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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1911
Page
6
The issue is dated Tuesday morning June 6 1911 and published by the Daily Telegraph Printing Co at 88 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia. It announces advertising rates and remittance address BOX 328 Bluefield and notes second class mailing.
The column extols a national surge for road improvements with projected spending of one million dollars daily in summer. It argues bonds are a prudent tool, cites Mercer county and nearby states, and endorses road-led prosperity over resource depletion. The piece notes Mercer’s new Princeton Progress, edited by W. C. Frith, and humorously mentions J. J. Hill and Cip Castro in satirical asides.
The article lauds Postmaster General Hitchcock for turning the U S Post Office profitable after thirty years, eliminating a 17 million dollar deficit and returning 3 million to the treasury. It notes 3,000 new offices, 142 added carrier routes, 51 280 miles of rural routes, 8374 new staff, and over 11 million in employer pay increases, with first class mail profitable by 60 million. It credits efficiency, Civil Service merit, and political neutrality in his rise, contrasting with tariff policy battles.
The piece argues that many youths, restless due to public schooling, seek quick wages from shops or stores before finishing high school. It warns that spending today on junkets and spending money can spoil the future, urging some form of work, literary or technical, as a prudent path.
A critic argues against relying on rare gifts for success and warns that without broad schooling a person becomes a plodder. The piece emphasizes that high school preparation helps avoid crude, limited trajectories and urges youths to pursue balanced education.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad promotes West Virginia as a land rich in coal oil gas timber limestone and other resources. It describes recent investments in tunnels doubling tracks and rolling stock to handle more freight and urges railroads nationwide to expand advertising to attract industrial development.
A Chicago News writer laments Indian women’s misery under scorching fields and harsh roadwork.He describes old women in grief and all women as servants without wages or liberty, bound by perpetual servitude. upper class women are confined and ignorant of their husbands’ relations, likened to caged animals.
The passage describes how adult ants carry larvae to attach silken threads and pull leaves together. When leaves are far apart, five or six ants form a linked chain by gripping each other's waists in their mandibles. Several such chains cooperate to close the gap between leaves.
Melchior de Vogue recounts a Venetian sailor gifting seaweed to his beloved to keep him in memory. The seaweed dries, the girl gathers its branches and weaves thread into linen, creating lace through patience and longing.
An old merchant famed for heavy advertising jokes about tombstone text. He quips that the message matters less than its space and display, suggesting humor over memorial solemnity. His wife asks about the inscription, prompting the punch line.
A light dialogue in the Philadelphia Record notes Miss Antique maintains a youthful appearance as Nell and Belle chatter about aging without revealing it. The snappy exchange underscores social humor about age.
Quotation from Rabelais reflects on memory and self value. The fragment prompts meditation on honesty and consequence in social behavior.
An Indiana justice of the peace recalls Blackstone to justify a guilty verdict while doubting the prisoner’s guilt after two days of testimony. In a separate note, the London Spectator observes sea horses using prehensile tails to clasp and pass in strong currents, aiding their anchoring and movement.
The New York Herald outlines a hedgehog dish favored by Maine Indians, detailing selection, stuffing with pork and vegetables, and cooking in clay baked in live coals for two hours. Large old males are avoided and the meat is described as tender and white like spring chicken.
A child explains a math riddle where two big fish and three little ones lead to a mistaken total of about forty. The punchline rests on an exaggeration by the uncle, highlighting a humorous miscount in a London Answers style anecdote.
A studious woman and Miss Cayenne discuss conversation as a gift noting it is wasted if free. The Washington Star quote suggests if conversation required payment there would be less of it.
A species of ants common in hot regions spins silk to bind leaves in trees forming their nests. The description notes ants that weave silk from their bodies as part of nest construction.
An editorial style warning urges people to avoid overusing digestive aids. It claims many Americans damage their stomachs by taking strong digesters and praises MI-DNA stomach tablets as a cure. The ad notes Graham Pharmacy in Graham, Virginia, sells them at 50 cents a box with a money back guarantee.
A terse classified notice outlines a Want ad style solicitation by Von Amant Mtr. It frames a quick inquiry for desired items or services and invites responses from readers with matching needs. The language resembles a short ad brief.
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