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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1918
Page
4
A fragmentary statement asserts government of the people derived from consent, a republic with unity, freedom, equality, and humanity. It vows to support the nation, obey its laws, uphold its flag, and defend it against evils, reflecting patriotic duties.
Fragmentary quotation discusses justice and mercy versus judgment. It cites Bible themes and a Fosdick line about balancing liberality with righteous indignation. The text weaves moral tension with centric forces shaping true liberalism and empathy.
An article notes the Daily Telegraph plans a new press to print up to sixteen pages at thirty thousand copies per hour. The move aims to enhance wire service coverage, though past delays due to manufacturing and shipping issues are mentioned.
The article urges every able bodied American to work in the wheat harvest to boost wartime production. It notes labor shortages from war and public works demands, citing Kansas City and cities nationwide. It also reports Constantine of Greece and his wife living in Switzerland amid a strained marriage and German-influenced politics.
Lord Curzon, speaking to the Foreign Press Association in London, praised the German emperor for drawing nineteen civilised nations into conflict while asserting that a Greek's act of burning the temple of Diana would not gain the same ignoble notoriety for the German ruler.
A Memphis Commercial Appeal poem by Sara Beaumont Kennedy calls on national duty and justice. It urges counting the nation’s bravest men to guard liberty, echoing biblical and wartime themes of service, courage, and equality in a vow to defend democracy.
A collage of satirical quotes from diverse papers mocks politicians and ethnic stereotypes during wartime. The items include jabs at Mayor Mitchel, Finnish leader Svinhufvud, German Americans, and U S political debates, with a Macon Telegraph quip about a crooked candidate.
Editors urge the nation’s traveling salesmen to boost patriotism and war production by distributing literature, promoting Liberty Bonds, and informing customers. They stress the need for immediate action, cooperation with businesses, and mobilizing salesmen to unite farmers, merchants, and workers in support of the war.
A West Virginia Republican candidate announces seeking the U S Senate nomination for August 6 1918 and Huntington candidate James A Hughes for fifth district U S House nomination on August 1 1918. Both pledge party loyalty patriotism and faithful representation.
A set of public notices from 1918 announcing Republican candidacies in West Virginia. Chas L Herberlin seeks State Senate in the 7th district from Beckley Raleigh County, and Davis Elkins is named for U S Senate from Morgantown Monongalia County. Wells Goodykoontz announces for Congress in the Fifth District from Williamson. he pledges war support and party harmony.
The Manufacturers' Record argues that well-equipped traveling salesmen, wherever they travel, can support the war by mobilizing commerce and boosting national effort. Their readiness would rival a similarly sized army, potentially amplifying overall wartime impact.
Secretary Baker authorized a summary showing total Army building expenditures at home and abroad of 1.1706 billion dollars. Projects include cantonments camps emergency civilian housing expanded plants and new facilities while construction contracts retain profits limited to a fixed percentage with a maximum fee of 250000 dollars.
Southern senators asked Secretary Lansing to protest reports that China plans to close its doors to American tobacco shipments. They claim control of the Chinese market may pass to Japan via a Chinese loan talks. American tobacco interests report about 30 million dollars in annual business with China.
Lieutenant Allen F Winslow and Douglas Campbell, flying with General Pershing's expeditionary forces, shot down the first two German aircraft. The feat, told in Winslow's personal diary released by the war department, earned them French decorations and a recommendation for the American Distinguished Service Cross.
Paris reports artillery activity last night between Montdidier and the River Oise with no infantry actions. Fire also visible south of the Aisne and west of Rheims in Champlai Bligny sector. Submarine nearly 300 feet long pursued the Keemun off Virginia capes, firing a five inch shell. Captain Collister, master of the Keemun, informed the navy department.
American batteries fired thousands of gas shells at German lines along the Marne northwest of Chateau-Thierry in retaliation for a German gas attack, as reports say the action came last night.
Provost Marshal General Crowder announced a call for 13 620 draft registrants across states for general military service. Among them 1 261 are negroes who will attend schools and colleges for military training.
British and Scottish battalions conducted a local operation north of Bethune on the Flanders front and captured over sixty prisoners. The war office issued the statement today.
British troops in a local operation checked the German forward movement on a two mile front north of Beuchene, according to Field Marshal Haig in the British headquarters report from France tonight.
The Associated Press reports that American soldiers now occupy sectors on the Alsace front. They first entered these positions on June 21.
The British steamship Keemun arrived at an Atlantic port after a Thursday night attack off the Virginia coast by a German submarine. The vessel appeared undamaged from the encounter and reached port today.
General Knoester reports to General Wiehhorn that about 10,000 Bolshevik Red Guards, led by Czech officers, were nearly wiped out by German forces west of Taganrog on the Sea of Azov. Over 3,000 Bolsheviki dead were counted, not including drownings.
Secretary McAdoo plans to depart White Sulphur Springs West Virginia tomorrow night for an undisclosed western destination to spend several weeks recovering from a throat illness.
A jumble of street pairings and location notes appears to document fire signal points and municipal sites around City Hall. The list includes dozens of cross streets such as Princeton Avenue Russell at Bluefield Avenue Mercer Street Chestnut Spruce Pinefield Poplar Raleigh Putleigh Wyoming Giles Lainceton Franklin Allen Powell Pulaski Park Bland Jones Hiand Pella Fland North South Jefferson Pen Mar Middie Adams Roanoke Orange and Norfolk and Western areas with mentions of a Fire Station 31 and standard company references, plus stray notes about a militia call and an England municipal kitchen plan. The fragment also notes the British army size, 7 500 000, and a forthcoming municipal kitchen operation.
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