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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1918
Page
4
The text proclaims belief in the United States as a government by the people with powers derived from consent, in a democracy within a republic, and in a union of states based on freedom equality justice and humanity. It commits to love support defend and honor the country and its laws and flag.
A compact meditation on human inclination from cobweb threads to cable strands. The excerpt ties hope to belief and love, citing timeless phrases about possible outcomes and the ease of effort for those who hope, believe, and love.
A front dispatch notes American revolver tactics repelling a Cantigny German raid and praises trench close fighting with revolvers and bayonets. It lists heavy German aristocracy losses, counts and barons killed, and remarks on Austria’s emperor and German naval damages while the steel industry paid taxes early.
The piece notes the cost of past wars, references Richard III and Bosworth field, and hints at shifting roles as women enter the workforce while European tensions and the Kaiser loom, juxtaposing past and present service.
Faith Baldwin of The Vigilantes speaks of farewell and sacrifice in wartime verse. The speaker notes a bereaved bond and asks that the poppy fields of Flanders bloom despite sorrow, while acknowledging Death and faith in a grim war frame.
A Washington janitor’s disposal findings reveal empty whiskey and beer bottles among rubbish in the House office building. Speaker Clark and Representative Randall address the issue, defending members from insinuations of impropriety as opponents attack clean government.
A collage of editorial swipes and opinions cites wartime thrift stamps and war summaries. Comments from New Haven Union Rochester Post New York Post Cleveland Plain Dealer and Hartford Courant mention Irish home rule faces, juvenile delinquency trends, and Tammany figures including Charles Murphy and Mayor Hylan amid January office shifts.
The death of R M Fox a longtime Bluefield jewelry dealer on Princeton avenue was announced after a three week illness. He was fifty and died at St Albans hospital Radford at 3 95 pm. He leaves a wife three brothers and a sister all of Cheatham Virginia. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3 pm from his Union street home conducted by Rev T S Hamilton. He belonged to Bland Street Methodist church and Woodmen of the World.
Active pallbearers named for the funeral include W. A. Vawter W. B. Hicks D. E. French Lacy Shirey J. L. Youn and B. Jarrett with A. F. Kingdon noted as a pallbearer among others. Burial is planned at Walnut Grove cemetery.
A political strike was arranged for June 17 in Nu remberg to protest reduced bread rations and delays to Prussian suffrage reform. Berliner Tageblatt reports the Social Democratic party and United Trade Unions of Nu remberg issued a warning against the strike.
Turkish forces have occupied Tabriz near Tehran, according to a Turkish official statement dated June 14. The city is described as the largest in the region and strategic in the conflict.
Albert D. Watson notes in the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Saturn’s distinct ring system lies in its moons plane except the outer moon which appears retrograde. Rings span from 96,500 miles radius to 10,000 miles wide outer ring with a crepe ring of 9,000 miles from surface to inner margin. Saturn has ten moons, Titan being larger than Earth's Moon, and most moons keep the same face toward Saturn.
Prof. David Jones, world champion speller, retired after 50 years teaching in Missouri. He issued an annual spelling contest for 38 years, never defeated, spelling 15,000 words in one sitting. He defeated university heads and scholars, earning silver cups and trophies from spelling bees nationwide.
A wireless message can be confused by signals of the same wavelength. A receiving set must share the transmitting wavelength to avoid other signals. The Illinois Women's Athletic Club plans a one million dollar club house. Leon Trotsky, once a moving picture actor in America, is noted in Russian politics.
Hugh Ikn Shott announces candidacy for the Vican nomination to represent the Fifth Congressional District in Congress. He pledges fervent devotion to national welfare and adherence to patriotic American ideals in the face of the current crisis, seeking the August 1918 primary. Chas L Herberlin also announces Republican bid for State Senate in the 7th Senatorial District, Beckley, Raleigh County, to be decided in the August 6, 1918 primary.
A dated listing details fire alarm signals affecting multiple streets and avenues including Bluefield Avenue Russell Avenue Mercer Avenue Field Avenue Chestnut Avenue Spruce Street Poplar Street Raleigh Street Federal Avenue Wyoming Monroe Giles Princeton Lee Franklin Fire Station Reese Marshall Allen Powell Pulaski Park Bland North Bland and FElils Streets etc indicating a coordinated alert or closing pattern. Also notes Norfolk Western Shops Standard Oil Co Bluefield Midway Henry Greenbrier coupes Jones Street Militia Call and phone alarms.
Report from Budapest states the Hungarian government has ordered requisition of all crops and placed flour mills under government supervision. The action broadens state control of food production and distribution.
Berlin dispatch reports Emperor William sending congratulations to the crown prince for recent military successes by his troops, noting the exchange is official and dated in Berlin.
In Washington on June 17 the Shipping Board reported sixteen ships delivered in the first two weeks of June with a combined dead weight tonnage of 89 162.
Nellie Morse befriends neighbor Philip Dexter after a street mishap and a later confrontation with her sister’s abusive husband Richard Allen. Nellie signals Dexters help through a frosted window as Allen menaces her and Winifred. Dexter intervenes, Allen is captured by police, and Nellie and Dexter’s bond grows into romance.
Fragmentary report notes American presence in Germany with reference to Berlin offices and communications. Very little readable detail on persons, dates, or events.
The article asserts prisoners are not used as show objects nor subjected to insults or taunts. It claims German camp life is calm and not provoked by a few Americans among thousands of war prisoners, with adequate food provided according to current German conditions.
Washington reports the American Red Cross appropriated 125900 dollars to support Swiss Red Cross relief work. Funds will aid allied troops interned in Switzerland and civilians in transit from Germany and Austria and to assist people and soldiers of Switzerland.
Lieutenant R. W. Parker of the American flying corps was forced to land during a bombing mission over Germany and was taken prisoner by German forces. The incident occurred as Parker served as a Scout on the Paris front amid German actions in June.
Squeeze juice from two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint freckle and tan lotion. Massage daily on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and blemishes and achieve clear soft white skin at little cost. Harmless and sold at grocers and drug stores.
The War Department announced Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood is revoked from command of the Western Department and reassigned to Camp Fanston in Kansas. The move was disclosed today.
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