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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1911
Page
4
Rates listed as 1.00 2.00 4.00 and 10¢ with furnishing on application. Remittances and communications to DAILY TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO BOX 326 BLUEFIELD WEST VIRGINIA. Telephones omitted.
An old advertisement urges readers to subscribe to the Daily Telegraph for travel or home updates. It promises delivery for over two weeks at 25 cents, with payment and address details for ongoing news service.
A visitor praised Bluefield for its substantial buildings, solid schools, thrift, enterprise, friendliness, and progress, challenging negative reports. The piece urges welcoming educational association attendees to shape a better view, noting Bluefield’s rise from twelfth to fifth in state ranking over ten years and defending direct election principles against changes in federal oversight.
A columnist dispatch suggests possible GOP candidates for next year’s races in the state. Goff and Hatfield are highlighted for the governorship, while the Fifth district may see several names if Hughes declines. Hughes’s health is improving and his withdrawal may not occur.
The piece argues that western politicians and the Senate fear direct election and oppose it by backing a heavyweight amendment while appearing to favor the change. It suggests lawmakers fear public opposition and prefer to defeat the idea through dilution.
The board met in adjourned session and approved licenses for a Raleigh street restaurant and two pool rooms. A macadamization petition for North street and bonds for Bluefield Gas and Power and J N Phelps were discussed. Bids were received for sidewalks and east end road macadamizing, with J B Ewell submitting a bid for board walks.
A local historical note recalls William Tell Fifteen Years Ago forming a military company with W. W. Anderson elected captain and Frank Lord as first lieutenant. Judge M. C. Dickerson died at his home in this city.
The council recorded bids for foot walks priced from 2.75 to 5.50 per thousand feet with only one bid for macadam from M E Long kept over for time limits. Concrete sidewalk bids were read and held. Sewerage work on south Bluefield to start in about two weeks along with surveys. Mrs J A Turner’s bid for meals for prisoners accepted. Hotel licenses granted to Barnes and Hutchison for the New Altamont.
West Virginia Republicans in New York and Washington discuss potential candidates for governor and Congress. Talks include Hatfield possible governor. Names such as Conley Avis Oglesby Lilly Payne and others tied to district seats. Goff met visitors in New York but offered no clear intention.
The passage notes that a figure admitted discussing a senatorial proposition with President Taft who urged him to reenter active politics, indicating presidential encouragement to resume public service.
An eyewitness recalls 19th century classroom discipline from A H Hall’s Old Bradford Schooldays. Horace Walton climbs a nut tree, falls injuring himself, and is flogged by the master to restore routine with the order First bell come to order second bell attention third bell lick Walton.
Strand Magazine notes that many brokerage firms refuse women accounts or restrict them to personal introductions. It portrays Wall Street as skeptical of women's business sense, labeling them good winners but bad losers and citing incidents of brokers tolerating losses to avoid tears.
Police found dime molds at Ruth linked to four alleged counterfeiters arrested at Northfork by Officer Belcher. One suspect hid dollar molds behind a Ruth home, and a mother of two suspects claimed she destroyed several boxes. Only a few dimes and nickels circulated. stores reported nothing.
New York June 16 Walter Harriman a deaf and dumb pressman lost his right hand in the press his talking hand was valued at 6000 by a jury damages awarded in the state supreme court justice Newburger refused to set aside the verdict as excessive noting the hand was his talking hand and its value to him.
In Havana on June 16 fifteen hundred workers from the Cuban Engineering Construction Company walked off the job on the new sewer system demanding higher wages.
A Youth's Companion note recounts how smoke from bituminous coal sparked public backlash in England 600 years ago and again in Elizabethan times. It traces three efforts to curb coal smoke, culminating in nineteenth century success, with Lewes likening modern pollution to cumulative poison harming health vegetation and buildings.
Harper's Weekly describes the carabao as slow and stubborn with a chief aim to lie down in a stream. Soldiers, guards, and bystanders strain to coax the animal across a ford while it resists, often forcing delays and comic chaos on the train crew.
An anecdote recalls Sir Morton Peto proposing many railroad plans during a dinner in which Daniel Drew attended. Drew listened and bluntly told the company, in his blunt style, that they would not pursue any of those projects.
A London Tit-Bits quip lists minor faults like killing time, murdering a tune, smothering a yawn, stealing a kiss, cutting a creditor and breaking into a perspiration. The speakers reflect on human foibles with light humor and irony.
Impatience and pride have destroyed more souls than wickedness. Whooping cough remedies are advertised with Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and Chamberlain’s Liniment recommended for external use.
Jacobus Nojeras cites a 1408 account where a siren was captured in the Zuider Zee and brought to Haarlem. Reportedly naked, she was clothed and learned Dutch tasks such as eating, spinning, and maidenly pursuits, living a long but mute life as she never learned sea-language.
A brief humorous snippet from the Cleveland Plain Dealer shows a character insisting on a $500 bank check despite an overdrawn account. The scene centers on a bridge game pun and a shopping bag handkerchief gesture as the punchline.
Fallon Florist of Roanoke Virginia advertises hardy tomato plants in 10 sorts shipped by express in baskets dated May 18, 1911. Also notes SAUER'S PURE FLAVORING EXTRACTS with vanilla lemon etc endorsed by pure food chemists.
The Washington Star quotes Senator Sorghum describing his toughest task as resembling his photograph in appearance while matching his speeches when visiting his hometown. He jokes about adjusting to public life and the expectations of constituents.
Detroit Free Press quotes a boy’s question and a father’s reply about philosophy. The line defines a philosopher as someone who tells others their troubles aren’t worth much. The brief reflects a humorous reflection on thinking and perspective.
A fragmentary editorial tone quotes esau and Lowell reflecting on choices and consequences. The text includes lines about exchange and joy and notes a busy store scene, suggesting a decorative flourish amid everyday commerce.
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