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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1925
Page
11
America mourns the fourteen air heroes of the Shenandoah disaster while praising the crew of forty three who faced the storm with cool courage. The article honors the fallen and notes their sacrifice advances aviation history and inspires a nation.
The belief in a horseback ruling Germany fades as von Hindenburg urges peace and stabilizing reforms. He notes Germany’s social and economic stabilization toward European peace and cites a message to American business leaders via Merle Thorpe. He asserts commitment to peaceful restoration.
A historical column recalls events twenty and ten years ago. Killed in action are H T Caldwell and Deputy Sheriff T J Hunt during arrest attempts in Roussell and Pucketts Mill. Marital notices remember Lena Shumate and Buford Cotrell and Edith Ward and Peter Irving Dudley weddings. discusses von Hindenburg's peace stance and leadership.
The Bluefield board of health urges the public to bear minor inconvenience to conserve the water supply. Bluefield uses 1.5 million gallons daily plus fire protection needs. With a 22 000 population, about 67 gallons per person are available, and residents are asked to keep clean on 20 gallons daily as the fire reserve remains untouched.
A quiet verse about a solitary woman with secret sorrow. Vivid imagery of a pearly gray dress and distant gaze conveys unspoken sadness. The speakers note a shadow on her face despite her stillness and lack of speech.
A collage of editorials and quotes jumping between public health water advice and foreign policy quips. It riffs on conserving water, taxation and Uncle Sam, Paris, Morocco and Ruhr troops, plus a jab at morons and a New York hero youth.
An editorial argues cleanliness is essential to a town’s moral and material advancement. It urges residents to tidy yards and streets, repair, paint, and beautify homes, linking dirty surroundings to social decline and urging collective effort to create a just and prosperous community. It notes similar sentiments in other papers and ends with a reflection on home as God’s country.
A bold London staging of Hamlet set in the present day drew praise for its daring anachronisms. Actors wore 20th century outfits including cigarets and short skirts, sparking lively audience reaction while keeping the focus on the play itself. The piece hints at Merchant of Venice with a Shylock in a derby hat and wary wish for Portia to avoid modern cosmetic theatrics.
New York expressmen strike as work declines due to changing fashions. Abbreviated clothing replaces full outfits, with women’s travel attire cited as a contributing factor to reduced loading and delivery activity. The trend reflects a broader shift from trunk era to suitcase era in travel and attire.
A compact note notes many triangle affairs appear real and mirrored in exchanges. It hints at social intrigues and the curious pattern of romantic entanglements making headlines.
A collection of wry maxims on self control money happiness and societal norms. Aims at humor through paradoxes about habits beliefs and human folly with pithy observations and pointed wit. The quotes touch on behavior finances religion and relationships through humorous if brusque lines.
Surgeon General Dr Hugh 8 Cumming warns that physical defects undermine learning. Vision, hearing, adenoids, tonsils and teeth require early medical inspection to prevent dullness and failure and keep children on track for success.
Two experimenters in London stayed awake for five days and four nights to study the effects of prolonged sleeplessness on the body. The effort aimed to establish a world record for continuous wakefulness and gather data on physiological and cognitive impacts. The men volunteered for the test seeking scientific insight into sleep deprivation.
Last Night's Mail discusses President Coolidge considering a 160 million bond issue to finance permanent government offices for war era staff, replacing costly rentals. Critics note growth outpaces peacetime needs and staff remains high, with Washington’s bureaucratic bottlenecks highlighted by delays in recording District deeds.
A Korean editor from Seoul, C. U. Song of the Dang-A lba, recalls being suppressed 128 times for loyalty to Korean independence. He argues Korea will endure and resist annexation while noting Japan's superiority in modern weapons. The piece contrasts Korean resolve with Chinese pacifism and discusses regional tensions with China and Japan.
Artesian wells in the northern Sahara yield fish small crabs and shellfish with normal eyes and coloring. French researchers suggest ancient rivers once flowed through the desert, later drying and leaving subterranean waterways that preserved aquatic life. A separate note reports the Delaware River bridge nearing completion with a 2253 foot span and 385 foot towers.
The piece surveys social issues in higher education and immigration, noting colleges as a substitute for steerage travel and the rise of elite culture. It also reports on the Borelly comet returning in seven years, with praise for Greenwich Observatory predictions and a Bluefield exhibit on shoemaking showing each production step.
An exhibition in the show window at Heathers Department Store displays the making of a Nunn tush shoe and the various materials and stages of construction.
Ferraline, claimed as the world’s greatest mineral water, guarantees quick relief for digestion and stomach disorders or refunds money. A one dollar bottle promises many gallons of powerful water, with drugsists offering a strict guarantee.
The piece sketches playful exchanges between Billy and a confidant about engagement and belief. Children debate dress lengths and imagined manners, with light humor about class and desire, culminating in a verse on contentment and restraint.
Transfers include Monte Vista Cemetery Association to Harry W. Biggs for Lot 55 Section? with $300 and others. Merc er Home Building Co. takes E G Hoke realty for $8 500. Elinor Houchins buys Lot 2 Section 42 Bluefield for $300 and later sells to Emma W. Lawson for $4 900. Lea Fretwell receives Lot 2 Section 11 12 Adams St Bluefield with $5 cash and $5 000 debt assumption. W Grady acquires Lot 7 Section 15 Kirk St East Princeton for $5 500. J D Daniels transfers 169 acres on Glady Fork to J A Anderson for $1 000. Howland FE Toy to E C Ftone Lot 16 Ridgecrest Bluefield for $490 and automobile. Census reports show child workers reduced from 686 000 in 1900 to 413 549.
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