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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1914
Page
4
British elite protest reforms by Lloyd George as they sell estates and seek martyrdom. The chancellor advances schemes for relief housing insurance and aged poor support funded by new taxes on the rich. John Burns cites eight years of health and housing gains and reduced pauper charges amid rising work output.
An item noting payments to Gay Telegraph Printing Co and a remittance instruction in Bluefield West Virginia. The fragment references Bok 286 and a Bangkok style misprint context. The readable text centers on business remittance to a printing firm in Bluefield WV.
A quotation asserts that the act itself proves the obligation to do it, claiming duty provides the strongest reason and ultimate justification. It cites Whewell on human susceptibility to duty.
A letter extols Dr Evans of the Chicago Daily Tribune for refuting critics of the potato, praising Murphy rivals and asserting potatoes supply protein, energy, and scurvy prevention. The writer pledges to eat potatoes in various preparations and emphasizes finding sensible doctors.
Louis I Dublin, a statistician for a major life insurer, urged the Association of Life Insurance Presidents to pursue reporting and investigating disease. He argued that despite drops in deaths from typhoid, tuberculosis, smallpox and childhood diseases, overall sickness remains high and systematic disease reporting is lacking outside contagious cases.
The passage argues a leveling process will curb extreme wealth while ending poverty. It notes that fear of sickness or old age has hindered effort and predicts worldwide sentiment and laws to prevent a few from hoarding wealth while many stay in poverty. Poverty could be abolished, with the remedy soon applied.
Horace Greely offers concrete guidance to a young man regarding the practical steps for exploiting western wheat fields. The advice focuses on field selection, cultivation methods, and timely planting to maximize yields and advance prosperity in frontier agriculture.
The writer notes that the average man seeks justice and may feel overreached when granted it. It also suggests distrust of Col. Roosevelt giving a lecture on San Juan Will during his stay in Spain.
The Antilla cargo of ammunition for the constitutionalists faces a crisis as Mexico’s gunboats may intercept the steamer at Tampico. The United States pursues neutrality, but blocking Tampico could force a pro constitutionalist stance. Mexican gunboats linger at Puerto Mexico, risking a clash if they reach Tampico.
Secretary C T Boykin of Bluefield Chamber of Commerce urges Montgomery and Minefield business leaders to support a public spirit revival in Bluefield. He cites Mr May of Montgomery as a model and stresses collective effort to build a thriving city in Bluefield, June 9, 1914.
A list of several candidates announces for Mercer County Clerk of the County Court and other county offices. Names include Charles E. Wheeler J A French M W Christie E H Witten J B E Sentz and others seeking Republican or Democratic nomination or support in coming primaries or conventions.
A Springfield Republican remark notes that prolonged mediation can resemble tedious war, while a Chicago News quip contrasts summer fiction heard versus read, reflecting on literary perception and patience in conflict and storytelling.
A Bluefield letter to the editor rebuts errors about Duncan May of Montgomery as president of the commercial association. The writer affirms May built a fortune in Montgomery, serves as chamber of commerce president, and sees his public spirit as key to civic upbuilding.
A call for a Republican primary election to nominate a candidate for the 1914 congressional race in West Virginia's Fifth District covering Boone Cabell Lincoln Logan Mason Mingo Mercer McDowell Putnam Raleigh Wayne and Wyoming. Primary set for July 8 1914 from 7 am to sundown with entry due June 18 1914 and a $750 fee to W P Hawley. Also to select one county committee member per county.
July primaries will nominate county and district candidates and state senate hopefuls. Twelve county committees will appoint election commissioners clerks and challengers at each precinct to conduct the primary as per rules 9 through 35. Fees posted by candidates will fund the primary per a June 19 1914 Huntington meeting.
The five district primary rules require canvassing precinct returns and certifying vote totals for each candidate to the secretary of the congressional committee. The committee will meet July 18 1914 to certify the candidate receiving the most votes as Republican nominee for representative in Congress from the Fifth District. The winning county member of the congressional committee is declared and the certified members will assume duties after certification of the primary result. Done at Huntington May 30 1914. Earl Firey, Chairman. W. P. Hawley, Secretary.
Rural education progress across several states includes J L McBrien urging rural normal departments, Chico Normal school supplying trees and garden layout help, a Kansas drive to enroll 20000 youths in ag and home making contests, Edgecomb County N C funding for uplift meetings plus a new woman assistant superintendent salary, California’s consolidation law questioned, Hawkins County Tennessee consolidates four schools with a demonstration farm, Natchitoches parish Louisiana hosts a country boys institute with 68 attendees, a warning on wastage from a complete six month attendance in a small district, a Frankfort Ohio rural census card system, and a large tree planting push with three thousand on the St Joe national forest and three thousand on the Idaho Montana forests.
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