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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
6
An old style ad promotes the Daily Telegraph mailing service for travelers. It urges readers to subscribe for 25 cents to receive issues for over two weeks and stay connected with home, directing readers to mail payment and address.
The Daily Telegraph lauds Bluefield as a center for education and welcomes teachers from across the state. Commentary touches local politics, the city board, and regional issues while noting distant events including a Missouri minister in Detroit and California republic intrigues.
City of Bluefield should enact a comprehensive automobile ordinance with local speed limits passing side of street rules turning regulations license tax clarification and an examining board for age limits. Proposed fines should be raised and chauffeurs taxed. Taft heads west toward Utah in September with Senate reciprocity pending. A Los Angeles couple wed in a car, while two men plan a sea crossing from Providence RI to Rome by boat. King George’s crown will wow but lighter than our young sports and plug hats.
Ex president Roosevelt signals withdrawal from any formal bid and confirms displeasure at being pledged to Taft. A Rough Rider statement pledging no candidacy is endorsed by Roosevelt, who notes minimal opposition to Taft and few unreconcilable insurgents.
The text lauds President Taft as a rational progressive in his country. It argues his administration embodies honorable duty in office and public trust. It claims his accomplishments gain recognition and that political rivalry is discouraged by his strong popular support.
Parkersburg Telegram praises Postmaster General Hitchcock for turning the postal service profitable and suggests pairing road experts with him to boost highway progress. It argues his executive skill and rural delivery links make him a strong candidate to oversee or expand federal road powers.
A farmer with thirty tons of baled hay aims to sell at the best price. In early February, road conditions require four horses and two men per wagon, yielding one ton per load and two loads per day. Labor costs total five dollars daily, equating to twenty five dollars per ton.
A farmer shifts from high hauling costs to macadam roads, cutting thirty tons of hay transport to 33.38 dollars and freeing 41.67 dollars. Bond funding via local voters replaces old road taxes with higher 8.50 annual interest and sinking fund costs, enabling city shoppers to buy farm goods.
Director Stewart outlines drought damage across West Virginia with oats and hay losses. He urges farmers to sow forage crops such as millet cow peas soybeans and corn for forage and buckwheat for grain, estimating potential substantial gains if 100000 farms average five acres each.
The passage warns that drought has ruined crops including wheat and corn in the state and suggests farmers switch to other crops. It argues farmers have already lost more value than the Virginia debt and state tax revenues combined, urging action to mitigate losses.
Eben Foster asks Squire Lane for 200 dollars to invest in a dry goods business. He offers a stack of personal property as security including three solid silver teaspoons, a brass warming pan, several vases, bed materials, and even his geese and hens, with promise to pay back the money. The squire mocks the offer, noting the collateral is unusual and extravagant.
The New York American discusses the ongoing debate on the origin of Native Americans. It highlights the Mongoloid link with East Africa, similarities to Japanese and Eskimo peoples, and notes experts who favor an eastern origin hypothesis based on physical likenesses.
A specimen from Mr R L Gales Studies In Aready notes a barber boasting of refuting an atheist by asking which Scripture he based his ideas on. The atheist stayed silent, a crushing defeat. The Daily Telegraph mentions job rooms for fine commercial printing.
State of West Virginia Mercer County financial statement for Bank of Bramwell shows loans and discounts 1 010 706 90 dollars and other items including deposits 1 150 859 45, total assets 1 960 664 45. J I Perry cashier swears accuracy before notary public W J Jameson on June 12 1911.
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