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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1925
Page
4
Public notice of Bluiefield WV post office operations with publishing terms. Details include second class entry, rates for advance publication, and territorial circulation extending 160 miles. Rates cover six, three, and twelve month periods with advance payment required.
A reflective note on belief and trust, asserting confidence in the Creator to keep what is committed. It references faith in unseen things and personal certainty about salvation and divine care, expressing enduring assurance across present and future days.
A literary piece discusses Hester Howletts praise of idling as an art and examines its tension with work. It argues occasional deliberate leisure can renew energy for meaningful labor while warning against chronic laziness and the erosion of industrious virtue.
A memoir style item recalling events from two decades ago includes Able Massey councilman assaulted, Luther dies at Pottaville, Joe Puckett shot at Richlands, and Commercial Hotel opening May 1. Mentions a $25 locomotive joy ride penalty and Layland mine toll at 108 with life contrasts.
A verse by John D. Wells from the Buftalu News highlights how dawn renews spirit and hope, with imagery of dew, flowers, and new beginnings. A note on idle pleasures follows, praising energy and purposeful work, contrasting with idle days and praising genuine effort. The piece ends with a jab at a Boston Transcript column about girls in a Florida swimming contest, critiquing modesty and style.
A collage of brief vignettes and street scenes including a five year old and father teased by a farmer, a schoolroom interruption by a student named Mary, a plumber and helper exchange, a servant's breakfast demand, a benevolent old man dispersing pennies to children, a pre war remark about wages, a government job hope for a boy, and a courthouse note about an insane girl’s revenge. The items are short, with local color and dated humor typical of a rural newspaper page.
The piece argues that churches seek advertiser pressure to suppress crime reporting in Chicago papers. It warns such censorship harms public value, citing fearlessness in journalism as essential. It criticizes churches, political rings, and bootleggers for trying to shield wrongdoing, urging citizens to know what is happening.
A collage of quips from various papers highlights social habits, reckless driving cautions, and sharp witticisms. From Newark Ledger to Washington Star, snippets touch on procrastination, vanity, envy, and humorous takes on public figures, ending with jokes about attention at home.
The article explains that chest pain can indicate heart disease or a non heart issue such as stomach problems or neuralgia. It advises investigating heart trouble and notes ankle swelling signals poor circulation from heart weakness, venous obstruction, kidney disease, or anemia, often worsening after standing all day and easing with rest.
Last Night's Mail reports that Nick Longworth is not guaranteed a seat as speaker until the new house assembles in December, with speculation he may seek a senate berth. Ohio politics, his Cincinnati base, and reform views shape the odds, as supporters weigh upstate sentiment and wet dry divides. Also noted is Alfalfa Bill Murray's Bolivia colony venture collapsing amid droughts, poor roads, and market troubles undermining the project.
The article notes a shift in car design toward smaller, two to three passenger vehicles as roads improve. It contrasts U.S. trends with Europe where small cars are common, citing Paris with 600 thousand vehicles and a bicycle majority, and ponders American adoption of compact cars.
The article argues against tax duplication and supports a single coordinated inheritance tax with reform of administration. It criticizes Congress for salary increases, laments traffic and alcohol issues, and contrasts reformers with Tammany machinations, noting voters’ suspicions and party loyalties.
A fragment from a 1920s style column notes Spring fashion confusion and social drift. It jokes about college grads lacking real education, warns about flirtations with money, and mocks dress trends while likening spring to changes in Wall Street and etiquette.
A meditation notes Luke 7 14 17 about God visiting his people and inner life. It reflects on immortality longings and kinship with the Great Spirit, urging remembrance of the divine in the world and in our souls.
The passage extols creation as a call to reach upward and a broad sea inviting wider horizons. It proclaims Jesus revealing the infinite Father of heaven and describes God in Christ renewing and comforting souls. It ends with a prayer of eternal gratitude and fellowship with God and believers.
London letters defend the saxophone arguing the instrument, not jazz musicians, bears the “onus.” Antoine Sax, born in Dinant Belgium, invented the saxhorn and saxophone family. he died poor at 82, largely forgotten. Also notes Turkish women may enter trade only with husband’s consent.
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