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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1922
Page
6
A reflective excerpt contrasts divine judgment with human striving for justice. It cites Psalm 58 11 and praises a creed where humanity fights selfishness and pursues true manhood and exact justice through collective effort and courage.
Rail executives and union leaders clash over wage-cut decisions by the labor board amid likely walkout ballots. Ninety eight percent support a strike while government options loom. Officials weigh potential use of motor trucks to move necessities if trains halt, shaping a pivotal national transport crisis. Sunday joy riding and fatalities are noted.
Ten years ago today William Howard Taft received the nomination for president at the Chicago Republican convention. He planned to attend a national party gathering and had been chosen as a delegate, with duties including serving as general chairman of a local committee.
A memorial to the Poland China hog was unveiled in Middletown Ohio with breeders from across the nation attending. The piece credits human care and planning for the breed’s fame, noting the owner’s choices shaped the animal’s value beyond mere pedigree.
The text explains the Mars close approach, just over 40 million miles from Earth, noting it would seem possible to travel there after supper if weather allowed. It frames the distance in casual terms for a reader, using a friendly tone about space events.
President Harding expressed support for Secretary of the Treasury Melon, while noting the Cabinet head might feel better protected if the chief stood before him.
A quoted remark notes that today there is more theory than practice, implying limited real-world advancement and suggesting the world’s work suffers when ideas outpace application.
A measure before the Japanese diet seeks to permit land ownership by foreigners, aiming to pass without affecting existing national controls or security concerns, signaling potential shifts in property policy and foreign investment rules.
A poem contrasts ground work with visible rise of a building and the cost of success. It notes laborers digging beneath soil, the unseen toll in body and mind, and the swift ascent once foundations and superstructure are completed. The piece links quiet toil to towering achievement and fame.
The piece attacks Senator Newberry as a corrupt example and criticizes campaign spending. It cites a figure of 453.99 and accuses political figures of corruption, favoritism, and lavish expense in a public nomination context.
The text notes a determined attitude in California on the same issue and that Bolshevik threats to widen conflict in western Europe were taken seriously by Romania and Poland, with both governments preparing to defend themselves.
A fragment from the Pittsburgh Dispatch notes a legal conflict over whether wives may owe counsel fees and alimony to husbands. It discusses evolving views on female financial obligations within marriage and cites a Wash article urging a temporary maintenance rule against female servitude.
A terse report asserts communism has collapsed in Russia as part of a broader sequence indicating fading of multiple system pillars. The note conveys a sweeping political shift with emphasis on ideological decline.
Germany has paid a further installment toward its reparations debt but details on the next payment remain uncertain with no clear date or figure available.
A long clipping reports Mrs. Charles Willard of New Haven Connecticut born twenty one babies since marriage at fourteen with only five surviving. It notes high infant death from sickness, and mentions a death-row execution in Bing Sing and a hooch survey in Boston. It also covers US farm income, millionaire counts, Canadian Indians at Point Pelee, Texas Rangers, and Dudley Sargent defending flappers.
A string of fragmented quotes touches on fashions, automobiles, the Navy slogan mockery, radio limits, anti marine lines, and indictments for bread price fixing. It notes the Bennett estate value and hints at newsroom work for farm boys.
A collage of brief quips and snippets lampoons tariffs, money, and daily life. It riffs on electric phones, poems, meteors, and sayings about knowledge, pranks, and love. Several items mention taxes, refunds, fashion, and random observations.
An assortment of cliches and half remembered lines features Sir Harry Lauder stories and aDenver Eugenist Millicent Miller talk, with local vignettes about a tidy shopkeeper and a comic exchange over clean clothes. The piece ends with a jovial uncle and a playful ragtime moment with a baby.
A compact summary of Luke Chapter Four with Jesus led by the Spirit into the wilderness for forty days temptation, then teaching in Nazareth and Capernaum. It notes his reading in the synagogue, the prophecy fulfilled, healings, exorcisms, and the spreading fame in Galilee.
A school inspector questioned a child about the meaning of pilgrim in a North England primary school. The pupil offered a comically literal answer, defining pilgrim as a man who goes about a great deal, prompting the inspector to note his own confusion and press for a correct definition. The exchange ends with the child clarifying I mean a good man.
Dr R H Bishop explains ARM weather boosts heat in the body and reduces appetite for office workers. He cautions against overeating in summer and says calories matter, not meal size. Suggests green vegetables cold foods fish and fowl when craving meat, and emphasizes slow eating and avoiding drinking with meals.
Chinese shades and lanterns fold up like fans to form lamp shades suitable for the country home. They are inexpensive yet highly decorative and impart a distinct atmosphere.
Houston on June 22 reports Henry Zacharye an oil emeller claims a unique method to locate deposits. He uses a bottle of oil a cork and a silk string with the string end in his hand and the cork submerged to sense vibrations as he traverses the south Texas oil fields.
The word moribund means in a dying state or near death. It comes from Latin moriri and is used to describe something that is dying or ceasing to exist such as a political alignment or old party organizations.
A stunning gown in green and black appeared on a girl dancing at a New York roof garden. The black satin was slashed at the bottom and lined with green crepe, worn over a silver-toned underlayer. She wore a jade bracelet above her elbow and jade earrings.
The text stresses consistent manners at home and in society. It urges respecting family personal belongings and avoiding liberties without consent. It highlights that good breeding entails steady conduct, not a separate charm for outsiders.
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