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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1908
Page
4
A fragment lists city posts and ward representatives in Bluefield West Virginia with names for mayor recorder treasurer and council members across wards one through seven. The item appears as a public notice or internal government roster in the Daily Telegraph.
The piece urges voting for the Republican ticket citing city growth since the charter, noting extended corporate limits and street improvements. It praises higher liquor license revenue, new brick pavements, a steel vault for records, and a modern accounting system with annual public financial statements published in June sources.
The piece critiques the current administration's urban progress on South Bland street while opposing factions blame delays on rivals. It notes Republican resolutions, Democratic ticket concerns, and quotes the handling of licenses and bonds. The column mourns West Virginia figures General Rucker General May and Senator Conden and comments on New York bucket shop legislation and tank dramas amid weather storms.
A stray draft from warm spring conditions causes an unlikely scene as good wool is loosened and a phonograph becomes exposed. The anecdote hints at San Francisco's longed for quality law school absence and the city’s evolving cultural landscape.
The Senate records its first public document printing of a senator’s remarks by Mathen BB Scott of West Virginia. His speech titled Sites for Public Buildings argues the project is a plain business proposition with civic and economic implications.
A speaker argues lawmakers should favor government owned district buildings over rent, citing a 2 percent rate and vast annual rent of about 416000, proposing private enterprise funding and long term savings to the Treasury. The plan, if adopted for D C and other cities, would change how the government handles public property and expenses.
An 1900s advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy from Fr. J. Cheney & Co. It claims to cure catarrh by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for any failure. The notice also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and cites a testimonial from Jesse P. Morris of Skippers Virginia praising Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung disease.
Timetable notices from the Norfolk and Western system list Roanoke connections to New York Philadelphia and Norfolk with Pullman sleepings and parlor cars. Services run to Lynchburg Richmond Columbus Kenova Norton Welch and additional Shenandoah Valley stations with daily departures and intermediary stops.
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