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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1926
Page
6
A compact quotation echoes Saint Paul and Voltaire urging temperance in striving for mastery. The fragment blends biblical exhortation from 1 Corinthians with a Voltaireian maxim on happiness and restraint.
May building permits show Bluefield in 1925 at 54090 versus 101025 last year while statewide West Virginia totals drop from 1219624 to 763088. Leading WV cities reflect a general slowdown in construction activity across the country.
A mocked critique of Herbert Janvrin Browne who warned of starvation in 1927 due to crop failures and a cold summer. Meteorologists say weather beyond thirty six hours is guesswork while Browne cites sun heat and ocean temp to project long term trends, now deemed alarmist.
We We were doing twenty years ago today items note umpire Johnson mobbed after a Brooklyn game and Grace Methodist church celebrating the tenth anniversary of its cornerstone. Myron Marsh of the Bluefield Inn returns from Mountain Lake fishing trip.
Last Night's Mail profiles Senator David Aiken Reed noting his nerve and independence. The piece highlights Reed's confrontations with critics, his defense of Pennsylvanians, his stance on prohibition and income tax issues, and his role in Smoot's tax bill, praising his tenacity and self-assurance.
The piece questions Nevada's potential vote to modify the Volstead Act while suggesting a single state vote cannot weaken a federal statute. It cites Marty A. Mackey and reflects on political cost for a senatorial nomination should corruption surface. It notes the British coal strike and calls for compromise ideas amid debate. An educated man earns four times as much as an uneducated man and knows forty ways to spend it.
Analysis from the Wheeling Intelligencer notes Senator James Wadsworth's bid for reelection on a repeal front for the Volstead Act and the Eighteenth Amendment. It discusses his opposition to abortion of women's rights, the dry sentiment in states, and the political dynamics with Governor Al Smith.
The document urges stricter mine safety enforcement and operator education to save lives. It calls for barriers on curves and high banks on state and county roads to protect motorists and proposes more factories for Bluefield. It also requests a new Bluefield passenger station with parking, to relieve railroad traffic using city streets near East Bed bridge, Midway, and College Avenue.
Former Ohio Senator Pomerene enters Democratic primary for Senate against incumbent Willis. Commentators suggest a strong run could boost a presidential bid and reshape party dynamics, with Ohio figures praising his candor, courage, and appeal among voters while editors weigh liquor and national issues.
The essay contrasts Peter the Great the dog’s death by a envy tainted bullet with Carthage and Rome’s fall. It reflects on vanity wealth and the line about dogs. It then shifts to art interpretation and social value, comparing rich and poor perspectives. It ends with a critique of elective education vs compulsory classics and a digression on political eloquence.
Quotes and quips from the Winston-Salem Journal column humor section cover love and eye doctors, seasons, home care, heroes, church, cooking manners, government, dances, jobs, teeth, wives, and conventions. A playful collage reflecting social observations and light satire from the era.
A short verse by Leigh M. Hodges urges giving flowers now as a gesture of comfort. It contrasts the inability to receive with the healing power of kind words, warm greetings, and smiles to ease burdens.
In New York on June 16 Broadway chatter centers on Harry K Thaw's romance with a Greenwich Village hat check girl. Lillian Gish attends a premiere with George Jean Nathan amid legal actions, while butterflies of celebrity sightings include R C Benchley, Neysa McMein and Joyce Hawley. Scenes range from cabaret diversions to croquet on Central Park lawn and a beerschlag beer hall near Broadway.
Public Health Service guidance urges expectant mothers to seek medical care and routine urine tests. Emphasizes pelvis measurement for first pregnancies, eye for hidden conditions, proper diet, fresh air, rest, and regular physician visits with urine samples every two weeks in late pregnancy.
Editorials urge honoring a 19th century treaty obligation to Shawnee and Delaware tribes for losses during the Civil War. The House committee recommends $463,742 to compensate for property damage, highlighting long‑standing government breach and gratitude duties, with both tribes having served the Union. An adjacent piece laments suppression of academic speech as antithetical to education.
An advertisement touts Pile-Foe and Pile-Fog as fast acting treatments for piles with relief within minutes and complete or money back within five days. It lists Bluefield, East End, and Fairview pharmacies carrying the product and Casmith Remedy Co. of Washington, D. C. as the maker.
Prof Chas H Woolbert told the Kiwanis club last Thursday that university spokesmen are often administrators and that instructors should focus on the classroom. He urged a return to an educational policy prioritizing teaching over administration and noted instructors may restrain themselves when discussing their institutions.
A Columbus Evening Dispatch editorial argues that Abraham Lincoln would not be befuddled by today’s diverse college opportunities. It contends Lincoln’s thirst for knowledge and core character would guide him upward, and many current students pursue suitable paths amid some idlers.
A rambling verse filled with rustic musings on rain growth seeds and garden work. It blends advice to stop worrying about weather with playful snippets about neighbors family and daily life. The piece shifts to a fable-like joke about a worried husband and a stopped watch in a crowded streetcar.
A collection of brief quips from various papers including Mussolini’s magnanimity toward Americans, the Corn Bell as a boil on the neck, Iowa corn jokes, Army lieutenants plans, coal buying nudges, ink bottle outbursts, bombs near legations, boyish views on gender, Glentornan autos, pink boll weevils in cotton country, and miscast farming comparisons.
In Mineral Springs Arkansas Mr M Hosey head of a large family credits Thedford s Black Draught with aiding digestion and sleep and says a small dose at bedtime helps constipation. His daughter Mrs E C Sanders recalls using it from childhood for dizziness and sick headaches, noting relief from pain and suffering. Sold by druggists everywhere.
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