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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1913
Page
4
A terse notice from Sterheld West Virginia outlines a formal case matter scheduled for Tuesday morning June 10 1913. The wording preserves the local paper’s period tone without extraneous details.
A critique defends Secretary Hitchcock against charges of waste and deficit manipulation. It credits the Taft era with expanding services including 6,000 new post offices and 300 added city deliveries. The piece argues franking abuse costs exceed twenty million annually and urges reform to improve efficiency.
Jos Binofiela praises Bluefield's citizens for a strong display of public spirit. City officials and the mayor backed a holiday proclamation and citizen meeting. The piece suggests forming a West Virginia society similar to groups in Washington and New York. It notes a Milwaukee umpire was struck by a pop bottle, a striking detail in an otherwise civic note.
A leading business figure criticizes colleges as inefficient but ignores a key fact. He notes college graduates, though under one half of one percent of the population, hold about sixty percent of major positions nationwide. The piece argues this shows the colleges’ substantial contribution.
The article argues education as the path to success while noting leaders prosper by merit, not crime. It cites 1920s concerns on tariff shocks, health scandals, and shifts encouraging youth to pursue schooling over immediate labor. It raises questions about women in work and military roles.
The Black Diamond argues no single experience yields perfect opinion. A thoughtful reader should combine multiple viewpoints from various sources to solve problems. Empirics who insist on one right view should be avoided as unsafe, since no person embodies all experience for infallible conclusions.
The report details a bank condition and then recounts a missing medical figure, Dr. Doxey, who died near Clifton Tennessee. His widow faced bigamy charges after marrying Elder and later wed a sixth husband in Greer Idaho, with subsequent legal actions and multiple arrests linked to the case.
The Washington Weather Bureau ousts Willis IL Moore as chief amid probing alleged bid for Agriculture secretary post. Houston suspends Warren Smith Henry Ters ey Rosswhite Pollock Norman Conger as 39 officials topple by deposition demotion or suspension in Moore tied purge. Further action expected.
In St Louis county court at Clayton Mrs Dora Doxey Whitney faces trial after nine postponements due to alleged illness. She has been defendant for four years on murder and bigamy charges, indicted after the death of William J Elder whom she married at Clayton and insured. Her previous murder trial ended in acquittal. her husband is Dr Loren B Doxey.
Captain Einar Mikkelsen recalls twenty eight months with Iverson in the Arctic where language lessons failed and silence proved a danger. The crew avoided politics but argued briefly, dreaming of escape as winter wore on and a dentist visit loomed as toothache stretched for months.
The concertina dates to the early 1800s with Sir Charles Wheatstone’s 1820 patent and a Viennese accordion rival. Signor Regondi popularized the instrument in London and impressed German audiences with its range, as described in the Exchange report.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that his firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The affidavit dated December 6, 1886, before Notary A. W. Gleason. The advertisement claims internal ingestion affects blood and mucous surfaces and urges sending for testimonials. Hall's Family Pills recommended for constipation.
In a Wilkinson's store tale, Helen McCoy, after her father’s death, disguises as a man to work incognito. Henry McCoy’s affection for Betty Leslie triggers jealousy, prompting confessions that a fellow worker is actually a woman. The trio’s love resolves as Helen marries Arnold and Wilkinson wed Betty weeks later.
Art dealers and collectors from many countries attend the London opening of the auction sale of the late Sir Laurence Alma-Tadema treasures, the renowned painter. The collection draws international attention and promises a prestigious sale.
A London display in St John’s Wood showcases forty five panels by famed painters honoring Alma Tadema. A notable centerpiece is the autostatic grand piano housed in a mahogany inlaid case with silver parchment panels inside, bearing signatures of leading composers of Alma Tadema’s era.
The splendid work of Chamberlains Tablets is daily becoming more widely known as a grand remedy for stomach and liver troubles. For sale by all dealers Tuesday to Saturday. West Virginia mining laws kept in stock at the Daily Telegraph job office.
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