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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1925
Page
3
A trimmed excerpt presents a misquoted biblical phrase about revelations and a Lavater reflection on deceit. The text juxtaposes sacred language with a critique of hidden vice, though the source content is fragmentary and lacks coherent context.
Clarksburg Exponent highlights Bluefield gains under city manager government noting rapid development in four years surpassing prior decades. Telegraph reports new municipal building and a house warming special section, urging Clarksburg to build a matching civic home.
A reader cites Collier's on Bluefield's bid to become wide open, contrasting a federal judge’s rulings with local developments. The letter notes prominent local industry, coal production, public services, and a growing Sunday school presence while highlighting calls to ease Prohibition and opposing administration policies.
Fragmented passage mentions destroyers, flowers and honeysuckle with references to Joy riders and woodlands. Details are obscured by OCR errors, leaving partial phrases about plants and unnamed groups and events.
Twenty years ago today Welch resident C Berkeim died at his home as Bluefield hosted Met teonic guests. Mrs McClaugherly and Clarence McClaugherly left for Agherine to attend a missionary conference. Bluefield entertained Met teonic hosts and F B North of Long Island was named manager of Bluefield Gas and Power. The Eckman post office was robbed and local plant life faced senseless vandalism affecting Mercer’s wildflowers.
Senator Borah leads opposition to treating the world court as fully independent from the League of Nations. He demands explicit severance before U.S. membership, while supporters argue the court’s fate hinges on the League. The Telegraph notes mixed signals from Ford and France amid ongoing reckoning.
The Southwest Times editorial lauds Charles Hix as the new Virginian Railway president, praising his wartime and postwar leadership, broad railroad experience, and capacity to handle port traffic challenges. It notes potential lease implications with Norfolk and Western and calls for unity among diverse local interests.
The Southwest Times asserts there is no political motive behind Southwestern Virginia Inc and defends the effort as a regional push for the southwest. It argues the movement seeks common good, excludes party or personal schemes, and calls for solidarity across communities despite differing views.
In a Cherbourg area village, Mme de Lau, a widow, offered to guard a friend's corpse overnight. The next morning relatives found her dead, having fallen onto the body of her deceased friend.
Last Night's Mail discusses plans to urge Canada and Latin America to be placed on immigration quotas. Secretary Davin notes South America and Latin Americans remain largely unrepresented, while concerns about illegal border crossing persist. The piece also covers the American Humane Association stance on dog ear cropping and tail shortening and a push to tighten flag display rules, warning of penalties for minor errors.
The king announces that Crown Princess Louisa of Swaien is about to become a mother, confirming the royal pregnancy and signaling a forthcoming addition to the royal lineage.
The article notes few can function well on six hours sleep. eight hours in bed is typical. It cites signs of tired mornings, glossy skin when well rested, and warns against nightly social excess. It warns against using drugs to induce sleep, which can mock the nervous system and hinder true rest.
A jumble of absurd vignettes including Florida bachelors taxed, ancient ruins with flappers, starving Mo Hugsian children, a Moscow milk shortage, a London girl’s rocking pair, auto bumpers on telephone poles, bathing salt patterns, an American battleship encounter, and stray notes on storms hats and art models.
A Western newspaper editorial condemns generalized insults toward Mexicans as harmful, urging respect and friendship between Mexican and American republics. It argues such blanket claims undermine peace, hinder business relations, and misrepresent motherhood as noble.
A collage of quirky lines and street dialogue appears from multiple sources including Oslo and Parla. It features a student asking for help from a father who is a waiter, a young lady Stella falling for a bow-legged suitor, a dice enthusiast, a natural selection joke, and a library meeting set for 7. Worldly snippets mix with humorous exchanges about meals and unspoken opinions.
The column rails at Wall Street’s excesses and dubious schemes in Los Angeles, noting $300,000 looks from magnates and brokers amid railroad merger dreams. Mauncey Depew and Joe Cannon are hailed at ninety and eighty nine for long, storied lives on the world stage. Nearby, France may hand Denmark receipts to creditors while Boston readers glimpse shifting hopes and saving a dollar’s worth.
The Clarksburg Expositor reports the approaching special session of the West Virginia Legislature will be bitter and stormy with little likely to be accomplished. Debates over Capitol completion, relocation of state departments, and a proposed $200,000 appropriation for a physical education building are highlighted amid tax policy disputes and per diem allowances for legislators.
Mrs Harry Ashcroft of Covington Kentucky describes weakness and back and abdomen pain. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and strength and urges other women to try it.
The Bluefield Fire Department publicizes alarm stations and nearby streets including Southside Fire Station Northside Fire Station and multiple Bluefield Mercer and Princeton area streets. The notice lists 12 City Hall Princeton Avenue Russell Street Bluefield Avenue and other intersections with several inconsistencies and stray characters.
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