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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1916
Page
1
The notice marks publication as second class matter at the Bluefield West Virginia post office indicating standard mailing status for a local newspaper item.
A page features dated quotations including a Latin line and a George Eliot aphorism about travel shaping identity. It also cites a biblical proverb about a jewel in a swine’s snout and a comparison to a fair woman without scrutiny.
The piece notes West Virginia holds its first general primary with legal safeguards. It argues the new system limits election officer influence, favors voter choice, and marks a shift from old box-style ballots toward a merit based political era that must be strengthened to fit a rapidly educated electorate.
It is too late to discuss the election, but every good citizen should have made up his mind and go to the polls. If anyone has taken no interest, they are urged to express a preference between the candidates and fulfill the duty to vote.
Clean-up weeks have passed, but daily effort keeps communities healthy. Proper care of highways and byways and clean surroundings curb disease, preventable deaths, and summer nuisances like flies and mosquitoes. Fill holes, remove rubbish, and maintain order to reduce illness.
A historical note argues England should not surrender vested rights just because the United States asks her to stop seizing and holding American mails. The statement implies ongoing tension over postal sovereignty and cross Atlantic jurisdiction in colonial era disputes.
Senator Sheppard of Texas linked a cost cutting push for government workers with a push for new federal buildings. He backed a $250000 Brownsville project and $75000 structures for Childress Huntsville and Memphis plus a $50000 memorial for Consdian. Brownsville about 10000 people Memphis 936 Huntsville 2078 Canadian 1648.
Senator Newlands of Nevada condemns William J. Harris of the Federal Trade Commission for involvement with the Georgia Democratic state convention. He argues the commission, a politically styled body, serves partisan aims, reflecting the board's broader political conduct and praise of the president.
A Chicago special reports that presidential row received two additions today. The item notes the term row with an unfamiliar pronunciation query, but provides no further context or names. The piece centers on a modest expansion of a committee or seating arrangement and mentions no dates or figures.
Two youths implicated in a robbery of J P Morgan that netted roughly ten thousand dollars face charges. Authorities note the pair has a risky temperament and could pose further danger if not deterred.
The advance in the price of drugs has signally failed to affect the political dope market.
A collection of editorials and quips from several major papers poking fun at political figures. The remarks praise or criticize William Jennings Bryan and Justice Louis Brandeis era figures, noting reticence and backbone as platform traits.
A reflective poem from the Cincinnati Enquirer praising the heart of a woman as a balance of light and darkness, love and sorrow, strength and tenderness. It traces flowering joy to stormy doubt, then asks God for the heart of a woman while relinquishing all else.
A poetic meditation on divine order, mortality, and humanity’s futile wars. The speaker invokes fate and the sun, lamenting nations’ rise and fall as children of the Sun tempt fate, seeking a clearer road under the Lord of the Reaper.
The Dead Letter sale in Washington auctions packages sent with deficient postage or wrong directions after a holding period. While some items are valuable, most are cheap, and the piece laments how carelessness or ignorance robs both giver and recipient, turning gifts into lost letters and wasted potential.
A look at the Gold Coast cocoa trade shows porters carrying bags to the railroad with hundreds of laborers forming long lines. At Atlaneo a firm uses 3,000 carriers, hauling 150 pound bags to Pakro, some twice daily. Farmers near Accra engage in barrel rolling to ship cocoa to the port, with three men moving a pair of 1500 pound casks toward the sea, despite frequent losses from accidents.
W E Henley born 1849 endured lifelong illnesses and amputation risk. He sought Lister’s cure at Edinburgh infirmary, arriving penniless in third class. The leg was saved, leaving him crippled yet hopeful, inspiring Robert Louis Stevenson’s John Silver sketch.
The article notes Edmund Halley predicted the Halley comet’s return and proposed inverse square law for attraction. It also credits him with a method to determine ocean age from chemical depths, highlighting his wide range of contributions beyond Newton.
A city planning conference in Cleveland on June 6 gathers urban planners and officials to discuss development strategies. Delegates examine zoning, transportation, and housing policies, aiming to shape regional growth and sustainable infrastructure.
Delegates from commercial and civic groups across the nation gather to discuss city planning and urban betterment as the conference runs through Wednesday evening.
A compact notice outlines a method to navigate the want ad columns efficiently. It emphasizes speed and satisfaction for readers seeking services or items, and suggests practical tips to locate key categories and bargains quickly.
The article lists the Beaver High class members in a long roster including Jennie Ruth Baker Margaret Irene Blackstone Lula Isabel Callaway Cleo Clendenen Cash Eva Ruth Clark Blanche Gertrude Corvin Jesse Anne Creswell Vivian Elizabeth DeVault Helena Burrow Dilger Frances Pride Fitzgerald Lee Fretwell Vera Hale Harry Ruth Minnie Johnston Mary Elizabeth Kahle Rachel Rhoda Main Laura Margaret Mooney Alice Ruth McCulloch Sadie Cross McCulloch Ruth Pearis McGann Annie Maury Pedigo Lucile Manson Reynolds Clara Lee Richards Mary Schlossberg Elizabeth Recessa Shelton Lil lian Elizabeth Speer Thelma Louise Stafford Stella Stowers Irma Margaret Taylor Florence Folsom Thomas Maude Ruth Udy Ruth Wass Mary Lee Wagner Pearl Hannah Weiser Lucille Wilson Frances Winters Wright Frederick Wilbur Black Harold Wharton Black Bar Layne Robert Foster McCue William Julian McCulloch Toy Nelson David Jacob Slifkin Isaac Louis Slifkin Samuel Slifkin Thornton Courtney Tanner.
Washington reports show a split on delaying the Progressive convention nominations. George W. Perkins backs delaying until a nominee nears from the Republican side, while Victor Murdock and Oscar K. Davis deny an agreement to withhold. William Allen White says the committee agreed to postpone until Saturday for Republican action.
The Republican national committee adjourned after disposing of sixty two contests for seats in the coliseum convention. Decisions included excluding DC delegations from the temporary roll and seating both Louisiana delegations with half votes while nominating Armand Romain to replace Victor Loisel.
Mrs Joldie Fink was tried for assaulting a police officer with a cleaver in her butcher shop. Her brother was not on the jury when the case went to trial today, though earlier the foreman was revealed to be a defendant's brother.
London report lists 235 officers killed in the Jutland engagement. The Admiralty release shows nearly all officers aboard the cruisers Queen Mary Invincible Defatigable Defense and Black Prince perished along with crew of destroyers Tipperary Turbulent Fortune Ardent Nomad Nestor and Shark.
The Sunrise Gateway in Portland Maine opens an exposition to highlight its rising role as a seaport. This season 23 million bushels of grain from western provinces were shipped through the port, marking notable activity.
A Ribe dispatch says the German battle cruiser Seydlitz was sighted Thursday morning thirty eight miles west of Fano Island. pursued by British warships from the south. She was badly damaged with two large holes aft.
Washington June 5 the Supreme Court interpreted the Harrison drug law as making it unlawful for any unregistered person to possess opium applying to drug dealers but not to users.
A Buffalo News item records a dialogue where a mistress insists on neat attire for her servant Maggie. Maggie agrees to wear caps to avoid being mistaken for a family member, highlighting strict dress expectations.
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