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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1911
Page
4
A vintage recruitment style notice offers a travel paper subscription for 25 cents covering over two weeks. It encourages readers to have the Daily Telegraph follow them on vacation and stay connected with home, instructing payment and address details.
An essay rebuts claims that Britain and the United States are abandoning military vigor. It argues Germany and Japan press for peace terms, notes Britain’s wartime legacy, and defends English speaking peoples as warlike not military, asserting Woodrow Wilson may speak too freely.
The column satirizes public figures and institutions. It mocks Mayor Cutchin and a grand jury, comments on Roosevelt and the Monroe Doctrine, and notes criticisms of the post office and tobacco trust ruling. It references Piaz and gold transfers, plus the antics of wireless promoters and flyless aviators.
Col. J. M. French chosen as commander as the Mercer camp Confederate Veterans completes organization. A note recalls that ten years ago the Daily Telegraph printed the first news of Gary interests seeking to purchase a coal field.
The Halifax Gazette argues against concealed weapons calling it cowardly and unnecessary for honest men. It admits travelers may feel safer with a pistol but asserts pistol carrying is mainly among youths and notes many Black men carry guns at night.
After three days of announced flights, crowds gathered yet no ascent occurred. Newspapers and menus crowded the coverage, then backed off as the aviator again promised a future attempt, with locals awaiting a higher reveal on the aviation field.
Bluefield businessmen hired a promoter to stage repeated bi plane flights as a city advertisement during a holiday rush. Crowds gathered for hours as the aircraft failed to fly, leaving the event unfulfilled and the town disappointed.
Eugene Edward Wright died May 29 at his Carroll Street home after measles and pneumonia. Funeral from Radford Methodist Church featured six Wright pallbearers and six playmates as floral honors framed a community tribute.
A roster of residents including Gillespie, Monroe, Enoch, Caldwell, Honeycut, Cuiliney, Austin, Woolwine and Price families, and couples from Lumberton North Carolina Erwin Tennessee and Bell Spring appears in a social notice.
The thirty seventh general assembly of the Presbyterian church in Canada opens in Knox Church Ottawa. Church union with Methodists and Congregationalists is a major topic, with strong sympathy shown by presbyteries from Atlantic to Pacific after a year of votes.
Two thousand delegates attend the state convention of Eagles in Des Moines with a large street parade marking the opening day. The convention gathers in Logansport, Ind. on June 6.
Advertised claims praise Parisian Sage as the best hair tonic for men women and children. Testimonials from Hannah Anderson Fargo and Mrs Amaeeseee say it clears dandruff adds shine and even color. Bottle priced at 50 cents sold by The White Pharmacy and Graham Pharmacy with guarantees. Also promoting Footer's Dye Works for cleaning and dyeing services and agent work offers by KE. H. care Daily Telegraph.
District Court of the United States Southern District of West Virginia. R L Gibson of Bluefield Mercer County is declared bankrupt. First creditors meeting set for June 5 1911 at 10 in the forenoon at Bluefield office to prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt. G I Holbrook Referee in Bankruptcy.
Washington and Chicago guests converge on Indianapolis for the wedding of Miss Louise Hibben Hibben to Richard Monroe Fairbanks son of the former vice president. The ceremony will be held tomorrow evening at the First Presbyterian church.
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