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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
4
Published notices list ad rates with contact at Daily Telegraph Printing Co. 66 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia. Rates furnished on application entry.
Republican ticket lists mayor and city posts including Mayor E E Carter Recorder W F Palmer Treasurer D G Lilly and ward councilmen with names for each ward and at large positions.
The piece argues party unity behind nominees and urges support for the May 5 election. Graham is praised for progress and civic spirit. Only two votes opposed the bond issue funding street and water improvements. The Daily Leader defends reprinting an editorial and notes legal outcomes remain unsettled.
The Bluefield Republican platform urges continued street paving sewers and fire stations with a modern alarm system. It supports temperance referenda, anti cow keeping within city limits, and Congress banning liquor shipments to dry areas. It also calls for a public meter inspection official to curb meter abuses.
The piece critiques the Anna Gould Prince de Sagan affair and mocks the prince’s calflife pose while noting Gould family opposition, LDS warnings, and spring as a backdrop. It also promotes Bluefield Feed Co. and includes testimonials for Electric Bitters and DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve.
W B Honaker seeks re election as clerk of the circuit court subject to the Republican nominating convention in Bluefield on May 16 1908 A M Sutton is announced as candidate for prosecuting attorney subject to the Republican county convention on May 16 1908 in Mercer County
Several Republican notices announce candidates for county and state offices in 1908. Davis Thorn seeks re election as county commissioner for the county court in Bluefield on May 16 while M F Matheny of Beckley is proposed for the West Virginia state senate. Mercer county voters consider a nomination for assessor with pledges of duty and ability.
Help wanted ad seeks reliable salesmen to sell first class house barn and roof paints and varnishes. Liberal terms to hustlers. References required with application. Federal Paint Company Cleveland Ohio St.
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