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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1929
Page
6
The piece cites Psalms 37 16 and a quote from B R Haydon arguing that a righteous man values doing right over immediate gain from wrongdoing. It reflects a compact moral reflection on ethics and character.
Through her attorney Mme Roska Schwimmer the Austrian pacifist and U S citizen applicant pursues a reversal of the Supreme Court decision on conscientious objectors. Counsel argues possible error in conclusions but court is not expected to reverse. The case tests personal conscience versus national defense policy.
The piece argues for stronger public protection at dangerous grade crossings, noting obstructed views, lack of alarms, and deaths despite signals. It calls for redesign, elimination, or guarding and favors a crossing guard over mechanical warnings, insisting blind crossings must be removed from highways. It ends with a financial note about Draper M. Daugher y and a New York woman.
The Lick Branch relief fund total reached 26243.08 in Wise Virginia as a fire swept the area. The town was shaken by the blaze. no further details on causes or damages provided.
The Galveston pageant crowned Miss Lil Goldarbeiter of Austria as Miss Universe by a seven to one decision. The piece notes the United States may yield championships and praises the improved international relations between the United States and Austria while anticipating the new beauty’s future career in films or marriage.
The piece links January and February overcast days to poor egg hatching and moon phase ideas, suggesting belief in health rays and ultraviolet influence as life drivers. It cites Minnesota, Petaluma farms with sunshine, and warns Milwaukee may become Chicago suburbs after a truck theft.
A regional outlook outlines quarterly tax payments to city county and state, mine safety enforcement, miner education, barriers on roads to save drivers, gasoline levies to replace personal property taxes, and new factories for Bluefield. It also calls for development associations, street expansion, and political participation on Sundays.
A solitary figure narrates how a search for God led to a sight of divine presence. The moment on a woodland ledge reveals God’s footprint, a hermit’s singing in twilight, and a wind blessing the narrator as sunset reveals the glory of His robe. The poem ends with the realization that God dwells within the heart.
A collection of editorials argues action over rhetoric in enforcing laws and urges public demand for honest enforcement. It highlights pardons and politics weakening law. then notes rising advertising spend in 1927 and its role as a public investment sustaining mass production and distribution. It contrasts lottery winnings with the many losers.
Dr Morris Fishbein surveys predictions by geologists and Professor Ales Hrdlicka on how mankind may evolve over the next hundred thousand years. He notes possible loss of hair and appendix, a shorter digestive tract, taller stature, and continued modest growth limits despite improvements in nutrition and civilization.
In midtown Manhattan a string of street grifts unfolds from a hydrant shinier to a fake French jesters con, a purse snatcher in disguise, and a locksmith of bracelets. Pedestrians get duped by quick tricks as onlookers glimpse the era of petty crime and sly con games. The narrator recalls similar ruses from decades past and notes the recurring tricks of dodgy sales, fake valuables, and parking swindles.
A cutline notes women described as taller and thicker while a playful report lists a captured ape-man near Mexic o City shouting Wah Oo Wah. Senator Heflin challenged Democrats to pledge support for Al Smith in 1932, noting many senators seek the presidency.
Missouri native Dwight F. Davis is set to become governor general of the Philippines, becoming the first former war secretary to hold the post. The Bystander notes how his move may affect his political prospects and discusses the aging pool of colonial experts in the army and navy.
A New York artist reports Thibetan tribes honor President Hoover as a godlike figure named Koovera and place Ford on a secondary pantheon. The piece compares ancient myths to modern fame and notes Western leaders, like Ramsay MacDonald, seeking peace through direct action.
The article contrasts sun rays reflecting off objects with the spirit of men and the idea that hope and virtue reflect warmth back to the world. It then describes a large flag celebration in Washington DC with a 90 by 165 foot flag weighing 640 pounds carried by soldiers and sailors. Old Glory is celebrated as the embodiment of liberty and national memory.
Briefs span farm relief bill signing in Washington Minona priest slain by jealous husband in Minnesota and other incidents including a derailment coal-rate case indictment in Ohio and England and a hospital death after border patrol transport The report also covers divorces marriages and cultural notes with fragmented prose and a long Dalit era prose passage about liberty and sacrifice.
A chapel essay argues education should energize social morality while recognizing religion as the essential dynamic. It cites Copernicus, Newton, Morse, Agassiz, and Pasteur to show science and faith harmonize, urging that wisdom come with religious faith guiding practical study and human relations. The piece stresses integration of theory with faith to achieve real peace and progress.
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