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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
4
A compilation of light items and social hints from Bluefield including notes on culture politics and development. It mentions an Easter joke line a balloon debate and local transport plans along with a Glasgow football match crowd trouble and broader reflections on press bureaus and conventions.
The article urges investment in West Virginia highlighting future growth beyond mines and coke plants. It notes powder mills silica brick works and by product fuels as early signs and predicts factories will follow, driven by fuel costs and miner families needing work, offering long term harvests for farsighted investors.
Bryan refuses to attend as guest, citing inability to talk. Eastern Democracy remains unsettled as New Jersey splits over plans for a Bryan address. A separate June invitation to Trenton caused a shift in the program amid Democratic Convention timing. Conservatives fear intensified efforts to keep Bryan quiet.
The article notes a seasonal mood lift with brighter eyes and greener days, reports business improving, and describes political activity around Governor Johnson and Bryan Democrats. It also promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with claims of constitutional treatment and a warning against constipation remedies.
Voters are urged to support Davis Thorn for re election as county court commissioner at the Republican mass convention in Bluefield on May 16 1908. Also candidates for Board of Supervisors and Mercer assessor seek Republican support while M F Matheny of Beckley is urged for state senate.
The Republican convention for West Virginia Fifth district is set for April 27 in Huntington Cabell County at 2 pm to nominate a congressional candidate and to elect delegates and alternates to Chicago for the June 16 national convention. Delegates from counties will cast their county vote with no alternates or proxies allowed.
Official notice announces a Republican convention for the Seventh senatorial district to be held in Hinton Summers County on Friday May 1 1908 at 2 PM. Delegates from each county will attend to nominate a candidate for the West Virginia Senate to be voted on November 8 1908.
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