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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1917
Page
4
The excerpt blends patriotic ode to the flag with a quotation on allegiance and mortality. It cites Shre phrasius praising liberty and blue field with stars, then Edwin Arnold on renouncing flesh for eternal residence, followed by Longfellow on morality without religion as dead reckoning.
United States exports for the year ending April reached over 6 billion dollars, a historic peak. The New York World Washington bureau notes this may cover national debt from 1914 and signals a booming postwar economy with high production and prices.
The piece notes government action likely to disrupt speculators and praises Goethals for keeping the Panama Canal open while preparing ships to traverse a canal avoided by others. It mentions a 3 percent rise in diamond prices, warnings to hoarders, a geography student counting fifty two erlins in states, and a proposal to pay wheat harvesters with a crop share.
Joseph A. Altsheier of the Vigilantes extols the Liberty Loan as a patriotic, universal, and safe security. He notes it links national finance to personal thrift, offering $50 bonds via installments for all incomes and teaching saving habits while strengthening the United States for war.
A collage of humorous lines from multiple papers comments on regiments in Berlin onion conspirators and Prohibitionists, wagering on dry springs, and a joke about liberty bonds as wedding presents. The notes reflect satirical tone and cross-paper wit.
Poem lyric describes yellow bees in fields near a chateau with red towers and a sundial. Women chant to a roadside saint as spring flowers and thrushes fill hedgerows with scent and sound. The speaker, Charlotte Becker, laments a future loss as a thrash and a rose lie fallen.
In Butte Montana a large crowd near the federal building led to several shots and multiple arrests. The now threatening situation prompted the deployment of troops with fixed bayonets who cleared the streets.
Western Union Telegraph Company will issue two special payments to its employees for 1917 to help with the cost of living. The bonuses range from eight percent for lower wage earners to five percent for higher salaries, mirroring a December payment.
In Kansas City on June 5 Raymond Moore, an anti-draft agitator, signed a conscription registration after his sister cried and revealed their mother was ill from nervous prostration and her husband had left her, following his arrest in a county jail cell.
Washington reports show business demands for eleventh hour changes to the War tax bill as Senate Republicans and committees face intense lobbying. telegrams and letters flood in while drafting shifts continue. Estimates place liquor and tobacco tax changes around 150 million and 48 million, with minor reductions anticipated.
Paris reports twenty eight encounters with submarines in May. Six merchant vessels avoided torpedoes and twelve dodged gunfire. Eight torpedo attacks and two gunfire assaults sank vessels. Velve engagements occurred between French torpedo boats and submarines. French hydroplanes logged fourteen contacts with subs and patrol ships three engagements.
Notice states that the partnership BR BE Edwards and Fred Johnstein trading as Johnston & Be wards on Princeton Avenue Pinefield West Virginia is dissolved by mutual consent Johnston has purchased the business and will assume all debts and collect claims for payment All indebted parties and creditors should present claims to Johnston 1917 DW Souns ton Edwards
The Charleston Mail discusses Russia's sudden liberty after war and warns unity is hard due to vast lands and diverse peoples. It notes factions will rise and the U S mission to Russia could help, urging Russians to safeguard democracy while avoiding foreign manipulation by Kaiser agents and Hohenzollerns.
It was learned that an attempt was made to wreck the Alabama Great Southern train carrying General Wood from Chattanooga to Birmingham last night. Passengers confirmed a log was tied across the track about four miles south of Chattanooga.
The article describes John Milton's Cottage in Chalfont St Giles as one of England's best preserved country houses. It notes Milton fled there during the 1665 plague, had just completed Paradise Lost, and received five pound notes with promises of more if editions sold. The cottage remains largely intact and Milton hosted guests there in later life.
The New York Journal notes the extreme hardships of underwater navigation. Sailors face oppressive damp air described as sweating, requiring cork lining for interiors. Extreme fatigue and sleep urges overwhelm the crew due to confinement and constant anxiety.
Quote from Lord Chesterfield argues true happiness rests on virtue not wealth or status. It asserts riches power and rank fail to ease inward guilt or calm. The statement presents virtue as the sole basis for true contentment.
An advertisement touts Bradley's Corn Remover as a simple remedy for corns and callouses caused by hot weather. It promises rapid relief, shrinking the corn in a few days so it can be lifted off with fingers, with no tricks involved. A small bottle is recommended for trial.
The excerpt notes the term brigandine used in Jeremiah xivi with meaning coat of mail and cites Milton describing arming as a brigantine of brass. It then includes a humorous aside about a handsome woman and a left-handed compliment observed yesterday.
The steelyard a simple weighing device remains valued and was used by Romans in 315 B C It reflects early measures and trade tools in ancient times.
An Atlantic to Pacific chorus celebrates relentless will and moral backbone. It argues true success rests on character, not money or cleverness, citing examples from sports and finance to stress that only steadfast resolve earns lasting value.
A milliner cites that no successful hatmaker can work alone and must visit Paris or send representatives to stay current with fashion. Smaller shops emulate the smart lines from big cities to avoid sameness and retain patrons. Rhubarb can be grown in a cellar using a barrel with ventilation holes and layered soil, watered occasionally, and kept shaded.
The Great Western Railway issues a brass token the size of a penny for its workers. Front reads in every action ask yourself Is it safe This phrase seeks to reveal dangers and encourage forethought and care to prevent accidents. Reverse proclaims A charm against accidents Is it safe.
The piece contrasts attitudes toward wealth with a Detroit Free Press motto urging dollar accumulation while noting the Bentleys are moving after a year in town. It frames relocation as a sign of social interest and public curiosity.
A brief exchange shows a daughter asking about her father’s reaction and a son acknowledging similar doubts. The Youth's Companion quote compares firmness to a nettle, suggesting a gentle but firm stance against being trampled.
Karl Langer, a Cracow condemned to death for distributing to women on the street a German translation of the American song I Didn't, has been pardoned by Emperor Charles in Amsterdam via London on June 5.
Reice Mr Per t be a Soldier and his five year penal servitude sentence were issued by Vienna authorities and later pardoned by Emperor Charles according to Munich Post advices. Langer had served part of his sentence.
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