event.
The old Coblenz victory hut once housed a 7000 daily meals operation for arriving American troops. After serving as cafeteria and later light lunch canteen, heavy snow in November forced its closure, and it was repurposed as a skating rink before demolition.
The sweet potato may become common in markets as new curing methods improve storage. Unlike the white potato it deteriorates after harvest, but recent plant innovations and storage facilities aim to extend shelf life. In the South better varieties and a national marketing push are under way. The sweet potato is a yam type, not a true potato.
A Kansas divorce case cites incompatibility in religious temperament as a key reason. The wife testified she objected not to her husband being a Mormon roller but to his returning at three in the morning after studying the Book of Revelation with two friends.
A fragment quote appears to show garbled text about a person admitting to drinking too much. The legible bits mention a self confession and a statement about drinking several beers, though the surrounding context is unclear.
Rufus the desert rescue dog, famed for guiding and aiding prospectors with Beck, is dying in a Pasadena dog sanatorium. Beck died in 1917. government aid later funded the project, and Rufus will be cared for by a longtime friend of Beck’s.
A naturalist notes birds are effective insect eaters that curb pests harming fruit, grain, and trees. He cites La Nature findings and Hungary’s forests saved by artificial nests to attract birds destroying crop-damaging grubs and beetles.
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