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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1911
Page
4
Second class matter at the post office in Bluefield West Virginia notices the Tuesday morning issue date of June 6 1911.
A column touts a nationwide daily expenditure of 1 000 600 for summer road work and argues bonds pay off. It cites Mercer County progress and a new local paper the Princeton Progress edited by W. O. Frith. It also notes local quips about politics and everyday life in a satirical wrap.
The article lauds Postmaster General Hitchcock for turning the U.S. Post Office into a self supporting system after thirty years. It notes a $17 million deficit wiped out, a $38 million treasury appropriation restored, more than 3,000 new post offices, 142 carrier delivery expansions, 51,280 miles of rural routes, 8,374 new staff, and $11 million higher employer pay, with a net excess of $60,000,090 in first class mail handling. It credits efficiency and civil service standards over politics. It criticizes tariff policy as harming workers while preferring cheaper goods.
A public schools message urges boys to finish schooling rather than leaving for work. It warns that early wages tempt youths to waste future earnings for present pennies and stresses the value of continuing education, whether literary or technical, for every American boy.
A columnist cautions that lacking a school equivalent fails to guard against crude effort and slow progress. He argues gifted individuals may still remain perpetual workers in dull trades, urging students not to neglect essential study.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad outlines West Virginia’s coal oil gas timber limestone and other resources as a basis for industrial growth. It notes recent investments in tunnels double-tracking rolling stock and line improvements to handle higher freight volumes and promotes the state as a premier freight center through broad advertising.
A Chicago News essay paints Indian women as overburdened across life and age. It describes rural reaping, roadwork, coal loading, and enduring misery in old age. It contrasts rural workers with upper class confinement, likening women to caged animals deprived of liberty.
A New York Herald item describes a Maine Indian preference for hedgehog meat over skunk woodchuck and muskrat. It details selecting small males, stuffing with pork potatoes mint and celery, clay wrapping, coal roasting for two hours, then cracking baked clay to reveal clean white meat ready to eat.
A note describes a species of ants common in hot regions that spin silk from a substance called sil and use tree leaves bound together to form their nests. The ants produce silky threads to bind leaves, creating elevated homes.
The passage describes how adult ants move larvae to attach silken threads and join leaves. When distant leaves need to be connected, five or six ants form a chain by gripping each other’s waists with mandibles. Several chains then cooperate to draw the leaves together.
Melchior de Vogue recounts a tale where a Venetian sailor sends his beloved a seaweed trond to keep him near. The seaweed dries, but she sews its delicate branches and leaves onto linen, weaving lace through memory and longing.
An old merchant who prospered through advertising jokes with his wife about tombstone text. He says the length matters less than having good space and display, a quip attributed to the London Telegraph.
Nell and Belle banter about Miss Antique's age as a playful exchange in the Philadelphia Record, noting she never reveals her true years. The squib captures social wit and local newspaper humor without additional context or events.
A reflective meditation on self worth and guilt quotes from Lippincott's and Rabetais. The brief contrasts lingering regret with the perception of personal value as morning light shifts the tone.
An Indiana justice of the peace after two days of evidence doubts guilt but cites Blackstone to justify a guilty finding. Also notes sea horses with prehensile tails anchoring to seaweed and clasping tails briefly when meeting others in currents. London Spectator excerpt.
A joke where a teacher asks how two and three make and a boy answers about forty. The child explains his father caught two big fish and three little ones while fishing, and when asked how many he had, he says about forty. The line plays on arithmetic misdirection.
A studious woman calls conversation a gift and Miss Cayenne agrees. The Washington Star notes a playful exchange about paying for dialogue reducing its frequency.
An old advertisement touts MIDNA stomach tablets as a five minute relief for distress in the stomach. It claims regular use strengthens digestion and cures indigestion belching sour stomach and headaches with a money back guarantee. Sold by The White Pharmacy and Graham Pharmacy at 50 cents a box.
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