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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
5
An old advertising pitch promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel. It claims calomel is dangerous, causing salivation and bone damage, while Dodson's is a harmless vegetable remedy that cleanses the liver and improves mood and energy. The ad urges readers to buy a 50 cent bottle with a money back guarantee.
The New Lebanon Baptist Sunday school convention meets in Graham Friday and Saturday at the Baptist church. The program includes sessions on reports, officer elections, superintendent roles, church relationships, teacher preparation, and missional work, with leaders from Pocahontas, Honaker, and Council.
Wilcoe resident F J Martin writes to set the record on the Graham Gary fox chase claiming R G Yosts Lead led early and Brownie and Bills dog followed. He disputes a blue ribbon for Bill and praises Leads performance as best in the mountains near Wilcoe with the finish at 1 am.
Price Morton, Randolph-Macon senior from Graham, Virginia, has joined the mosquito fleet of U-boat chasers. He trained at Lexington after leaving Randolph-Macon and is now serving under Uncle Sam to combat the German submarine menace. His parents learned of his enlistment yesterday as they await word from the war zone.
Coal is selling for 7.56 a ton in Graham, the highest price in the city's history. The report notes Pocahontas nut coal is unavailable and cites a coal famine near a major field, predicting further sharp increases unless government action halts speculation in essentials.
The Graham Red Cross committee organized a drive with each member assigned to solicit membership. Community response from Graham and nearby towns is strong with volunteers dedicating time as a patriotic service. Notes mention regional reports from Tazewell Richlands and Pocahontas and local anecdotes from Graham and surrounding areas.
The article details Tsaritsyn as a growing commercial center with rail connections to Kalatch linking the Volga and Don. It notes salt, fish, and fruit transfers from Astrakhan, Baku oil output, and local industries including breweries and iron foundries. Nearby towns Tvarev and Sarepta are mentioned with historical references to Batu Khan and the Golden Horde.
A Leslie's quoted piece by H. W. Slauson argues that modern highways require sound foundations waterproof surfaces and self draining gutters. It blames first cost and graft by contractors for roads needing annual reconstruction and stresses roads as lasting public assets.
A National Geographic war geography bulletin notes Tsaritsyn, also spelled Tsarit zuin, as a pivotal southeast Russian city. It controls crucial railroad traffic linking middle Russia to the Caspian Sea and Sea of Avov, hosting a large artillery works established by an English firm, with separatist governance reported in defiance of Petrograd authorities.
Mrs Pearl Patrick of Meadowsville Kentucky writes that a doctor’s pills worsened her digestion while Black Draught offered gentle relief. She reports improved digestion and sour stomach resolved, praising Thedford’s Black Draught as a valuable laxative for stomach liver and bowel troubles.
A peaceful vigil by silent sentinels on the White House grounds escalated into a brief disturbance as angry men tore down banners carried by women supporting the Russian mission to see President Wilson. Police arrived after the incident with no arrests.
The Federal Trade Commission told Congress on June 20 that pooled coal production distribution and rail and water transportation are essential to prevent a severe coal shortage next winter.
News reports state the Warrel liner Bay State sailing from Boston to Liverpool on May 31 was sunk by a German submarine. Details are incomplete and the company is Bolling Cort involved in the incident.
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