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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1925
Page
3
A fragment quotes Proverbs on wine’s lure and danger, noting its red color and hidden harm. It contrasts with Dickens’s view that wine shops foster malaria and a moral pestilence of envy and vengeance, affecting men of crime and revolution.
A circulated call promotes Bluefield as a friendly city and well governed. It lists five candidates for the Board of Directors John Roberts A J Stewart W R Graham W T Williams and W A Hancock. The piece notes signs of political maneuvering and analyzes city improvements, conventions, and fiscal growth over two years.
From Exchanges: assorted brief items and word fragments. Mentions a California town baby meter reader joke and stray phrases about prisoners costs, slag in cement, a Louden doctor finding a mumps seroba, and odd lines about engines and a Boston car missing. No clear events or dates.
The entry recalls John Mathews dying at his city home and a series of local firsts. The first colored Presbyterian church in West Virginia was dedicated at Kirabati. A post office began in Caretta, McDowell County with Henry E. Dillon named postmaster.
A local circular claims Bluefield maintains law and order with just enforcement and no malice. It highlights health, welfare, and police efficiency, noting 148 traffic arrests last year with eight non residents. The piece endorses the current administration and urges cooperation for improvements ahead of Tuesday’s primary with nine listed candidates and district ballot groupings.
This poem urges not to suppress kind impulses but to act with love. It argues that immediate kindness brings joy and long term rewards, while stifling those feelings leads to regret and sorrow. The speaker warns that loving words and actions should come from the heart.
Editorials discuss patent rights and privacy in Sousa suit over tobacco ads using his name and likeness for cigars. It compares historical figures mocked in ads, notes lack of brand ties, and cites Roosevelt and Gladstone as examples of public fame enduring beyond appropriation. It then shifts to New York waiters opposing tipping, suggesting higher menu prices to compensate workers, while warnings against tipping abuses highlight both patron and proprietor interests.
The Salvation Army celebrated a major event as it entrenched its soldiers in a citadel to wage battles against vice. The piece recounts a parable of a businessman who helps a derelict, a man who will carry a message yet remains a drunkard, and notes a college student who became a drunkard despite good family traditions.
Last Night's Mail reflects on ex president and ex vice president figures, highlighting Marshall's popular, blunt style and his refusal to bend. The piece notes China Shanghai tensions, foreign powers, and the complex balance of trade and politics amid postwar unease.
An opinion piece argues that value lies in knowledgeable judgment over mere honesty in debates on evolution. It criticizes those who lack facts, defends the need for informed discourse, criticizes church politics, and dismisses war talk as uninformed. It also comments on aging and authenticity in later life.
The article explains how the house fly, bred in filth, acts as a carrier of disease germs. It describes the fly's body, wings and feet as ideal for collecting dirt and spreading pathogens, including typhoid fever, which is transmitted via contaminated bowel discharges.
Nonsense verse and quips touch on daily life war food weather and jokes. Snippets mock canaries canaries oystering pigeons and radio static while noting realtors and Hindenburg mustaches with playful tone.
Mr and Mrs W T Morison of Blugfield hosted guests Sty and Mrs E Lee Cook last Sunday. Mrs Irvin Howbert and son Irvin Jr and Miss Nelisa Price planned a long visit to Roanoke. L V Betcher recovering from typhoid fever. Mr and Mrs Leon Cook and Judy from Appalachia Va visit Mr and Mrs J R Cook. Miss Katherine Bundy returned home to Tazewell Va.
A reader recalls famous clippers like the Dina and laments their replacement by steamers. The piece contrasts beauty and poetry with harsh sailor life, noting wages, crowding, and abuse. It then shifts to a safety note urging caution for children visiting swimming holes as summer heat rises and water remains cool river wide.
A report of multiple social visits and travels. Miss Goldin O Neal hosts in Columbus Ohio while Ruth Cruise visits Coalwood. Miss Werti Payne returns from Bramwell to rejoin Mrs. W H Haynes. Mr and Mrs E B Eddins and Mrs K C Eddings travel to Standardville Virginia to see W B Cole. Ada Davis returns to Bluefield after nursing Mrs D B Eddins and baby.
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