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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1922
Page
6
A brief line from the Daily Telegraph directs readers to address all communications and mail remittance daily to the Bluefield West Virginia office, indicating routine mailing instructions for the publication.
A fragmentary biblical verse warns against envy toward wicked doers as time reveals their folly. The text cites Psalm 97 and reflects on judgment, fading status, and how appearances, especially eyes, betray transient effort. Attributed to Sehopenhauer, the excerpt blends moral admonition with philosophical musing.
The article argues that hourly wage scales mislead about earnings without knowing hours worked per week and weeks per year. It notes coal miners and carpenters can have dignified daily rates yet low yearly income if employment is scarce, and warns against profiteering by wage demands and wartime price cling.
The article notes widespread unemployment easing recently yet beggars linger at city corners while agencies cannot fill job orders. It argues many idle workers refuse lower pay, prefer loafing, and expect harvest labor to pull them through as farmers seek help in the southwest. It recalls Washington reports sparsely reflecting the true unemployment pool.
Twenty years ago today the United States Supply Company of Welch earned a charter and work began on the Martin House near the Norfolk and Western depot while the railroad acquired two lines. TEN years ago today Carnegie Hero Fund Commission official T W Wilmot visited Welch for relief fund talks as Baltimore hosted the Democratic national convention.
The speaker laments able bodied individuals avoiding work and failing to seek shelter or sustenance. Laws exist to compel self support but enforcement is weak. Appeals to manliness fail. force is argued as the remaining means to compel work and self reliance.
The Labor Department and Veterans' Bureau coordinate to place disabled veterans in jobs. Secretary Davis orders the Employment Service to open all fourteen district offices to vocational graduates. Hundreds finish agricultural and technical programs, matching job seekers with employers for mutual benefit. A Madalynee Oben chain murder trial is briefly noted in two paragraphs.
A poem ponders what heaven may be like and asserts it is full of babies. It cites the Bible line about letting children come and imagines infant laughter giving heaven its worth. The speaker concludes heaven would not be heaven without babies.
The piece surveys gland transplantation as a youth prolonging idea led by Dr. Lespinasse and Harold F. McCormick, notes ancient Egyptian experiments, and questions the cure potential of carbon tetrachloride for hookworm with Hall's work and a dramatic prison volunteer. It also touches housing congestion in London and Dempsey era race politics.
Selected editorials discuss the danger of flies in spreading disease and outline prevention steps. They urge community action, proper garbage management, screening, and careful food handling to curb breeding and transmission. The pieces also touch on tariffs and wage questions as part of broader national policy debates.
The article extols the United States as the world’s greatest consuming country in generations, noting high standards of living, extensive use of world goods, and large production from farms and factories. It argues home wants should be met with home products and cites imports focused on sugar and coffee.
Classified notice announces a never occupied bungalow for sale in Kansas City with features like a long living room and fireplace. The item is billed as a way to avoid a divorce and mentions advertising in Colorado Springs Gazette. Also notes Mrs R B Hinman elected to Peru Indiana school board in Auburn Indiana’s Eeening Star.
Godhelp Hoff man Inc manufacturers cloaks and salts filed bankruptcy schedules showing liabilities of 27 793 and assets of 12 060. Bankruptcy records list Madison Avenue address and indicate the company’s financial position as filed with the New York Daily News Record.
A mosaic of witticisms and quips on current events and society. Jokes about conferences, strikes, aviation, alcohol on ships, memory and progress mix with sharp asides on politics, crime, and modern life. An omnibus of light satire and cultural snapshots.
A selection of brief quips from various papers including Hartford Times Asheville Times Columbia Record Pittsburg Sun Akron Beacon Journal Washington Star St Paul Pioneer Press Wheeling Intelligencer. The notes remark on golf habits prohibitionists jokes about jazz and law interpretation with a wry humor of the era.
A passage recounts Jesus praising the centurion's faith over Israel, healing his servant with a word, and raising the widow's son at Nain. It notes John the Baptist’s messengers, Jesus’ response, and the forgiveness of a sinful woman who anointed Jesus.
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