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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1919
Page
4
Rates listed for daily one year daily six months and three monthly and weekly marketing notices. The notice appears as a postal block with Bluefield West Virginia office details and second class mail designation.
A terse verse from Lowell proclaims loyalty to God and humanity, praising those who stand for the humble and weak against wrong. The sun as witness underscores moral steadfastness.
The piece argues that U S troops on the border are necessary due to ongoing Mexican instability. It traces the conflict to Taft era and Carranza’s shifting role, warning that without a capable Mexican government the United States must protect itself. It stresses no US hostility to Mexico yet emphasizes preventing border depredations and seeks orderly relations once Mexico achieves stability.
A Thrift Sunday message from Treasury Secretary Carter Glass urges continuing wartime thrift habits and buying war savings. Sermons and sermons from many denominations will promote save first spend afterward as part of a treasury campaign. Auxiliary groups are asked to participate in Thrift Sunday exercises.
A Chinese writer contends that Confucius who lived about 2000 years ago was the earliest advocate of a league of nations, framing the ancient thinker as a forerunner to modern international cooperation.
The note discusses Count Kantzau’s portrayal of a treaty and suggests the description appears nearly complete. It highlights the diplomat’s framing and implications for the agreement’s progress and potential ramifications.
A vintage advertising item touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe pleasant vegetable substitute for calomel. It claims to prevent salivation and sickness, improve liver function, and spare readers from weakness headaches and biliousness. It targets children and adults while warning calomel is dangerous mercury.
Editorial excerpts note varying views on who can vote and how Congress and officials influence national policy. With tensions over European affairs and looming reparation costs, papers describe pressure from investigations and shifting public sentiment toward Reds turning pink.
Mrs. Laura B. Daniel dies at 11:30 after brief diabetes illness. Survived by husband Dr. S A Daniel and three daughters Ada Hazel Ruth. Funeral at home then Horsepen Cove burial in Tazewell County. Also reports on LL D honor to Mrs George Poffenbarger and thanks from county committees.
Local recruiting for the Regular Army is brisk with men being accepted for all branches. A War Department telegram states that until July 10 only four recruiters within five hundred miles of the main station may accept enlistments in any organization and send accepted applicants to the main place for completion. The rule excludes men already enlisted and no extension of the privilege is allowed.
In a letter to the manufacturers Mrs P Frazier of East St Louis Missouri says she has never used anything equal to Chamberlains Tablets for indigestion and biliousness and notes many friends agree with her assessment.
Mrs H J Giles of Keystone visited friends in the city yesterday. Mr and Mrs L M Lyons of Pineville Ky are visiting friends in Bluefield. Mrs A F Thornton of Algoma in the Bluefield Sanitarium is improving rapidly. Gordon Biggs of Huntington spent several days on business and left for Philadelphia. Miss Thelma Lucas of West Alexander Ohio and Miss Hazel Walton are visiting for the weekend at Eggleston Springs. Miss Stella Obercon of Northfork returned home after tonsil removal at Bluefield Sanitarium.
Time tested remedy claims over forty years in use with millions sold. It emphasizes dependability and endurance through decades of customer trust.
The Roosevelt correspondence to the National Geographic Society discusses the Java ape man and other prehistoric humans. It covers Heidelberg man Piltdown man Neanderthal and the Cro-Magnon race, noting their timeframes, features and impact on human evolution. The relics include the Smithsoni an Institution display of Roosevelt's hunt and Garner's travels. Also mentions Chamberlains Cough Remedy endorsements and a proverb about shadows.
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