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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1918
Page
4
Rates for advertising are available on application. The notice mentions Dail Maraph Printing Co in Bluefield West Virginia and references an entry and filing details, indicating the document is a public notice or rate sheet. The legibility is limited but identifies Bluefield and a printing company as key entities.
A patriotic declaration endorses the United States as a government of the people and a republic. It expresses duty to love the country, support the constitution, obey laws, respect the flag, and defend the nation.
A garbled reading presents a series of dated era lines praising sympathy and self sacrifice. It contrasts quiet acts unseen by sin with angelic judgment and notes a proverb about choosing to do what one must, not what one desires.
Government policy directs war contracts toward industries west of the Allegheny mountains to relieve eastern freight congestion and speed coal and material flows. Officials say locating plants near coal regions will boost production, reduce rail and fuel strains, and favor western centers over eastern mills.
A New York Sun column mocks German U boats and wartime policy remarks, suggesting hypocrisy in labeling internment or camps as hospitals. The piece critiques wartime actions and public sentiment, arguing against autocracy and deceit in commerce and policy during the war era.
A snippet from editorials mocks Britain and Germany, comparing WWI tensions to Julius Caesar and predicting action in Europe. The quip references Heligoland, Swiss chalets, and loot promised in 1914, illustrating wartime rhetoric and national bravado.
Wartime march song urging Americans to battle Hun forces. It extols troops marching from valleys and hills to defend freedom, with verses praising liberty, democracy, and world peace proclaimed by the nation. Signed by Douglas Wier of Baltimore Maryland with street addresses.
Paris reports a spirited artillery phase northwest of Montdidier and between Montdidier and the Aisne. A local attack south of Valsery improved positions with about a hundred prisoners and several machine guns. German raid near Avecourt repulsed. two dozen enemy planes downed or forced to land in five days. Twelve tons of projectiles dropped on Soissons Roye Nesle Chaulnes. Eastern front duels continue. Italian front repulsed. British airmen bomb stations Seven and Drama and torch area near Lake Doran.
A New York grand jury criticized the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company for employing women and girls as young as fourteen under conditions harmful to their health and morals. It urged immediate legislation to protect self-respecting womanhood, noting long shifts and poor car barn conditions.
A mother from Middletown, Conn describes her five year old daughter’s nervous, undernourished state improving within a week after taking Vincl. She cites increased appetite and weight gain, attributing it to beef and cod liver peplones with iron and glycerophosphates. Public druggists Goodykoonty Drug Co and Northfork Drug Co advertise Vincl products nationwide.
Washington reports that President Wilson may convene Western Union chief Newcomb Carlton after his letter opposing affiliating with the telegraphers union. The cabinet discussed the dis pute and the potential takeover of telegraph lines if a strike occurs, with hints that the War Labor Board might be asked to revisit its recommendations.
The war office reports increased enemy artillery fire across isolated Flemish sectors, on both sides of the Lys, and between Arras and Albert. An attack southwest of Albert at midnight was repulsed with prisoners taken. Activity revived southwest of Neyon and south of the Aisne, with partial advances north of the Aisne and northwest of Chateau-Thierry repulsed.
Bekkers Fleet Officers in Cumberland Maryland report the third annual Potomac States Association of the baking industry session nominated officers for its leadership. President F G Strohemann of Wheeling, vice president W R Kaskey of Martinsburg, and secretary A J Clarke were announced.
Notices from Gill Highland James Hughes Hugh Ike Shott Davis Elkins and the Filkins Campaign Committee announce Republican bids for U S Senate and Fifth District Congress in West Virginia with primary set for August 6 1918. Statements urge party members to support candidates per state and party rules.
The slate includes J. J. Mattern as treasurer and G. C. Garver, J. Ullman, T. F. Bayba, J. W. Tonge with no opposition, set to be elected at the session tomorrow in Richmond and nearby locations.
Washington June 18 The 750 million treasury certificates of indebtedness to be offered June 25 will mature October 24 with four and one half percent interest Subscriptions accepted through Federal Reserve banks until July 2 The Cleveland district allotment is 68900000 and the Richmond district 26000000 Blocks of similar size will be offered every two weeks until about 4 billion in certificates are floated and district allotments will stand for other issues
John R. Mott told President Wilson that one fourth of the 2500 American Y M C A workers in France are now within range of German guns. The association is expanding work with American, French, and British troops and taking over related welfare efforts.
Fairmont reports the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company now operates the Fairmont and Helen's Run and Fairmont and Bingamon lines, formerly run by Western Maryland. These two routes, the state’s heaviest coal carriers, serve Consolidation Coal mines at Ida May Carolina Wyatt and Bethlehem Coal at Bethlehem. Traffic had routed via Connellsville to Western Maryland under a prior agreement.
British official report says a successful raid occurred north of Lens last night. This morning English forces raided enemy trenches south of Hulluch and captured several prisoners after strong fighting. On the rest of the front, artillery activity continues with no further reports.
President Wilson issued a proclamation fixing the registration period for military duty in Alaska from 7 a.m. July 2 to 9 p.m. September 3 for men who reached majority since September 2, 1917. The Alaska governor may establish registration sites and appoint officials to enforce the selective service law.
The Louisiana state senate adopted a house resolution for a referendum on a state constitutional amendment granting women suffrage by twenty nine to eleven. President Wilson urged submitting the question to the people in a recent letter to the state assembly.
Mannington West Virginia June 18 The Hope Natural Gas Company struck a gas well on the A Musgrave farm near Mannington yielding twelve million feet in the Big Injun sand This may be northern West Virginia s largest well to date and several other wells are under drill in the area.
A catalog of fire signal points and street intersections includes Princeton Avenue with Russell. Bluefield Avenue at multiple crossings. Raleigh Street with Federal Avenue and Stewart Street. Wyoming and Monroe. Princeton Avenue atill eneral illen Street. Lee with Franklin. Fire Station. Reese and Marshall. Allen and Powell. Pulaski and Park. Bland and Jones. Bland and Wilson. Bland and Hillis. Blend and North. South and Jefferson. Pen Mar and Frederick. Middle Adams. Roanoke and Clark. Norfolk and Western hoopen. Nferdy and Orange. Standard Oil Co Bluefield Ave. Midway. Henry and Greenletter. Jones Street. Militia Call line with phone alarm noted.
The record shows 1917 British advances across fronts took 115000 prisoners and seized 781 guns. In air service terms an ace requires five enemy planes shot down.
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