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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1914
Page
4
A compact early 20th century style ad features bold language and moral contrasts. It contrasts bold knaves thriving without sense with good men starving for imprudence, hinting at a societal message in a newspaper page filler.
Physicians monitor experiments from Dr Friedmann's tuberculosis serum. An improvised culture from a dropped needle sparks a cautious approach to toxin use. Friedmann’s premature claims warn that scientific progress needs robust substantiation and restraint to avoid quackery.
The West Virginia prohibition department plans a public listing of habitual drunks to track liquor sales after the upcoming dry start. The move promises enforcement and broad multilingual distribution of the new laws, but risks defaming individuals and harming reputations if information is not accurate.
Mercer county brims with contenders for circuit clerk and congress nominations as a regional political scene heats up. Ex senators and governors weigh in on party realignment while a new United Commercial Travelers department launches in the paper.
Democrats of the county appoint delegates while Moosers hold a committee meeting in the city. Next Saturday the Republican committee will meet to arrange a county primary for nominating county officers. Harry Thaw is reportedly seeking release. Some readers seek many summer resort days.
France will grant Col. Roosevelt unlimited privileges, a move described in dispatches as a method to handle the colonel. The remark reflects diplomatic maneuvering amid unsettled tensions and press commentary on Roosevelt's role.
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes Car ronga appoints General Natera as commander in chief of Mexican armies in the military zone. The move risks undermining constitutional management and could subdue Villa to political control, despite Villa's proven battlefield leadership.
A collection of brief quotations from several papers including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Cleveland Plain Dealer and New York World. The items contrast patience in watching events with a sorrowful mood and speculation about Huerta moving after a box of money reaches the Mexican coast.
A reflective verse celebrates a hopeful outlook amid grief and sorrow. It asserts there are friends, love, and compensation for those who make the best of life, with nature, quiet refuges, and light in darkness. It concludes that heaven will right wrongs and urges acceptance of circumstances.
A primary election is called to nominate a candidate for the U S House from West Virginia fifth district for the November 1914 election. The election date is July 18 1914 from 7 a m to sundown across twelve counties Boone Cabell Lincoln Logan Mason Mingo Mercer McDowell Putnam Raleigh Wayne and Wyoming. Filing deadline June 18 1914 with entrance fee 750 00 to W P Hawley Bluefield WV.
Predictions favor white as the season’s highlight with tailored whites and coats in poplin ratine velvet rep moire and taffeta. Styles feature colored linings for flared coats and capes and silk gauze vestes held by a single ornament or broad girdle in luxe passementerie lapis lazuli amber or black satin contrasts.
A mid summer discussion argues agitation will not restore confidence in business. The speaker urges Congress to pass the appropriations bill and adjourn, allowing the country to test its own wits and recovery.
Edgar Larkin surveys hopes and limits in tapping nature for power. He cites hydro irrigation, tides, wind, solar engines, and thermoelectric piles as near terms while noting current costs and the grand dream of free electricity. He credits Edison and others for blazing paths but expects future progress is limitless.
A mother questions her boy John after he strikes his sister in a Punch cartoon caption. John replies that he hit her in the face because it was the only part he could see. The exchange highlights a dark humorous take on sibling conflict.
A set of notices from Mercer county, West Virginia in Matoaka and Princeton, announce candidacies for clerk of the county court and superintendent of Mercer county schools. Names include Charles E. Wheeler, J. A. French, M. W. Christie, and E. H. Witten with calls for Republican or Democratic primary or convention support.
County and district committees in twelve counties are to hold primaries for state senate and congress nominations. Three election commissioners per county, two clerks and two challengers per precinct will oversee ballots. Fees posted by candidates will finance the primary, with results certified by July 18, 1914, and committee members assigned by county. MARL HENRY, W. P. Hawley.
The article contends that Congress will debate and vote on amendments to a government trust program bill. It argues that house measures can be offered as Senate amendments and that any proposal conceived by human ingenuity will be debated, while criticizing the incumbent congress for prolonged sessions.
J E T Sentz announces candidacy for Mercer county clerk subject to Republican primary or convention. Mercer County West Virginia calls for support. Mercer county Republican executive committee meets at Princeton on June 18 at 2 PM to call a primary and handle business. J C Pack chairs, S N Worley secretary.
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