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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
6
Jewish residents of Bluefield began eight days of Passover observance commemorating the Exodus from Egypt. The first two nights feature seder with family readings from the Hagaddah, marking history from Abraham to the rabbinical era. In the Holy Land the holiday also signals the harvest, a meaning less emphasized in America.
In letters from George Eliot to Montesquieu and others, famed authors discuss self doubt, unfinished works, and the tortures of perfecting text. Flaubert endures mental battles, shouting at himself and laboring long hours to shape a single page. Tur geneff notes the touching sight of his struggle with language.
A Chicago Record-Herald account describes tiger traps in India with bamboo covered pits and true pitfall behavior. Tiny circular pits lie hidden on sandy roads where an ant blunders in and is catapulted to the bottom then devoured or drained by the ant lion before moving to the next victim.
Lord Kelvin lies near poets corner yet the phrase remains ugly. The piece contrasts pilgrims of science with those of poetry, noting Newton Herschel Darwin and Kelvin widened imagination beyond Shakespeare. It laments public taste that mistreats pure imagination untainted by emotion.
A New Hampshire man once known for stinginess has begun attending church, prompting townsfolk to question his motives. A businessman claims the shift is purely financial, noting a past $50 loan to the pastor that remained unpaid, now recouped as pew rent. Also mentions local ads for cow beet pulp, lip top chop for milk, Tube Rose bulbs, and fresh vegetables.
National league games see rain interruptions including Cincinnati versus Chicago and Philadelphia versus New York. Other matchups such as St. Louis at Pittsburgh finish 1 to 0 in ten innings, while several American games including Chicago at Detroit are postponed due to cold weather.
Cascade and Great Falls face a catastrophic flood with Missouri River waters rising rapidly. Property worth millions is at risk as hay stacks cattle and railroad tracks are washed away, spreading over miles. Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised within the same notice as a medical remedy with a money-back claim.
Complete returns from Richmond Virginia's municipal primary show DPD candidate G G Richardson defeating incumbent mayor Carl ton McCarthy by 374 votes. The ballot featured anti Bryan pairing, affecting McCarthy and several councilmen amid liquor saloon reduction disputes.
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