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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
4
Rates listed for PatreC SH in one year six months and three months with monthly to weekly options. Advertising rates furnished on application. Address inquiries to Daily Telegraph Printing Co Box 326 Bluefield West Virginia.
A statement declaring belief in the United States as a government of the people, deriving powers from consent, upholding democracy within a republic, and honoring freedom equality justice and humanity. It commits to loving supporting obeying defending the country and opposing its enemies.
A mixed war era column urges ongoing effort for the nation while highlighting Blgefald’s bright prospects and the fuel supply issue for local factories. It notes Austrian exchange drops, rail freight debates, and strategic analyses of battles, plus Vienna bread ration cuts and taxation relief requests.
A collage of wartime editorials and public notices. It includes comments on rail funding and civilian sacrifice, plus advisory verses urging healthy child care and a civic ethic. Names and places punctuate the scattered fragments, reflecting period voices and domestic concerns.
Washington June 21 fuel administrator Garfield urged coal miners with drafted coworkers to postpone farewell celebrations until after the day’s work. He said it is fitting to bid departing soldiers a cheerful farewell but emphasized coal production is vital to the war effort.
Letters from editors reflect opposition to dog regulations citing shepherd dogs as vital to sheep protection in western states and dangers of stray dogs. The Roanoke World-News editorial calls the facts clear and urges practical focus on wartime needs.
A new Ecuador law creates an advisory board to set exchange guidance for drafts with foreign markets. The president alone enforces the legal rate. violations face tenfold penalties. Duty payments may use checks on sight drafts tied to pound sterling values in New York.
Washington reports American soldiers now hold a continuous front of thirty eight miles on the western line. The stretch is manned by all American forces under American officers at six positions, as told to the house military committee during a weekly briefing with Secretary Parker and General Marek, chief of staff.
A Pearsons writer labels Bagdad the unluckiest city, recounting historic massacres by Mongols in 1258 and Timur in 1898, plus 1623 Persian capture under Shan Abbas with mass executions and water contamination. The piece laments repeated destruction of irrigation and generations of effort.
A series of public notices announces candidacies for the 1918 Republican primaries in West Virginia. A Willis Meadows seeks the superintendent of free schools nomination from Camp Creek, H L Highland campaigns for U.S. senator in Clarksburg, James A Hughes announces for U.S. Senate from Huntington, and Ike Shott declares for representative in Congress in the Fifth District.
London Tit-Bits reports a mobile fishing community on Saginaw Bay. About 130 wooden huts on wheels shelter three men per hut who fish through central water holes using live herrings as bait to attract pike and other fish, harpooning them with multi pronged spears. Torches illuminate the operations at night, drawing curious crowds and dramatic shadows. If fish run short the huts are moved to fresh spots.
A blind Los Angeles man recalls a 1990s friendly match between a U S team and the Queen's Own in Canada. With 25 shots, the American needed a bull’s eye at 800 yards to tie and win, the crowd urged fair play, and the shooter last hit for another bull’s eye to complete a perfect score.
Northern seas fish age is accurately determined by otolites or ear stones, which form annual rings like trees as the fish grows. More rings mean greater age, making age assessment reliable despite size variations among individuals. Also offered are tips for nourishing invalids with broths, eggs, milk puddings, and light fare.
Industrial Charleston faces a manpower shortage as the Rollin Chemical Company hires women stationary engineers to operate large engines. Miss Helen Sylian, nineteen, becomes the first woman on site and management plans a corps of fifty two women engineers with rest rooms shower facilities and overalls.
The adjournment of proceedings was requested by company officials to gain more evidence for their application. A new highway near Wheeling faces heavy truck damage. county engineer warns the paved road is being harmed and may seek state or federal aid. Lieutenant Vincent Flynn of New Jersey, serving with the British Royal Air Force, was killed in a collision near Cheshire, England, with two other pilots perishing.
An American troop transport formerly a German liner, returning from a French port, came under shell fire from a German submarine two days out. The running engagement lasted about an hour with over 100 shells fired. the submarine scored a longer range gun but none hit the transport, which escaped by speed as the submarine withdrew.
Washington reports Allied patrols north west of Chateau Thierry and in the Woevre region suffered considerable losses. Artillery fighting continues in Chateau Thierry Woevre and Lorraine with precision machine gun fire shaping the battles. In separate note an iron ore price increase of forty five cents per ton was agreed for government price effective July 7, signaling a steel price rise.
A London hospital reports partial removal of colon segments with no harm. The article notes Metch nikens view that such parts are useless and dangerous. Charleston report: public service commission hears Hope Natural Gas Company rate increase application.
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