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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1908
Page
4
A page from the Daily Telegraph of Bluefield West Virginia mixes an editor note with advertising rates and a string of political and social quips. It touches on German ideas, millinery, the inocent bystander in Washington and tobacco-growing regions in Kentucky Tennessee Ohio with hints of night riders and feathered gowns.
A memory of the old west as a hunter and wilderness domain contrasts with a 1907 railroad based government report showing 1 091 billion dollars in farm products across seventeen states west of the Mississippi. Irrigation boosts crop value by fifteen percent in some areas.
The passage extols Westward expansion from a barren realm to a global economic powerhouse highlighting rapid development, vast wealth, and future opportunities. It frames the westward transformation as unmatched in daring and societal benefit.
The Pennsylvania railroad reports all steel passenger cars with 200 on order and the first in service between New York and Philadelphia. The 70 foot coach seats 88, weighs 116000 pounds, uses 1300 pounds of open hearth steel per car, and features a central box girder 24 by 19 inches, magnesium cement floor, cantilever bridle frame, electric lighting and advanced heating and ventilation.
The Fifth district Republican committee calls a meeting in Huntington Cabell county WV at 2 pm April 27 1908 to nominate a congress candidate elect two delegates and two alternates to the Chicago 1908 national convention nominate a presidential elector and handle other business. Each county gets one delegate based on Roosevelt 1904 votes. no alternates or proxies allowed. Delegates from counties will cast full county votes. Signed by the district committee February 1908.
A mass convention of Republican voters of Mercer county is called to meet in Bramwell West Virginia on April 4 at 2 pm to select 24 delegates across Rock Beaver Pond East River Plymouth Jumping Branch districts. Delegates will represent Mercer at the state convention in Parkersburg on April 29 1908 to send four delegates and alternates to the Republican national convention in Chicago June 16 1908.
A candidate declares for the Republican nomination for Assessor of Mercer County. If elected, he pledges to manage the office to the best of his ability and serve voters with diligence.
Mercer county West Virginia Republican committee apportions 36 delegates to the congressional convention in Grantington on April 4 1908 and 86 delegates to a senatorial convention with Beaver Pond Rock and East River districts. Also a Roaring catarrh cure ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills with testimonials and a money back offer.
Notice of dissolution records the March 17 1908 meeting in Bramwell Mercer County West Virginia. Resolutions authorize surrender of charter and asset liquidation with debts paid before stockholder distributions, and require publication for four weeks and state certification to the West Virginia secretary of state. CHAS. S. THORNE signs as president. Cascasweet baby syrup ad appears with misworded copy.
The notes list daily and Sunday trains between Deepwater and Page with times for departures and arrivals. Connections are noted at Deepwater with Chesapeake and Ohio and at Matoake with Norfolk and Western.
A set of small ads and employment notices appear for immediate positions and services. Listings include a house help request in a private residence with signature requirements, a watch and jewelry repair canvass seeking representatives, and a chief electrician position noting a Technically trained candidate seeking a role starting April.
Several small advertisements offer residential and transportation items for sale. Listings include a Bluefield avenue residence variant with oblique references to buyers and dates, a car offer, a home for party with moderate means, and a Safe Box 721 notice seeking reasonable offers.
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