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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1923

Page

6

Advertising Rates and Agency Contacts Listed

The notice lists Advertising Rates furnished on application and cites Kats Specat Advertising Agency with offices in New York Kansas City Chicago San Francisco Atlanta. It notes foreign representatives and local notices such as meetings entertainments fairs and lodge resolutions may be charged. The Daily Telegraph Printing Co Bluefield West Virginia provides contact details and states Associated Press content rights.

Kats Specat Advertising Agency New York Kansas City Chicago San Francisco Atlanta Esesee Daily Telegraph Printing CO Bluefield Ryn West Virginia Secon Mallee

Quote From Fuller On Life and Death Wisdom

A reflective line cites Fuller on God and humanity noting that even the greatest may need the humblest and that no one escapes death in the end. It presents a meditation on dependence and mortality in a spiritual voice.

Freight handling records shattered by railroads surge

Railroads report a massive rise in freight cars loaded, with four month totals up nearly eleven percent over 1920 and April loading 29 percent above the same period. The Railway Age notes the surge signals strong prosperity and immense national productive capacity, though railroad men doubt facilities can meet anticipated fall demand.

Railway Age

Downward March of Expenses Under Harding Budget Wins

The 1922 fiscal year opened with a projected deficit of 823 million but closed in surplus by 200 million due to economy measures. President Harding led the push for a budget law, budget bureau setup, and a landmark 1921 executives’ meeting to outline a program of public economy.

Congress Republican Congress Budget Bureau United States Harding

We Were Doing Twenty Years Ago Today

W G Meadow and RR Meadow were called to Bedford by their mother’s illness. W J Hepford opened offices in Bluefield. F W Updike, machinist at Roanoke shops, was scalded to death when a steam pipe burst.

W. G. Meadow R. R P. Meadow Bedford W. J. Hepford Bluefield F. W. Updike Roanoke W. W. Arrowood Grundy Tazewell

I Got A Ford Now I Favor Motors Talk

A playful poem recounts how the speaker once mocked motorists and their chatter about clutches gears and oils. Now owning a Ford changes the scene as the speaker becomes eager to join conversations about cars and share in the motor talk.

Ford Berton Braley

Mixed Odds and Ends From A Crazy Telegraph Page

A flash of random notes and quips from a late 1920s telegraph column. Mentions TOM Sims, labor shortages in wheat, fines for Louisville wood dealers, China’s president fleeing Peking, and a proposed Dempsey Gibbons bout. Also references to Ty Cobb, Britain's payments, a Wichita police case, Harding speeches, Ten Commandments filming, and other scattered items.

Harding Seeks Further Economy Across Government

President Harding has urged maximum economy in public affairs and notes record unspent appropriations. He reports a $256,000,000 reduction in ordinary departmental expenditures from last year and calls for continued saving as the new fiscal year starts July 1.

Harding United States Treasury United States Budget Bureau

Funds of Protestant churches reach sixty five million

The article lists church funds by denomination with totals from $2,000,000 to $175,500,000 totaling $65,422,000. It calls the funds a noble, practical principle ensuring clergymen's old age and a solid church investment. A Lancaster woman swapped a jail sentence for liberty in a fifteen minute decision to exchange dollars for freedom.

Methodist Episcopal United Brethren Protestant Episcopal Fund Methodist Northern Baptist Presbyterian North Congregational Lutheran Missouri Synod South Lancaster

Annuity Funds Support North American Clergy

Eighteen Protestant denominations in North America have endowed pension or annuity funds for sustaining their superannuated clergy. Funds vary in size, reflecting diverse church investments and commitments to aging ministers.

North America

Disarmament and War Tech Across Anxious Years

A critique on disarmament delays and the arms race, warning that half measures fail as scientists forge new killers. It cites acetylene and ethylene mixtures, aviation advances, and the moral gap between rapid invention and ethical conduct, urging political reform and humane restraint.

Senator admits investigations have little value

The text notes that a United States senator concedes congressional probes are of no value to the people who have long suspected as much, while contrasting two New York City social contests a marble playing event and a boy har monica contest as more interesting than marathon dancing.

United States New York City

Ambitious Writer Boni Castellane Sells Life Story

The note claims Count Boni de Castellane, once married to Anna Gould, has written and sold his life story. It mentions Russia as prone to stirring trouble and implies consequences for restless nations or individuals.

Count Boni de Castellane Anna Gould

Editorial on government reform and labor relations in 1920s

Selected editorial opinions discuss President H and government retrenchment under Secretary Houston. The piece praises fiscal reform reducing expenditures from 6 to 3 billion, budget controls, and a shift to businesslike governance. It cites New York Tribune and Charleston Gazette on labor relations and leadership accountability.

Europe Needs More Than Peaceful Patting Says Star-Eagle

The Newark Star-Eagle argues that postwar Europe cannot be cured by smiling diplomacy alone. It describes Europe as a stubborn, quarrelsome region resistant to outside guidance and warns that sweet talk will not quiet a storm.

Europe Newark Star-Eagle

Labor agitator rhetoric at Rotary meeting in St Louis

Sherman Rogers denounces labor agitator talk at the International Rotary gathering in St Louis. He recalls Charles M Schwab visiting Seattle shipyards in 1917 and notes Schwab’s apparent warmth toward workers despite labor tensions.

Sherman Rogers St Louis Seattle Charles M. Schwab Mr Schwab

Edison on invention and the spark of discovery

The piece quotes Thomas A. Edison predicting that last night's mail will trigger a radio revolution as amateurs explore ideas. He argues invention often comes from chance and curiosity, cites a Geneva New York farm-hand who demonstrated a locomotive hooked to a motor, and stresses stepping back from tough problems to let solutions arise.

Thomas A. Edison Geneva General Electric Co Syracuse Corps Paul Pry

Short Cuts From Exchanges

A collage of editorials from papers such as the Harrisburg Patriot Baltimore Sun Detroit News Houston Post Atlanta Constitution and New York Post. The items spoof foreign and domestic affairs and comment on spies family crises and social behavior with witty quips.

Scotland Yard The Houston Post Atlanta Constitution

Harding’s Humble Demeanor Impresses Visitor

Washington Post notes President Harding’s simple, approachable manner as he mingled with Americans. The article highlights him as a head of state who remains unseen by a noisy crowd, sparing a visitor’s embarrassment with kindness.

Harding White House Earth Mr. Harding Washington Post

Meiklejohn Theorized To Blame For Amherst Troubles

The Lowell Courier Journal comments that President Meiklejohn’s strict views on intercollegiate sports and coaching may not fully explain Amherst College troubles. The more likely cause is his progressive or radical stance alienating conservative alumni, with students tending toward radicalism before graduation.

Meiklejohn Amherst Lowell Courier-Journal

Pluck Versus Handicaps Shaping a Chicago Graduate

Herbert Geisler an eighteen year old blind student from Chicago will graduate with top honors and win a University of Chicago scholarship. He credits his sister Carol who served as his eyes by night while he learned by day. The piece urges giving her proper credit for support in his achievement.

Chicago Herbert Geisler University of Chicago Carol Herbert Milton Philadelphia

Humorous Clippings From Unknown Columns

A collage of short jokes and quips features a minister’s boy, a Rooshy exchange, a dealer dispute over a car balance, a Clapboard Springs remark about elections, a Lizzie joke, a rescuer’s misstep, baby hygiene caution, and a divorce scene.

Rooshy Lum Lopp

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