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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1912
Page
2
A brief medical update from Greenville area doctors mentions Mr. 8 and initials BL Johnson reflecting ongoing health notes. No further patient details are provided in the fragment.
District Democrats met at City Hall with harmony and cheer. Nominations were set for education, justice, and constable sectors, naming W. D. Thornhill and W. R. Graham for board of education, J. E. Crockett and F. J. Brown for magistrates, Kemp H. Smith and Henry L. Moore for constables, with votes tallied to determine nominees.
A candidate on an independent ticket emerges as a potential entrant. It will be interesting to see how many men will take the step.
June 22 ceremonies mark the farewell to the historic Elm tree with the Winthrop Historical Society and the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts in attendance. Major Rewir Gibbons, once captain of the company, lends the tree its name as preparations begin to cut it down next week.
Supporters of Oscar W. Underwood will travel from Birmingham to Baltimore over the next day to back the Alabama congressman for the Democratic presidential nomination. En route they will pick up Underwood delegates and supporters in Georgia and other states.
In Chicago on June 22 the credentials committee saw Chairman Devine and Illinois’ McCormick clash over a Roosevelt signed statement attacking the committee’s work. Devine called the signers wilful lars.
Alton B Parker arrived from Rochester to prepare his Baltimore convention address in New York . He declined to comment on William Jennings Bryan’s opposition to him as temporary chairman of the Baltimore convention.
Lieutenant Von Falkenhayn, a German army aviator, died today at Doeteritz in a flight accident. A faulty lever movement caused the crash during a military airfield flight.
Denver, June 22. The trial of Fred G. Bonfils and H. E. Tammen on criminal libel charges is set to begin Monday in Denver. The case stems from the recent municipal campaign and is described as one of the west’s most sensational libel trials. The Denver Post is involved as the defendants are part owners.
The editorial notes that the defendants plan to call virtually all notable Denver figures as witnesses. It lists bankers editors politicians and other figures described as jail-birds ballot-box stuffers bribe-givers and takers, signaling a broad, provocative defense strategy.
The St Jean Baptiste Society of St Sauveur plans elaborate observances for its fifteenth anniversary tomorrow. A bronze statue of Rev. Katherine Durocher, founder of the J Sauveur branch, stands on a granite pedestal in Durocher Square where unveiling ceremonies will occur.
A rural clergyman greets a missing parishioner named William who explains he has strong reasons for staying away. He cites three objections including speaking, singing, and the claim that it was in the church that he met his wife, delivering a humorous exchange.
A motivational passage urges persistence in life and the value of personal purpose. It cites Mark Twain and Emerson, noting each person has a unique role and the potential to be someone's friend, with encouragement to seize opportunities. The note ends by promoting a Daily Telegraph subscription at $4.00 a year.
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