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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
4
An advertisement urges readers to subscribe to the Daily Telegraph to receive updates while on vacation. It promises continued home news for 25 cents over two weeks and provides payment and mailing instructions.
The Daily Telegraph salutes the school teachers as a grand army shaping future generations. It notes Bluefield’s governance clashes, politics in local boards, and editorials urging reform. A St Louis minister relocates to Detroit for baseball and religion, while socialist insurrection mentions and Charleston’s need for a free bridge are touched upon.
A local editor argues for major changes to Bluefield’s automobile ordinance including fixed local speed limits, lane usage for passing, clarified license taxation, and an examining board to replace age limits. Proposes higher fines and revised enforcement. Also notes Taft’s Westward trip, a Los Angeles wedding in an automobile, a Providence to Rome voyage, and a quip about King George and sports hats.
Ex president Roosevelt hints at stepping aside from active nomination. He typically rejects others speaking for him and disavows pledges to Taft while a Rough Rider notes he is not a receptive candidate. No major opposition to Taft, with some insurgents unreconciled.
The writer lauds Taft as a rational progressive whose administration embodies public trust. They claim no political trickery fuels his leadership and argue opponents cannot disrupt his clear, durable support among voters.
The Postmaster General Hitchcock receives high praise for turning a losing postal business into profit and for his executive ability. The piece argues a good roads bureau under his guidance could boost the national road movement and suggests direct supervision or expanded powers in federal road matters.
A farmer with thirty tons of Daled hay seeks best price but February roads force slow transport. Four horses and two men pull a wagon to haul only one ton per load, making two loads per day and costing about $2.50 per ton.
A farmer trims thirty tons of hay to market costs by switching to a macadam road. He saves 41.67 on hauling, funds a bond issue with taxes, and in thirty years the city gains better roads. He and his wife then buy home goods in the city.
Director Stewart of the experiment station urges farmers to switch to millet cow peas soybeans and corn for forage and grain to offset drought losses. He notes statewide hay yields may drop by half and outlines potential net income and price impacts to guide planting on up to five acres per farm.
The speaker argues drought has already caused greater losses in value than Virginia’s debt and annual tax revenues. He says farmers could replace ruined crops and warns that timely farming changes could substantially reduce the losses for both farmers and the state.
Eben Foster asks Squire Lane for two hundred dollars to invest in a dry goods venture. The squire asks for security and Eben offers three silver teaspoons a warming pan vases feather bed material and five Plymouth Rock hens on the backs of his geese. An insured pledge to repay with no charge for care.
The New York American notes the ongoing debate on the origin of Native Americans. It highlights theories linking Indians to Mongoloids of East Africa and to Eskimos, with authorities noting similarities to Japanese features and suggesting eastern origins may explain early American settlement.
A specimen from Mr. R L Gales's Studies In Aready recounts a barber who claimed to refute an atheist by asking what Scripture he relied on and receiving no reply. The anecdote ends with the barbers defeat described as crushing and final. The Daily Telegraph notes Job Rooms offer fine commercial printing and legal stationery with prices on request.
The Bank of Bramwell in Bramwell West Virginia closes June 7 1911 and provides balance sheet items including loans and discounts 1010706 90 overdrafts secured and unsecured 650020 00 stocks and securities 245765 53 due from banks 26012 87 cash items 4150 72 and total assets 1900004 45 percent liability shows capital stock 300000 00 surplus fund 200000 00 undivided profit 1540 13 deposits 1990 004 45 total liabilities and capital 1900004 45.
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