Wately Quote on Wishes and Pleasures
Archishop Wately remarks that granting all wishes would ruin most pleasures, illustrating a paradox about desire and satisfaction.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1919
Page
4
Archishop Wately remarks that granting all wishes would ruin most pleasures, illustrating a paradox about desire and satisfaction.
The piece urges national loyalty on Flag Day, linking allegiance to active civic involvement. It highlights thrift as essential to postwar prosperity, urging saving through War Savings Stamps to support government efforts and personal financial independence. It calls Americans to dedicate effort to democracy and safeguard freedom and safety.
New York's campaign against automobile speeding is praised for reducing traffic violations and speeding in streets. Police report $20,000 in fines in one week and claim speeding has “practically stopped.” Bluefield plans to strengthen enforcement as muffler cut-outs disturb both business and residential districts.
A wartime prohibition forecast warns distillers and wholesale whiskey dealers may lose over a hundred million dollars if it takes effect July 1 without congressional action. The piece argues grain diverted to liquor hurts food supply and nation, and laments the fate of Senator Spooner.
Hiram Briggs, a bashful farmer, plans to marry Sally, the woman he loves. A house fire forces him to act, and he declares their future together as he carries Sally from the blaze and kisses her, sealing their union.
The discussion notes profit sharing plans as a means to give workers a stake in enterprise profits while warning that loss sharing accompanies capital labor relations. It cites unwise industrial actions causing plant idleness and losses, advocating cooperation arbitration and reasonable adjustment over conflict, referencing Canada as a threatened example.
A local charity announces a fundraising effort named Daisy to support the poor and the afflicted. Organizers urge community members to contribute, promising that every donation will directly help those in need.
A collage of quips on war, fashion, publishing and politics. It notes overheard trenches talk after armistice, Boston bathing myths, treaty sales in Germany, Wilson’s homecoming timing, and a general truth about self-importance from a university paper.
A short plea argues that money cannot help the poor and afflicted and questions the value of flowers as aid, framing a broader discussion on charity sources and practical relief.
A $60 000 gift from the late Mrs H S Steward of Tucson funds an astronomical observatory on the University of Arizona campus. The principal telescope, an 8.7 inch reflector, was ordered earlier but wartime delays slowed work. The observatory will be directed by Prof A E Douglass.
Dialogue snippet shows a patient blaming diet for his condition and a doctor noting repeated changes of cooks as the source of his troubles. The exchange highlights recurring culinary instability as a humorous cause of illness.
A refined bubble solution uses a fluffed mixture of soapsuds from castile soap with glycerine to extend bubble longevity. The method relies on glycerine to strengthen the soap film and slow evaporation for sturdier bubbles.
Charleston West Virginia June 13 reward for arrest and conviction of all three men who held up an interurban car near South Charleston and killed Conductor John Dame on June 10 has been increased from one thousand to two thousand by the local company. Although several passengers identified the Wheeler boys of Ashland Kentucky in jail here as the bandits others deny they are the right men. Officers are still scouring the surrounding country seeking the right suspects.
In Charleston West Virginia on June 11 colors of the 314th and 315th field artillery regiments of the eightieth division were placed in the state department of archives and history. Sergeant Robert F E Countz of the 211th regiment from Poca WV arrived in Charleston yesterday with these colors and delivered them to Governor Cornwell and acting Adjutant General Thomas Davis.
Capt. Hill FP. Wilson recounts a visit to a French hospital as he and an American officer try to communicate with a helpful young French girl. He notes the care, language quirks, and the playful misunderstandings while visiting wounded comrades and comparing translation methods.
Despite wartime strain a vast project advances in France to link Marseilles with Paris by a five mile tunnel through rock. The canal will cut a harbor, enable a ship canal, and allow Rhine navigation to the Mediterranean then to the English channel as barges move via Rhone.
A Kansas City Star quotation revolves around charity and moral hypocrisy. Professor Pate critiques coin gifts to beggars while J Fuller Gloom vows to carry soap cakes to demand self-care before any further aid. The exchange satirizes visible benevolence versus genuine compassion.
A Manchester Guardian special correspondent notes the Bois de Boulogne scene with US and French soldiers, Polish legionaries, and many French children accompanied by English trained nurses. The英lish influence appears in the fashion of bright colored coats and beaver hats worn by the children.
Dr Blanchard B Moore of the United States bureau of mines warns a radium shortage is possible. He notes difficulty in estimating current radium quantities and recalls a six year old estimate that deposits could last commercially only 10 or 12 years at the present production rate.
A joke about two boys discussing their schools. The elder says his teacher is a war bride, prompting the younger to respond that theirs is a Civil war veteran.
The larger portion of Tampa Florida's population is employed in local cigar factories, shaping the city's economic profile and employment landscape.
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