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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
5
Menu notes at the Windsor Hotel offer extra steaks for parties of two or more and a variety of dishes. Items include lamb chops pork chops calf brains frog legs planked roe shad roe half broiled spring chicken with salads vegetables and fruits such as tomatoes cucumbers radishes apples onions lettuce and special provisions.
Bargains Thursday and Friday advertised with a long list of canned goods vegetables fruits and beverages. The notice promotes Sunbeam and Imperial brands and claims savings on many items including olives pineapple and cheese with a call to visit the store “The House That Will Save You Money.”
A long list of locals and visitors arrive or are in Bluefield and nearby towns, including Mrs W A Bode visiting Roanoke friends, J H McMullin and D C Hall on business, Col T B E Tierney in town, and many others from Pocahontas, Vivian, Bramwell, and Bramwell.
The Democratic city convention will meet tonight and forecasts list candidates for mayor recorder treasurer and council seats. Names include Peters Crockett Thomas Hancock Bailey Clark Hancock Bailey Wingfield McArter Cubbedge Posthlewaite St Clair Marsh Cooper Lynch Spencer Phettyplace Crumpler Hoge Mason McCue Thompson and others.
A furrier explains that the seal skins come from young bachelor seals. He notes the pile resembles velvet and contrasts the bachelor life with bull seals who have many wives. He says only after years of struggle can a bachelor seal become a mate, ending in a fine coat.
The Cornhill Magazine recounts John Moody, an 18th century Irish actor, who after sea life sailed home as a sailor before turning to theatre. During a theater engagement at Drury Lane he heard a heckler in the front row eerily shout Jack Moody what cheer messmate. Moody identified the man as Tom Hullett and warned him to calm the crew and finish the night with a punch after the show, promising further camaraderie later.
In a reminiscence of the famed queen of song, Patti is said to have been startled by mice in a Philadelphia hotel. Her maid neat bed, sweets on the floor to feed visitors, and a later ear bite from a mouse sparked attention and gifts of traps and vermin killers across America.
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