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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1925
Page
22
A fragmented OCR snippet cites a biblical verse about wine and a Dickens quote describing wine shops as breeding malaria and moral pestilence. The readable parts emphasize vice and crime themes within a historical literary context.
A circular urges Bluefield residents to vote for five named directors John Roberts A J Stewart W W R Graham W T Williams and W A Hancock amid claims of a party or faction. The editorial asserts the city is already friendly safe and orderly with strong public health police and fiscal progress and notes eight other contenders listed for Tuesday’s primary.
The editorial discusses John Philip Sousa suing a tobacco firm over name use in cigar ads and reflects on branding and publicity. It then critiques tipping in cafes, noting economic effects on workers and owners, and contrasts personal service costs with inclusive pricing.
What we were doing twenty years ago today marks John Mathews’s death at his city home. The first colored Presbyterian church in West Virginia was dedicated at Kimball. A post office opened at Caretta with Henry E. Dillon named postmaster. Ten years ago today Bluefield formed the Golden Seal order with sixty members and plans for a public playground emerged as Governor Hatfield named a commission to govern Williamson under a new charter adopted by the legislature.
A taxi birth in Thenton California prompts a joke about future meter reading. A Brazilian fish that barks like dogs is mentioned with a wish to see them chase catfish. A London doctor links a microbe to raumps and calls for punishment. A Boston man loses his entire car after engine trouble. A Pittsburg boy trades pie clothes for booze.
The poem by Muriel Brewster urges delaying kindness until it is sincere, warning that spontaneous gentleness yields lasting joy while suppressing it leads to sorrowful results. It counsels speaking words of love and cheer rather than letting kindness wither.
New York restaurant staff oppose patron tipping and demand a revived wage scale to reduce tipping dependence. They threaten to strike unless wages cover living costs, while employers insist price increases must cover any wage changes to keep profit margins intact.
The article reflects on decisive action and personal reform as it recounts the Salvation Army’s celebration of establishing a citadel to wage its mission. A parable about a polished yet downed former student illustrates themes of integrity, redemption, and character over circumstance.
In WHINGTON June 6 last night’s Mail notes Thomas R. Marshall’s death leaves Taft and Coolidge as living ex-presidents. The piece reflects on the presidency’s burdens and Marshall’s popular, frank style, contrasting with foreign affairs and Shanghai’s tense mixture of foreigners and Chinese authorities.
A former trusted secretary to a future high office holder can no longer secure success and lives by begging. The Salvation Army extends help to him and others in the reclaimed and saved movement, highlighting charity's role in reform.
A column discusses the value of intelligent opinions on evolution, contrasting knowing facts with educated disagreement. It notes a Presbyterian committee tactic to delay controversy, and dismisses absurd war talk about Japan as ignorance. The piece closes reflecting on aging and genuine, lasting life over youth’s bravado.
The article explains how the house fly is born in filth and thrives on it. Its hairy body wings and feet help it collect and transfer dirt and germs. Flies are described as major spreaders of typhoid fever by contaminating dining areas with bowel discharges.
A collection of whimsical lines and observations touching on fashion, chores, weeds, music, pets, real estate, oysters, pasteboard humor, trains, wartime food, German mustaches, and radio static. The piece blends light satire with dated cultural references and playful riddles.
Mr and Mrs W T Morrison of Bluefield hosted Mr and Mrs E Lee Cook last Sunday. Mrs Irvin Howbert and son Irvin Jr and Miss Nellie Price planned a Roanoke visit lasting some time. W Belcher suffers typhoid fever but improving. Leon Cook and baby from Appalachia Va stay with J R Cook and spouse for several days. Miss Katherine Bundy returned home to Tazewell Va after a visit.
A reader laments the loss of famous Yankee clippers to steamers while noting their harsh crews and romantic poetry of the sea. The piece also warns of cold northern waters as summer heats up, urging parents to caution boys about swimming early in the season to prevent drownings.
Miss Goldin O'Neal hosts in Columbus Ohio. Ruth Cruise from Coalwood visits Mrs. Kent Cruise. Fern Payne returns from Bramwell to see aunt Mrs. W H Haynes. M P Alexander and son Lodge and daughter Thelma visit Wytheville and Sylvatus Virginia for weeks. E C Eddins family travel to Standardsville Virginia to see father in law W B Cole. Ada Davis returns to Bluefield after nursing Mrs. D B Eddins and baby.
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