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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1924
Page
7
Advertising rates are listed for subscriptions and mailing zones. The notice includes West Virginia pricing, zone-based charges, and terms for city carrier payments. It identifies The Associated Press rights and publication details in Bluefield West Virginia dated Sunday June 14 1924.
A concise reflection quoting Proverbs 25 19 and a line on unity from Shakespeare. The text contrasts following vain persons with poverty and notes unity keeps persons in favor with themselves when out of favor with others.
A testimonial urges attending Sunday School and church after John Brown revival efforts. It argues the church strengthens the community, raises property values, and benefits all residents, urging parents to bring children and stay for services across denominations in Bluefield.
A set of light vignettes from a hotel scene features a detective, a circus visitor, a kitchen maid, and guests trading quips. A guide explains a factory misstep, a nosy tourist questions rubber erasers, and a lazy Jones family story surfaces amid a family breakfast gag about a beak.
The tariff debate moves more vigorously in the South as manufacturing grows and farmers seek home production gains. Southern protests against cheap oils from the Orient reflect concerns over competition and market access, with a Baltimore periodical noting the presidential election will shape the issue.
Claude Barnett was killed by a train at Welch A. Cocke was nominated for county clerk at Bismark N D Conductor R F Turner was seriously injured at Hemphill ten years ago today Graham passed an ordinance compelling non residents to pay special auto tax B A Marks formerly of Bluefield and Miss Jule PO Metlinik married in Roanoke. Dominick Brogulio five year old Italian boy was accidentally shot and fatally wounded. He will stand for the break down of a living wage. He will stand for the closing of factories for the bankruptcy of thousands of concerns which let be prosperous. The man who stands for a protective tariff high enough to safeguard the agricultural and industrial interests of this country will stand for national prosperity and progress for a living wage for the industrial worker and thus for a worker for the products of the farm. The time will be sharply drawn. Many other issues will be involved. But here is an issue which comes directly home to the heart of every man in the country. Pre-eminent it is a question which the south must face. Maximilian Harden believes another great war will have to be fought to remove inequalities of European politics and that it will be a conflict in which minds will transcend force and power. He observes it is a pity that the brain is supreme in war alone and that if we could put it on our thrones peace would no longer be in danger.
A historical essay traces invention to the impulse to dodge work. From ropes and ladders to elevators and wheel services, progress emerges as people seek easier methods. Inventors are praised as hard workers whose creations gratify humanity’s laziness.
A fragment of verse compares fading clouds and passing storms to a tranquil close of day. It evokes the sea’s gentle retreat as night approaches, using imagery of waves receding along the shore to symbolize rest.
An editorial contrasts a lament about cold wet June weather with a wry Baltimore Sun note on weather frustration, then shifts to praise for business education. It argues for weather resilience and urges public minded practice in business through codes and training, noting recent reforms.
George F. Baker’s $5,000,000 donation to the Harvard School of Business Administration underscores the value of formal business education for even highly successful executives. The piece notes Baker’s belief that specialized education produces better bankers and managers in modern, complex commerce.
Southern California researchers study animal reactions to music at a zoo. Lions respond to saxophone while elephants prefer trombone and baboons enjoy any instrument when played jazz. Findings on lions elephants seem novel. baboon jazz reaction is unsurprising.
A collection of brief quotations from various sources. Notes on graduate orations by non-grad dads, Russian peasant fears of world end, the hope that buoyed the pass ing show, and Marc Antony’s ears contrasted with modern political speakers who seek only audience waves.
Asks hover over how the Democratic convention will react to eloquence. Cox is backed by an Ohio delegation hoping for a comeback, though many doubt his nomination. Baker, also from Ohio, looms as the preferred speaker and potential real figure. Carter Glass emerges as a possible compromise candidate favored by conservatives.
A Bridgeport Post snippet describes a freshman walking with his sweetheart on a farm. He comments on a cow and calf rubbing noses, declaring it romantic. She urges him to imitate the scene, noting it is the farmer father’s cow and he won’t mind.
Olympia Washington, June 14. Three thousand posters will be placed along roads and highways of the northwest warning people not to strip the forests of their flowers. Tourists are endangering the future supply of forest blossoms, experts say.
A lively column blends whimsy on wedding rings with a critique of wartime and postwar economics. It notes Anglo Canadian trade growth, Italy’s recovered wealth, and rising Orient exports, while also dissecting film industry economics and media trends.
The piece champions vacation weekend outings for health and self education. It urges using legs, sleeping outdoors, learning to light fires, and wearing breathable clothing. Readers are advised to ventilate rooms, avoid city confinement, swim in nearby waters, and gain vitality for summer heat.
A Dallas newspaper column gathers quips and jokes on marriage, weather, trains, phrases, and daily life. It notes Canada forest fires advancing and a Delaware man with a 100 year old clock, plus a Danish seaman’s skin turning dark in six months in Hull England.
Leave Princeton 4 30 P M. Ping limit to leave Norfolk not later than 10 00 P M Friday June 20 1924. Children half fare. Corresponding low fares from stations east of Princeton. Holders of these tickets cannot secure accommodations in sleepers. Neither can they have baggage checked. R C Sutherland ticket agent Princeton W Va L W Woody A G P A Norfolk Va.
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