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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1913
Page
4
Fragmented notice from the Bluefield area dated Friday June 6 1913 mentions remittance to the printing company and related tasks. It notes Three Months and a small cash amount and references an address in Bluefield. The text is garbled but centers on financial and service details for the Telegraph Printing Co.
A newspaper excerpt discusses a United States education report on why girls quit school. It cites that many leave not due to poverty but by choice, with some noting disinterest or a desire to work, while warning against blaming broader ills for all cases and labeling some as due to shiftlessness and stupidity.
The piece weighs Kipling as possible laureate after Alfred Austin death but doubts the fit under Lloyd George era politics. It recalls Swinburne as poet undesired by Victoria, notes Noyes and Mansfield rising, mentions Rosalie Jones and Roosevelt political chatter with Prohibition Party hints.
The New York World's harsh swipe against West Virginia calls the state a wreck and labels the piece biased editorial folly.
Charleston Gazette denounces the New York World for attacking West Virginia courts and miners cases. The letter rejects military tribunals during open civil trials and defends habeas corpus while urging newspapers to avoid judging law beyond their knowledge.
West Virginia auditor Darst urges defense of the Blue Sky law in a letter to Morgantown board of trade president J H Stewart. He argues against using investors’ money for promoter gains and promotes scrutiny of stock promotions, underscoring the law’s benefit to state prosperity and investor protection.
An advertised facial treatment claims a physician authored remedy for freckles using ethine. The product is sold with a money back guarantee if it fails to remove freckles, promising quick improvements even after first applications.
A new play titled The Mustard Seed attracts attention in New Orleans theater chatter. The source humorously teases political and social commentary reflecting national figures and places.
The U S Geological Survey releases a report on underground waters in north central Texas Witchia region covering about 11 000 square miles. The study identifies geologic conditions and water bearing formations and notes most water is mineral rich though some formations yield good quality water. It advises protecting shallow wells and purifying surface waters where underground sources are lacking. The report Sit is available free from the director USGS Washington D C.
Kansas has passed an act allowing city or county commissioners to appoint a judge for a debtors court where lawyers are excluded. The court handles disputes up to $20, aiming for plain language and truth, removing technicalities to speed justice. If successful, it could push reform to larger cases and reduce lawyer driven delays.
A thoughtful call for rapid and accurate justice argues that simplifying civil and criminal actions benefits all. The author notes Kansas has taken a step in the right direction and hopes others will follow suit.
The text notes barrels valued at 378,593 dollars in 1911, down by 104,860 barrels or 118 percent in value. It also states the average price of natural cement at mills in 1912 was 44.7 cents per barrel, up from 40.9 cents in 1911.
C A Meissner, head of US Steel coke committee, told the Iron and Steel Institute at the Waldorf that in 1912 the company used 20,400,740 tons of coal with 11,554,840 tons fed into bee hive ovens and 5,164,547 tons in by product ovens. He argued the by product system saves coal, citing Gary Indiana plant results and comparing Pocahontas and Connellsville coals, urging broader adoption.
The United States geological survey reports natural cement made in 1912 by fifteen plants across nine states. Output totaled 821,321 barrels valued at 367,222 dollars, showing a decrease from 1911's 926,091 barrels.
Several hundred prominent physicians and surgeons gathered in Brandon for the sixth annual Manitoba Medical Association meeting. Dr. J. Matheron of Brandon presided as president to call the sessions to order. meetings will continue through tomorrow.
Webster Springs West Virginia June 5 Judge O'Brien overruled a motion to quash indictments against Delegate Rhodes of the legislature charged with accepting bribes in last January’s senatorial election.
Elaborate preparations are completed for a banquet by the Pilgrims of Great Britain in honor of Walter Hines Page the new American ambassador. The dinner will be held tomorrow night at the Savoy Hotel in London.
Washington June 5 Special reports the fourth class post office at Gampcca Fayette county filled by J M Cavendish succeeding M G Campbell who has resigned. Cavendish assumes duties as postmaster for the office.
The body of Alfred Austin poet laureate was cremated at Golder's Green today without ceremony in London.
Edmund Gosse recalls Swinburne's Etretat bathing episode in 1868 as he awaited the press of Songs Before Sunrise. The piece notes Swinburne's preoccupations with unfinished verses and a mistaken belief about his age, while a fishing smack interrupts the scene.
An explanation from Harper's Weekly details why spring showers leave a pale yellow ring around street pools. The "sulphur" powder is pine pollen grains, three cells per grain with air balloons for lift, carried by wind and deposited by rain across distant trees.
In a Philadelphia Ledger item Sir James Dewar notes that during April to July a wheat field expels enough moisture to cover ground to a nine inch depth. He also cites that three and a half pounds of water produce sixteen grains of wheat and gives figures on solar heat in tropical regions equating heat to coal.
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