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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1920
Page
4
The West Virginia Public Health Service notes two years of venereal disease education and clinics, stressing the moral dimension. It calls for ministerial, parental, and school involvement, with doctors and social workers aiding, and urges broader press and public education to curb the spread.
The Literary Digest spent about two hundred thousand dollars on its presidential straw vote including printing sorting replies and clerical labor. The piece argues that large public campaigns require big money to reach voters and notes a shift from office seeking the man to candidate announcements through primaries.
The Regan county committee begins campaign activities as Democrats prepare to name their national ticket. Republicans hope for a vigorous fight across county and state races, while primary vacancies linger, stirring intra party tension.
Isaiah Fountain, a Black man awaiting execution for the rape of Bertha Simpson, a 13 year old white girl in Trappe, Md., escaped from jail tonight for the second time. He had been held on the April 19 assault charge and fled Lore outside city limits.
A posse of about 200 men combs the woods seeking the suspect amid open threats of lynching. Officials urge restraint as the manhunt unfolds across rural terrain.
A survey notes John Adams as the first to hold a presidential record and Wilson as the oldest occupant at sixty three, while Buchanan left at seventy and others aged differently through early years. It contrasts lifespans, retirements, and the evolving demands of the presidency across eras.
A wealthy socialite, formerly widow of the Marquis of Anglesey and now Mrs. Jack Gilliatt, emptied jewel chests of old fashioned gems to auction. The sale yielded five figures, enabling her to buy a beautiful estate where she now pursues a chicken farming hobby.
In a blunt recruitment, five applicants faced questioning by the firm head. The boss tested general knowledge with quirky queries, including how far the North Star lies from Earth, before hiring the third candidate who hinted the distance is irrelevant to his errands.
On August 1 Japan maintained a fleet of 724 ships over 1,000 gross tons engaged in coast and ocean trade. The figure reflects the country’s merchant marine capacity during the period and highlights its shipping strength.
Wounds Wile and self inflicted death in New Orleans on June 13 as details of the incident emerged. The report notes the lethal action and identifies the location and timing of the event. Further specifics are not provided in the fragment.
Liam J. Sullivan Jr aged twenty to day shot and seriously wounded his seventeen year old wife Aline Richter Sullivan then killed himself. They were married last March while she was in college. Sullivan announced the marriage about a month ago but she refused to live with him.
Baton Rouge La June 15 All possibility of action by the Louisiana legislature to enfranchise the women of the nation before the November sections was removed today. The report notes the House rejected a suffrage measure at this session.
Editorial denounces the United Mine Workers as allied with the National Socialist party and Debs, arguing their platform nationalizes mines and other key industries. It cites Harold Houston as a Socialist speaker and warns the federation aims to overthrow American principles, while praising nonunion coal regions for keeping the country running. It also notes Soviet deficits and high dues in West Virginia.
The house passed a state suffrage measure while the senate rejected the federal ratification resolution sixty-seven to forty-four. A federal suffrage resolution failed in the senate last week and a state suffrage measure was set as a special order for Thursday.
In San Francisco on June 15 William Harrison Jack Dempsey world heavyweight champion may face trial tomorrow on a conspiracy to evade the selective draft act. Dempsey was acquitted of evading the draft today and manager Jack Kearns is named co defendant in the conspiracy case. The acquittal prompted a rare federal courtroom demonstration.
Mexico City reports General Manuel Pelaez will turn over his forces to Brigadier General Pelias Calles minister of war and will follow his orders. Felix Palavacini named special envoy to Tongland France Italy Belgium Eduardo Neri sworn in as attorney general Heraldo notes.
The ex captain and new hotel manager claims every employee is a former service member. He cites staff roles from desk clerk to chef as former military personnel, joking that wind gusts now double as outside window washing on the eighteenth floor.
The U S department of agriculture debunks claims about ancient Egyptian grain germination stating most cereals do not sprout after long storage. French tests show grains older than a few years fail to germinate, with wheat barley and oats surviving eight to ten years under ideal conditions but few alive after twenty years. Telegraph Want Ads are highlighted as winners.
New York June 15 Medical experts estimate 1919 cancer deaths at 100000 and those afflicted at 500000. Dr Frederick Dugdale of Boston told the ninth annual convention that cancer begins from constitutional or blood causes with predisposing factors, and that cure is possible if excising causes are removed and factors treated.
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