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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1922

Page

6

Morning Message From Galatians

A brief devotional line echoes Galatians exhorting believers not to grow weary in well doing for in due season they shall reap if they faint not. The fragment emphasizes perseverance and faith.

Import Policy and Home Industry Protection

A historic opinion argues that limiting cheap imports preserves American manufacturing and national prosperity. It asserts that flooding the market with foreign goods raises prices and harms both importers and consumers, while a strong domestic market ensures universal benefits.

America

The Case for a Ship Subsidy Bill

The government owns about 1,400 ships with two thirds of the American merchant fleet idle costly to maintain and 400 active vessels losing roughly 50 million dollars yearly. The administration aims to sell to private operators but buyers cannot afford current operating conditions, making the subsidy bill in Congress a proposed remedy.

Congress

New French Rail Control Fails. New Company Set To Take Over

After years of effort officials declare national rail control a failure and plan a new company to operate the lines. The piece notes a return to reliance on private initiative and efficiency. A Ford for President club forms with a slogan rejecting a constitution. The column questions personality over principles in Ford’s campaign and remarks on a woman wearing fur in summer and the discomfort and price she bears.

Ford Henry Ford

New York Seaport Tied To Fewer Drink-Related Victims

Statistics show a drop in drink related victims in New York, possibly linked to the citys status as a seaport and related controls. The report notes a lower incidence and suggests maritime activity and enforcement contribute to the trend.

New York

Twenty Years Ago Today In Bluefield And Nearby

A 20 year retrospective notes Bluefield's Bashop opening by Mr. Sterne. Reverend W. Moore, in charge of several Presbyterian churches, traveled through en route for North Carolina vacation. Miss Lelia Crockett and Albert H. Baldwin wed at Radford.

Bluefield Sterne W. Moore Graham Bramwell Pocahontas North Carolina Lelia Crockett Albert H. Baldwin Radford G. J. Holbrook Roderfield

Promoter Criticizes Dempsey Pact After Three Mile Limit

Tex Rickard resents Jack Dempsey's demand for a $500000 purse. He says he himself made it possible for a pugilist to become a millionaire at the expense of the gullible public and the public.

Tex Rickard Jack Dempsey

Jokes and Clever Quips From a Chatty Card

Humorous exchanges about a minister’s fee a million inheritance a mirror in every room and car depreciation. The dialogue features a string of jokes where punchlines twist ordinary phrases into absurd wordplay and unexpected conclusions.

Tom

Learn a Word Each Day PUERILE meaning childish and foolish

Definition of puerile as relating to a child or childish behavior. Origin from Latin puer meaning a boy. Example notes that a diplomat's remark on tariffs was mocked as puerile by friends.

Wanderers hymn to seeking and return in Thelma Phiegar poem

The poem portrays wandering souls chasing distant calls and new experiences. It contrasts restless quests with the solace of returning home to rejoin past joys. The speaker frames pursuit as universal, ending in a reunion of wanderers and waiting.

Editorials Support GOP Nominations Shape Party Unity

Selected editorials stress Beveridge Pinchot and Prookhart remain Republicans and will run on the Republican ticket. Endorsement across national leaders shows GOP vitality and elasticity, despite past differences. Additional items discuss German bonds, Dawes budget forecasts, and 1923 deficits.

Beveridge Pinchot Prookhart National Republican Organization Chicago Tribune

Constitutional amendment on House size and districting

A Minneapolis Journal opinion argues for fixing House membership at 2007 to create larger fewer districts. It contends this would elevate the dignity of the office and lead to better representatives, restoring the House’s usefulness seen in earlier times.

Minneapolis Journal

Bankers in Paris Fail to Forge German Allied Loan Plan

The record notes bankers in Paris could not craft a law for a large German loan to allied nations and the United States. German and French schemes to back the loan were rapidly forming, as the effort stalled.

Paris United States Germany France

Lightning strikes twice in New York widow’s kitchen

Mrs. Alice Turner of Farmingdale survives a storm after a lightning bolt damages her house then a second bolt renders her unconscious. A Canadian veteran shows an ultra tiny dictionary of 11 000 words carried through the war. Bank clearings in May reach 151 billion dollars, eleven times prewar levels but money moves faster than explains. Jazz in Chicago cabarets provokes Indian observer Yellow Calf to connect jazz to savagery and civilizational decline.

Alice Turner Farmingdale New York Aninjest Joseph Brown Ottawa Brown United States Yellow Calf Chicago

Tariff Plan Hikes Razor Duty to Fourfold Price

The senate decrees an up to 400 percent tariff on foreign razors. A German firm would ship a razor to New York for $1, but arrive at $4 after tariff, illustrating how Americans are undersold in some sectors. The note cites steel as another area where the U.S. undersells others.

Senate New York

Crude Pioneer Attempts at Wireless News Pictures

A Rome to New York wireless photograph is printed in a newspaper signaling early news through radio transmission. The piece predicts future radio movies and radio eyesight that will allow watching events remotely without photographs, remarking that such advances will “drive many nails in the” and change how people perceive distant events.

Rome Italy New York

Short Takes From Exchange Items Across the Nations

A collage notes varied items from newspapers including Utah Mona Yee slip ups, Rock Island gas quirks, a popular song Why Everybody Flaps but Father, and jokes about quiet country days. It mentions daylight saving debates, time tricks in Akron, skin ads, and many aviation firms in Germany.

Telegraph quirks and political jests fade into a busy season

Snappy aphorisms cover weather vindication, senate votes, re elections, and public conduct. Notes mock campaigning, finance in churches, education by movies, and strikes while referencing Ireland, King Emmanuel, and Edison. A light column mixing humor with current affairs.

Portland milk reforms credited for lower infant deaths

In Portland Oregon over twelve years the infant mortality rate fell from 32.6 to 4.2 per thousand as the milk supply improved. Dr D W Mack as chief milk and dairy inspector instituted strict dairy supervision, milk sampling at delivery, and biannual published analyses with names and addresses, gaining public support and dairy industry backing.

Portland United States Porand D. W. Mack Dr. Mack

Silk Hose Income Question Halts Suit Against Mrs Phillips

A London shopkeeper suit against Mrs Dorothy Phillips was halted by an unresolved question: what should be the income of a woman entitled to wear silk hose. The dispute centers on whether she can claim silk hose expenses.

London Dorothy Phillips Israel Abraham Elisabeth Zacharias John God Judea David Waxel Irael

Luke I The annunciation and birth of John the Baptist

Fragmentary notes recount Zacharias and Elisabeth’s priestly town visit and the angel Gabriel’s message. Mary’s visit to Elisabeth and the nativity foretell John the Baptist’s birth and Jesus’s coming. The text conveys the vow to Abraham and the prophecy of salvation through the Messiah.

Luke John Christ Elisabeth Mary

Emergency first aid basics for camping and injuries

Dr. Bishop recommends carrying a Red Cross first aid guide and knowing basic steps for shock heat stroke sunstroke and injuries. Instructions cover positioning keeping warm use of heat external splints for broken limbs with improvised materials and cautions against setting bones. Also notes for poison ivy and a Brazil gold mine claim.

Red Cross

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