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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
3
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick cure for indigestion and sour stomach. It claims in minutes the drug will digest up to 3,000 grains of food, purify acid stomach, and relieve symptoms like bloating, belching, and nausea.
Walter W Flora a Newark Ohio lyric tenor gives a song recital at Bland Street Church tonight at 8 pm with no admission charge and a collection. The program includes selections by Mendelssohn and Adams, a recit and English songs, plus a final note inviting attendance. Phone 540 Bluefield Feed Co. for details.
From 9 to 4 o'clock shorthand typewriting bookkeeping mathematics rhetoric commercial law and all kindred subjects. From 4 to 7 o'clock cornet violin flute clarinet and vocal music. From 7 to 10 o'clock arithmetic grammar spelling penmanship letter writing nasturtiums and sweet pea seed in bulk at East End Pharmacy. 4t.
Notices advertise bids for front and floor changes at the A C Bailey Building on Princeton avenue with a bid rejection right reserved. Plans and specs are provided by W H Harry Co dated 4 9 61. Also listings include a delivery wagon sale and a creditor notice for O J Ellis estate requiring claims by April 25 1908 in Princeton W Va.
The West Virginia Brewers Association urged saloonkeepers to obey the strict Sunday liquor laws enacted in 1908. The circular outlines closing hours from Saturday midnight to Monday 5 AM, bar-room visibility, and a burning light, with penalties including fines up to 250 dollars, months in jail, license revocation, and a one-year ban on sale premises. It calls for immediate compliance and notes additional club sale restrictions.
An advertisement touts Mi-o-na Stomach Tablets as a cure for indigestion and weak digestion. It features W. A. Enns of Syracuse praising the product after one week and urges readers to buy from White Pharmacy with a money back guarantee.
A catering notice lists steak and chop options for two or more guests plus varied seafood and poultry items. The menu includes lamb and pork chops, shad roe, frogs legs, half broiled chicken, salads, vegetables, fruit, and strawberries. Ernest Arters, proprietor.
Federal Judge Keller will decide tomorrow if peonage cases linked to the Dixons must move from Huntington to Charleston or be tried there. A Huntington trial could limit defense readiness, while Charleston at the next term offers a fuller opportunity to present the defense. The note at end recalls a 1906 testimonial about Kodol without clear relevance.
The first train since the Guyan Dotte Valley branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway was run over the road on Monday. A halted train reached Huntington Monday night. Repairs will take weeks but traffic has resumed as officials note remarkable progress in fixing flood damage including track safety.
Bahamas bound Easter lily cargoes flood New York markets as supply soars. Vessels from Bermuda bring thousands of boxes. a ship carried 10 000 boxes of five dozen lilies each. Retail prices may drop to 75 cents and possibly 50 cents per stem by week’s end, wholesale impact expected. Tube Rose bulbs noted at East End Pharmacy.
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