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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1925
Page
13
Readable scraps present a religious verse urging mercy for the poor. The lines call for aiding those in need and reflect a pious sentiment attributed to Landon. The text resembles a devotional excerpt with archaic phrasing and capitalization.
The Charleston Gazette reviews dispute over Bluefield’s local automobile license tax. State law did not grant cities power to tax cars except under Bluefield’s charter approved by voters. Supreme Court affirmed the charter right, and Kee’s bills aimed to block such local taxation in future. Citizens supported the measure, overrides by broader state action resisted.
Union clothing workers report a year long test of unemployment insurance succeeds. Employers and employees praise the plan for stabilizing the industry and boosting morale. Individual costs are shared, with each employee contributing 15 percent of earnings, and the Chicago district fund totaling $2,028,273 in principal and interest.
The entry notes two marriages at Graham and Tazewell County, a dynamiting of a Montcalm restaurant run by Mrs. L A Stamey, and mentions two ten year ago items: James Gore, a Norfolk and Western trackwalker killed by a train at Delorme, and the death of J D Robertson near Pearisburg. It also cites the murder of Columbus Chatin at Lick Fork, Mingo County.
The article explains unemployment insurance paying up to 20 dollars weekly for five weeks. It argues benefits are modest versus wages and not indefinite, preventing abuses through case investigations. The system is likened to life, theft, and liability insurance, built on mutual contribution for workers protection.
A short poem by Claribal Weeks Avery revisits longing for beauty across seasons. The speaker questions when beauty appears from spring to winter and finds rest for the eyes in the evening.
A fragmented discussion argues for social protection through insurance. A householder with fire coverage helps reimburse a neighbor after a fire while a long living person pays premiums for others. A safe driver with liability insurance eases burdens for the injured and employed workers fund.
Roanoke World-News notes the New York Times tribute to Robert Lathan of News and Courier for a candid South oriented editorial on political peril and the need for a two party system to awaken southern voters. The World cites mixed views on southern progress and calls for decisive awakening.
In a humorous exchange a Scotsman asks about eyed eggs at a grocer. The grocer quotes two pence halfpenny each and a penny for cracked eggs. The man replies crack me a dozen, then jokes about superstition over charges and a mistaken bill.
A collection of quips and maxims on love marriage health and daily life. Notes playful remarks about engagement breaks vacation timing and social habits. Includes odd misstatements about germs tobacco and pop culture with local streets and a bus incident.
The piece offers home safety guidance for clothing fires including stop, drop, and roll to smother flames and smothering with a blanket or cloth. It also lists first aid steps such as cooling with water, applying baking soda or lard and moist flour in emergencies, and making pastes with soda glycerin water and carbolic acid. White lead paint is suggested as a burn remedy and to apply thick paint with a brush.
In a Baltimore interview H L Mencken criticizes modern United States as drab and overstandardized. He cites moral suasion vs compulsory rules, the ease of living here, and an imagined desire to live elsewhere, noting shared dissatisfaction and a wish for personal freedom.
The American Legion plans its 1927 convention in Paris marking ten years since the United States entered World War I. The event will commemorate the war’s entry and honor veterans and legions members.
Capetown reports Chief Moef of the Ba renda dies at 90 and is buried in the hide of a black bull. The tale includes a man and his wife quarreling and a curious exchange about life and death amid funeral rites.
The article critiques endowments tied to conditions from the Clark collection that would require a separate building. It argues gift terms outgrown by time and warns against rigid perpetuity. It also contemplates isolationism, race, and internationalism, urging careful framing of public gifts and media representations.
The piece reports Babe Ruth nearing recovery then facing possible month long idle time after surgery. It questions why authorities hide his condition and downplay illness while public curiosity grows. It also notes a Department of Agriculture warning that the honey bee is not as busy as believed, spending most time in the hive.
A compilation of brief witticisms and quips from various papers. The items touch on topics from fashion and war to politics and language, reflecting light absurdities and cultural observations across several newspapers.
A trip to Hinton was made in a new car with a return visit to Mr and Mrs Zack Abshur. Little Ruth Summers has improved after two weeks of illness and sat up yesterday. Mrs Malcome Price of Charleston is visiting sister Vie M Hughes. Lucille Deaton of Bluefield Va recovers from appendicitis surgery at Bluefield Sanitarium.
Baron K. Den, former minister of communications, urges Japanese to move to the South Sea Islands as many countries ban them. The remark appears amid wartime travel and immigration discourse.
The Day in Washington notes the Washington Americans raising their 1924 championship banner. The census bureau reports rise in births and a fall in deaths for 1924. The American Law Institute cites defects in criminal procedure as fueling crime. Walcott denies Langley model mutilation. Coolidge urges broad traffic solutions for cities. A district court suspends the Packer consent decree with possible government appeal.
London reports May Day protests quiet with few strikes and orderly demonstrations from Paris to Moscow. Europe watches as capitals show festive observance and push for enforcement of the Washington eight hour convention, while Britain debates ratification. The sea otter notes its slow growth and annual single pup.
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