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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
4
A compact collection notes quotes by Carlyle Hood and Jerrold on cleverness luck and happiness. The excerpts pair sharp reflection with human foibles, hinting at the timeless tension between talent and fortune in everyday life.
Local committee urges sales of season tickets at 2.50 to cover 1750 needed for a Bluefield chautauqua. Season passes admit eighteen entertainments and can be shared, with benefits for the town and the Redpath Company. Buy before Saturday noon through stores, committee, or Civic Club.
A heated exchange between Georgia senator Hardwick and Florida senator Bryan unfolds over post office service on rural routes. Hardwick defends current policy, saying Georgia would lose votes without Democratic control, while Bryan questions the mastery general and service reach, highlighting politics and policy in a Congress session.
The column rails at Democratic strategy and party fate in the Pennsylvania Florida Florida senator debate over postal service issues. It notes the political stakes of elections and hints at shifting regional loyalties and future party dominance.
The text notes Samuel Gompers calling the Carranza regime a union labor element in Mexico. It also mentions Uncle Sam's new fiscal year, rising cost of living expectations, and various remarks on Mexico and the army’s use of mules.
National Geographic Magazine paints France as a vast green landscape molded by climate. Verdure ranges from gray greens to yellow greens from the Pyrenees to the coast. The piece contrasts evergreen fields and high pastures with red tile roofs and blue waters, celebrating color harmony.
The London Chronicle notes that Ve y island near the Thames mouth, once nearly submerged, was transformed after 1623 when Croppenburgh a Dutch dyker built a seawall and drainage system. Dutch workers settled there and the island retains a Dutch character to the present.
A Washington Star quip reports a terse exchange between an employer and cler k about a temple cut. The clerk explains a row with his wife and the boss jokes she has always been shy, now more so.
A brief dialogue unfolds in which a young suitor discusses attire and status with a woman. He notes his desire to avoid shabby appearance and references his father’s fashion. The exchange hints at social expectations and personal pride in style. Louisville Courier Journal.
A quick witticism from the Baltimore American overheard at a boarding house has Mrs Skinner asking if the beef is too rare and Mr Simpkins replying he would prefer it a bit more done. The exchange captures magazine style humor of the era.
A heated exchange unfolds in a Pennsylvania froth as a father refuses to marry off his daughter to a foolish partner, prompting a counter offer to take her away.
A planting machine now operating at Letchworth park forest and arboretum in Wyoming county New York can plant from 10000 to 25000 forest tree seedlings daily.
The Nashville Banner reprints a Savoyard essay arguing planet Earth is a lunatic asylum of the solar system and that nations and individuals display varying degrees of sanity. He notes Europe’s widespread madness, U S politics as folly, and the persistent tension between folly and good intent toward a higher estate.
A collection of brief newspaper quotes from multiple papers touches on civic intervention in Alabama and Mexico, a proverb about nettles, labor hiring at government offices, and predictions about a revival of spoken drama versus movie managers’ busyness.
A short verse from Edgar A Guest in the Detroit Free Press expresses a personal creed of gentleness, honor, honesty, and steadfast conduct. The poem asks to live with faith, to face adversity, and to leave a simple, honorable mark for others to find.
A compiled list shows alarm signals across multiple city streets and intersections including Bluefield Avenue corners, Raleigh streets, Bland, Spruce, and Jefferson crossings, plus Fire Station 31 and 52 Roanoke clerks. It notes means a phone alarm sent from Central Station.
Petersburg hosts Fraternal Order of Eagles as members from across Virginia gather for the annual state convention. A two day program of business and entertainment will conclude tomorrow with featured events and ceremonies in Petersburg, Virginia.
Five hundred delegates from major railway systems of the United States Canada Mexico and Cuba gathered in Detroit for the opening of the annual convention of the Association of American Railway Accountants.
R. A. White, auditor of the New York Central Nines, called the gathering to order. The sessions will continue three days as the convention discusses topics crucial to railroad financial and accounting departments.
In Freehold New Jersey on June 28 a tablet commemorating the Revolutionary battle of Monmouth was unveiled at St. Peter's Episcopal church on the 128th anniversary. The inscription notes the church's use for wounded soldiers on June 28 1778 and credits the New Jersey Society Sons of the American Revolution with erecting the tablet on June 28 1916.
Joe Sommers a tomboy in her teens becomes the center of a triangle when Bob Atherton and Johnnie Myers both pursue her at Effingham High School. A baseball game with Waterton triggers rivalry, a fight, and Joe’s intervention using a garden hose ends the competition.
Oshkosh Wisconsin June 28 many lawyers and jurists of wide reputation faced President George B Hudnall this afternoon when he called to order the annual meeting of the Wiscon
The State Bar Association session opened with greetings and annual reports before Burton Hanson delivered an address on Benjamin Franklin. Simeon E. Baldwin of Connecticut is slated to give tomorrow’s annual address on Keeping Our Treaty Obligations.
Over the last year the British and Foreign Bible Society says it has distributed 11,000,000 Bibles and portions printed in 497 languages worldwide. The tally highlights wide linguistic reach and outreach by the organization.
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