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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1909
Page
4
Entry filed as second class matter at the Bluefield West Virginia post office indicating its mailing status for distribution and archival handling.
Dr Edward Everett Hale died at his Boston home aged 87. Known as a “Christian minister” not a clergyman, he championed outdoor life geology botany and youth. A reformer and author he influenced American thought through Chautauqua circles Lend a Hand clubs and numerous books including The Man Without a Country.
A portrait of Dr Hale as a towering, six foot plus figure, a gracious after dinner speaker and devoted Christian minister. The piece notes his aging yet commanding presence, shaggy hair, and popular persona amid a wider context of tariff talk, beef trust fines, and political jabs at Taft and Bryan. It blends tribute with period commentary.
West Point New York June 11 The class of 1909 at the United States Military Academy received their diplomas from Secretary of War Dickinson on the cadet chapel lawn. Attending were Major General Bell chief of staff Colonel Hugh L Scott superintendent and numerous army officers congressmen and other dignitaries. The ceremony featured band music prayer and speeches before diplomas were handed to the graduates.
Washington June 11 The post office department plans a new postal card. Postmaster General Hitchcock has called in experts from the department of agriculture to assist in the project.
An advertisement asserts William Tell Flour is absolutely clean and wholesome. It claims the flour contains no particles or contaminants, validated by microscope and chemical tests, to guarantee purity in every bag.
The postmaster general seeks a better paper and design for postal cards. He notes current cards are inferior to most countries’ products and may change ink color and paper tint. About 75,000 to 900 postal cards are issued monthly. The four year contract ends December 81, with personal efforts toward a more substantial and ornate card.
Delegates converge on New York for the Federation of American Zionists annual convention. The gathering, in session four to five days, centers on restoring Palestine to the Jewish people amid Turkish empire changes and recent Young Turk openness. Leaders from Europe are expected to send messages.
Olympia Wash June 11 The local option law passed by the last session of the Washington legislature comes into effect tomorrow Anti-saloon forces have begun preliminary steps for a vigorous campaign aiming to place Washington in the dry column Clarke county in the southwest is likely to be the first local option battleground
In Vincouver the county seat both sides organize for a local option clash. A petition to file for the election is expected next week with the vote set for late August or early September. The county population is about 25,000. Vincouver itself has about 10,000 residents, twenty saloons, and a large brewery plant.
Washington reports a vast new steel vault at the Treasury Department designed to hold 400 million in emergency currency under the Aldrich Vreeland act. The vault lies beneath the north east corner, 25 feet below street level, with eight inch thick steel, nineteen miles of wire alarms, and access only by an elevator to the division of issue. About two thirds of the authorized 400 million is already secured in the vault.
Fort Worth dispatch reports from Leaders, about 100 miles west, that a tornado killed four people. The message notes the casualty toll and the danger in the area as authorities confirm the event.
The UCV presented a monument honoring General Stephen D Lee at Vicksburg. A speaker, son of General U S Grant, praised mutual respect and pledged care for the monument by the Vicksburg National Military Park commissioners and patriotic Americans.
In Vicksburg Mississippi a large crowd honored Confederate veterans at the unveiling of an heroic bronze statue of Gen Stephen D Lee late commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans. Gen Frederick Grant and Gen Clement Evans attended along with Governors Sanders of Louisiana and Noell of Mississippi. Two grandsons of Lee, John Clesner Lee and Lee Harrison, unveiled the monument at 2 pm with Fort Logan H Root regulars also participating.
In Texarkana Arkansas on June 11, committees of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen discuss disputes with the Texas and Pacific Railway. Timothy Shea presides as talks focus on reinstating discharged workers and official recognition of the union's representation, with prospects for settlement appearing slim. The piece also includes an advertisement for DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills promising kidney relief and urging free trial offers from DeWitt & Co.
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