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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1925
Page
14
Fragments from a Bluefield edition show second class mail matter and Associated Press rights. The text notes that churches obituaries and the Uke must be paid for and confirms date March 27 1925.
A brief inspirational note attributes worthy character to service to others quoting Thomas Wilson. The message emphasizes humility and selflessness as guiding principles.
An essay praises interfaith charity sparked by fires in Alpsville and Pittsburg area churches. It notes Father H Angel of St Kieran's aided a burned Methodist church, and later St Patrick's in Appsville burned, receiving funds from Primitive Methodists to rebuild. It calls for Christians to work in harmony and peace.
The piece argues that new transport and marketing channels bypass geography making distant markets cheaper for fruits. It notes Miss Ward from the national agricultural department reports farm produce reaching cities via routine channels away from home farms, leaving country children underfed despite local milk surpluses.
Neither Britain nor Germany regained foreign bets lost in the war, while Uncle Sam shows healthy yearly growth. American machinery exports for the year ending June 30 last year increased, signaling ongoing recovery.
Two marriages occurred in Bristol with L C Manning and May Cameron of Brerfield wed, and W A Honeycutt plus Annie Harris married at the bride’s Davidson Street home. The Virginia Supreme Court refused a writ of error in Charles Fishburn Roanoke’s five year sentence. Welch central switch damaged by fire. Ten years ago today Mrs N E Chapman died at her Tazewell home. Norfolk and Western began improvements at Bluestone Junction depot. C A Dillon narrowly escaped a fire damaged home.
Poem praising a life of service and generosity toward others. The speaker seeks to provide strength water joy and faith to the fainting day and angry hearts and to answer wrath with calm. The unknown author frames giving as following the Master’s counsel.
The report shows a thirteen million dollar rise to 117 million dollars, a fourteen percent increase from the previous year. British 1923 export trade fell forty percent from prewar levels while German trade dropped about thirty three and one third percent. Germany suffers from loss of international links, high interest and freight costs, with possible echoes of wartime bombings in Belgium.
A tornado swept through several Illinois towns leaving Herrin isolated while Charles B. Warren departed Washington saying he will return to the world to recoup his fortune. A Kansas school board bans marbles to curb gambling as communities plan spring finances for local baseball teams.
A whimsical collage of old jokes about a nine hundred year old governess and a clever student. They ponder birthdays presents and a bank question. A Modern Girl telephones at 3 am confessing jail and a speaker quips about understanding women.
Ashington reports John Garibaldi Sargent the new attorney general stands nearly six feet five inches, weighing about 250 pounds, and brings a stern, steady, Vermont strongman persona to President Coolidge's administration. He hails from Ludlow Vermont and is described as methodical, patient, and devoted to public service with a lifelong habit of reading, fishing, and garden life.
Editorials in The New York World and The Atlanta Journal debate darn and dessen forms as innocent intensives or derived from damm. Observations suggest tone and context shape meaning, with examples from a clergyman’s exasperation and social commentary on expletives.
The Dallas Journal comments on Vice President Dawes staying briefly in Washington to learn his duties and then retreating to Evanston for the summer. It questions constitutional norms and speculates on possible productive use of his leisure, comparing him to Tom Marshall.
A German scientist humorously observed that an isolated monkey will not learn human tricks. The Cincinnati Enquirer notes the quip but suggests an isolated human is likely to pick up a few monkey tricks.
A New York American editorial condemns self deception and excuses in moral accounting. It argues against “pussyfooting” and urges harsh self-honesty, urging readers to call wrongs by their naked ugliness.
Paris fashion houses lure patrons with cocktails to age shoppers into buying mood a so called great French discovery but blamed on Mr Volstead as prohibition looms over the scene.
A religious reading and meditation outline prepared for the Commission on Evangelism of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. The Friday watchfulness theme highlights introspection and spiritual discipline during Lent.
Meditation on being ready to receive God at any hour. The piece urges a living trust, readiness to confess sacrifice, and forward motion with Christ. A prayer asks vigilance against evil and protection of others. The dialogue ends with a woman risking family ties for a mother's visit.
A Cincinnati fourteen year old boy killed himself after his mother died leaving him to run the house and care for two younger brothers. He burned his books and toys before taking his life. The piece notes youth hunger for play is a greater tragedy than losses of money or love. It ends with a 1924 per person ice cream consumption figure from the department of agriculture.
A political essay argues for health insurance to preserve family doctors and keep Doc in practice, contrasting businesslike medicine with traditional care and urging Coolidge to assert leadership amid senate obstruction. It questions lines drawn on drugs like ham and establishes warnings about automation and the Iron Man shaping modern life.
Sales dropped to 256 gallons from 2.68 in the prior year, with the decline blamed on cool nationwide weather last summer. The piece muses about prohibiting ice cream and suggests bootlegged ice cream could appeal to those who avoid it because of easy access.
A collection of quips from various papers with brisk asides on burglars gas leaks telephones Stone Mountain and other topics. Observations include remarks on Borglum and Stone Mountain, a reflection on humanity and timing, and light jabs at travel and fashion.
A garbled clipping mentions Georgia moonshiners using a church bell to warn revenue officers in a booze ring. It cites harsh conditions and a Norfolk jailer arrest as part of the scattered notes.
A playful montage surveys everyday quirks and social scenes with offbeat observations. It muses on ice cream consumption, spring signs, manners at the restaurant, and light jests about politics and writing, ending with a curt “Guilty.”
Eleven Washington and Lee University students were elected to Phi Beta Kappa at the spring ceremony in Lexington Virginia. Alumni Jane Randolph Tucker and William M. Martin were also named members. The society, founded in 1776, honors scholarly achievement across professions.
In a dialogue from Any town a Mr Mann asks why 1918 influenza caused many deaths. Mrs Mann explains the body’s resistance after first exposure and vaccines building immunity, comparing measles and smallpox to illustrate how vaccination protects against disease.
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