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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1925
Page
24
Notices of meetings entertainments fairs bazaars and resolutions for clubs churches and lodges require payment and are intended for members or organization affiliates only. These items provide schedule details and access information for internal audiences.
The piece argues preachers and speakers face pressure to please audiences. It notes the desire for approval tempts them to soften tough truths with mellifluous phrases. Greater sincerity and courage from both pulpit and pew are urged to deliver blunt truths without vanity or fear.
The Beckley Post praises Bluefield for its remarkable school bond election results. It highlights Bluefield as a progressive center in Southern West Virginia, noting the need for funds to replace a fire-damaged school and finance road and other improvements with a $600,000 bond issue approved by voters.
Harrison Yost of Graham and General Fitzhugh Lee died, while Bluefield held municipal elections. Other obituaries include John Graham in Philadelphia and J. Harvey Wilson, a pioneer settler. The VPI senior class visited Appalachian Power Company in this city.
In Bluefield the bond issue passed by a record margin of about 35 to 1 amid a low mood, with six precincts delivering clean sweeps. A standout result showed 394 unanimous voters. The city proceeds with road hotel school and industrial construction despite hard times, while Beckley failed to secure a 3 to 2 vote on a related issue.
A 1940s style piece urges national Music Week as a unifying force while cautioning against jazz influence on youth. It extols singing as civic duty, cites morale from wartime music use, and notes a Tunisian Utica ruin ivory dice as archaeological news linking gambling history.
A collection of quips and wry remarks from various papers. The items scorn hesitancy, warn that a one track mind harms teams, and mock social foibles with light sarcasm. Included are jokes about golf widows, war, wealth, and a Boston beans theft trail.
A Walt Mason prose piece contrasts Shabbytown with Glossyville, praising cleaning up and painting as a remedy for decay. It mocks shabby streets and apathy while celebrating vibrant, well-kept towns that inspire pride and attract newcomers. The playful satire underlines the social value of tidiness and civic care.
A reflective essay contrasts patriotism with loyalty, arguing true patriotism is impersonal loyalty to the nation while warning nationalist fervor can fuel intolerance and conflict. It notes historical shifts from familial and feudal loyalties to modern state loyalty, and contemplates the role of sovereignty and the Senate in representing a unified American people.
A fragmented page features dialogue about marriage and humor between couples, a jokey exchange about proposing and albums, and a joke about a banker from Chicago. A stray remark notes a Chicago ruling that golf is not grounds for divorce, linking casual speech to legal ideas.
Spring brings garlic in milk and butter debates as the Agriculture Department tests removing smell and taste while public health calls garlic wholesome. Officials fume at a Japanese ship incident and advocate cautious language about Captain Roberts. Pan American Union sees interest in South American development amid laws and jungle barriers.
A Lomansport judge suspends a seventeen year old’s two to fourteen year sentence on condition of naval service. he is rejected and ordered to serve. Dispatch notes Fifty Koreans’ heads on a railroad track in anger at a boss. A public figure imagines voters mimicking such acts. Jesse Lasky argues the public tires of sex and problem plays, preferring clean, wholesome entertainment.
Editorial notes Bluefield voters approve a $500,000 high school bond to replace the fire-damaged building. It praises community faith and urges sustained parental involvement, suggesting that ongoing support yields greater returns than large bond issues alone. The piece hopes Clarksburg would respond similarly for its schools.
In a Manufacturers Record reprint from The Herald Iaines City Florida the piece argues that aggressive local advertising revives towns. Cities like Seattle Portland San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego spend big to attract attention, and Florida should amplify its statewide push. Local papers spark enthusiasm, wake up commerce, and prepare communities to attract outsiders. avoid advertising that cannot be delivered and ensure streets are cleaned and beautified before courting outside investment.
A fragment notes Tom Sims as a humorist with a philosophy angle. It mentions the sound of a lazy yawn heard across the land and critics of winter beginning to retract their statements.
A garbled OCR passage notes varied phrases about prints and a girl, heat in Chicago signaling spring, the Prince of Wales writing poetry, a New York party incident with a man who fell from a building, and garbled lines about twins and senses of humor. The text is incoherent with multiple stray fragments.
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