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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1925
Page
3
A reflection on the preacher's duty to convey honesty despite audience desire for flattering speech. It notes the temptation to placate hearers with elegant phrases, the need for sincerity and courage in the pew, and the value of truthful critique from neighbors as Bluefield reports on local events.
Prominent Graham citizen Harrison Year died. General Fitzhugh Lee also died. Bluefield held a municipal election. Ten years ago Mrs John Grabam died in Philadelphia. Pioneer settler J Harvey Wilson died. The V I senior class visited Appalachian Dower Company in this city.
Bluefield residents pass the bond issue by a wide margin in a near nationwide record for local votes. The result reflects strong public mood for road, hotel, school, and industrial construction despite neighboring Beckley’s poor showing in the recent election.
A local notice urges nationwide observance of Music Week in churches schools and homes. It emphasizes music’s American unity and morale value while warning against the degrading influence of jag music and urging the spread of good musical culture. The piece notes Whitmanian destiny and calls citizens to engage with music despite uncertain times.
Fragmented humor items from multiple papers remark on social quirks and misprints. The notes mock health lore, sports slang, and idle observations while joking about war, love, and daily life with whimsical misprints and quirky phrases.
A playful verse contrasts Shabbytown with Glossyville, urging cleanliness and paint to stave off decay. It praises Glossyville for its bright, well maintained streets and civic pride, while Shabbytown is depicted as aging and neglected. The piece explores social pride, urban image, and community effort.
A reflective essay argues patriotism shifts from universal loyalty to national allegiance, noting historical loyalties from family to state. It compares fascism and communism, cautions against narrow nationalism, and contends the American public now seeks majority rule, reducing sovereignty of states and shifting authority toward national unity.
A humorous piece features snippets of dialogue about marriage, finances, and social norms. A man jokes about borrowing money from a banker and a line about the Chicago ruling on golf not grounds for divorce. The tone resembles a light column with fragmented conversations from a bygone era.
The article notes the Agriculture Department testing methods to remove garlic flavor from dairy products while public health officials deem garlic wholesome. Milk sellers smell bottles for garlicky content. It also comments on a North Atlantic sinking where Captain Roberta is faulted for not rescuing, reflecting tensions in U S Japan relations and Pershing’s views on South America.
In Logansport Indiana a judge sentenced a seventeen year old to fourteen years with the condition to join the navy, later rejected. sentencing officials say forcing service sullies defenders of the country in war. A dispatch notes fifty Koreans killed themselves by train, while Jesse Lasky laments public fatigue with sex and problem plays and favors wholesome entertainment.
Editorial notes Bluefield’s 40 to 0 vote to fund a new $300,000 high school replacing the one lost to fire. It argues the community’s faith in education, urging Clarkburg to mirror such support through ongoing parental involvement and school engagement beyond bond issues.
A Floridian push argues for aggressive local advertising to revive towns. The piece cites Seattle Portland San Francisco and Los Angeles spending to attract people and money, urging Southern states to wake up, paint up, and fund well placed ads in local papers before courting outside investment. It stresses local vitality first, warns against delivering goods not available, and calls for a strong domestic marketing push to spark broader growth and attract outsiders.
Vague items describe a mix of fleeting opinions on philosophy, spring hints from Chicago heat, and a light police report about a New York party with a drunken fall. A note on a prince writing poetry and a quirky line about distinguishing twin boys rounds out the fragmentary brief.
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